Unit 1 Lesson 4 Reading for writing 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“幸福的秘密”主题，聚焦阅读与写作技能，通过分析感谢信、预测文章内容、细节填空等活动搭建学习支架，帮助学生理解周建捐发帮助癌症儿童的故事，衔接阅读输入与写作输出。 其亮点在于融合语言能力（词汇运用、写作步骤指导）、思维品质（标题比喻分析、文本生动性讨论）和学习能力（中考考点整合），如通过分步骤写作训练和中考题点拨，助力学生提升读写能力与应试技巧，教师可高效开展素养导向教学。

外研版英语7年级下册培优精做课件 授课教师： Home . 班 级： 7年级（*）班 . 时 间： . 2026年2月23日 Unit 1 Lesson 4 Reading for writing Unit 1 The secrets of happiness 1. What kind of card is it? It’s a “Thank You Card”. 2. Who sent this card? The City Children’s Hospital. 3. Who is this card for? This card is for Mr Zhou. 4. Why did he receive this card? He donated（捐赠）his hair to make wigs for the kids with cancer. Can you predict what the passage is about? Use the words and expressions to help you. keep one’s hair long happiness grow smile laugh at cut it short Now read the passage and check your answer. help others do good Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. What was Zhou Jian’s hair like? He had 1.______ hair. How did people react? They 2.___________ his long hair behind his back. They 3._______ at him. long talked about laughed What did he do with his hair? He 4.______________ for over two years. He went to a barber’s shop to 5._____________. He put the hair into a bag. Why did he do so? He wanted to help 6.________________. What did he do next? He 7.______ and said to himself, “It’s time to 8._____________ again. kept his hair long have it cut short the kids with cancer smiled grow happiness 一、根据句意及所给汉语提示完成单词 1. The film tells a story of a boy and a girl who fight _______ (癌症) together. 2. Jimmy’s face burned with _______ (羞愧) when he failed in the match. 返回 cancer shame 中考考法 3. After failing the test, Tom walked home with a lot of weight on his __________ (肩膀). 4. The food in this restaurant is delicious. There are many __________ (顾客) every day. 5. Lisa was very happy because she ___________ (收到) many nice gifts on her birthday. shoulders customers received 返回 中考考法 7 Read paragraphs 1&2 and answer the questions. 1. What are people’s attitudes toward a boy with long hair? They don’t understand him and they can’t accept his behaviour. Because people talk about his long hair behind his back and laugh at him. 2. What’s Zhou Jian’s reaction to people’s misunderstanding? He doesn’t care about it. He still insists on what he wants to do. Read paragraphs 3&4 and answer the questions. 1. What do you think “hope grew together with his hair” means? Zhou Jian’s growing hair is a growing hope for children with cancer. The longer his hair gets, the more wigs he can give to those kids. 2. What did Zhou Jian do with his hair? He went to the post office and sent his hair to the City Children’s Hospital. Read paragraphs 5&6 and answer the questions. 1. What will Zhou Jian do to “grow happiness again”? He will grow his hair and donate it to the kids with cancer again. 2. Why does the writer use the words of Plato in the last paragraph? 柏拉图 柏拉图是古希腊伟大的哲学家、思想家、教育家、数学家。 二、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空 6. The wind _______ (blow) lightly today. The children flew their kites happily. 7. The boy started to live in the school and learn to plan his time by _______ (he). blew himself 返回 中考考法 11 8. It was windy yesterday. Some leaves _______ (fall) from the trees. 9. He studied and read books about tea. _______ (final), he wrote a great book—The Classic of Tea. 10. The clever boy gave me a __________ answer to the question and that really made me __________. (surprise) fell Finally surprising surprised 返回 中考考法 12 Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. spring from 来自；源于 幸福来源于做好事和帮助他人。 The words of Plato are used to show the theme that happiness comes from helping others. It helps to describe Zhou Jian’s good nature and thoughts. The famous saying makes the article more believable. Discuss Read the title again. How do you understand Growing Happiness? 该标题使用了比喻的修辞手法，将happiness比喻为可以留长的头发，强调幸福其实可以靠自己去追寻和创造，而不仅仅是被动接受。 Think and Say 1. How do you feel when you read the letter in the passage? 2. What can you learn from the passage? Learning to think for quetion 1 Sometimes the writer puts the key information at the end of the story. This keeps us reading on! (Answers will vary.) 四、根据汉语意思完成句子或翻译句子 16. 