Unit 2 School life Reading课件 2025-2026学年译林版 八年级英语上册

Reading1 Review What unusual schools around the world do you know? What special about them? What is your school life like? What is special about your school life? Lead-in It is colourful .We have interesting lessons. There are many optional activities . We can choose those we are interested in. Welcome to the unit Look at different schools school in the air Welcome to the unit school in the mountain school in the cave Look at different schools Pre-reading Nancy Tomoya Can you guess where the two students are from? Do you know anything about the schools in the two countries? Welcome to the unit Look at different schools schools in poor areas Welcome to the unit Look at different schools schools in poor areas school with a small playground While-reading Read the two blogs and answer the following questions. How many parts are there in Nancy's and Tomoya's blog posts? What is each part about? Nancy's blog post: Part 1 (para.1): Introduction to herself and her school Part 2 (para.2-3): Subjects and what's special about her school Part 3 (para. 4): Nancy's feelings Tomoya's blog post: Part 1 (para. 1): Introduction to himself and his school Part 2 (para. 2-4): Subjects and what's special about his school Welcome to the unit Kitty is listening to a programme about some unusual schools. Listen with her and match the picture of each school with its country and the reason for creating it. India Welcome to the unit India Read the blog posts again. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false one(s). 1 Nancy’s school is small and it is in London. 2 Chinese is not easy to learn, but Nancy wants to have a go. 3 Nancy likes going to school. 4 Tomoya’s school has different programmes to help students stay safe. 5 Tomoya does not know how to cook. 6 Every day at school, Tomoya and his classmates only need to clean the toilets. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ F T T T F F near knows clean classrooms, toilets and other school areas. Read the blog post again and complete the table below. School City Key features Science lessons with _________ activities Have a science ___________ every year A small car gets its energy from the _______ Plenty of fun things such as toy ________ and a _________ of a space rocket Donghua Junior High School Shanghai hands-on festival robots model sun Post reading Why does Woodland Secondary School pay great attention to the arts? Version 1: The arts encourage creative thinking and also help students study better in other subjects like Maths and Science. Version 2: Drama lessons can help develop communication and public speaking skills. Version 3: The arts can also help students form a positive attitude towards life. Think and share. In your opinion, what is the best thing about each school? P25 D1 Think and share Donghua Junior High School Gekko Middle School Woodland Secondary School Woodland Secondary School In my opinion, it has many interesting subjects and a special art building. I think its best part is offering safety programs, food education and a cleaning tradition. Donghua Junior High School In my view, the best thing is the science festival. Which school in the blog posts would you like to go to? Why? P25 D2 Gekko Middle School I would like to go to ... because... Why does Gekko Middle School consider safety programmes and food education important? Safety programmes and food education can help students live safe and healthy lives. They can also prepare students for their future with challenges. Use the table you have completed to help you. What do you like best about your school? P25 D3 Items Your school Location Class size Subjects School activities Something special 1.In your opinion, what is the best thing about each school? In my opinion, the best thing about Nancy's school is that they go to different classrooms to have different lessons. The best thing about Tomoya's school is that they pay a lot of attention to food education. 2.Which school in the blog posts would you like to go to? Why? I would like to go to Nancy's school as an exchange student. Because we have many more students here, and l would like to experience classes in a smaller size. Version 1: We think our school has the best teachers. They help us solve problems whenever we are in need. 3.What do you like best about your school? Version 2: We think the best thing about our school is that it offers us optional lessons. We can choose what we are interested in to develop our 9.Every day at school, we clean classrooms, toilets and other school areas carefully by ourselves. carefully［副词］仔细地，认真地；小心地 在句中修饰动词clean。 形容词形式: careful，“小心的，谨慎的；细心的”。 When others speak, the nurse is patient enough to listen carefully. ［拓展］ carefully的反义词为carelessly“粗心地”； careful的反义词为careless“粗心的”。 ［练习］ The path was covered with snow,so we walked very______.We were afraid of falling. A.quickly B.carefully C.excitedly D.hurriedly Language points B 9.Every day at school, we clean classrooms, toilets and other school areas carefully by ourselves. by oneself 单独，独自= on one＇s own e.g.She finished the work by herself. His father lives by himself in the village. Language points Use the key language points correctly 1. To us, learning Chinese may not be as simple as learning French or German, but I am looking forward to having a go. 对我们来说，学习中文或许不像学习法语或德语那么简单，但我很期待尝试一下。 期待做某事 look forward to doing 这本书和那本一样有趣。 This book is as interesting as that one. 和…… 一样…… as … as 我盼望着很快见到你。 I’m looking forward to meeting you soon. School days are the best days of our lives -treasure it! This helps us develop good habits from an early age. Language points develop［动词］形成；开发；（使）发展 develop into 发展成 e.g.It developed into a big city in the late 1800s. ［拓展］ ①developed［形容词］发达的 a developed country ②developing［形容词］发展中的 a developing country ③development［名词］发展 with the development of...随着······的发展 habit［名词］习惯 a good／bad habit 好／坏习惯 get into／form／develop the habit of 养成······的习惯 have a/the habitof=bein the habit of 有······的习惯 break the habit（of）改掉（······的）习惯 e.g. Good reading habits lead you to a lifelong love of books. ［中考链接］ （2023湖北鄂州中考）-Tom always reads for an hour every day. -That's a good ________ . A.habit B.dream C.time D.wish A ① She has few friends here. ② Our class has fewer boys than girls. 我们班男生比女生少。 1. Our school is small, so we have fewer students and smaller classes than most schools. 我们的学校很小，因此学生人数比大多数学校少，班级规模也更小。 few det&adj. 她在这里几乎没有朋友。 不多，很少 我想要一些葡萄和梨。 fewer +可数名词复数+than+比较对象，表示“比……（数量）更少” 原级 比较级 最高级 few fewer fewest ③ I’d like a few grapes and pears. few和a few都可以修饰可数名词的复数形式。few表示否定意义，意为“很少；不多”；a few表示肯定意义，意为“一些；几个”。 用所给单词的适当形式填空 1.She is looking forward to_________ (have)a go at riding a bike. 2.We should learn how _________(survive)in the face of danger. 3. All of his friends are worried about his_______(safe). 4.The children enjoyed___________ (they) at the school party. Practice having to survive safety themselves 单项选择 1.There are________students in our class than in theirs. A.fewer B.less C.more few D.more less 2．We can search the Internet for all kinds of information. -But you can't believe_________ on the Internet. A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing 3.Japanese speak _________. A.Japan B.Japanese C.Japans D.Japanes 4．Where did you get this sky lantern? -I made it by _________ A.herself B.itself C.myself D.himself Practice A C B C $