Unit 1 Time to Relax Section B 1a～2c课件2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“爱好如何改善生活”主题，涵盖reduce、stress等词汇学习及阅读策略（事实与观点区分）。课堂从学生爱好调查切入，通过勾选爱好改善生活的方式激活经验，再以预测、文章结构分析等搭建阅读支架，帮助学生逐步理解文本。 其亮点在于注重思维品质与语言能力培养，通过事实与观点区分练习（如F/O判断及划线找观点）、词汇语用活动（动词短语匹配、对话填空），提升学生理性分析与语言运用能力。结合生活实际的分享任务（如1e新爱好讨论），激发学习兴趣，教师可借此高效开展读写整合教学，促进学生综合素养提升。

初中英语人教版八年级下册 Time to Time to Relax Relax Unit 1 Section B How can a hobby improve your life? 第四课时 1a-2c 1.Learning goals 学习新词汇：reduce, stress, yoga, object, Italian, programmer, allow, sense, achievement等。 01 探索人们为什么需要时间放松。 02 2.Warming up What’s your hobby? What do you like to do? My hobby helps me... □to relax □to make new friends □to learn a new skill □to reduce stress □to try new things to discover new views to connect with nature to feel a sense of achievement In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better? Tick the ones that apply. You may add more. 1a While-reading Look and predict. What will the passage talk about ? Read the text generally. How does the passage start? A. By giving examples B. By listing numbers C. By asking questions When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? Do you spend time on hobbies you love? By using questions at the beginning can catch the readers’ attention and to make them think about their own experiences. This encourages them to keep reading. How many parts can we divide the text into? Lead to the topic of the text Introduce Luca Bruno’s hobby and his opinion Introduce Maya Badal’s hobby and her opinion What is the structure of this text? C. 1 2 3 4 5 6 A. B. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Identifying facts and opinions Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. 1b Facts are statements that are true. On the other hand, opinions express a feeling or belief. They may or may not be true. Look for key words like “think” or “believe” to help you identify whether a statement is an opinion. Identifying facts vs opinions. F or O 事实 观点 识别 1.The capital of China is Beijing. 4.A year has 12 months. 2.I claim that playing online games too much is a waste of time. 3.I think learning English songs is the best way to improve listening. 5.I hold that reading is the best way to memorize words. 6.She believes that cats are quieter than dogs as pets. F O O O O F Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. “It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app.” “I believe I’m helping people around the world to learn Italian!” Luca Bruno’s opinions : “I think they’re a good way to learn about different places.” “I think it’s interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.” Maya Badal’s opinions : Hobbies That Are Good for You When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? Do you spend time on hobbies you love? Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us to keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. Luca Bruno likes to be creative in his free time. But he doesn’t make art or write stories. Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. He started programming when he was ten, after he read about famous businessmen who started out as programmers. His latest app allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian. They can learn Italian and make friends at the same time! “It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app,” says Luca. “I believe I’m helping people around the world to learn Italian!” 1c Read the text carefully and complete the mind map. Making mobile phone apps When he was ten Because he thinks that apps can be a great way to help people and it gives him such a sense of achievement. Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them! In India, Maya Baal doesn’t collect coins or stamps. Instead, this teenage girl collects postcards! “I know some people think postcards are rather old-fashioned, but I think they’re a good way to learn about different places,” Maya says. “I think it’s interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.” Maya’s first postcard shows the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. Her dad sent it to her when she was five, and she liked it so much that she put it up on her bedroom wall! Now there are over one hundred postcards from thirty-two countries on Maya’s walls. She dreams of travelling to these places in the future! 1c Read the text carefully and complete the mind map. Collecting post cards When she was five They’re a good way to learn about different places, and it’s interesting to see beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries. 1. Some people listen to music to                             . 2. Others play tennis to                                    . 3. Sometimes people paint pictures to     _______________________________________________. 4. Luca developed his latest app to   ________________________                                             . 5. Maya collects postcards to                                                         . 6. I      ____________                                              . calm down keep fit remember a beautiful  landscape or object or reduce stress help people find study partners for learning Italian learn about different places Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself. 1d read books to learn new knowledge and relax I would like to take up gardening as a new hobby. Gardening allows me to connect with nature, reduce stress, and watch plants grow from seeds to flowers or fruits. It also teaches me patience and responsibility, and I can enjoy the fresh air and beauty of nature in my own space. Post-reading What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Share your ideas. 1e 5.Exercise Match the words in the box with the verbs below. Some words can go together with more than one verb. 2a Vocabulary in Use collect do go play write calligraphy 5.Exercise calligraphy coins poems football ice skating hiking stories tennis stamps postcards guitar skiing coins stamps postcards ice skating  hiking skiing tennis guitar poems stories football Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. Use the correct forms of the verbs. 2b 只要，引导条件状语从句 get over    take up    give up   reduce stress  find it fun to (do sth. ) A: Hey, I heard you’re thinking about a hobby? B: Yes, I am. Any suggestions? A: Well, I paint. It’s a great way 1 and express myself. B: That sounds fun, but I’m worried about not being good at it. A: Don’t worry. Everyone starts somewhere. As long as you don’t ____ , you’ll get better at it over time. B: You’re right! I should my fear of failure and just try to have fun. A: Exactly! Painting is a great way to discover your creative side too. taking up find it fun to to reduce stress give up get over Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. 2c One of the people who inspires me the most is my dance . when I first started dancing, I was really scared to in front of others. I didn’t want to talk to my instructor about it because he seemed very strict. However, we after class one day, and I realized that he was surprisingly nice! He told me that a lot of his students had _ fears. He helped me to get over my fear. My greatest so far is dancing in front of hundreds of people last year. I was quite calm when I danced on stage, and I had a great time after all! achievement instructor chat similarity perform instructor perform chatted  similar achievement words and phrases: reduce, stress, yoga, object, Italian, programmer, allow, sense, achievement, coin, stamp, teenage, postcard, rather, old-fashioned, foreign, dream of, suggestion, failure, inspire, strict, surprisingly, so far, stage sentences:Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. I know some people think postcards are rather old-fashioned, but I think they’re a good way to learn about different places Summary Homework Describe your hobbies in 5 sentences. If you plan to develop another hobby, what would you most like to know? 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