Unit 1 Section A 3a-3d 课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

SectionA (3a-3d) Time to Relax! Unit1 1 What do you know about Chinese calligraphy? Leading 2 Let’s watch and learn. 3 brush ink paper inkstone The Four Treasures of the Study 文 房 四 宝 笔墨纸砚 Leading 4 Predict What are they doing? What can you see from the picture? 笔 writing brush 墨 ink 砚台 inkstone Xuan paper A poem by Li Bai Do calligraphy Peter and Yaming are talking about their free-time activities. 5 When Peter started to do calligraphy, he may spend hours practising . single strokes 6 Peter: Hey Yaming! What are you up to? Yaming: Hi Peter.  I’m doing calligraphy. Peter: It’s beautiful! What are you writing? Yaming: It’s a poem by Li Bai. My grandmother taught me how to write it. Peter: What’s this character? Yaming: It’s yue. It means “moon”. Peter: It’s nice! I like watching you write like that. But it looks difficult. Yaming: Well, the first step is always the hardest. When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours practising single strokes. Peter: I know how that feels! My dad’s teaching me to play the guitar. It’s difficult, but he always encourages me not to give up. Yaming: Exactly. Now I do calligraphy to relax. I even like how the ink smells! Why did you choose to play the guitar? Peter: I think playing the guitar is cool. Will you teach me to write a poem? I can teach you to play a song in return. Yaming: It’s a deal! 3a Read the conversation. Circle Peter’s and Yaming’s free-time activities. Check answers: ... likes ... in his free time. 7 Peter: Hey Yaming! What are you up to? Yaming: Hi Peter.  I’m doing calligraphy. Peter: It’s beautiful! What are you writing? Yaming: It’s a poem by Li Bai. My grandmother taught me how to write it. Peter: What’s this character? Yaming: It’s yue. It means “moon”. Peter: It’s nice! I like watching you write like that. But it looks difficult. Yaming: Well, the first step is always the hardest. When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours practising single strokes. Read again and answer the questions. 3b What words does Peter use to describe Yaming’s work? Peter uses the words “beautiful”, “nice” and “difficult” . What do you think “The first step is always the hardest” means? It means that studying a new thing is usually , but it will get if you keep trying. easier the most difficult part 8 Peter: I know how that feels! My dad’s teaching me to play the guitar. It’s difficult, but he always encourages me not to give up. Yaming: Exactly. Now I do calligraphy to relax. I even like how the ink smells! Why did you choose to play the guitar? Peter: I think playing the guitar is cool. Will you teach me to write a poem? I can teach you to play a song in return. Yaming: It’s a deal! Read again and answer the questions. 3b What does Yaming like about his hobby? It helps him relax, and he enjoys the smell of ink. 9 Name Free-time activities Who taught him Why he enjoys the activity Challenges 1. He does calligraphy to . 2. He likes the of ink. The first step of learning calligraphy was the and he spent hours practicing at the beginning. He thinks playing the guitar is . Learning the guitar is , but his dad encouraged him not to . What are the similarities between Yaming’s and Peter’s hobbies? Both hobbies are at first and need practice and patience.  Both got or from their family. difficult help encouragement Yaming Peter do calligraphy play the guitar his grandmother his dad relax smell cool hardest single strokes difficult give up Fill in blanks. 