Unit 1 Lesson 5 Section B (1a-1e) +Vocabulary in use（讲解课件）-【优翼·学练优】2025-2026学年八年级英语下册同步备课（人教版）

该初中英语课件围绕“爱好如何改善生活”展开，通过图片猜测爱好、个人经验分享等导入活动激活学生兴趣，再以Luca和Maya的案例为载体，引导学生通过略读、细读提取细节，用思维导图梳理信息，搭建从输入到输出的学习支架。 其亮点在于结合真实案例培养语言能力，如通过Luca开发意大利学习app、Maya收集明信片的文本，训练学生提取信息和表达观点；通过区分事实与观点（如1b活动）提升思维品质，词汇匹配（2a）和对话填空（2b）等活动增强学习能力。教师可借助结构化素材高效教学，学生能在实践中提升语言运用和思维能力。

Unit 1 Time to Relax Section B How can a hobby improve your life? (1a-1e) + Vocabulary in Use Learning Objectives 1. identify and summarize Luca’s and Maya’s hobbies by extracting key details from the text and explain how these hobbies improve their lives. 2. distinguish between facts and opinions in texts. 3. talk about your hobbies and how they improve your life. In this lesson you will: Guess Look at the parts of the pictures. What hobbies does the boy have? What hobbies do you have? Does anyone have a special hobby like making things or collecting something? In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better? Tick the onesthat are true for you. You may add more. My hobby helps me ... to relax to learn a new skill to try new things to make new friends to reduce stress [rɪˈdjuːs] [stres] 减少压力 1a Skim Reading 1. List three benefits of hobbies described in the text. Help us calm down, keep fit and reduce stress. 2. Who are the two students mentioned in the text? Luca Bruno and Maya Badal. 3. Where are they from? What are their hobbies? Luca is from Italy. He likes to make mobile phone apps. Maya is from India. She enjoys collecting postcards. Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. 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. 1b Examples Facts The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level. Opinions The Eiffel Tower is the most beautiful landmark in Europe. Drinking cold water is better than drinking hot water in summer. Luca’s Opinion Maya’s Opinion Read the text again and complete the mind map. Careful Reading 1c make mobile phone apps when he was ten he thinks it’s a great way to help people collect postcards when she was five it’s a good way to learn about different places Answer more questions about the text. 1. What kind of app does Luca make? How does this app help people? He makes an Italian learning app. It allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian. 2. Where is Maya’s first postcard from? Her first postcard is from Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. 莫高窟 3. How many postcards does Maya have now? Now she has over one hundred postcards from thirty-two countries. 4. What is her dream? She dreams of travelling to the places on the postcards in the future. Do you agree that collecting postcards is old-fashioned? If you could create an app like Luca, what problem would it solve? 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 ____________________ _______________________________. help them calm down after a keep fit remember beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress busy day 1d 4. Luca developed his latest app to _______________________ __________. 5. Maya collects postcards to ___________________________. 6. I ________________________________________________. help people around the world learn Italian learn about different places What’s the function of these infinitives in the sentences? To show purposes. Further Thinking How do their hobbies help them? Who Hobbies How it helps them Life improvement Luca create mobile phone apps Maya collect postcards get a sense of achievement learn about different places motivate him to create more apps to help people give her a dream of exploring the world Think and Share Do you think a hobby can change someone in the future? Use Luca and Maya or someone you know as an example to explain. What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Share your ideas. watching birds baking rock climbing photography 1e I'd like to take up photography as a new hobby because I can capture beautiful moments. Besides, sharing my photos with friends lets us talk about the stories behind them, which makes us feel closer. Language Points 1. When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? pass the time的意思是“消磨时间；打发时间”。 E.g. After homework, I listen to music to pass the time. I often read books to pass the time on the long train journey. 2. Do you spend time on hobbies you love? spend time on sth / spend time in doing sth的意思是“花费时间做某事”。 E.g. I spend half an hour on English reading every morning to improve my language skills. My grandma often spends time in gardening on weekends, which makes her feel relaxed. 3. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us to keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. physical hobby指需要身体运动或体力参与的爱好。 E.g. Playing badminton every weekend is my favorite physical hobby—it keeps me active and energized. 4. People sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. reduce stress的意思是“减轻压力”。 E.g. Many people find that listening to soft classical music before bed is an effective way to reduce stress and improve sleep quality. 5. Luca Bruno likes to be creative in his free time. 这句话的意思是“Luca Bruno在闲暇时喜欢搞点创意（进行创造性的活动）”。 E.g. Many people like to be creative in their free time, such as painting or writing stories. 6. His latest app allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian. allow sb to do sth的意思是“允许某人做某事”。 E.g. My parents allow me to play games for one hour a day. The school allows students to use the library after class. 7. It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app. a sense of achievement的意思是“成就感”，a sense of通常表示“......感”。 E.g. Climbing to the top of the mountain filled her with a sense of pride. It gives me a great sense of satisfaction to know that my efforts have made a difference. 8. I know some people think postcards are rather old- fashioned, ... old-fashioned的意思是“相当老式的；比较过时的”。 E.g. My grandfather still uses an old-fashioned radio to listen to news every day. My grandma likes to wear old-fashioned clothes that were popular when she was young. 9. She dreams of travelling to these places in the future! dream of的意思是“梦想；希望”。 E.g. I dream of becoming a scientist. We all dream of having a happy life. Vocabulary in Use Match the words in the box with the verbs below. Some words can go together with more than one verb. calligraphy coins poems football ice skating sport stories tennis stamps postcards guitar skiing collect do go play write 2a collect do go play write coins stamps postcards calligraphy ice skating skiing sport(s) football tennis the guitar poems stories postcards 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) 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 _____________ and express myself. B: That sounds fun, but I'm worried about not being good at it. taking up find it fun to to reduce stress 2b A: Don't worry. Everyone starts somewhere. As long as you don't ________, you'll get better at it over time. B: 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. give up get over 字面意思是“每个人都是从某个起点开始的”，实际上强调每个人在掌握任何新技能之前，都曾经历过笨拙的、不熟练的初学阶段，意思相当于”万事开头难“。 随着时间的推移 Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. achievement instructor chat similarity perform 2c 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! instructor perform chatted 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! similar achievement 本文件著作权为创作公司所有, 仅限于教师教学及其他非商业性和非盈利性用途。如发现盗用、转卖、网络传播等侵权行为, 本公司将依法追究其相应法律责任。 部分素材选自网络, 如有争议, 请联系删改。 声 明 154782.8 $