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

Unit 1 Time to Relax Section B (1a~2c) 学习目标 1 2 3 To learn new words and phrases：reduce, stress, rather, object, suggestion, foreign, allow, sense, achievement, so far, etc; To identify and summarize Luca’s and Maya’s hobbies by extracting key details from the text; To talk about your hobbies and how they improve your life. Let’s watch and talk. Lead in go skiing go hiking programming dancing Different people have different ________ . hobbies What do you think of different hobbies? Pre-reading In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better? Tick the ones that are true for you. You may add more. My hobby helps me ... to relax to learn a new skill to try new things to make new friends to reduce stress [rɪˈdjuːs] [stres] 减少压力 1a Look and predict. The passage will talk about ... Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. Identifying facts and opinions 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. Fast-reading 1b Luca’s Opinion Maya’s Opinion 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 Read the text carefully and complete the mind map. Careful-reading 1c 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. Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. He started programming when he was ten, after he read about famous businessmen who started out as programmers. 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,”says Luca. Collecting post cards When she was five It’s a good way to learn about different places, and it’s interesting to see beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries. Instead, this teenage girl collects postcards! 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! “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.” Read the text and answer the questions. 1. In para.1, which word is used to describe painting pictures? 2. In para.4, what does “them” refer to? 3. What’s Maya’s dream? 4. What does Maya’s first postcard show? Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself. 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 ________________________________________________. help them calm down after a keep fit remember beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress busy day help people around the world learn Italian learn about different places 1d What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Share your ideas. I want to take up ________ because it can help me _________ (relax / learn new skills / make new friends ... ). I want to take up photography, because it can help me find beauty in everyday life. I want to take up playing chess, because it can help me improve my thinking skills. Post-reading 1e to stay healthy （补充）… to learn new skills to reduce stress to relax How can hobbies improve our life? Further thinking dream of _____________ reduce stress ___________ a sense of achievement _________ physical hobby___________ a good way to do sth. _____________ 梦想；希望 收集明信片_______________ 外国文化 ______________ 开始；起步__________ 同时 _______________ 美丽的景色 ________________ 减少压力 成就感 运动爱好 做某事的好方法 collect postcards foreign culture start out at the same time beautiful landscape Summary Match the words in the box with the verbs below. Some words can go together with more than one verb. calligraphy coins poems football ice skating sport stories tennis stamps postcards guitar skiing collect do go play write coins stamps postcards calligraphy ice skating skiing sports football tennis the guitar poems stories postcards Vocabulary in Use 2a Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. Use the correct forms of the verbs. 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 _____________ 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: 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 2b give up get over My biggest inspiration 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 Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. 2c 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 calmdown 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 课堂总结 Lavf56.40.101 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 null 135084.55 $