10 How do you usually feel when you manage to do something difficult? Give an example. Further thinking When I manage to do something difficult, I usually feel a great sense of achievement and pride. For example, when I first learned to ride a bicycle, it was really hard to keep my balance. But after practising a lot, I was able to ride smoothly. I felt so proud of myself. proud happy confident Everything is difficult before it’s easy. 11 Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it. 3c 你在做什么呢?(口语化表达) 在进行书法创作 start to do sth 开始去做某事 start doing sth （继续）开始做某事 这是什么字？ 疑问词加动词不定式 spend... (in) doing sth 花费……做某事 encourage sb. to do sth 花费……做某事 一言为定；成交！ 12 1. —What are you up to? — I calligraphy in the study. A. do B. did C. am doing 2. My mother taught me dumplings last weekend. A. how to make B. how make C. to how make 3. Tom half an hour basketball every afternoon. A. spends; play B. spends; playing C. spent; to play 4. Our teacher always encourages us hard at school. A. work B. to work C. working 5. — I’ll lend you my storybook. — Thanks! I’ll share my comic book with you . A. in return B. in fact C. in time 单项选择 Exercise 13 你弟弟正在做什么? What is your brother up to? 1. What are you up to? 你在做什么呢? (1)常用于口语中，表示“正在做”，相当于doing。 —Shall we eat out or stay in? 咱们是到外面吃饭还是待在家里? —It’s up to you. 你决定吧。 (2)由某人决定 up to 正在做；由某人决定 Language points 14 The temperature went up to 35℃. 气温上升到了35摄氏度。 The blue whale weighs up to 100 tons! 蓝鲸重达100吨! up to的其他用法： (1)达到(某数量、程度等) ；至多有 The store is open up to 9 p.m. on weekends. 这家店周末营业到晚上9点。 (2)直到 Language points 15 2.It’s a poem by Li Bai. 是李白的一首诗。 poem n.诗 poet n.诗人 poetry n.诗歌；诗集 poem /ˈpəʊɪm/ n. 诗 可数名词 不可数名词 表示单篇作品 指诗的总称或诗歌这一文学形式 poem poetry Language points 16 3.When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours practising single strokes. 我刚开始练书法时，花了好几个小时练习单个的笔画。 动词 常用结构 spend take cost pay Sb. spends time/money on sth. 某人在某事/物上花费时间/金钱。 Sb. spends time/money doing sth. 某人花费时间/金钱做某事。 It takes (sb.) some time to do sth. 做某事花费(某人)多长时间。 Sth. costs sb. money. 某物花费某人多少钱。 Sb. pays money for sth. 某人为某物支付多少钱。 Language points 17 We should never give up in the face of difficulties.面对困难，我们应该永不放弃。 Stick to your dream. Don’t give it up.坚持你的梦想，不要放弃。 可单独使用，也可接名词、代词或动词-ing形式作宾语。宾语为人称代词时，人称代词要放在 give与 up 之间。 3.It’s difficult, but he always encourages me not to give up.  (弹吉他) 很难，但他总是鼓励我不要放弃。(教材 P4 3a ) give up 放弃 Language points 18 cheer up put up dress up set up get up show up grow up stay up look up wake up  pick up take up “动词 +up”构成的其他常见短语： (使)振作起来 穿上盛装 起床 长大 查阅；向上看 拿起；(开车)接人 建造；张贴 建起；设立 出现；露面 熬夜 叫醒；醒来 占据；开始做 Language points 19 4.I can teach you to play a song in return. 作为回报，我可以教你弹首歌。 We’re all looking forward to your return! 我们都盼着你回来! Can I buy you lunch in return for your help? 感谢你帮忙，我请你吃午饭好吗? (1)[名词]回来；归还 通常用单数形式。 in return (for sth. ) 作为(对……的) 回报 return /rɪˈtɜːn/ n. & v.回来；归还 Language points 20 I’m going to return this book to Tom. = I’m going to give this book back to Tom. 我要把这本书还给汤姆。 The Mengzhou spacecraft returns to Earth with the moon samples. “梦舟”载人飞船携带月球样本返回地球。 After finishing visiting the museum, they returned home by subway. 参观完博物馆后，他们乘地铁回家了。 (2)[不及物动词] 回来；返回 相当于 go/come back。 (3)[及物动词]归还 return sth. to sb. =give sth. back to sb. 把某物归还给某人 Language points 21 5.It’s a deal! 说定了! deal /diːl/ n. 交易；协议 v.对付 (1)[名词]交易；协议 make a deal with sb. 和某人达成协议 (2)[动词] 对付 deal-dealt-dealt deal with意为“应付；处理；解决”，与 do with 同义。 [名词]大量；许多 a great deal of“大量；很多”，常用于修饰不可数名词。 Language points 22 I finally managed to push the huge box away. 我终于把这个巨大的箱子推走了。 6.How do you usually feel when you manage to do something difficult?  当你完成一件难事时，通常会有什么感受? manage /ˈmænɪdʒ/ v. 完成(困难的事)；管理 (1)完成了(困难的事) Language points 23 manage to do sth.   try to do sth. manage to do sth.与try to do sth. “设法做成某事”，强调通过努力达到了目的，结果是成功的。 “尽力做某事”，强调过程，结果不一定是成功的。 With much difficulty, they managed to get back the kite. 费了很大劲，他们成功把风筝拿回来了。 I tried to solve the math problem, but I failed.我尽力解答这道数学题，但我失败了。 Language points 24 Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 78236.555 $