Unit 1 Section B (1a--1e) 课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Presentation Unit1 Time to Relax Section B How can a hobby improve your life? (1a-1e) What is your hobby? My hobby is ... . skiing playing the flute hiking programming doing calligraphy painting pictures ice skating swimming playing the guitar horse riding collecting psotcards creating new apps. What is your hobby? My hobby is ... . listening to music watching movies playing tennis writing poems doing yoga flying kites collecting coins collecting stamps to stay healthy and active（保持健康和活力） to express my creativity（表达我的创造力） to build my confidence（建立我的自信心） to develop patience and focus（培养耐心和专注力） to find more joy in life（在生活中找到更多乐趣） ... Presentation Look at the picture and the title, and guess what the passage will talk about? Here are four options, with only one correct answer: A. The passage will talk about how to find new hobbies. B. The passage will introduce different hobbies and their benefits for people. C. The passage will focus on the history of popular hobbies. D. The passage will explain why some hobbies are more expensive than others. How many parts can we divide the text into? Part 1: Lead to the topic of the text Part 2: Introduce Luca Bruno’s hobby and his opinion Part 3: Introduce Maya Badal’s hobby and her opinion Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. 1b Identifying facts and opinions Facts are statements that are true. On the other hand, opinions express a feeling or belief. They may or may not be true. Look for key words like “ think” or“ believe” to help you identify whether a statement is an opinion. _________ I think playing basketball is difficult. _________ There are four seasons in a year. _________ Tom believes summer is the best season of the year. _________ Birds can fly. _________ Learning English is more important than math. Fact Opinion Opinion Opinion Fact Facts or opinions? Underline the two students’ opinions. Luca Bruno’s opinion Maya Badal’s opinion Read the text again and complete the mind map. Hobbies Luca Maya When he was ten. It gives him a sense of achievement to help people to learn Italian. 1c Why he likes it Why she likes it They’re a good way to learn about different places. When he started it What his hobby is Making mobile phone apps. When she started it Collecting postcards. Collecting postcards. What her hobby is Presentation Read and answer 1d 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 _____________________________ ___________________. 4. Luca developed his latest app to ________________________________ _______________________. 5. Maya collects postcards to _____________________________________ _____________________________________. 6. I ___________________________________________________________. calm down after a busy day help them keep fit remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress help people around the world find study partners for learning Italian learn about different places and see beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries play the guitar to relax after school Presentation Listen and repeat Presentation Fill and retell When work or school ends, people turn to hobbies to pass time. Reading or music calms us after a busy day; physical hobbies like tennis or ______ keep us fit, and creative hobbies such as painting reduce ______. Italian teen Luca Bruno creates mobile apps instead of art—he started _____________ at ten, inspired by programmer-turned-businessmen. His latest app helps people find ____________ for learning Italian, letting them learn and make ______ together. Luca feels a sense of ____________ knowing his app aids Italian learners worldwide. Indian teen Maya Badal collects ___________ (not coins/stamps) to learn about places; she finds foreign buildings and ___________ interesting. Her first postcard showed Dunhuang’s Mogao Caves, sent by her dad at age ______. Now she has over 100 postcards from thirty-two ________ and dreams of visiting those places. yoga stress programming  study partners friends achievement postcards landscapes five countries Retell the passage by filling in the blanks. Presentation Think and share 1e What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Share your ideas I want to take up ______ as a new hobby, because it can help me _________ . to stay healthy and active（保持健康和活力） to express my creativity（表达我的创造力） to build my confidence（建立我的自信心） to develop patience and focus（培养耐心和专注力） to find more joy in life（在生活中找到更多乐趣） ... Presentation 1. 爱好：painting pictures（画画） I want to take up painting pictures as a new hobby, because it can help me express my creativity. Additionally, it can help me reduce stress and calm down after a busy day. Furthermore, it can help me develop patience and focus when I work on my art. 2. 爱好：playing the flute（吹长笛） I want to take up playing the flute as a new hobby, because it can help me learn a new skill. What's more, it can help me relax after a long day at school. Finally, it can help me build my confidence when I play music for others. 3. 爱好：programming（编程） I want to take up programming as a new hobby, because it can help me try new things and create useful apps. Besides, it can help me learn a new skill that is useful in the modern world. Most importantly, it can help me make new friends who are also interested in technology. $