Unit1 Starting out & Understanding ideas Reading课件 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“职业话题”展开，核心学习职业相关词汇、职业的挑战与乐趣，通过图片匹配职业、观看视频激活学生已有职业词汇与经验，借助思维导图梳理Robert演讲中职业挑战与乐趣的关键信息，搭建从信息提取到评价推断的学习支架。 其亮点在于采用多版本阅读任务分层引导学生深入理解语篇，结合思维导图可视化呈现结构化知识，通过小组访谈活动提升语言表达能力，培养学生的语言能力（如核心词汇运用、信息提取）和思维品质（如结构化分析、价值推断）。学生能在实践中提升语言运用能力并形成积极职业价值观，教师可获得具体的教学步骤与评价工具，提高教学效率。

《英语》（新标准） 初中修订版教材八年级下册U1Career Talks Starting out & Understanding ideas Reading （该部分建议根据实际情况用1-2课时完成） 1 通过本课时学习，学生能够： 1. 梳理本单元主要学习内容；激活关于jobs的已有词汇与经验，列举至少三种职业并说明其社会价值； 2. 获取并梳理演讲中关于Robert职业生涯挑战与乐趣的关键信息，并借助可视化图形呈现结构化知识；基于结构化知识，以小组形式展开评价，推断演讲意图； 3. 结合自身实际表达个人对职业成就的看法，初步形成积极职业价值观，为介绍其他职业的挑战与乐趣做准备。 一、教学目标 2 已学已会 1. 学生已掌握部分职业类词汇，能识别教材本单元第二页图片中的职业； 2. 学生能通过阅读提取语篇基本信息，如：人物、时间、事件； 3. 学生初步具备小组讨论能力，能就图片和语篇内容进行有关职业的简单问答。 已学没会 1. 学生对熟词重新组合形成的合成词理解不深，如：高空清洁工spiderman；可通过图片等引导学生熟悉相关词汇。 2. 学生已学习描述职业的相关词汇，但在表达职业乐趣和挑战时句式语言较单一，缺乏情感共鸣和细节描写；教师在授课过程中，可以适度引导学生对相关描述的语言表达进行关注和评价。 二、学情分析 3 未学不难 1. 学生通过表格、思维导图等工具能够简单梳理语篇中有关职业挑战与乐趣的信息； 2. 学生能够在小组合作中完成关于职业乐趣与挑战的简单评价。 未学不易 1. 学生在深入理解语篇时有一定困难，如：获取“城市因我们而闪亮”等隐喻表达的情感内涵和从语篇中提炼职业价值观等；因此，教师在授课过程中，可以就课文中相关描述设置深度思考的问题，引导学生进一步思考，并进行价值提炼。 2. 学生在独立完成某一职业的挑战与乐趣的描述时，需要进一步的指导。例如，教师可提供有关职业的形容词拓展和语言表达的句式等。 二、学情分析 4 三、核心语言 核心词汇：say goodbye to, be filled with, challenge, joy, spiderman, wet, drops of sweat, watermelon, smile brightly at, remind, through the glass, bit by bit, brush, happiness, consider, job, regret, a sense of achievement, shine, because of 核心语法：一般现在时与一般将来时的被动语态 加粗词汇：《义务教育英语课程标准（2022年版）》三级词汇 2. What words would you use to describe these people? a farmer, an astronaut, a scientist, a doctor, a construction worker, a businessperson, a teacher, and... 1. Who can you see in the picture? hard-working, helpful, patient, curious, caring, responsible, knowledgeable and... a job you do for a long period of your life Unit Overview joys and challenges of a job Write a report about a job. Jobs change of jobs over time finding one’s dream job 7 Our school radio programme called Exploring the Careers needs your help! We want you to be our student reporters. Your task is to write a short report about a job. The best reports will be played on the real school radio! Look at the pictures and match them with their jobs. Starting out Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What jobs are mentioned in the video? 2. What other jobs do you know? 3. How do they keep our world running? subway track engineer street sweeper food delivery driver nurse They work hard from morning till night. Their hard work helps keep our lives better and safer. What do they do every day (for us)? Lead in Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Robert Understanding ideas 1. Where is Robert? 2. What is in Robert’s hand? 3. What is Robert doing? 4. What’s Robert’s job? 1. He’s up in the air. 2. A brush. 3. He is cleaning the window. 4. A window cleaner./ A “spiderman”. Lead in Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Robert 1. What is the job like? 2. What are the challenges of this job? 1. It’s difficult, dangerous and challenging. 2. Working at high places and somtimes it’s very hot or very cold outside the windows. Lead in Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Robert 1. What else can you see in the picture? 2. What are the joys of this job? 1. A piece of watermelon and some pictures of a baby. 2. Maybe these are about some warm stories. These are the joys of this job. Robert Robert might have done this job for many years. Now he is saying goodbye to his job. Read for theme What can you infer from the title? ①“saying goodbye”: Who is saying goodbye? ②“years”: Is his work experience long or short? ③“up high”: What did he do every day? Robert What does Robert talk about his job? Farewell Kindness from Strangers Friendship Through the Window Value of Work Wishes Read for gist the first reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Underline the answer to each question in the text. （Focus on the key words of every question.） Step 3: Draw a mind-map based on the details of the speech. Read for details Robert 1. What were the past 30 years filled with? 2. Where will all the days up high in the air be kept? 3. What were the challenges in Robert’s first summer as a “spiderman”? 4. What did a kind women do? 5. How did Robert feel then? 6. Who did Robert meet through the glass? 7. What did the newborn baby do? 8. How did Robert feel when the family were moving? 9. Why does Robert never regret being a window cleaner? 