他朝我挥了挥手，然后我们一起走进了邮局。 He _______ at me and then we walked _______ the _______ _______ together. waved into post office 返回 中考考法 17 17. 老师经常告诉我们不要嘲笑别人，这样很粗鲁。 The teacher often tells us not to __________________. It’s rude. laugh at others 返回 中考考法 18 18. 现在九点了。到做早操的时间了。 ______________________________________________ It’s 9 o’clock now. It’s time to do morning exercises. 返回 中考考法 19 Think More How does the author make the story vivid（生动）? Describe the environment E.g. The wind was strong. Zhou Jian’s hat below off. His long hair waved in the air. He heard a voice behind him ... Describe other people’s reactions E.g. People often talked about his long hair behind his back. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers were very surprised. Describe Zhou Jian’s inner activity E.g. He shook his head. “Just one more month!” he said to himself. He smiled and said to himself, “It’s time to grow happiness again.” 三、单项选择 ( ) 11. In different countries, the body language “_____” has the same meaning. A. praise B. smile C. hope D. care 【点拨】praise 赞扬；smile 微笑；hope 希望；care 关心。微笑是跨文化通用的肢体语言，故选B。 B 返回 中考考法 22 ( ) 12. —Kelly, here’s a map. I hope it will help you. —Thank you. It’s _______ what I need. A. over B. still C. only D. just 【点拨】根据Thank you 可知表示谢谢，故此处表示这恰好是“我”需要的东西，故用just。故选D。 D 返回 中考考法 23 ( ) 13. AI is so _______ that it can almost answer all the questions we ask. A. polite B. friendly C. smart D. lucky 【点拨】根据“it can almost answer all the questions we ask”可知AI 是聪明的，故选C。 C 返回 中考考法 24 ( ) 14. —Do you hear the strange _______? —No. I am listening to the beautiful _______ of my favourite singer. A. sound; noise B. noise; voice C. voice; sound D. voice; noise 【点拨】sound 声音，指人能够听到的各种性质的声音；noise 噪音；voice 嗓音。根据“my favourite singer”可知，第二空是指歌手的嗓音，应用voice; 第一空处指奇怪的响声，应用noise或sound。故选B。 B 返回 中考考法 25 ( ) 15. Look at the picture on the right. If you want to win the game, what gesture(手势) will you make? A. Rock. B. Scissors. C. Paper. D. Carpet. 【点拨】Rock 石头；Scissors 剪刀；Paper 布； Carpet 地毯。根据常识，图片中出示的手势是“布”，如果想赢的话应该出“剪刀”。故选B。 B 返回 中考考法 26 Write a short story about feeling happy through helping others. Step 1 Organise your ideas by answering the following questions. When and where did the story happen? Who is the main character of the story? E.g. The story happened last Saturday at the community center（社区中心）. The main character is Lily.  What did he / she do and what challenge(s) did he / she face? How did he / she react to the challenge(s)? What did he / she feel? She wanted to help old people at the community center. Her challenge was that she didn't know how to make the old people happy at first. Lily thought hard and decided to tell funny stories to the old people. She also helped them clean their rooms. After seeing the old people laugh and thank her, Lily felt very happy. She learned that helping others could bring so much joy. Step 2 Use your ideas to write your story. The Happy Volunteer Last Saturday, Lily went to the community center to be a volunteer. She wanted to help the old people there. But at the beginning, she didn't know how to make them happy. It was quite a challenge for her. Lily thought for a while and decided to tell some funny stories to the old people. Besides, she also helped them clean their rooms. When Lily saw the old people laughing and heard them say thank you, she felt very happy. She learned that helping others can bring a lot of joy. Step 3 Check. Did you: include characters, a setting and events? use the words and expressions from the reading passage? give your opinion about the secrets of happiness? Step 4 Share your story with the class. 五、[广东茂名期中] 完形填空 Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses 19 large gardens or those who have nice cars and so on. ( ) 19. A. after B. for C. with D. from C 【点拨】根据“You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses ... Large gardens or those who have nice cars and so on.”可知，此处指带有大花园的漂亮房子，应用介词with。故选C。 返回 中考考法 32 Why? 20 those who have big houses may often feel lonely, ( ) 20. A. After B. Before C. If D. Because 【点拨】根据“Why?”可知，此处是对上文的疑问进行解释说明，应用Because 回答。故选D。 D 返回 中考考法 33 and those who have cars may want to walk in the countryside in their 21 time. ( ) 21. A. free B. busy C. happy D. bad 【点拨】根据“and those who have cars may want to walk in the countryside in their ... time”可知，此处指空闲时间在乡下散步。