Unit1 SectionB(1a-2c) 课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Time to Relax Section B (1a-2c) Reading How can a hobby improve your life? 一项爱好如何改善你的生活？ ˈpɒlən Free talk What are their hobbies? programming painting collect stamps ice skating doing calligraphy playing the flute swimming playing the guitar collect coins [kə'lekt] [stæmp] [kɔɪn] doing yoga [ˈjəʊɡə] How can a hobby improve your life? My hobby helps me… ti In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better? Tick the ones that apply. You may add more. 1a My hobby helps me ... □ to relax □ to make new friends □ to learn a new skill □ to reduce stress □ to try new things ____________________ 减轻压力 to keep fit to be close to nature to develop creativity to learn about the world to gain a sense of achievement to broaden my horizons to enrich daily life Free talk be good for...对...有益 Guessing: What is this passage about? Some hobbies and their benefits. What hobby may be mentioned? Collecting postcards. Pre-Reading Skimming 1. How many parts can we divide the text into? Three. 2. What’s the main idea of each part? Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Luca Bruno’s hobby and his opinion Part 3: Maya Badal’s hobby and her opinion 3. What is the structure of this text? 1 2 3 4 5 6 ID Card Name: __________ Country:_________ Hobby:______________ ______________ Finish their ID card ID Card Name: __________ Country:_________ Hobby:______________ ______________ Luca Maya Italy India Make mobile phone apps Collect postcards Do they think hobbies can improve their lives? Scanning 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. 1b Read the text. Underline the two students’opinions. express a feeling Scanning 2 3 4 5 6 Hobbies That Are Good for You When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? Do you spend time on hobbies you love? Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. How does the writer start the passage? A. By telling stories. B. By listing numbers. C. By asking questions. D. By giving a fact. What hobbies are talked about? Scanning When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? Do you spend time on hobbies you love? Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. Types of hobbies Hobbies Benefits Which hobby is a physical one? A. B. C. Relaxing hobbies Reading, listening to music To help us calm down after a busy day Physical hobbies playing tennis, doing yoga To help us keep fit Creative hobbies painting pictures 1. To remember a beautiful landscape or object 2. To reduce stress. Careful-reading Read Para. 2-3 and complete the mind map. 1c Luca Bruno likes to be creative in his free time. But he doesn’t make art or write stories. Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. He started programming when he was ten, after he read about famous businessmen who started out as programmers. His latest app allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian. They can learn Italian and make friends at the sam time! “It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app,”says Luca. “I believe I'm helping people around the world to learn Italian!” making mobile phone apps/ programming when he was ten 1. He finds it fun… 2. Apps can be a great way… 3. It gives him a sense of achievement… Careful-reading 1c Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them! In India, Maya Badal doesn't collect coins or stamps. Instead, this teenage girl collects postcards! “I know some people think postcards are rather old-fashioned, but I think they’re a good way to learn about different places,” Maya says. “I think it’s interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.” Maya’s first postcard shows the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. 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! Now there are over one hundred postcards from thirty-two countries on Maya’s walls. She dreams of travelling to these places in the future! collecting postcards when she was five 1.a good way to... 2. she finds it interesting to see... Read Para. 4-6 and complete the mind map. Careful-reading Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself. 1. Some people listen to music to                             . 2. Others play tennis to                                    . 3. Sometimes people paint pictures to     _______________________________________________. relax/calm down keep fit/stay healthy When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? Do you spend time on hobbies you love? Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us to keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. 1d Careful-reading remember a beautiful  landscape or object/reduce stress 4. Luca developed his latest app to   ________________________                                             . 5. Maya collects postcards to                                                         . 