Unit 1 ：Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件 -2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“职业”主题，通过图片观察、视频观看及职业匹配活动导入，引导学生从识别职业词汇过渡到探讨工作的挑战与喜悦，借助分层任务（A/B/C层）、思维导图及填空练习搭建学习支架，帮助学生系统理解文本。 其亮点在于以“蜘蛛侠”（窗户清洁工Robert）的真实故事为载体，通过视频问答、思维导图总结挑战与喜悦等活动，培养学生语言能力（文本解析与表达）、思维品质（问题分析与价值判断）及学习能力（分层任务与工具运用）。学生能提升综合语言运用能力，教师可依托分层资源优化教学效率。

Unit 1 Career talks Starting out & Understanding ideas (文本解析) 册 次：八年级下册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 1 What can you see in the picture? A/B/C层 Look and say. 2 What are we going to learn in this unit? What can work bring us? Jobs What is your dream job like? How do jobs change over time? A/B/C层 3 Match these people to their jobs. worker police officer dentist singer /ˈdentɪst/ What jobs do the pictures show? A/B/C层 4 Look and say. 1. What jobs do you see in the picture? 2. Do you think these jobs are important? A/B/C层 5 Watch the video and answer. 1. What jobs are mentioned in the video? 2. How do they keep our world running? The video mentions four jobs: a subway track engineer, a street sweeper, a food delivery driver and a nurse. They work hard from morning till night. Their hard work helps keep our lives better and safer. A/B/C层 6 Think and discuss. 1. What other jobs keep our world running? 2. Why do you think so? A层 7 Think and discuss. What other jobs keep our world running? B/C层 8 Look and say. 1. Where is the man? 2. What is he doing? 3. What’s his job? A window cleaner. He’s up in the air. He is cleaning the window. A/B/C层 A “spiderman”. 9 2. What are the challenges of this job? 1. What do you think it is like to have this job? 3. What do you think can make this job enjoyable? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement A层 10 2. What are the challenges of this job? Window cleaning can be difficult, dangerous and challenging. The worker has to work in high places. The weather can be very hot or very cold. 1. What do you think it is like to have this job? 3. What do you think can make this job enjoyable? Meeting kind people, making new friends and getting a sense of achievement. Read and check. A层 window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement 11 2. What are the challenges of this job? 1. What do you think it is like to have this job? 3. What do you think can make this job enjoyable? B/C层 window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 12 2. What are the challenges of this job? The worker has to do in high places. The weather can be very hot or very cold. 1. What do you think it is like to have this job? 3. What do you think can make this job enjoyable? Meeting kind people, making new and getting . It’s difficult, dangerous and challenging. window cleaning a sense of achievement friends B/C层 window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement Read and check. 13 Read and think. How does Robert feel about his job? Robert likes his job and it makes him happy. He’ll never regret it. A/B/C层 14 Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions. A/B/C层 1. How long did Robert work as a “spiderman”? 2. What did these years bring him? 30 years. Both challenges and joys. 15 Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks. Memory 1: His first summer as a “spiderman” wet kind juicy brightly sweetest A/B/C层 16 Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks. laughed a picture grow happy sad A/B/C层 Memory 2: Other friends he met through the glass newborn excited 17 What are the challenges of Robert’s job? Think and say. Friends’ leaving. Bad weather. Dangerous. A/B/C层 18 Read Paragraphs 4 and 5 and answer. 1. What has Robert got from this job? 2. How does he describe his job at last? The city shines brighter because of them, and the job will make them shine, too. He has met a lot of kind people and been part of many warm stories. He found a sense of achievement in it. A/B/C层 19 Read and choose the best summary of the speech. A/B/C层 20 Look and say. An online post. What type of text is it? A/B/C层 Who posted it? Jake. Who left comments? Julie and Eric. 21 Complete the post with the words and expressions from the speech. 1. joys 2. kind 3. grow 4. excited 5. a picture 6. window cleaning 7. shines 8. achievement A/B/C层 22 Think and answer. 1. What do you think of Robert’s speech? 2. What do you think of his job as a “spiderman”? A层 Summarise Robert’s job with the help of the mind map. Challenges Joys Dangerous sweet newborn baby; watched her grow “Spiderman” up high in the sky Bad weather wet all over; drops of sweat fell in the eyes Friends’ leaving sad; also happy Kind people; part of many warm stories the sweetest watermelon A sense of achievement The city shines brighter. B/C层 24 Think and share. 1. What are the joys and challenges of being a “spiderman”? 2. Why does Robert say “That was the sweetest watermelon of my life.”? 3. What does the last paragraph of the passage mean? A/B/C层 25 Think and share. 1. What are the joys and challenges of being a “spiderman”? The joys may include: meeting kind people, making new friends, being part of many warm stories and finding a sense of achievement. The challenges may include: working high above the ground, working in bad weather, feeling sad when friends move away, staying safe and not dropping anything. A/B/C层 26 Think and share. 2. Why does Robert say “That was the sweetest watermelon of my life.”? Because the watermelon wasn’t just food – it showed someone cared about him. The woman’s kindness made him feel loved and happy. Learning to think: To understand an expression, read the sentences before and after it. The context can help you understand its meaning better. A/B/C层 27 Think and share. 3. What does the last paragraph of the passage mean? Robert wants new window cleaners to know: Their job makes the city cleaner and brighter. By working hard, they will feel proud and find meaning in their job. A/B/C层 28 Homework A层 1. Retell the speech in your own words. 2. Share what you have learnt from Robert with your friends. 29 Homework B/C层 Try to retell the speech with the help of the mind map. 30 感谢观看 THANKS 2025 Blues 149232.0 $