Unit 4 The art of having fun Developing ideas +Reading for writing课件2025-2026学年外研版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“平衡娱乐与时间管理”核心，以“时间吞噬怪兽”为主题展开阅读与写作教学。课堂导入从学生生活中的社交媒体、电视节目等活动切入，结合图片提问和情境描述搭建支架，引导学生理解“怪兽”对生活的影响。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、思维品质与学习能力培养。语言上通过词汇翻译、文本填空及分步骤写作指导强化运用，思维上通过分析比喻意义、联系生活实际（如“口袋里的怪兽”）培养分析能力，学习上设置自我评估促进反思。教师可借生活化情境提升互动，学生能在实践中提升语言运用与时间管理意识。

The art of having fun 4 Unit Reading for writing After learning this lesson, students will be able to...... (学习理解) Know how the time-eating monster affect people's lives. Learning Objectives (应用实践) Talk about the "time-eating monsters" in your life, such as video games, social media, and TV shows. (迁移创新) Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. P60 Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. 1 1 What activities can you see in the pictures? social media TV shows miss out get lost in eat away one’s time Spending time on social media and watching TV shows. 社交媒体 电视节目 错过；遗漏 沉迷于 耗费某人的时间 2 How much time do you spend on these activities each week? 3 How may they affect your life? I may miss out on the moments with loved ones, and get lost in the virtual world. They may eat away my time. social media TV shows miss out get lost in eat away one’s time 1 What is the boy doing? 2 What does he look like? He is watching TV and eating chips. 3 Does he get lost in TV shows? He is overweight and lazy like a couch potato. Yes, he does. 4 What problems will he meet if he does it every day? He might have bad eyesight and other health problems. Let's help Jack find out the cause of his problems. What should he do next? What does a monster look like in your mind? What is the time-eating monster? Let’s read the passage and learn about it. Task 1 What's the structure and main ideas of the passage? Why is it a monster? How do you deal with the monster? What is the monster like? Task 2 Read para. 1 and answer the questions below. 1. How does the writer start and develop this paragraph? A. By telling a story B. By giving an example C. By asking questions D. By listing numbers Task 2 Read para. 1 and answer the questions below. 2. What is the monster like? It's not ___________, but it’s very ___________. It comes ______________ – games, social media and TV shows. big or scary in many forms dangerous Task 2 Read para. 1 and answer the questions below. social media TV shows 3. Do you think they are monsters? Task 3 Read para. 2-3 and answer the questions below. 1. How does the monster take over the time? We________ a computer and start a _________. The monster starts to________ our time, minute by minute. People____________ in the monster's world. turn on game eat away get lost 2. What problems will we meet if we get lost in the monster's world? Task 3 Read para. 2-3 and answer the questions below. First, we become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. Second, we miss out on sweet moments with loved ones. Third, we are deaf to the real world. Task 4 Read para. 4-5 and answer the questions below. 1. How do you deal with the monster? We can keep it away by having fun _______________. in a balanced way 2. What does the writer advise us to do at last? Task 4 Read para. 4-5 and answer the questions below. First, stand up and _________ _________. Second, go_______, feel the sun_______, and______________. Third, _________or ________ with your friends. Lastly, _______ your day with your family. leave the screens outside in your face jog in the fresh air play tennis go hiking talk about Task 5 Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. social media TV shows lost in eat away noticing potatoes miss out the real world leave your friends The time-eating monster 1 Have you ever noticed a monster around us? It's not big or scary, but it's very dangerous. This monster comes in many forms – games, social media and TV shows. You may ask, "It brings us so much fun. So why do you say it's a monster?" 2 At first, we may all think, "I'll just have a little fun." We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to eat away our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without noticing it at all. 你有没有注意到在我们周围有一只怪兽？ 以多种形式 社交媒体 电视节目 一开始 打开 控制 开始 吞噬我们的时间 一分一秒地；逐渐地 盯着屏幕 Task 6 Mark and write down useful words and expressions. 3 We often get lost in the monster's world like this. We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. We miss out on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to the real world. 4 Just remember, too much fun also makes Jack a dull boy! The time-eating monster will always be there. But we can keep it away by having fun in a balanced way. 5 So, stand up and leave the screens! Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with your friends. Talk about your day with your family. There is so much for you to do. The choice is ours. 迷失 窝在沙发里不愿运动的人 脖子酸痛、眼睛干涩 错过 与亲人在一起的甜蜜时刻 对现实世界充耳不闻 太多娱乐 把它赶走 以一种平衡的方式 到外面去 在新鲜的空气中慢跑 和家人一起聊聊你的一天。 Translate the following expressions into English. 15. 侵蚀；耗费 (时间等) 16. 远离……；使…… 远离 17. 一分一秒地；逐渐地 18. 窝在沙发里不愿运动的人 19. 以一种平衡的方式；均衡地 8. 以多种形式 9. 沉迷于；迷失在 10. 对…… 充耳不闻 11. 