Unit 4：Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件 -2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 Helping out Starting out & Understanding ideas (文本解析) 册 次：八年级下册 学 科：英语（外研社版） 1 A层 What does the picture tell you? Look and say. Everyone may need help at some point in their life. We should help out those in need. 2 B/C层 1. What is happening to the man? 2. What is the woman doing? 3. What does the picture tell you? Look and say. Everyone may need help at some point in their life. We should help out those in need. He is trying hard to climb the mountain. She is holding the man’s hand and helping him to climb upwards. 3 A/B/C层 What are you going to learn in this unit? helping people around us helping animals in need passing on help 4 1. What does “lending a hand” mean? 2. How do people help out in the video? A/B/C层 Read and Answer It means giving help to someone. A girl feels sad, and her friend comforts her. A boy drops his schoolbag, and a girl helps him pick up his things. A group of students do volunteer work in their community. A group of people clean up the beach together. 5 1. Do you know any stories about helping others? 2. Can you share one with the class? Let’s share. A/B/C层 6 Read the quotes and answer the questions. 1. What do the quotes mean? 2. Which quote do you most agree with? Why? Lei Feng’s quote means that we can always help more people. Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote means that helping people is the greatest thing we can do. Aesop’s quote means that being kind is always a good thing. A/B层 7 Read the quotes and answer the questions. 3. Can you find something in common in the quotes? 4. What can you learn from the quotes? Yes. They are all about being ready to help others. Helping others is great and meaningful. We should be kind to others and be ready to help others. A/B层 8 Read the quotes and answer the questions. 1. What do the quotes mean? 2. Which quote do you most agree with? Why? Lei Feng’s quote means that we can always help more people. Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote means that helping people is the greatest thing we can do. Aesop’s quote means that being kind is always a good thing. C层 9 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. A/B/C层 1. What can you see in the pictures? 2. What can you do to help? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. A/B/C层 1. What can you see in the pictures? 2. What can you do to help? In the first picture, I can see a patient in bed at a hospital. In the second picture, I can see some people giving and receiving donations. To help patients in hospital get through difficulties, I can raise money and give donations. Read the passage quickly and answer. What did Leah do to help other patients? Leah raised money to buy crayons for young patients in hospital. A/B/C层 Read the passage again and choose. Choose another suitable title for the passage. a. A grey area b. Out of the blue c. A little life colourer A/B/C层 √ A/B层 Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. 1. hospital visits 2. nurse 3. young patients 4. diseases 5. afford 6. planned to 7. enough (pocket) money 8. raise money 9. went public 10. added colour to Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. C层 Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. hospital visits nurse C层 C层 Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. young patients diseases afford 17 C层 Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. planned to enough (pocket) money raise money went public Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. added colour to C层 A/B/C层 The writer mentions “brighter pictures” to show how Leah’s actions made the hospital a happier place. It means the children could draw colourful pictures, and they felt happier. Leah’s efforts brought joy and made the hospital feel brighter and more positive. Think and share. 1. Why does the writer mention “brighter pictures” in the end? A/B层 I would describe Leah as kind and determined. She is kind because she wanted to help other young patients feel good and happy, even though she was in pain herself. She is determined because she didn’t give up, even when she didn’t have enough money. She worked hard, raised money and collected 2,675 boxes of crayons. Think and share. 2. What words would you use to describe Leah? C层 I would describe Leah as kind and determined. She is kind because she wanted to help other young patients feel good and happy, even though she was in pain herself. She is determined because she didn’t give up, even when she didn’t have enough money. She worked hard, raised money and collected 2,675 boxes of crayons. Think and share. 2. What words would you use to describe Leah? I would describe Leah as... She is... because... kind, brave, caring, generous, determined, creative, inspiring, selfless, helpful, positive... Write a paragraph to answer the following questions. 1) What is the passage about? 2) What can you learn from the passage? Homework A/B层 23 Try to tell the story to your friends with the help of the following questions. 1) What problem did Leah face in the hospital? 2) What caused the problem? 3) What was Leah’s plan to solve the problem? 4) What challenge did Leah face? 5) How did Leah deal with the challenge? 6) Did Leah achieve her goal? Homework C层 24 感谢观看 THANKS Other 170301.05 $