10. How does Robert describe his job in the last paragraph? Version 1 the second reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Underline the answer to each question in the text. （Focus on the key words of every question.） Step 3: Draw a mind-map based on the details of the speech. Read for details Robert 1. What were the past 30 years filled with? 2. Where will all the days up high in the air be kept? 3. What were the challenges in Robert’s first summer as a “spiderman”? 4. What did a kind women do? 5. How did Robert feel then? 6. Who did Robert meet through the glass? 7. What did the newborn baby do? 8. How did Robert feel when the family were moving? 9. Why does Robert never regret being a window cleaner? 10. How does Robert describe his job in the last paragraph? Version 1 the second reading Read for details 1. What were the past 30 years filled with? 2. Where will all the days up high in the air be kept? Version 1 1. Both challenges and joys. 2. In Robert’s memory. the second reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Underline the answer to each question in the text. （Focus on the key words of every question.） Step 3: Draw a mind-map based on the details of the speech. Read for details 3. What were the challenges in Robert’s first summer as a “spiderman”? 4. What did a kind women do? 5. How did Robert feel then? Version 1 3. The day was much hotter! Robert was wet all over. Drops of sweat fell in his eyes. 4. A kind woman was smiling brightly at him. She opened the window and handed Robert a piece of juice watermelon. 5. Robert thought that was the sweetest watermelon of his life. the second reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Underline the answer to each question in the text. （Focus on the key words of every question.） Step 3: Draw a mind-map based on the details of the speech. Read for details 6. Who did Robert meet through the glass? 7. What did the newborn baby do? 8. How did Robert feel when the family were moving? Version 1 6. Some other friends and a newborn baby. 7. She laughed as her cat tried to “catch” Robert’s brush. Later, she drew a picture of Robert and showed it to him! 8. Robert felt sad, but also happy that they were once friends. the second reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Underline the answer to each question in the text. （Focus on the key words of every question.） Step 3: Draw a mind-map based on the details of the speech. Read for details 9. Why does Robert never regret being a window cleaner? 10. How does Robert describe his job in the last paragraph? Version 1 9. Robert have met a lot of kind people and been part of many warm stories. He found a sense of achievement in his job. 10. The city shines brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. Best wishes to you all! the second reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Underline the answer to each question in the text. （Focus on the key words of every question.） Step 3: Draw a mind-map based on the details of the speech. Read for details memories challenges joys Bad weather. Drops of sweat. Friends leaving. Meeting kind people. Being part of many warm stories. Finding a sense of achievement. The city shines brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. people actions feelings the mind-map A kind woman was smiling  brightly at me handed me a piece of juicy watermelon the sweetest of my life a newborn baby laughed as her cat tried to “catch” my brush drew a picture of me and showed it to me the family was moving happiness sad, but also happy value and wishes Saying goodbye to my years up high What are the challenges and joys of the job? Robert Read for details Kindness from Strangers Friendship Through the Window Value of Work Version 2 the second reading Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Write down the answers on the mind-map. Read for details memories challenges 1. What are the challenges? 2. What are the joys? joys Who were in his memories? What did they do? How did Robert feel? 3. What is the value of window cleaning? 