Unit 11 Function & Pronunciation 课件2025-2026学年仁爱科普版英语八年级下册

Preparing for the Topic: Function & Pronunciation (A class meeting about love for China & Stress, Weak form and Rhythm) Unit 11 Fantastic Chinese Culture 能够结合传统文化，设计热爱祖国主题班会的活动，并以对话形式呈现； 掌握重读，弱读和押韵的语音规则； 提升爱国意识，培养爱国情怀，增强民族自信。 Language goal Do you remember these cultures? Read together！ the flag-raising ceremony Chinese kung fu hot pot Chinese herbal medicine the Silk Road qipao A class meeting about love for China Review Talk with your partner using the following sentence patterns. Do you know anything about ? Yes. I know that it is . What do you think of it? I think it is . A class meeting about love for China Review Activity 1 Function A class meeting about love for China Talk about the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What are the students doing in the pictures? 2. What do you often do to show your love for your country? They are raising the flag/waving the flags/learning about the national flag… We often… Pair work Activity 2 Function Listen to the conversation and circle T (True) or F (False). 1. The students are talking about their school meeting. （T / F） 2. Kangkang and Li Xiang will perform kung fu together. （T / F） 3. Li Xiang will write a play for the class. （T / F） 4. Lingling is good at playing musical instruments. （T / F） A class meeting about love for China Learning Activity 3 Function Listen again and complete the table. Li Xiang: Kangkang: Li Xiang: Lingling: Hi, everyone. Do you know that we are going to have our class meeting this Wednesday afternoon? Yes. We were talking about it just now. You got any ideas? Well, the meeting is about our love for China. How about singing some songs about loving China? Sounds great! I love singing and I believe that some of our classmates can play the erhu or the pipa when I’m singing. A class meeting about love for China Learning Activity 3 Function Cool! Wang Junfeng and I can perform Chinese kung fu. We are kung fu boys! Li Xiang, can you write a short play with kung fu in it? Sure, I’d love to. That will be fun. We have so many talented classmates! Everyone is excited about acting and singing on Wednesday. Kangkang: Lingling: Li Xiang: Lingling: Kangkang: A class meeting about love for China Listen again and complete the table. talented adj.有才能的;天才的 Learning Our Class Meeting When This ____________________ Theme ___________ for China Activities Lingling: sing songs Kangkang: perform ___________ with Wang Junfeng Li Xiang: write a short _______ Other students: play __________ or the pipa Activity 3 Function Wednesday afternoon Our love kung fu play A class meeting about love for China Listen again and complete the table. the erhu Learning Sentences 1. I love singing and I believe that some of our classmates can play the erhu or the pipa when I’m singing. 我喜欢唱歌，而且我相信我们有些同学在我唱歌的时候可以拉二胡和琵琶。 believe意为“相信”，其用法如下： （1）believe sb. 相信某人（说的话是真的） （2）believe in sb./sth. 信任某人/信仰某事，表示对人和事物的信心 （3）believe + that从句 相信…… （4）It is believed that… 人们认为……；据说…… Language points Sentences 2. Everyone is excited about acting and singing on Wednesday. 大家都对周三的演出和歌唱感到很兴奋。 be excited about… 表示“对……感到兴奋”，about后面接名词、代词或动名词。 He is excited about the upcoming trip. 