Unit 3 What makes a great team？（Understanding ideas 1）课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

英语外研版八年级下册 What makes a great team? Understanding ideas (1) Unit 3 1. 读懂两封往来邮件,获取其中的关键信息。 2. 了解电子邮件的格式。 3. 初步理解优秀的团队领导者应该具备的品质,认识其在团队中的作用。 重点 Learning objectives 通过本课时的学习,学生能够: 2. What is the team leader doing in the picture? 1. Who do you think is the leader in the picture? Key vocabulary team member problem teamwork advice The one on the left. The team leader is perhaps working with the team members to analyse a problem and share possible solutions. Look and say Look at the picture and answer the questions. 3. What is the responsibility of a team leader? Key vocabulary team member problem teamwork advice The responsibility of a team leader is to guide the team members, to help solve problems, to give useful advice and to encourage teamwork to achieve the team's goals. Look and say Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. Have you ever been a leader in a team? 2. What problems may a team leader face? make decisions guide the team members help solve problems give useful advice ... Think and share Now, let's think about our own experiences. Have you ever been a team leader? What kinds of problems did you face, or can you imagine a team leader facing? Share your thoughts with a partner. After that, we'll read two emails. Our task is to find out what problems Tony is having and what advice Ms White gives him. The first email is from _ to _. The subject of the email is _. Tony feels _. Tony Ms White “What can I do?!” unhappy / worried / ... header Look and fill 1. What’s Tony’s role in the team? 2. Why was Tony worried? 3. What problem did he meet? 4. When everyone was waiting for his decision, what did he do? 5. What was Tony thinking when he froze? 6. What was the result of Tony’s silence? Read the first email and answer the questions. subject greeting body closing signature Read and answer 1. What’s Tony’s role in the team? 2. Why was Tony worried? 3. What problem did he meet? Read the first email and answer the questions. Read and answer A problem appeared when he was giving out the roles. He didn’t know what he should do. He is the director of a drama. Lisa and Mary both wanted to play the princess. 4. When everyone was waiting for his decision, what did he do? 5. What was Tony thinking when he froze? 6. What was the result of Tony's silence? Read and answer He froze. He was thinking, "What if I was wrong? What if I hurt Lisa's feelings?" Lisa felt angry and stormed off. Then the whole team was silent. Read the first email and answer the questions. Ms White's advice Leadership qualities shown ... you should discuss the matter with Lisa. ... You should work with her to find out. ... why not have Lisa and Mary both try two roles? All the team members can vote for the most suitable person for each role. ... you don’t have to deal with all the problems yourself. Communication / Empathy Creativity / Flexibility Respect / Fairness Trust / Teamwork spirit Read the second email and complete the table. Read and answer Complete the table with the words and expressions from the first email. Read and complete He had a problem during the very first task – _. Some of the _ thought Mary was better as Snow White, but the others _ Lisa. Everyone expected Tony to ⁴_, but he just froze. Lisa was ⁵_ and rushed out. giving out the roles team went with decide angry Read and complete Complete the table with the words and expressions from the second email. The team leader should take ⁷_ in times of disagreement. Tony should ⁸_ with Lisa and find out her strengths and weaknesses. Tony should have Mary and Lisa ⁹_. All the team members can ⁰_ the most suitable person. advice responsibility discuss both try two roles vote for Read the emails quickly and choose the best summary of them. Which is the best summary of the emails? a Tony made a wrong choice and doesn't feel like a real leader. b Tony isn't a confident team leader and Ms White encourages him. c Tony has a problem as a team leader and Ms White makes suggestions. Read and choose 1. Why did Tony freeze? Because he was not sure about his decision, and he didn't want to hurt Lisa's feelings. To understand another person's feelings, you need to "put yourself in that person's shoes". That is, try to imagine your feelings in his/her position. Learning to think Think and answer 2. If you were Tony, how would you feel? Why? 3. What can we learn from Tony’s story? I would feel nervous and worried. Because it's my first time being a leader, I don't want to make anyone unhappy. A good leader should care about team members' feelings, help solve problems, and be brave to make decisions... Think and answer Group Discussion: Which piece of advice is the most helpful? Which piece of Ms White's advice do you think is the most useful? Why? Discussing with Lisa is the most helpful. Because it can make Lisa feel respected and solve her anger first. Letting them both try two roles and letting the team vote is the best. Because it's fair for both Lisa and Mary, and the team will be satisfied with the result. Think and discuss Sample Tony: Lisa, I'm sorry for making you angry earlier. Could you tell me why you want to play Snow White? Lisa: Because I love this role very much, and I practice singing for it every day. Tony: That's great! What do you think of trying both Snow White and the queen? Then the team can vote. Lisa: I agree! It's fair for both of us. Tony: All the team members will vote for your performance. If you were Tony, what would you say to Lisa? Act it out. Role-play Work in pairs. Discuss the qualities of a good leader. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. Useful expressions A good team leader should(n’t)... For example, ... He/ She doesn’t have to... I (don’t) agree with you. Take... as an example. I (don’t) think so. The qualities of a good leader Discuss and share A good team leader should be responsible. For example, when the team makes a mistake, he or she should help solve the problem. Right. And a good leader should also communicate well. He or she should listen to team members’ ideas. Exactly! A good leader shouldn’t make all decisions alone. I agree with you. Take our class monitor as an example. When our class lost the sports competition, he didn’t blame anyone. Instead, he encouraged us to practice more for next time. I think so. He doesn’t have to know everything, but he needs to let everyone speak up. Discuss the qualities of a good leader. Discuss and share Success in teamwork needs communication and respect. A good leader: Take responsibility + Communicate well + Listen to others + Share tasks. Teamwork & Leadership Get to know 1. Thank you for making me director of our drama, Snow White. 感谢你让我担任我们的戏剧《白雪公主》的导演。 make sb. + 职位名称:“任命某人担任某职位”,职位名称前不加冠词。 例:We made him monitor of our class. 我们选他当我们的班长。 director名词,导演、负责人。film director电影导演、team director团队负责人。 2. It is a great honour for me. 这对我来说是极大的荣誉。 honour 名词,荣誉、荣幸 It is a great honour for sb. (to do sth.)(做某事)对某人来说是极大的荣誉 例:It is a great honour for me to attend this meeting. 参加这次会议对我来说是极大的荣誉。 Language points 3. But a problem appeared during the very first task - giving out the roles. 但在第一项任务 —— 分配角色的过程中,一个问题出现了。 give out 分发、分配;give out books分发书籍;give out tasks分配任务 role 名词,(戏剧、电影中的)角色,职责、作用 例:She plays an important role in the team. 她在团队中扮演着重要角色。 4. Some of the team thought Mary was better. The others went with Lisa.团队中的一些人认为Mary更合适,其他人则支持Lisa。 some... the others... 一些…… 另一些(全部)……,指在特定范围内的两部分人或物。 go with 支持;赞同 例:I go with your plan. 我支持你的计划。 Language points 5. Everyone looked at me and expected me to decide.每个人都看着我,期待我做出决定。 expect sb. to do sth.期待某人做某事。 例:My parents expect me to study hard.我的父母期待我努力学习。 decide动词,决定。decide to do sth.决定做某事、decide on sth.就某事做出决定。 6. What if I was wrong? 如果我错了怎么办? What if ...? 如果……怎么办? 用于提出假设并询问可能的结果,后面接陈述句语序。 例:What if it rains tomorrow? 如果明天下雨怎么办? Language points 7. She shouted and stormed off. 她大喊一声,怒气冲冲地离开了。 storm off 怒气冲冲地离开 例:He argued with his friend and stormed off. 他和朋友争吵后怒气冲冲地走了。 8. Sometimes good teamwork is hard to achieve! 有时候,良好的团队合作很难实现! teamwork 不可数名词,团队合作 例:Success depends on good teamwork. 成功取决于良好的团队合作。 achieve 动词,实现、达到,achieve a goal 实现目标、achieve success获得成功 Language points 9. The leader should take responsibility in times of disagreement. 在出现分歧时,领导者应该承担责任。 take responsibility 承担责任,可接 for sth.表示“为某事承担责任”。 例:You should take responsibility for your mistake. 你应该为你的错误承担责任。 in times of 在……时期;在……情况下。 例:We should stay calm in times of danger. 在危险时刻我们应该保持冷静。 disagreement 名词,分歧、意见不合,反义词为 agreement 同意;一致。 10. You should work with her to find out. 你应该和她一起弄清楚。 find out 查明、弄清楚,强调通过调查、询问等方式获得信息。 例:I need to find out the truth.我需要查明真相。 Language points 11. Why not have Lisa and Mary both try two roles?为什么不让莉萨和玛丽都尝试两个角色呢? Why not do sth.?为什么不做某事呢?,相当于 Why don’t you do sth.?。 例:Why not go for a walk?为什么不去散步呢? have sb. do sth.让某人做某事, have为使役动词,后面接不带 to的不定式作宾语补足语。 12. All the team members can vote for the most suitable person for each role.所有团队成员都可以为每个角色投票选出最合适的人。 vote for投票支持;为…… 投票。 例:I will vote for her in the election.我会在选举中投票支持她。 suitable形容词,合适的、适宜的。 be suitable for sb./sth.适合某人 / 某物。 例:This book is suitable for children.这本书适合儿童阅读。 Language points 13. ... you don’t have to deal with all the problems yourself. 你不必自己处理所有问题。 have to必须;不得不。否定形式为 don’t have to 不必,区别于 mustn’t禁止。 deal with 处理;应对。 例:How do you deal with stress? 你如何应对压力? Language points 根据句意及所给提示,用适当的单词或短语填空。 1. It is a great _ (荣誉) for me to meet the famous writer. 2. The teacher _ (give out) the test papers to the students just now. 3. Some students like playing football, and _ (other) prefer basketball. 4. My parents expect me _ (study) hard and get good grades. 5. _ (what if) we can't finish the project on time? Exercise honour gave out the others to study What if Exercises 根据句意及所给提示,用适当的单词或短语填空。 6. He argued with his brother and _ (storm) without saying a word. 7. We need good _ (teamwork) to complete this difficult task. 8. You should _ (responsibility) for your own actions. 9. Why not _ (ask) your teacher for help when you have problems? 10. She is the most _ (suit) person for this job because she has rich experience. Exercise stormed off teamwork take responsibility ask suitable Exercises Write an email to Tony and give your own advice on how to be a good director. Homework $