Unit 4 Helping out Developing ideas Listening and speaking 课件 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

Unit 4 Helping out Developing ideas- Listening and speaking Learning Objectives (学习理解)learn about animals in need and the challenges local animal hospitals face. (应用实践)learn how the speaker checks background knowledge and apply it in conersation. (迁移创新)work in pairs to discuss practical ways to help animals. By the end of this lesson, we will be able to: Lead in They are helping homeless animals. What are they doing? 1. What can you see in the picture? 2. Where are they? 3. What’s wrong with the bird? A man and a bird. They might be at a zoo or an animal shelter. The bird seems to be hurt, and it needs help. Pre-listening Look and say. crested ibis 朱鹮 Pre-listening Animals are our close friends, and they need our help, too. By the year 2022, over 16,000 kinds of wild animals were in danger. But we should note this - not only wild animals are in need of help. The animals around us also need our care. What animals need our help? Wild animals and the animals around us. 1 Listen to the news and choose the headline. New animal hospitals need doctors. a c b Local animal hospitals call for help. Students help local animal hospitals. While-listening Tips: Before listening, circle the key words. While-listening How many parts are there in the outline? What are they? Read and answer. The problems The help needed Three parts. The challenges While-listening More homeless animals are coming to the local animal hospitals. The number has increased by 1_ The hospitals don't have enough workers, and they need 2_. They are asking 3_ for help. Donate money, 4_, medicines or your 5_ to the hospitals. You can get a 6_ from the hospitals. more money 60% the public food time pet 2 Listen again and complete the outline for the news. Tips: Before listening, guess the key words. num. n. n. n. n. n. Audio script News host: Welcome back to the last piece of the morning news. More homeless animals are coming to the local animal hospitals. The number has increased by 60 %. The hospitals don't have enough workers to take care of the animals. And they also need more money. Yesterday, they asked the public for help: “Please donate money, food, medicines or your time. If you are looking for a pet, please get one from our hospitals. Your help can make a big difference. While-listening We can spend time taking care of the animals there or do some volutary work for the hospitals. What can you do if you choose to donate your time to the animal hospitals? While-listening What else can you do to help the local animal hospitals? We can make a poster in our school to call on more students to help the local animal hospitals. We can advise some friends to get a pet from the hospitals. We can share information about the animal hospitals on social media to raise awareness. Andy and Jenny have made a poster to help the local animal hospitals. While-listening What pictures can you see in the poster? I can see a book and some animals. What information does the poster include? A. The goals and the ways. B. The goals and the animals. C. The goals and some people. Listen to the conversation and complete the poster. v. aim to 旨在,目的在 n. v. v. and 连接两个v. n. Step2:Predict预测 the part of the notes Step1: Circle圈出 the key words and phrases While-listening 3 Listen to the conversation and complete the poster. feel comfortable future homes take care of Collect books money and food Audio script Andy: Have you heard the news? The animal hospitals need our help! Let's donate some money and food. Jenny: I think we can do more. I read about a hospital this morning. It asks students to read to homeless animals! Andy: Why? Jenny: It helps the animals feel comfortable around people. You know, this can prepare them for their future homes. It also gives people a chance to take care of them. Andy: Can we take part in this activity? Jenny: Sure. But the two of us might not help much. We need more people. Andy: The “School Volunteer Week” is coming, you know? We could make a poster and ask more people to join us. Jenny: Good idea! We could also collect books and donate them to the hospital. Andy: We could donate money and food too. Andy: Have you heard the news? The animal hospitals need our help! Let's donate some money and food. Jenny: I think we can do more. I read about a hospital this morning. It asks students to read to homeless animals! Andy: Why? Jenny: It helps the animals feel comfortable around people. You know, this can prepare them for their future homes. It also gives people a chance to take care of them. Andy: Can we take part in this activity? Jenny: Sure. But the two of us might not help much. We need more people. Andy: The “School Volunteer Week” is coming, you know? We could make a poster and ask more people to join us. Jenny: Good idea! We could also collect books and donate them to the hospital. Andy: We could donate money and food too. Why did Andy ask the question? Because he wanted to check if Jenny knew about the news. Learning to learn Checking background knowledge We often ask people for information. However, they may not know the answer. For this reason, we can ask polite questions to check first. For example, we can ask Have you heard...? The dog lost his home. The koala was burnt in the wildfire. Sad/ Terrible... donate money, food, or medicines to the animals spend time looking after them. make posters or share information on the internet to call on more people to help. .... The dog lost his home. The koala was burnt in the wildfire. Have you heard …(problem)? Really? That's...(feeling) What can we do to help? I don't know. Perhaps we could...(Way1)? Good idea. We could also...(Way2) A B A B Did you know that...? Perhaps we could.... One way to... is to... I wonder if you know... Also, we could.... Useful expressions: Work in pairs. Post-listening A: Have you heard that some koalas were burnt in a wildfire? They are in the local animal hospital now. B: Really? That’s terrible. What can we do to help? A: I don’t know. Perhaps we could donate some money to the hospital. B: Good idea. We could also spend donate food and medicine. A: That’s a good point. Koalas also need safe places to live from fires. B: That’s true. They live in the forest, you know? We can call on people to protect their homes. A: Good ideas. Example Must do: Write down what you have learnt about helping animals in this section. Choose to do: Write a passage about how to help animals. Homework Thank you Blues 51648.0 Blues 51072.0 Blues 51072.0 2025 Blues 138144.0 2025 Blues 138144.0 $