Unit 1 Understanding ideas P4-8 课件2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“幸福的秘密”主题，聚焦一般过去时语法规则及“爱与幸福”主题理解，通过寒假快乐时刻分享导入，结合图片、提示词引导学生思考幸福来源，衔接《查理和巧克力工厂》书评阅读，搭建从生活经验到文本分析的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，阅读活动通过图片分析、结构梳理提升文本理解，小组讨论“生活中什么让你快乐”鼓励批判性思考，语法部分用例句总结规则并结合思维地图巩固。作业要求制作视频谈论观点，提升语言表达与学习能力，教师可借助系统活动设计高效开展教学。

Unit 1 The secrets of happiness Understanding ideas P4-8 Learning Objectives In this class, you will summarise the grammar rules of the simple past tense and practice using it. read a book review and then better understand love is the key to happiness. talk about your experience about happiness from love. The secrets of happiness [ˈsiːkrɪt] Where does happiness come from？ Let’s share our happy moment！ When are you happy during this winter vacation? Starting Out I am happy when I ________________. have a big dinner set off fireworks visit friends and relatives get lucky money play games ... My happiness comes from (V-ing)________________. Happiness comes from holidays playing games parties & presents smile doing good deeds What else? ... Charlie Let’s find out where Charlie’s happiness comes from. Reading Activity 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1. What can you see in the picture? We can see a poor family getting together on the only bed in a small house. 2. Do you think everyone is happy? Activity 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 3. What do you think makes them happy? Let’s read the book review and find the answer. 书评 (book review) 指评论或介绍书刊的文章。书评以书刊为对象，实事求是地、有见识地分析书刊的形式和内容，探求创作的思想性、学术性、知识性和艺术性, 从而在作者、读者和出版者之间构建信息交流的渠道。 Activity 2 Fast Reading. 2.What do you think makes them happy? Love makes them happy. 1. Do you think everyone is happy? Yes, they are. The family are happy together. Activity 2 Read and answer the questions. 4.What bacame a happy place? It was poor. 1. What was the most magical part of the story? Charlie’s happy family was the most magical part of the story. 3.When did Charlie sit with his grandparents in bed? 2.What was his family like? 5.What do you think is the key to happiness? Why? In the evenings. The room became a happy place. Love is the key to happiness. Because it can move us, change us and give us a life full of happiness. Activity 2 Read for structure. Part 3: Theme of the book Part 1: Comments on the book Part 2: The description of Charlie’s family Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Activity 2 exciting story happy family small the floor enough food listened to a happy place Read again and complete the thinking map with the words and expressions from the passage. their hungry and poor life Love happiness What’s the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. √ A. Money cannot buy everything B. Poor in things, rich in love C. A family with magic power Choose the best title for the review. √ Activity 3 Retell the book review. Theme of the book Comments on the book The description of Charlie’s family exciting story full of magic Charlie’s happy family Charlie’s family was poor. small house at the side of a big town family members stayed in one bed always ate watery cabbage soup cold wind swept across the floor in winter Charlie’s family was happy. Charlie listened to his grandparents’ stories Charlie’s parents joined in Love can move us, change us and give us a life full of happiness. Happiness comes from holidays playing games parties & presents smile doing good deeds sitting with his grandparents Charlie Charlie’s happiness comes from... listening to their stories Activity 4 Think and share. 1. Do you agree that “happiness comes from things like money”? Why or why not? No, I don’t. Money can make life better in some ways. However, it doesn’t always make us happy. In my experience, having good relationships with others can bring me happiness. Learning to think To better understand others’ views, you can relate them to your own experience, then give your own opinion on the topic. Activity 4 Think and share. 2. What do you think the words of Oscar Wilde in the last paragraph of the passage mean? To me, the words mean that love makes life good and enjoyable. 此句使用了比喻的修辞手法，将心比作花园，将爱比作阳光，说明了爱的重要性—如果生活中缺少爱，就会像没有阳光的花园一样死气沉沉。 奥斯卡.王尔德 (Oscar Wilde)是19世纪末英国最杰出的戏剧家之一，同时他也是一位小说家、诗人。其代表作包括《快乐王子》等。 