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UNIT 1
Time to relax
Section B
How can a hobby improve your life?
Reading (1a-1e)
understand the text about hobbies that are good for us.
know the pronunciations, the spellings, and the meanings of some words and phrases: reduce, stress, yoga, object, Italian, programmer, allow, achievement ...
be able to share what new hobby you'd like to take up and why.
In this part, you will
What his hobby is:
When he started it:
How he started it:
How often he does it:
Why he likes it:
Watch the video and get the information about Mike.
Mike
Skateboarding.
He started 3 years ago.
His brother got him into it.
About twice a week.
Because it gets him out of the house and it's relaxing.
What is your hobby?
When did you start it? Why do you like it? Does it make your life better?
1a
In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better? Tick the ones that apply. You may add more.
P6
to keep healthy
Let's read the text and learn about how hobbies are good for us.
The title usually tells readers the main idea of the article.
Even pictures can also tell something about the content (内容) of the article.
What is the text about?
What hobby may be mentioned in this text?
It's about hobbies that are good for us.
Collecting postcards.
Listen and read. Then answer the following questions.
Skimming (略读)是一种快速阅读技巧,旨在快速浏览文本以抓住核心大意、结构框架和关键信息,而非逐字逐句精读。它的核心目的是在短时间内对文章的主题、结构、段落主旨有整体认知。
What's the structure of this text?
General - Specific
Choose the main idea of each part.
A. Introduce Luca's hobby of making mobile phone apps.
B. Explain different benefits of hobbies.
C. Tell about Maya's hobby of collecting postcards.
B
A
C
Para. 1: Explain different benefits of hobbies.
Read para. 1 and match.
Relaxing hobbies
Physical hobbies
Creative hobbies
To help keep fit.
To help calm down after a busy day.
To help remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress.
Playing tennis
Doing yoga
Painting pictures
Reading
Listening to music
Hobbies
Types
Purposes
用问题引入话题,激发阅读兴趣、激活背景知识、明确阅读方向。
(Types) + such as/for example + (examples) to + (purposes)
P6
1. Find "think" and "believe" first.
2. Note that the subjects are two students.
Paras. 2-3:
Introduce Luca's hobby of making mobile phone apps.
Paras. 4-6:
Tell about Maya's hobby of collecting postcards.
Read paras. 2-6 and finish the questions.
1b
Read the text. Underline the two students' opinions.
express a feeling
1c
Read the text again and complete the mind map.
P7
Making mobile phone apps.
It gives him a sense of achievement and he believes he's helping people around the world to learn Italian.
When he was ten.
Collecting postcards.
She thinks postcards are a good way to learn about different places and it's interesting to see beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.
When she was five.
Let's find the facts about them!
He started (4) _____________,
after he read about famous businessmen who (5)___________________________.
Making mobile phone apps.
It gives him a sense of achievement and he believes he's helping people around the world to learn Italian.
When he was ten.
It belongs to (1)_______ hobbies.
creative
He is a(n) (3)_____________.
Italian teenager
started out as programmers
programming
His latest app (6) ______ people to find (7)________
_________ and make friends.
Read paras. 2-3 and find more facts about Luca.
allows
study
partners
instead of (2)__________ or writing stories
making art
Read paras. 4-6 and find more facts about Maya.
Collecting postcards.
She thinks postcards are a good way to learn about different places and it's interesting to see beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.
When she was five.
She is a(n)
(3) _______.
Indian
instead of collecting (1)_____ or (2)_______.
But some people think they are (4)
__________________.
coins
stamps
rather old-fashioned
She got her first postcard of the (5) _____________ from her (6)____ and she put it on her (7)
____________.
Mogao Caves
dad
bedroom wall
Now she has over (8) _____ postcards from (9)_____ countries and (10)
_________ travelling to these places one day.
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dreams of
1. What do they and their hobbies have in common?
2. How does the writer connect Luca's and Maya's hobbies?
They both have non-traditional hobbies.
By two sentences "Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them!".
They both started their hobbies at a young age and were inspired (被启发) by others.
Both hobbies can help them get knowledge and emotional value and connect with the world.
1d
Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself.
P7
read books to open up my mind and explore different worlds
calm down after a busy day
keep fit
remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress
help people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian
learn about different places and see beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries
Pay attention to the expressions.
sb. spend some time on sth.
某人在某事/某物上花费时间
平静下来;镇定下来
体育爱好
do yoga做瑜伽
保持健康
= keep healthy
例如
减轻压力
start out as ...
