Unit 1 Know yourself Study skills课件 2025-2026学年译林版（2012）九年级英语上册

Unit1 Know yourself Study skills Study skills Revision 1. Not only Tom but also his sister ________ (go) for a walk every day. 2. A year is _________ (divide) into twelve different star signs. 3. — Good cooks are all men. — ______. In my family, my mother cooks better than my father. I can’t agree more B. That’s not the case C. Don’t mention it D. You are welcome 4. Please turn down the music. ______ mother ______ father are sleeping. A. Both; and B. Either; or C. Not; but D. Neither; nor 5. — Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow? — Well, it all ______ the weather. A. takes on B. happens to C. depends on D. pays attention to goes divided B A C In the Chinese lunar calendar, there are 12 animal signs. Each of them represents a lunar year. They appear in a fixed order and the cycle repeats every 12 years. Rat: smart Ox: hard-working Tiger: brave Rabbit: careful Dragon: powerful Snake: wise Horse: lively Sheep: gentle Monkey: clever Rooster: practical Dog: loyal Pig: honest A1 CHINESE ANIMAL SIGNS Animal signs: 12 in all, each representing a (1) ________ They are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, (2)________, Dragon, (3)________, Horse, Sheep, (4)_______, Rooster, (5)______ and Pig. lunar year Help Millie complete part of her notes in A2. Rabbit Snake Monkey Dog A1 How is your personality formed? Personality includes your thoughts, feelings and behaviours which make you different from other people. How is your personality formed? Most people believe that it is formed by both nature and the environment. By nature Some aspects of your personality are passed onto you by your parents, for example, liveliness and impatience. That is why people say “like father, like son”. Sometimes, these personalities do not change and remain the same throughout your life. By the environment The environment, including your education, your experiences and the people around you, can change your personality. For example, you may become confident if you successfully complete a difficult task through hard work. That is how your experience influences your personality. Q: What is the article about? It is about how your personality is formed. title main heading main heading Skimming means reading the text quickly to get the main idea (主要内容). Skimming is often used when we read: Newspapers, magazines, business and travel guides Skimming 略读 1. How many star signs are there in a year? 2. What decides people’s star signs? Learn about star signs Name Animal sign Personality (what the sign says) Real personality Joe Julie Conclusion: We can _______________. We shouldn’t ____________. the Tiger Speak up Listen and fill in the form. the Sheep brave gentle brave in some ways get angry easily read these for fun believe in them Read and act out the dialogue. Some people believe that people born under the same (6) _________ may have similar personalities. WESTERN SIGNS Star signs: a cycle of (7)____ star signs Your star sign: depends on your (8)___________ Some people believe that your star sign may decide your personality. Listen to the programme and complete the rest parts in A2. animal sign 12 date of birth A2 Do you know what decides your personality? In the Chinese lunar calendar, there are 12 animal signs. Some people believe that people born under the same (1)____________ may have similar personalities. For example, they think that people born in the Year of the Rabbit are (2)______________ while people born in the Year of the Dragon are very (3)__________. animal sign more careful powerful A3 Listen again and complete the article. Pair work Talk about your animal signs and personalities. Give your own ideas. Use Millie and Joe’s conversation as a model. What’s your animal sign? My animal sign is ... It is said that people born in the Year of the …are brave/gentle/patient/careful ... Millie: How about reading English aloud every morning? ④ Try to pronounce all the words correctly. Learning their correct pronunciation will help you remember them. Daniel: Thank you, Millie. Millie: Don’t mention it. ⑤ 要学会选择合适的学习方式和方法，养成良好的学习习惯。 Study skills Predicting To predict is to guess what comes next. It helps us understand what kinds of books or articles we are reading, and where we might find information. When we read an article, we can often predict the content from the title. We can also use the headings in an article to predict the main idea of each part. Headings are the titles of the different parts. Often, they are in bold. Make a dialogue Useful expressions It’s said that… It says that… I’m (not) sure. I agree/disagree I (don’t) think… That’s not the case. What about…? Model dialogue A: You’re very kind. What’s your animal sign? B: Well, my animal sign is the Dog. A: It’s said that people born in the Year of the Dog are loyal. B: What it says about me may be true, but for my father, that’s not the case. A: What’s your father’s animal sign? B: He was born in the Year of the Horse. It says that he’s lively, but actually, he’s very quiet and serious. A: Oh, really? My star sign is Gemini. It says that I love to talk, but in fact, I don’t like to talk much. B: I think we should believe in neither animal signs nor star signs. We can read about them just for fun. A. There is an article called “The trouble with teenagers”. Predict the points that will be talked about in the article and tick(√) the correct boxes. 1. making friends □ 2. life in Australia □ 3. feeling lonely □ 4. schoolwork and hobbies □ 5. how our body changes □ 17 6. worrying about tests □ 7. study, study, study □ 8. love or friendship □ TIP If a question begins with when, then the answer will be a time or date. If a question begins with why, then the answer will give a reason, often beginning with because. 18 Study skills Skimming Skimming means reading the text quickly to get the main idea. It is often used when we read: newspapers. magazines. business and travel guides. When skimming, read the title, the main headings, the first and last paragraphs, and the first sentence of each paragraph. This will give you a good idea of what the text is about. Attention 任务型阅读 A female swimming athlete set a goal for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel(英吉利海峡) before she retired. If she could make it, she would be the first person in the world who did it. On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation and swam towards the opposite bank. In the journey, she faced heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy waves. Though she was very tired, she carried on swimming. But in the end, she gave up. And what she didn’t know at the moment was that the opposite bank was only 1 mile away. Later, people asked her about the reason. She answered, “The reason why I gave up was that I could not see the destination which I was so close to.” laugh at 嘲笑；因……而发笑 e.g. We all laugh at his funny story. 我们都因他有趣的故事而发笑。 Go ahead and practise. Nobody will laugh at you. 大胆去练，没人会笑你的。 考点1 后接名词、代词作宾语。 知识点 1 ...classmates laugh at her and call her a bookworm To get a general idea of a book or an article, we should ask some basic questions. If we predict the answers that the questions might have, it will help us find the answers more quickly and easily when we read in detail. Millie is reading an article in Teenagers magazine. Match her questions with your predicted answers. Write the correct letter in each blank. 1. What is it about? a. In a new school. 2. When did it happen? b. Because she moved to another city. 3. Who is it about? c. She is shy and quiet, and she has no new friends 4. Where did it happen? d. Problems with the new school. 5. Why did it happen? e. A few weeks after the new term. 6. How did it happen? f. A girl called Zoe. d e f a b c 阅读短文,回答下面五个问题,每题答案不超过9个词。 What did the female swimming athlete face during the journey?　She faced heavy fog heavy rain and heavy waves.　 2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 1?　Swimming across the English Channel.　 3. Why did the female swimming athlete give up?　Because she thought her destination was far away.　 4. If we know where our goal is, can we have courage?　Yes we can.　 5. What can you learn from the passage?　We should have goals in our life.(答案不唯一)　 She faced heavy fog , heavy rain and heavy waves. Swimming across the English Channel. Because she thought her destination was faraway. Yes,we can. We should have goals in our life.(答案不唯一) 1 What is the article about? 2 Is it true that some aspects of your personality are formed by nature? 3 What can change your personality? Practice Homework Make up a dialogue like Speak up with your partner. 2. 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