4. What are Robert’s wishes? Version 2 the second reading Saying goodbye to my years up high Step 1: Read and answer the questions. Step 2: Write down the answers on the mind-map. Read for details memories challenges joys value&wishes Version 2 Saying goodbye to my years up high people actions feelings Read for details memories challenges joys Bad weather. Drops of sweat. Friends leaving. Meeting kind people. Being part of many warm stories. Finding a sense of achievement. The city shines brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. people actions feelings the mind-map A kind woman was smiling  brightly at me handed me a piece of juicy watermelon the sweetest of my life a newborn baby laughed as her cat tried to “catch” my brush drew a picture of me and showed it to me the family was moving happiness sad, but also happy value and wishes Saying goodbye to my years up high What are the challenges and joys of the job? Robert Read for details Kindness from Strangers Friendship Through the Window Value of Work Version 3 the second reading Read paragraph 2&3 and complete the memory cards. 1. much hotter 2. wet 3. Drops of sweat 4. juicy 5. kind 6. the sweetest watermelon 7. newborn baby 8. excited 9. laughed 10. drew a picture of him 11. Happiness 12. the family was moving 13. also happy Read for details Version 3 the second reading 28 Read paragraph 2&3 and answer the questions. 1. What were the challenges of Robert’s job? 2. What does this sentence tell us: “That was the sweetest watermelon of my life.”? Bad weather. When it was very hot, he was wet all over. Drops of sweat fell in his eyes. Friends leaving. He felt sad when his friends moved away. Because he was thankful that they were once friends. Read for details Version 3 3. Why did Robert feel happy when the family was moving? Robert was very happy because he felt loved and cared for while working. the second reading 29 Read paragraph 4&5 and answer the questions. 1. What were the joys of Robert’s job? 2. How does Robert describe his job in the last paragraph? 3. To whom does Robert give the speech? 4. What’s the purpose of the speech? Read for details Version 3 the second reading 30 Read paragraph 4&5 and answer the questions. 1. What were the joys of Robert’s job? 2. How does Robert describe his job in the last paragraph? Meeting kind people, being part of many warm stories and finding a sense of achievement. The city shines brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. Do you agree with Robert’s description of his job? Read for details Version 3 the second reading 31 Read paragraph 4&5 and answer the questions. 3. To whom does Robert give the speech? 4. What’s the purpose of the speech? He wants to encourage them to love and enjoy the job because it is meaningful to both the society and themselves. He gave the speech to some new “spidermen”. Read for details Version 3 the second reading 32 How does Robert show the challenges and joys of his job? Robert By sharing his memories. Kindness from Strangers Friendship Through the Window 追问：Which part is about his memory? Think and share Robert How does Robert feel about his job? Robert is proud, thankful, and happy about his time as a “spiderman.” Read for theme the third reading Even though window cleaning is hard work, Robert has many good memories from the past 30 years. These moments made him happy and touched his heart. He says he will never regret his job because he met kind people and was part of many warm stories. He also feels a sense of achievement—he believes the city becomes brighter because of his work, and the job makes him shine too. Choose the best summary of the speech. P6 Complete the post with the words and expressions from the speech. P6 1. joys 2. kind     3. grow 4. excited 5. a picture    6. window cleaning 7. shines     8. achievement 引导学生浏览活动4的内容，回答问题： What type of text is it?(An online post.) Who posted it?(Jake.)Who left comments? (Julie and Eric.) Underline useful words and expressions in the comments. 引导学生浏览活动4的内容，回答问题： What type of text is it?(An online post.) Who posted it?(Jake.)Who left comments? (Julie and Eric.) Think and share 1. What do you think of Robert’s speech? Robert Think and share 2. What do you think of Robert’s job? Robert Think and share 3. What do you think of Robert? Robert I love Robert's speech and was encouraged by his spirit.Window cleaning is  not  always  considered  a  good  job,but he   never   regretted   it.He   kept   working very  hard  for  30  years.The  city  shines brighter because of him,and the job makes him shine,too.From him,I learnt that everyone should be hard-working because hard-working people are the heroes of our society. Work in pairs. Make an interview. Interview Student A interviews Student B in English. Sample questions: How did you feel on your first day as