起初是……
the latest app
最新的应用程序
allow sb. to do sth.
允许某人做某事
拓展:
be allowed to do sth.
被允许做某事
allow doing sth.
允许做某事
学习搭子
成就感
prefer (not) to do sth.
更(不)喜欢做某事(侧重特定场景下的选择。)
拓展:
prefer doing sth. 更喜欢做某事(更强调长期的、持续性的习惯或兴趣。)
prefer doing ... to doing ...
喜欢做……胜过做……
prefer to do ... rather than do ...
宁愿做……也不愿做……
* 过去式 preferred
现在分词 preferring
collect coins/stamps/postcards 收藏硬币/邮票/明信片
相当过时的
在外国
莫高窟
so + adj./adv.原级 + that ...
如此……以至于……
put it up on the wall
把它贴在墙上
dream of doing sth.
梦想做某事
find it fun to do sth. 发现做某事很有趣
be good for
对……有好处
相关辨析:
be good at (do well in) 擅长于……
be good to 对……友好的
Translate and choose.
1. 对……有好处 2. 体育爱好
3. 某人在某事/某物上花费时间 4. 平静下来;镇定下来
5. 做瑜伽 6. 保持健康
7. 例如 8. 减轻压力
9. 起初是…… 10. 学习搭子
11. 发现做某事很有趣 12. 最新的应用程序
13. 成就感 14. 在外国
15. 莫高窟 16. 相当过时的
17. 收藏硬币/邮票/明信片 18. 如此……以至于……
19. 把它贴在墙上 20. 梦想做某事
21. My parents don't allow me ______ late at night.
A. stay up B. to stay up C. staying up D. stayed upm.
22. My sister prefers ______ tea when she feels tired, not coffee.
A. drinking B. drink C. to drink D. drank
be good for
physical hobbies
sb. spend some time on sth.
calm down
do yoga
keep fit/healthy
such as/for example
reduce stress
start out as
study partners
find it fun to do sth.
the latest app
sense of achievement
in foreign countries
Mogao Caves
rather old-fashioned
collect coins/ stamps/ postcards
so ... that ...
put it up on the wall
dream of doing sth.
1e
What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Share your ideas.
P7
开始从事(某项活动/爱好)
Gardening
It's cool to watch them grow from seeds to big plants.
It's a great way to spend time outdoors and learn about nature!
...
Paper-cutting
It's relaxing!
It helps me learn and spread Chinese traditional culture.
...
Learn the hobbies that are good for us!
1. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help ...
And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint ...
体育爱好,如打网球或做瑜伽,可以帮助……
有些爱好是创造性的。例如,人们有时画画……
such as for example
功能 列举同类事物的"部分例子",不穷尽 举例印证前文观点,通常是"单个典型例子"
位置 紧跟被列举的名词/名词短语后,一般无逗号分隔 可放在句首、句中、句尾,需用逗号与主句隔开
后接内容 名词、代词或动名词
(不可接完整句子) 完整句子(可补充说明例子的具体情况)
1. My hometown has many interesting places __________ the old temple and the mountain lake.
2. Some people like to do relaxing hobbies. ___________ many people practice yoga before going to bed.
3. He has many sports shoes __________ running shoes and basketball shoes.
请根据句意,在横线上填入 "such as" 或 "for example",并补全必要的标点。
such as
For example,
such as
2. Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps.
(1) She didn't answer. Instead, she asked me another question.
(2) We don't have any coffee. Let's have tea instead.
相反,这位意大利青少年发现制作手机应用程序很有趣。
instead adv.
她没有回答,而是问了我另外一个问题。
我们没有咖啡了,我们喝茶代替吧。
反而;代替
表"代替",替换前文提到的人/事/动作,通常放在句末,也可置于句中(用逗号隔开)。
表"反而",多位于句首,连接上下句,通常是先否定一种情况,再以instead引出下句,提出相反的情况。
instead of
(1) I gave him an apple instead of a pear.
(2) She chose to work from home instead of going to the office.
我给了他一个苹果而不是梨。
她选择在家办公,而不是去办公室。
代替;而不是
其后可跟名词、代词、V-ing形式或介词短语。
1. I can't go to your birthday party. My brother will go __________.
2. I usually go to school by bus __________ by bicycle on rainy days.
3. He didn't go shopping. __________, he went to see a film.
选用instead或instead of填空。
instead
instead of
Instead
find it + adj. to do sth.