Activity 5 Discuss in groups. What makes you happy in your life? Good friends and family Spending time with people we care about and who care about us makes us feel loved and happy. Doing things we love Whether it’s a job, a hobby, or a favorite activity, doing things that we enjoy and are passionate about brings joy. Having fun Enjoying ourselves by doing fun things, like playing games or going on adventures, is a great way to be happy. Helping others Doing kind things for other people can make us feel good and happy because it makes us feel useful and connected. ... Activity 6 Work in pairs. Talk about your experience. Do you think love can make us happy? My experience Feeling What I learn from it When: Who: Where: How did you feel? yesterday my little sister and I in my room I felt warm. Family love is the key to happiness! Activity 6 Yesterday, I lost a football match and felt down. I sat in my room and didn’t want to talk at all.Then my little sister came in. She hugged me and put a candy in my mouth.Her sweet love made me feel warm. Family love is the key to happiness! Activity 6 Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. Do you think love can make us happy? Useful expressions I kept going over... in my mind. From this, I learnt... That made him / her feel... I believe that... To my surprise, ... Love is the key to happiness. This touched me greatly. 1 I put down Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But I kept going over the exciting story in my mind. The book was full of magic. But Charlie's happy family was the most magical part of the story. 放下 继续做，重复做 keep doing继续做，重复做 keep sb doing让某人一直做 keep sb from doing阻止某人做 keep healthy(adj)保持健康 go over仔细考虑 excited修饰人 exciting修饰物 在我脑海里 充满be filled with 最美妙的部分 2 Charlie's home was a small house at the side of a big town. His family was very poor. His four grandparents stayed in the only bed in the house. The family never had enough food. They always ate watery cabbage soup for dinner. In winter, the freezing wind swept across the floor all night long. 在...的旁边 待在 stay in+大地点 stay at+小地点 stay healthy(adj) stay up 熬夜 足够的食物 enough+名 形+enough 形+enough to do 为了 在冬天 扫过 整夜 3 To my surprise, the family were happy together. In the evenings, Charlie sat with his grandparents in bed and listened to their stories. Charlie's parents often joined in. Every night, the room became a happy place. The whole family forgot about their hungry and poor life. 让我惊讶的是 surprise名，惊喜，惊讶 surprise动 sb 使某人惊讶，吓到某人 surprised形 令人惊讶的 surprising形 令人惊讶的 在晚上 和...坐 听 参加，加入 全家 whole+名单 all+名复 4 This touched me greatly. In some people's minds, happiness comes from things like money. But love, in fact, is the key to happiness. Oscar Wilde once said, "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden..." There are so many reasons to be happy. I think love is the most important one. It can move us, change us and give us a life full of happiness. 极大地感动 来自 像，介词 事实上 ...的关键 没有，介词 像，比喻句 如此多 ...的 感化 give sb sth=give sth to sb Grammar 语法 Activity 1 Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise总结 the grammar rules规则. (a) The book was full of magic. (b) The family never had enough food. (c) To my surprise, the family were happy together. be 动词 原形 am is are 过去式 行为动词 原形 have 过去式 Fill in the blanks with these words. was had were was was were had Activity 1 Find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage. 行为动词 原形 过去式 had put kept stayed ate swept sat listened joined became forgot touched said have put keep stay eat sweep sit listen join become forget touch say Activity 2 Summarise the grammar rules of the simple past tense. 一般过去时定义 1. 表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态。 We visited the museum last week. 我们上周参观了博物馆。 I was happy yesterday. 昨天我很开心。 2. 表示过去的习惯或经常发生的动作。 When I was in primary school, I often played football after school. 当我在小学的时候，我经常在放学后踢足球。 He was a doctor from 1797 to 1801. 他在1797年到1801年期间一名医生。 yesterday,昨天last...,上一个... ...ago,...以前just now,刚才in the past,再过去once upon a time从前 Activity 2 Summarise the grammar rules of the simple past tense. 句型结构 1. be动词：主语+was/were He was tired yesterday. 他昨天很累。 We were together just now. 我们刚才在一起。 2. 行为动词：主语+行为动词过去式 She made a cake last week. 她上星期做了一个蛋糕。 It rained heavily yesterday. 昨天雨下得很大。 易错点：Be+动词过去式 It was rained heavily yesterday. Activity 2 Summarise the grammar rules of the simple past tense. 动词过去式的变化规则 变化规则 原形 过去式 walk, listen, look, finish live, notice, decide hurry, marry stop, step do, have, come walked, listened, looked, finished lived, noticed, decided hurried, married stopped, stepped did, had, came 一般动词结尾加-ed 以"不发音的字母e”结尾的动词后加-d 以“辅音字母+y”结尾的动词，y变为i，再加-ed 以“辅元辅” 结尾的重读闭音节动词，先双写辅音字母，再加-ed 不规则变化 Activity 2 Summarise the grammar rules of the simple past tense. 