故选A。 A 返回 中考考法 34 In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will 22 you. ( ) 22. A. give B. help C. take D. carry 【点拨】根据“When you are in trouble at school, your friends will ... you.”可知，此处指在学校遇到困难时，朋友会提供帮助。故选B。 B 返回 中考考法 35 When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your 23 and health. ( ) 23. A. life B. story C. friend D. homework 【点拨】根据“your parents are always taking good care of your ... and health”可知，此处指父母照顾你的生活。故选A。 A 返回 中考考法 36 When you do something good for others, you will feel happy, 24 . All these are your happiness. ( ) 24. A. too B. also C. either D. as well 【点拨】根据“When you do something good for others, you will feel happy, ...”可知，此处为肯定句句末，且用逗号隔开，应用too。故选A。 A 返回 中考考法 37 If you notice 25 of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. ( ) 25. A. little B. lot C. some D. few 【点拨】根据“If you notice ... of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.”可知，该句是肯定句，表示一些，用some。故选C。 C 返回 中考考法 38 Happiness is not the same 26 money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also be very happy. ( ) 26. A. like B. in C. of D. as 【点拨】根据“Happiness is not the same ...money.”可知，此处指幸福与金钱不同，固定短语not the same as 表示“与……不一样”。故选D。 D 返回 中考考法 39 When you meet difficulties, you can say 27 you are very happy. ( ) 27. A. quickly B. loudly C. quietly D. sadly 【点拨】根据“When you meet difficulties, you can say ... you are very happy.”可知，此处指大声说出你很高兴，这符合积极的态度，应用loudly修饰动词say。故选B。 B 返回 中考考法 40 So you cannot always say you are poor and you have 28 luck. As the old saying goes, “Life is like a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. ” ( ) 28. A. good B. big C. small D. bad 【点拨】根据“So you cannot always say you are poor and you have ... luck.”可知，此处与poor相对应，应用bad luck 表示“运气不好”。故选D。 D 返回 中考考法 41 六、阅读理解 There are many reasons why you may forget to smile. You may be worried about your life or you may be busy with other problems. Here are a few reasons why you should smile. To let you be beautiful. Wearing make-up (化妆) can only make you look beautiful on your face. Real happiness comes from your deep heart and it shows on your face only through a smile. If you want to look attractive (吸引人的), smile. 中考考法 42 To make you healthy. A smile usually shows that a person is happy. And being happy helps people keep healthy. Smiling can make you feel good and do good to your health. If you are happy more often, it’s easier to keep yourself healthy. To help you make more friends. If you forget to keep a smile on your face, you should do it right now. 中考考法 43 When you want to start conversations with people or know someone better, you have to be a friendly person, so people can believe in you. Smiling is an easy way to help you make it. Smiling as often as you can makes it easier for people to get along with (相处) each other. 中考考法 44 ( ) 29. Why may you forget to smile according to the passage? A. You may worry about your life. B. You may worry about your study. C. You may be busy with your work. D. All of the above. 【点拨】推理判断题。根据“You may be worried about your life or you may be busy with other problems.”可知，你可能担心你的生活或者你可能忙于其他问题，此处其他问题可以包括学习或工作等。故选D。 D 返回 中考考法 45 ( ) 30. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. A smile. B. Being beautiful. C. Real happiness. D. The heart. 【点拨】代词指代题。根据“Real happiness comes from your deep heart and it shows on your face only through a smile.”可知，真正的幸福来自你的内心深处，它会通过微笑表现在你的脸上，画线词it 指代“真正的幸福”。故选C。 C 返回 中考考法 46 ( ) 31. According to the passage, what should we be like if we want to make more friends? A. Be careful. B. Be healthy. C. Be funny. D. Be friendly. 【点拨】推理判断题。根据“When you want to start conversations with people or know someone better, you have to be a friendly person, so people can believe in you.”可知，如果想交到更多朋友，就要做一个友好的人。故选D。 D 返回 中考考法 47 ( ) 32. What’s the structure (结构) of the passage? 【点拨】篇章结构题。通读全文可知，第一段提出话题，为什么会忘记微笑，第二至第四段分别列举微笑的好处，第五段作总结，故结构为“总分总”。故选B。 B 返回 中考考法 48 ( ) 33. What does the writer want to tell us through this passage? A. To smile more. B. To exercise more. C. To make more friends. D. To forget problems. 【点拨】主旨大意题。根据“Here are a few reasons why you should smile.”及后文内容可知，本文作者通过列举多方面的好处来告诉我们应该多微笑。故选A。 A 返回 中考考法 49 $