Unit1 SectionA（3a-3d）课件-2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“业余活动与爱好”核心主题，通过Free talk提问Yaming的书法爱好及工具引入，结合复习的“practise”“encourage”等词汇搭建学习支架，帮助学生衔接旧知，理解Peter和Yaming的对话内容。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质与文化意识，通过思维导图梳理活动、挑战及感受变化培养分析能力，角色表演和深度思考（如讨论克服困难的感受）提升语言运用与反思能力，融入书法文化元素增强文化认同。学生能提升综合语言运用和思维，教师可借助结构化活动与当堂测优化教学效率。

Section A (3a-3d) Unit1 Time to Relax 1. 能读懂对话，思维导图梳理Peter 和 Yaming 的业余活动，并回答相关细节问题； 2. 能理解并运用对话中关于爱好的表达，分角色表演对话； 3. 能结合自身经历，讨论自己的爱好及原因，形成对“爱好与个人成长”的积极认知。 Learning objectives Review 1. challenges of doing these activities 做这些活动的挑战 2. ice skating 滑冰 3. practise by performing in front of others 通过在他人面前表演来练习 4. get over 克服（困难）；解决（问题） 5. get back up 重新站起来 6. give up 放弃 7. used to do 过去常常做某事 8. be scared of 害怕某事 9. be afraid to do sth. 害怕做某事 10. encourage sb to do 鼓励某人做某事 11. tell sb （not）to do 告诉某人（不要）做某事 12. expect sb. to do sth. 期待某人做某事 brush 1. How does Yaming spend his free time? Free talk 2. What tools do we need when doing calligraphy? ink stone Xuan paper Four Treasures of Study Maybe he likes doing calligraphy. ink 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! Read the conversation. Circle Peter’s and Yaming’s free-time activities. 3a Who taught them? while-reading Read the conversation and fill in the blanks. Yaming Peter activities challenges feelings change play the guitar do calligraphy the first step is the hardest. spent hours practicing at first. hardest → relaxed It’s difficult at first. not give up. difficult → cool Never give up! 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! 3b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions below. while-reading Q1：What words does Peter use to describe Yaming’s work? Beautiful and nice . 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! 3b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions below. while-reading Q2: What does Yaming like about his hobby? He likes that it helps him relax, and he even likes the smell of the ink. 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! 3b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions below. while-reading Both are difficult at first, both need practice, both have someone who teaches/encourages them, and they both enjoy their hobbies. Q3: What are the similarities between Yaming’s and Peter’s hobbies? 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! 3b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions below. while-reading It means starting something new is always the most difficult part.Once you take the first step ,it gets easier later. Q4：What do you think “The first step is always the hardest” means? 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! Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it. 3c What are busy doing?/What’s up? teach sb how to teach sb to spend ... doing... deal v. deal with; deal n. make a deal with... 作为回报 3b. After reading , think about the question below. Think deeply  How do you usually feel when you manage to do something difficult? Give an example. 设法完成 Eg: 1. I usually feel excited and confident. For example, I was happy when I worked out a difficult math problem. 2. I usually feel proud and confident. For example, I was too shy to sing in front of others at first. With my teacher’s encouragement, I practiced again and again in front of the mirror. Finally, I succeeded. I felt really happy and strong. 3. I usually feel excited and satisfied. For example, I found it hard to learn calligraphy at first. I kept practicing every day and never gave up. When I did it well, I felt a strong sense of achievement. 当堂测 1. Though Emma was not good at Chinese，she managed __________ （express） her ideas clearly. 2.Thank you for __________（introduce） the calligraph to us. 3. My instructor always ___________（encourage） me to go skating bravely. 4.Can you tell me how many _______（stroke） the character “qian”has，Anna? 5.Pei Aimin，a woman from Gansu Province，enjoys writing _______ （poem）in her free time. 6.Mum told me to write this letter in black ____ (ink)this morning. strokes to express describing encourages poems ink 78236.555 $