(1) Many students find it fun to learn English through movies.
(2) We find it important to communicate openly with our parents.
很多学生觉得通过电影学英语很有趣。
我们认为与父母坦诚沟通非常重要。
发现做某事是……的
形式宾语
真正的宾语
3. His latest app allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian.
(1) She only allows her kids to play video games after finishing homework.
(2) They don't allow parking cars here.
他的最新应用程序允许世界各地的人们找到学习意大利语的学习搭子。
allow v.
她只允许孩子们做完作业后玩电子游戏。
他们不允许在这里停车。
允许;准许
allow sb. to do sth.
允许某人做某事
allow doing sth.
允许做某事
1. 我们不会允许他们砍倒这里的树。
We won't _______ them _______ cut down the trees here.
2. 他们不允许在屋子里抽烟。
They don't _______ ________ in the room.
3. 父母应该允许孩子选择他们自己的生活方式。
Parents should _______ their children _______ _______ their own lifestyle.
根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
allow to
allowed smoking
allow to
choose
4. Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them!
(1) Today I prefer to stay at home instead of going out.
(2) My mom prefers listening to light music.
(3) Jack preferred reading in his own room to playing with his friends.
(4) She preferred to write to him rather than telephone him.
有些人不喜欢制作东西。他们更喜欢收集它们!
prefer v.
今天我宁愿待在家里,也不愿出门。
我妈妈更喜欢听轻音乐。
更喜欢;宁愿
杰克更喜欢独自一人在自己房间里读书而不是和朋友们出去玩。
prefer (not) to do sth.
更(不)喜欢做某事(侧重特定场景下的选择。)
prefer doing sth. 更喜欢做某事(更强调长期的、持续性的习惯或兴趣。)
prefer doing ... to doing ...
喜欢做……胜过做……
她宁愿给他写信也不愿给他打电话。
prefer to do ... rather than do ...
宁愿做……也不愿做……
= would rather do ... than do ...
= She would rather write to him than telephone him.
1. She prefers ________(read) books to ________ (watch) TV in her free time.
2. My brother prefers ________(play) basketball rather than ________(play) football.
3. They prefer not ________(go) out on rainy days because it's wet.
4. I prefer ________(take) the train to travel.
用所给词的适当形式填空。
reading watching
to play
play
to go
taking
5. 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.
(1) The movie is so interesting that I want to watch it again.
(2) He runs so fast that no one can catch up with him.
她爸爸在她五岁的时候把它(莫高窟的明信片)送给了她,她非常喜欢它,就把它挂在了卧室的墙上。
so ... that ...
这部电影如此有趣,以至于我想再看一遍。
他跑得如此快,以至于没人能追上他。
如此……以至于……
so是副词,后接形容词或副词的原级。
such ... that ...
(1) It is such a beautiful park that many people visit it every day.
(2) They are such interesting books that I read them all in two days.
(3) It was such heavy rain that we had to stay at home.
这是一个如此美丽的公园,以至于每天都有很多人来参观。
这些书如此有趣,以至于我两天内就把它们都读完了。
如此……以至于……
such是形容词,修饰名词。
雨下得如此大,以至于我们不得不待在家。
大厅里有如此多的学生,以至于我们找不到朋友。
such a/an + adj. + c.n.单数 + that 从句
such + adj. + c.n.复数 + that 从句
such + adj. + u.n. + that 从句
若名词前有 many、much、few、little(表数量),需用 so 代替 such。
(4) There are so many students in the hall that we can't find our friends.
1. The story is ________ interesting ________ all students want to hear it again.
2. It was ________ a cold day ________ we didn't go out for a walk.
3. She has ________ much homework ________ she can't go to the party.
4. They are ________ hard-working students ________ they always get good grades.
5. They walked ________ slowly ________ they missed the early bus.
用so ... that ... 或 such ... that ... 填空。
so that
such that
so that
such that
so that
6. She dreamed of travelling to these places in the future!
(1) They dream of building a new school for their hometown.
(2) I dream of studying at a famous university.
她梦想着将来能到这些地方旅游!
dream of doing sth.
他们梦想为家乡建一所新学校。
我梦想在一所名牌大学学习。
梦想做某事
You must do:
1. Memorize the words and phrases in this part.
2. Make a complete mind map to retell the information about the text.
You choose to do:
Write a short passage (about 80 words) to introduce your hobby. Be sure to include when you started your hobby and explain why you enjoy it.
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