出去；到外面去 12. 盯着屏幕 13. 在新鲜空气中 14. 控制；接管；占据 1. 错过 2. 电视节目 3. 起初，一开始 4. 脖子酸痛 5. 眼睛干涩 6. 去徒步旅行 7. 社交媒体 miss out TV shows at first sore necks dry eyes go hiking social media in many forms get lost in are deaf to go outside look at the screen in the fresh air takes over eat away keep it away minute by minute couch potatoes in a balanced way Task 7 Task 7 Read the passage sentence by sentence. 1. Why does the writer describe the problem as “the time-eating monster”? 2. What other expressions can you think of to describe the problem? Answer the questions. 4 Because we can easily spend a lot of time before the screens. Calling the problem a “monster" shows that it is dangerous for us. Other expressions include the time thief, the time-waster and the time eater. P62 Answer the questions. 4 Task 8 1 Which “time-eating monsters” might be in people’s pockets, in their living rooms, or on their desks? 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. Mobile phones, TVs, computers and video games are time-eating monsters. You can find them in people's pockets, in their living rooms, or on their desks. 2 Why do you think we like these “time-eating monsters” so much? We like them because they're fun and easy to use. We don't need to exercise or think hard to use them. 3 Do you think people spend more time on these “monsters” nowadays? Why or why not? Yes, I think people spend more time on them nowadays. It's because people need to use computers and mobile phones to work, study and communicate. It's easy to start playing games or watching videos. 1. Have you ever noticed a monster around us? 你有没有注意到在我们周围有一只怪兽？ ① He has noticed the new bike. notice v. 看到；听到；感觉到；注意到 他已经注意到了那辆新自行车。 我没有注意到老师进来了。 ② I didn’t notice the teacher come in. 那个男孩注意到爱丽丝在哭。 ③ The boy noticed Alice crying. notice sb. do sth. 注意到某人做了某事 notice sb. doing sth. 注意到某人正在做某事 notice n. 通知；布告 Don’t put a notice on the wall. 不要在墙上张贴告示 / 通知。 2. It starts to eat away our time, minute by minute. 它开始一点一点地吞噬我们的时间。 eat away 侵蚀；耗费 (时间等) “动词+away”构成的其他常见短语： throw away pass away give away put away take away run away go away keep ... away do away with 扔掉 赠送；泄露 拿走；消除 走开；离开 消除；去掉 去世；逝世 把…… 收起来；储存 逃跑；逃离 使…… 远离 1. Don't __________ (泄露) my secret, or I won't trust you anymore. 2. The teacher asked the students to _________ (拿走) the rubbish from the classroom. 3. When the little boy saw the big dog, he was so scared that he _________ (逃跑) quickly. 4. Please _________ (走开), I'm busy right now. 5. We should try our best to _________ (使…… 远离) bad habits. 根据汉语提示完成句子。 give away take away ran away go away keep away ① The ice cream is melting minute by minute in the sun. minute by minute 表示“一分一秒地；逐渐地”。强调随着时间的推移，每一分钟都在发生或进行着某件事情，通常用于描述某个过程或情况持续不断地变化或发展。 冰淇淋在太阳下每分钟都在融化。 日复一日，他对自己的英语越来越有信心。 ② Day by day, he is becoming more and more confident in his English. 这座城镇逐年变得越来越热闹。 ③ The town is becoming more and more busy year by year. 3. The choice is ours. 如何选择就看我们自己了。 名词性物主代词相当于名词，后面不能接名词，在句中作主语、宾语或表语。 ① His watch is black. Hers is white. (作主语) 他的手表是黑色的。她的（手表）是白色的。 我可以借托尼的自行车，但我不喜欢他的（自行车）。 ② I can borrow Tony’s bike, but I don’t like his. (作宾语) 那台相机是我父亲的。它不是我的（相机）。 ③ That camera is my father’s. It isn’t mine. (作表语) 人称 形容词性 物主代词 名词性 物主代词 单数 第一人称 my mine 第二人称 your yours 第三人称 his his her hers its its 复数 第一人称 our ours 第二人称 your yours 第三人称 their theirs 1. —Is this football Daming’s? —No, it isn’t _________ (he). 2. The kids want to open _________ (they) presents. 3. This bike isn’t ________ (my). I think it’s ________ (they). 4. My dress is white. _________ (she) is red. 5. This is _________ (they) classroom, but where is _________ (our)? 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 his their mine Hers their theirs ours P63 Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. 5 Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. When you don’t have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? What can you do to solve the problem? What fun activities do you like to do? I like... / I enjoy... / I am interested in... / I have an interest in... I get lost in... / I forget to... / It's hard for me to... I can solve this problem by... / To use my time properly, I need to... / I should... to balance my study and life. Write your paragraph with the help of the questions. I like watching TV shows. It's a fun activity, but sometimes I watch for too long. I get lost in the shows and they eat away my time. I forget to do my homework and I go to bed late. Then I feel tired. I miss out on time with my family and friends. I can solve this problem by setting times for watching shows. For example, I can only watch one hour of TV shows every day after finishing my homework. Perhaps I can join a club or do exercise instead. Having fun is an important part of life. However, it is just one part of life. We must have fun properly to have a balanced life. 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? Share your paragraph with the class. 1. Can you retell the passage The time-eating monster? 2. Can you write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way? Complete and polish your writing. Lavf59.14.100 Lavf59.14.100 $