6. I                                                                                     . help people find study partners for learning Italian learn about different places read books to gain new knowledge and relax Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself. 1d Careful-reading How do their hobby impove their life? For Luca, his hobby improves his life in these ways: He gets a sense of achievement when people use his app. His app connects global learners and improve his programming abilities. He turns his hobby into meaningful and practical work. For Maya, her hobby improves her life by: Broadening her knowledge: She learns about different places’ buildings/landscapes. lighting up her dreams: The postcards inspire her to travel to those 32 countries in the future. Adding joy to daily life: Her bedroom walls create a personal, interesting space. Further thinking What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Discuss in group of 4, then share your ideas. 1e Questions： What is your hobby? Why do you like it? When did you start it? What are the benefits of it? What do you think of it? Expressions： I like to/enjoy doing…because… I started it when… It can help me…/ It gives me… It makes me become… I think/believe it’s… (useful,meaningful, interesting, difficult…) Post-reading I’d like to take up calligraphy as my new hobby. I admire people with beautiful handwriting. Practising calligraphy can help me relax, and it also makes me more careful and calmer. I plan to start with single strokes and practise 30 minutes every day. It will make me feel confident when I write well! I would like to take up gardening as a new hobby. Gardening allows me to be close to nature and reduce stress. Watching plants grow gives me a sense of achievement. It also teaches me patience and responsibility, and I can enjoy the beauty of nature in my own space. Sample Hobbies make life rich and fulfilling. Hobbies are not just for fun. Just value your free time! Hobbies are the windows to our soul. Thinking 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.+ that ... such+n.+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 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 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 Match the words in the box with the verbs below. Some words can go together with more than one verb. collect do go play write calligraphy calligraphy coins poems football ice skating sport stories tennis stamps postcards guitar skiing coins stamps postcards ice skating  skiing tennis guitar poems stories football postcards sport sport 2a A: Hey, I heard you’re thinking about a hobby? B: Yes, I am. Any suggestions? A: Well, I paint. It’s a great way 1 and express myself. B: That sounds fun, but I’m worried about not being good at it. A: Don’t worry. Everyone starts somewhere. As long as you don’t ____ , you’ll get better at it over time. B: You’re right! I should my fear of failure and just try to have fun. A: Exactly! Painting is a great way to discover your creative side too. Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. Use the correct forms of the verbs. get over    take up    give up   reduce stress  find it fun to (do sth. ) taking up find it fun to to reduce stress give up get over n. 建议 只要 n.失败 2b 2c Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. My biggest inspiration is my dance . when I first started dancing, I was really scared to in front of others. I didn’t want to talk to my instructor about it because he seemed very strict. However, we ______after class one day, and I realized that he was surprisingly nice! He told me that a lot of his students had _ fears. He helped me to get over my fear. My greatest so far is dancing in front of hundreds of people last year. I was quite calm when I danced on stage, and I had a great time after all! instructor perform chatted  similar achievement achievement instructor chat similarity perform adv. 出人意料地；惊人地 到目前为止 数百的，成百上千的 该结构中，it作 find 的形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式短语。可用于此结构的动词还有 think、make、consider、feel等。 (4) Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. 相反，这位意大利少年觉得制作手机应用程序很有趣。(教材P6 1b) find it +adj. + to do sth. 发现做某事是……的 You may find it hard to accept your weakness.你可能觉得难以接受自己的弱点。 Language points (1)[可数名词]感觉 a sense of ……感 a sense of duty责任感 a sense of humour幽默感 sense n. 感觉；感官 (5) “ It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app , ” says Luca. “看到人们使用这款应用程序，我会有一种巨大的成就感。” 卢卡说 。(教材 P6 1b) (2)[可数名词]感官 Dogs have a strong sense of smell. 狗的嗅觉很灵敏。 Language points (6) “ I know some people think postcards are rather old-fashioned, but I think they’re a good way to learn about different places,” Maya says. “我知道有些人觉得明信片相当过时，但我认为它们是了解不同地方的好方式。”马娅说 。 (教材 P7 1b) rather adv. 相当；更准确地说 【拓】(1)would rather do sth. 宁愿做某事 I’d rather have a quiet night in front of the TV.我宁愿晚上安安静静地看看电视。 (2)rather than而不是 相当于 instead of。 I think I’ll have tea rather than coffee. 我想要茶，不要咖啡。 Language points dream of 梦想 (8) She dreams of travelling to these places in the future! 她梦想未来能去这些地方旅行！(教材 P7 1b) dream of doing sth. 梦想做某事 相当于 dream about doing sth. 。dream 此时意为“ 梦想 ”。 She dreams of visiting Yunnan one day. 她梦想着有一天能去云南。 Language points 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 1. My parents don’t allow me ______ late at night. A. stay up B. to stay up C. staying up D. stayed upm. 2. 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. $