a “Spiderman”? What is the most difficult part of your job? Can you tell me a warm or happy story from your work? How do people usually treat you? Why did you choose this job? Do you think people respect your work? Why or why not? Roles Student A: The interviewer (reporter) Student A prepares interview questions (sample questions provided below). Student B: The interviewee (a new window cleaner, “Jake”) Student B prepares their role: a new window cleaner, inspired by Robert, with a touching story to share. Work in pairs. Presentation 1–2 pairs volunteer to perform their interview in front of the class. Other students take brief notes and prepare to give feedback. Discussion & Reflection Teacher leads a short discussion: “What makes a job meaningful！” Connect to Eric’s quote in the image: “The city becomes brighter because of these ‘spidermen’!” Work in pairs. Grading Rubric (Total: 10 points) Category Excellent (10) Good (6) Needs Improvement (3) Language Use Speaks clearly, good grammar & vocabulary Some mistakes, but understandable Many errors, hard to understand Content & Relevance Answers relate to the story, include details Some relevance, few details Off-topic or very vague Interaction & Fluency Natural conversation, good eye contact Some pauses, little eye contact Unnatural, reads script only Organization Questions and answers are logical and clear Somewhat organized Disorganized, confusing Self-evaluation for the lesson  Standard Scores 1 I can summarize the main learning content of this unit; activate existing vocabulary and experiences related to jobs, list at least three professions and explain their social value analyze. 2 I can extract and organize key information from the speech regarding the challenges and joys of Robert’s career, using visual graphics to present structured knowledge; based on the structured knowledge, conduct group evaluations and infer the speech’s intent. 3 I can combine personal experiences to express individual views on professional achievement, preliminarily develop positive professional values, and prepare to introduce the challenges and joys of other professions. 44 Must do: Create a mind map of Robert’s speech. Requirements: 1. Topic: Write the speech title; 2. Main Branches: Create branches for structure and key content of the speech; 3. Add Details: Use keywords and short phrases from the speech; 4. Reflect: In one corner, present a short reflection on what you’ve learned from the speech with at least 2 sentences; 5. Share your mind-map with your group members in the next class. Homework Sample memories challenges joys Bad weather. Drops of sweat. Friends leaving. Meeting kind people. Being part of many warm stories. Finding a sense of achievement. The city shines brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. people actions feelings A kind woman was smiling  brightly at me handed me a piece of juicy watermelon the sweetest of my life a newborn baby laughed as her cat tried to “catch” my brush drew a picture of me and showed it to me the family was moving happiness sad, but also happy value and wishes Saying goodbye to my years up high My comments: I love Robert’s speech and was encouraged by his spirit. Window cleaning is not always considered a good job, but he never regretted it. He kept working very hard for 30 years. The city shines brighter because of him, and the job makes him shine, too. From him, I learnt that everyone should be hard-working because hard-working people are the heroes of our society. Choose to do: Search for more information about challenges and joys of different jobs. Requirements: 1. Choose a career that interests you; 2. List at least two challenges and two joys of this career; 3. Draw a poster to show your findings and share it with your group members in the next class. Homework Sample 板书设计 Unit 1 Career talks Starting out & Understanding ideas memories challenges joys Bad weather. Drops of sweat. Friends leaving. Meeting kind people. Being part of many warm stories. Finding a sense of achievement. The city shines brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. people actions feelings A kind woman was smiling  brightly at me handed me a piece of juicy watermelon the sweetest of my life a newborn baby laughed as her cat tried to “catch” my brush drew a picture of me and showed it to me the family was moving happiness sad, but also happy value and wishes Saying goodbye to my years up high Thank you! $