Unit 4 Art and heritage—Listening and writing 课件 2025-2026学年沪教版八年级英语下册

How do traditional Chinese arts help people learn more about Chinese culture? Key question Listening Unit 4 Arts and heritage What do you know about paper cutting? animals Plants & Flowers People & Stories Luck & Blessings People usually put up paper-cuts during Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) or on wedding. Get Your Tools Ready Pick a Design Fold the Paper Cut or Carve Carefully Open It Up red paper Scissors & knife Pen or Pencil Paper glue Cutting mat Patience Focus Observation Imagination Pride Why do you think we should learn traditional art like paper-cut？ To spread Chinese culture. 2.Where can people usually take paper-cutting class？ 3.Who is more interested in making paper-cuts？ In the art and culture centre. The elderly people (seniors) and foreigners ( such as English-speaking students). Look, predict and discuss What is Li Yan doing? What do you think Li Yan will talk about? How do you think Li Yan feels about paper-cutting? Do you want to learn how to make paper-cuts? Why do some artists also teach art? You are going to listen to an interview with Li Yan, a Chinese paper-cut artist. Look at the picture and discuss the following questions. Li thinks that making paper-cuts is ______________. great fun a form of storytelling a relaxing activity a good chance to make money a social activity that brings people to get together a great way to teach people about Chinese culture a good/great way to do sth.做某事的一种好方法 ✔ ✔ ✔ Look, predict and discuss What does Li Yan think of making paper-cuts? Tick (√) the reason(s) that you think will be mentioned. Listen to the interview and check your answers in Exercise 1. 有趣=interesting 故事叙述的一种形式 社交活动 When she was five years old./When she moved to Toronto./When she started teaching paper-cutting. Special talents/Patience and practice./A lot of money. Difficult and boring./Relaxing./Only for Chinese people. When she was five years old. Patience and practice. Relaxing. Listen and choose Today, we have a special guest in the studio. Li Yan is a paper-cut artist from China. She lives in Toronto now. She also teaches people how to make paper-cuts. Li, can you tell us how you got started? Thank you for having me. Paper-cutting is great fun, and I first discovered it when I was five years old. My parents took me to a Chinese art and culture centre for dance lessons, but there was a paper-cutting class next door. It looked really interesting, and I wanted to try. I was so happy when my parents said yes! Do you think anyone can learn to make paper-cuts, or do you need any special talents? I think that anyone can learn to make paper-cuts. It's a form of storytelling, and all you need is patience and practice. Talent is helpful, but not necessary. Are paper-cuts popular in Canada? Not yet, unfortunately. This art form is still not very well-known in Canada. However, things have started to change recently. Now, more and more people are interested in traditional Chinese arts. That's interesting. You also teach people how to make paper-cuts. Can you tell us more about that? I give paper-cutting classes to people in the local community. Many seniors take my classes, and they think paper-cutting is relaxing. I also have some Spanish-speaking students. They love making paper-cuts! I don't make much money from teaching, but I love it. It's a great way to help people experience and understand Chinese culture. Interviewer: Li: Interviewer: Li: Interviewer: Li: Interviewer: Li: 学习做剪纸 ...很有趣 尚不出名 ...是一种...的好方法 体验与理解中国文化 Listen & repeat (1) Where did Li take her first paper-cutting class? ____________________________________________ (2) Who can learn to make paper-cuts, according to Li? ____________________________________________ (3) Who does Li teach to make paper-cuts in her community? ____________________________________________ (4) How does Li feel about teaching paper-cuts? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ At a Chinese art and culture centre. Anyone with patience and practice. Read the interview and answer the questions. Seniors and Spanish-speaking students. She loves it and she thinks it’s a great way to help people experience and understand Chinese culture. Draw a mind map A paper-cut artist and her story How does Li like the art paper-cutting? What did Li do to help promote paper-cutting? How does she feel about teaching paper-cutting? (Opinion) (Action) (feeling) What does Li think of paper-cutting? What did / does Li do? How does she feel about teaching paper-cutting? ____________storytelling _____________ and interesting a great way to teach people about ______________ __________ can learn it only needs _________ and practice _________ is helpful, but not necessary _____________________ to the local community teaches _________ and ________________ paper-cuts a great way to help people _________________ ______________________________________ doesn’t make much money from ________ but ____________. a form of great fun Chinese culture anyone patience talent gives paper-cutting classes seniors foreign students experience and understand Chinese culture teaching loves it A paper-cut artist and her story Writing task 假如你是李华，你的英国笔友 Peter 对中国传统剪纸艺术很感兴趣。 请你根据下面思维导图的内容， 给 Peter 写一封邮件，介绍剪纸艺术家 李女士（Ms. Li）的故事，内容包括： 李女士对剪纸的看法； 李女士的日常工作与教学经历； 李女士对剪纸教学的感受。 要求： 词数 80-100 左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数； 条理清楚，语句通顺，语法正确，书写规范； 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。 （剪纸主题・贴合思维导图） A Paper-cut Artist and Her Story Li is a paper-cut artist. She loves this traditional Chinese art. She thinks paper-cutting is a form of storytelling and great fun. It is also a good way to teach people about Chinese culture. Anyone can learn it with patience and practice. Talent is not necessary. Li works hard to promote paper-cutting in Canada. She gives paper-cutting classes to the local community. She also teaches seniors and foregn students how to make paper-cuts. Li loves teaching paper-cutting very much. She thinks it is a great way to help people experience and understand Chinese culture. She doesn’t make much money from it, but she enjoys every minute of sharing this beautiful art. Possible version Think and share What do you think of Li and her work? Do you think Li’s work is helping promote this traditional art form? What other things can she do? How can we use traditional arts to help people learn about Chinese culture? Give examples. 3. Why do you think more and more people around the world are interested in traditional Chinese arts, such as paper-cuts? Many traditional Chinese arts have a unique look—things like calligraphy or paper-cuts are really eye-catching. Many people enjoy creative activities, and these arts are fun to try. People can find out about traditional Chinese arts by watching online videos. Many people are curious about China, and they want to learn more about Chinese culture. 4. How can we use traditional arts to help people learn about Chinese culture? Give examples. We can use calligraphy to show how Chinese characters work. The Chinese writing system is an important part of Chinese culture. We can explain what the different colours of Beijing opera masks mean. This can help people appreciate Beijing opera more. We can explain what people believed in the past. For example, hundreds of years ago, people made Chinese knots to bring good luck and to protect themselves against evil spirits. This helps people learn about Chinese history. 03 Practice 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子，每空一词。 1.剪纸很有趣，是一种讲故事的形式。 Paper-cutting is ______ ______, and it is a form of storytelling. 2.我认为任何人都能学习做剪纸，只需要耐心和练习。 I think anyone can ______ ______ ______ paper-cuts. All you need is patience and practice. 3.遗憾的是，这种艺术形式在加拿大尚不出名。 Unfortunately, this art form is still ______ ______ ______ in Canada. 4.这是帮助人们体验与理解中国文化的好方法。 It's _____ _____ _____ to help people __________ ______ __________ Chinese culture. 5.她给当地社区开设剪纸课程，教老年人和外国学生剪纸。 She ______ ____________ ______ to the local community, teaching seniors and foreign students paper-cuts. great fun learn to make not very well-known a great way experience and understand gives paper-cutting classes ⭐可参考作业布置如下： Samples: 基础作业 拓展作业 1. 熟悉听力训练的技巧； 2. 整理抄写Listening听力原文的单词短语和重点句型。 撰写一篇小短文，介绍你和艺术之间的小故事，并发表自己的看法。 Homework EV录屏5.3.7软件录制 Lavf58.33.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制, www.ieway.cn $