他对即将到来的旅行感到兴奋 Language points Activity 3 Function Role play the conversation. Li Xiang: Kangkang: Li Xiang: Lingling: Hi, everyone. Do you know that we are going to have our class meeting this Wednesday afternoon? Yes. We were talking about it just now. You got any ideas? Well, the meeting is about our love for China. How about singing some songs about loving China? Sounds great! I love singing and I believe that some of our classmates can play the erhu or the pipa when I’m singing. A class meeting about love for China Learning Activity 3 Function Cool! Wang Junfeng and I can perform Chinese kung fu. We are kung fu boys! Li Xiang, can you write a short play with kung fu in it? Sure, I’d love to. That will be fun. We have so many talented classmates! Everyone is excited about acting and singing on Wednesday. Kangkang: Lingling: Li Xiang: Lingling: Kangkang: A class meeting about love for China Role play the conversation. Learning Activity 4 Function Suppose you’ll hold a class meeting with the same theme in Activity 3, and discuss what you will do and make up a new conversation. A class meeting about love for China Our love for China A: Today’s class meeting is about our love for China. Let’s share how we can show our love for China! B:I’ll join in the student honor guard to raise the flag on Monday. D: I can sing some songs like My Country to show my love for China. C: I’ll learn about Chinese history to remember the past. Group work Pronunciation Activity 1 Listen and read the sentences. Focus on how the emphasis changes while the actual words stay the same. Stress, Weak form & Rhythm 1.The three businessmen chatted about the trade routes in the Tang Dynasty. 2.The three businessmen chatted about the trade routes in the Tang Dynasty. 3.The three businessmen chatted about the trade routes in the Tang Dynasty. 4.The three businessmen chatted about the trade routes in the Tang Dynasty. When you want to change the emphasis of a sentence, you can just change the stressed words. Learning Read the famous Chinese poem by Li Bai. Pay attention to the stresses, weak forms and rhythms. Pronunciation Activity 2 Stress, Weak form & Rhythm Hearing a Bam'boo Flute on a 'Spring Night in 'Luoyang Li Bai From 'whose houses 'comes the voice of the flute of 'jade un'seen? It 'fills the town of 'Luoyang, 'spread by wind of 'spring. To'night I hear the 'farewell song of 'Willow 'Green. To 'whom the 'tune will 'not nostalgic feeling 'bring? Learning Pronunciation Activity 2 在英语中，许多词在特定语境中出现时，要使用弱读（weak form）。通常情况下，实词重读，虚词弱读，例如： (1)冠词弱读‌，如：a、an、the (2)介词‌弱读，如：in、on、at、for (3)连词‌弱读，如：and、but、because (4)感叹词‌弱读，如：oh、wow、hello 弱读时，通常元音变短（如be→/bɪ/）、省略音素（如them→/əm/）、辅音同化（如would you→/wʊdʒu/） Stress, Weak form & Rhythm Learning Pronunciation Activity 2 英文的押韵（rhythm）一般分押尾韵和押头韵两种。 尾韵‌：重复单词末尾的音素，如 unseen-green；spring-bring ‌头韵‌：重复单词的首辅音，如 Pride and Prejudice 诗歌的押韵遵循特定的模式，如： （1）ABAB（一、三句同韵，二、四句同韵） （2）AABB（一、二句同韵，三、四句同韵） （3）ABCA（一、四句同韵） Stress, Weak form & Rhythm Learning Read the famous Chinese poem by Li Bai. Pay attention to the stresses, weak forms and rhythms. Pronunciation Activity 2 Stress, Weak form & Rhythm Hearing a Bam'boo Flute on a 'Spring Night in 'Luoyang Li Bai From 'whose houses 'comes the voice of the flute of 'jade un'seen? It 'fills the town of 'Luoyang, 'spread by wind of 'spring. To'night I hear the 'farewell song of 'Willow 'Green. To 'whom the 'tune will 'not nostalgic feeling 'bring? /ə/ /ə/ /ən/ /əv/ /əv/ /əv/ /əv/ /ðə/ /ðə/ /ðə/ /frəm/ /ən/ /ət/ /bə/ /ðə/ /ə/ /tə/ /wəl/ Learning 我的朋友在音乐方面有天赋。 My friend music. 2. 她写了一首诗来表达她对家人的爱。 She wrote a poem to express her her family. 3. 我们学校的学生对校艺术节感到十分兴奋。 The students in our school the school art festival. 完成句子 is in talented for love about excited are Exercise 4.——康康，你能看到那边有些人在表演功夫吗？ ——喔，能。他们太酷了！ —Kangkang, can you see a few people ____________ _______ _____ over there? —Oh, yes. They’re cool! 完成句子 fu performing kung Exercise We learn: Different activities to show our love for China in a class meeting. Stress, weak forms and rhythms in pronunciation. We can: Make a conversation to talk about activities to show our love for China. Summary 1. Practice the conversation with your group members again. 2. Read one more English poems. 3. Finish the exercises. Homework Thank you! $