句式变化 肯定句 否定句 一般疑问句 特殊疑问句 be动词构成的一般过去时 主语+was/were+其他. 主语+wasn’t/weren’t+其他. Was/Were+主语+其他? 疑问词+was/were+主语+其他? 肯定回答: Yes,主语(代词)+was/were. 否定回答: No,主语(代词)+wasn’t/weren’t. Activity 2 Summarise the grammar rules of the simple past tense. 句式变化 肯定句 否定句 一般疑问句 特殊疑问句 行为动词构成的一般过去时 主语+动词过去式+其他. 主语+didn’t+动词原形+其他. Did+主语+动词原形+其他? 疑问词+did+主语+动词原形+其他? 肯定回答: Yes, 主语(代词)+did. 否定回答: No, 主语(代词)+didn’t. Activity 4 Write the correct sentences according to the hint in brackets. 1. The movie was very interesting. (改为否定句) _________________________________________________ 2. They played basketball on the playground yesterday. (改为一般 疑问句，并作否定回答) _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 3. She was at school last Friday. (对划线部分提问) _________________________________________________ 4. He did a lot of homework last night. (改为一般疑问句，并作 肯定回答) ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ The movie was not very interesting. Did they play basketball on the playground yesterday? Where was she last Friday? Did he do a lot of homework last night? No, they didn’t. Yes. he did. Activity 3 Complete the sentences with the correct 正确的form形式 of the verbs in brackets括号. 1. Sarah _______ (be) happy to play chess国际象棋 with her brother yesterday. 2. Emily _______ (make) a cake for her grandpa last night for his 70th birthday. 3. Last weekend, our family trip 旅行to the park _______ (fill) us with happiness. was made filled Activity 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 5. She ________ (not be) at home when I called her yesterday. She ________ (go) to the supermarket to buy some food. 6. The children _______ (have) a great time at the party last night. They ________ (dance), ________ (sing) and ________ (play) games. 7. Tom ________ (look) sad this morning. He _______ (tell) me that he ________ (lose) his favorite book yesterday. 8. I _______ (be) busy with my homework all day yesterday. My parents ________ (help) me with some difficult problems. wasn’t went had danced sang played looked told lost was helped Activity 5 Complete the post帖子 with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. made found was tried decided made likes makes What makes the cat Duanwu a happy princess? The writer’s and the family’s love. 龙 洗澡 决定 篮子 公主 Language points 1. Poor in things, rich in love 该标题使用了对比的修辞手法，poor和rich这对反义词分别用来形容代表物质的things和代表精神的love，使两者之间差异鲜明。 本文通过Charlie的故事强调了即使缺乏物质财富，人们依然可以依靠爱的力量过得富有和快乐。 于物贫瘠，于爱富足 2. But I kept going over the exciting story in my mind. keep doing sth 意为“继续做某事，重复做某事"。 脑海中却不断回想着那个激动人心的故事。 ② He kept working all day, because he wanted to finish the work on time. 他整天都在不停地工作，因为他想按时完工。 例如: ① You have to keep practising your spoken English if you want to get good at it. 如果你想要提升英语口语，就必须坚持练习。 2. But I kept going over the exciting story in my mind. go over sth 在句中可以意为"仔细考虑某事"。 脑海中却不断回想着那个激动人心的故事。 例如: ① Could you go over this report and correct any mistake? 你能仔细看一下这个报告并把错误改过来吗? ② Once again he went over exactly what he needed to say. 他把要说的话又一字不差地重复了一遍。 此外，go over sth也意为"仔细搜查(检查)某物; 重复某事，练习某事"。 例如: She had gone over and over what happened in her mind. 她把发生的事情在心里想了又想。 3. In winter, the freezing wind swept across the floor all night long. 冬天的夜里，寒风一阵阵扫过地板。 sweep across 表示"迅速而全面地穿过或扫过"，常用来描述风、雨、火等或者思想、情绪的快速传播。 例如: ① The storm swept across the town. 暴风雨席卷了这个城镇。 ② Excitement swept across the crowd when the team won the game. 当这支队伍获胜时，激动的情绪在人群中迅速传播开来。 3. In winter, the freezing wind swept across the floor all night long. 冬天的夜里，寒风一阵阵扫过地板。 all night long 意为“整整一夜"，多用于强调。 例如: ① He worked all night long! 他工作了一整夜! ② The party went on all night long, with music and laughter filling the air. 晚会持续了一整夜，空气中充满了音乐和笑声。 4. In some people’s minds, happiness comes from things like money. 在一些人看来，幸福源自诸如金钱之类的东西。 in one’s mind 是一个常用的短语，表示在某人的思想或想法中，或者在某人的头脑中。 在某人看来 例如：In his mind, his uncle is always the best at playing the guitar. 在他看来，他的叔叔永远是最会弹吉他的。 在某人的记忆中 例如：In my mind, I can still remember the smell of my grandmother’s kitchen. 在我的记忆中，我仍然能想起奶奶厨房的味道。 5. To my surprise, the family were happy together. 使我惊讶的是，他们一家人在一起很快乐。 to one’s surprise 意为"使某人惊讶的是"。 例如: ① To my surprise, she did well in the meeting. 使我惊讶的是，她在会议上表现得很好。 ② To his surprise, his old friend came to the reunion after many years. 令他惊讶的是，多年未见的老朋友竟然来参加聚会了。 Homework 制作小视频，谈论自己对于话题“Do you think love can make us happy? ”的看法。 记忆单词和短语并正确朗读课文。 Thank you! $