Unit 4 Lesson 4 Reading for writing（讲解课件）-【优翼·学练优】2025-2026学年七年级英语下册同步备课（外研版）

该初中英语课件围绕“时间吞噬怪兽”主题，涵盖电子游戏、社交媒体等对生活的影响及平衡娱乐方法。通过Free Talk和Look and Say活动导入，结合学生生活经验，搭建从词汇学习到阅读分析的支架，帮助学生逐步理解主题。 其亮点在于融合文化意识（如“Couch Potato”习语教学）、思维品质（开放性问题引导分析）和语言能力（阅读输入与写作输出结合）。采用任务型教学，通过阅读笔记填空、分步骤写作指导，提升学生语言运用和批判性思维，也为教师提供结构化教学流程，提高教学效率。

Reading for writing Unit 4 The art of having fun Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. talk about the “time-eating monsters” in your life, such as video games, social media, and TV shows; 2. know how the time-eating monster affect people’s lives; 3. write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. Free Talk What activities do you usually do in your spare time? How often do you do them? Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. 1. What activities can you see in the pictures? social media TV shows miss out get lost in eat away one’s time Look and Say checking social media watching TV shows 2. How much time do you spend on these activities each week? 3. How may they affect your life? I spend about 3hours on watching TV shows and 7 hours on social media each week. Sometimes I may get lost in checking social media and forget the time so that my neck hurts.I think it’s bad for my health. Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. What’s the boy doing? He’s watching TV on the couch and eating snacks. 2. What does he look like? He seems a little overweight and doesn’t like doing sports. 3. How may the activity affect his life? It wastes too much of his time. Culture Tip A "couch potato" means a person who spends a lot of time sitting on the couch, usually watching TV and doing very little physical activities. They are often lazy and don't like to move around much. Are you a couch potato? Now read the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 Lead in the topic by asking the two questions. Para.2-3 Analyze how these things affect our lives negatively. Para.4-5 Draw the conclusion and give suggestions on how to deal with the problem. Do you know what kind of passage is it? A.Narrative passage(记叙文). B.Expository passage(说明文). C.Argumentative passage(议论文). D.Practical passage(应用文).  An argumentative essay is a kind of writing that presents a point of view on a topic and tries to convince the readers by giving reasons, evidence, and examples. Read the passage. How does the time-eating monster affect people’s lives? The time-eating monster affects people's lives negatively. It makes us sit still a lot, giving us sore necks and dry eyes. We miss out on time with family and friends and stop paying attention to the real world. Also, it wastes our time and ruins our daily plans, so we can't do important things. Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. What does the time-eating monster refer to? This monster comes in many forms——games, 1.____________ and 2.____________. How do we get3._______ in the monster’s world? We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to 4.________ our time, minute by minute.But we just sit there and look at the screen without 5.__________ it at all. social media TV shows lost eat away noticing How does this affect our life? We become couch 6.________with sore necks and dry eyes. We 7.________on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to 8.____________. What can we do to fight the monster? Stand up and 9.________the screens. Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with 10.____________. Talk about your day with your family. potatoes miss out the real world leave your friends Answer the questions. 1.Why does the writer describe the problem as “the time-eating monster”? Because spending too much time on games, social media and TV shows eats up our time without us noticing, just like a monster. 2.What other expressions can you think of to describe the problem? “The time-stealing thief” or “the time-wasting devil”. Think and Share 1.Which “time-eating monsters” might be in people’s pockets, in their living rooms, or on their desks? They might be mobile phones (in pockets), TVs (in living rooms), and computers (on desks). These things can make people waste much time in an unnoticeable way, just like the “time - eating monster” described in the text. Learning to think for question 1 While reading a passage, we can connect our own life experiences to the ideas in it. Think about some similar situations,events or emotions. This helps us understand the theme better. 2.Why do you think we like these “time-eating monsters” so much? Because they are really interesting and can bring us a lot of fun. For example, games on smartphones are exciting and make us forget about time. Also, TV shows can make us relax and enjoy different stories. 3.Do you think people spend more time on these “monsters”  nowadays?Why or why not? Yes, I think people spend more time on these “monsters” nowadays. Because nowadays there are all kinds of interesting games and apps on smartphones, and there are also many good TV shows and online videos. People can get them easily whenever they want. And after a busy day at work or school, people often use these things to relax and kill time. So they spend more time on them than before. No, I don’t think people spend more time on these “monsters”. Because now people are getting busier with their studies or jobs. They have a lot of tasks to do and don’t have much free time left. Even though these things are interesting, they can’t always play with them or watch them. So they actually spend less time on these “monsters” compared to before. Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. Step ① Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. What fun activities do you like to do? When you don’t have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? What can you do to solve the problem? Step② Write your paragraph with the help of the questions. Step③ Check. Did you: include problems and solutions? use the words and expressions from the reading passage? give your opinion about having fun in a balanced way? Step④ Share your paragraph with the class. Language Points 1.But soon the monster takes over. take over意为“接管，取得对……的控制”。 E.g.Can you take over the cooking while I walk the dog? In the novel, robots take over the world. 2.We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. couch potato是一个固定表达，意为“老泡在电视机前的人”。 E.g.I don't want to be a couch potato on my days off. I want to do something active. My brother is a couch potato. He always sits on the couch and watches TV all day long. 3.We miss out on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to the real world. miss out意为“错失机会”，后面常跟on表示某个具体的机会。 E.g.He narrowly missed out on the world record. be deaf to sth.意为“不愿听某事，不肯听取某事”，通常用于形容忽视的状态。 E.g.It’s not right to be deaf to his advice. 4.Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. jog v.慢跑 E.g.I jog in the park every morning to keep fit. He jogged along the riverbank, enjoying the fresh air. The old man jogged slowly down the street. 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 $