Unit 1 Lesson 1课件 2025-2026学年冀教版英语八年级下册

Spring is coming! Lesson 1: Planting trees Unit 1 1 Learning aims 能运用所学词汇、句型，围绕“植树”进行对话交流，分享植树的益处； 能听懂关于春天植树的对话，捕捉春天的天气描述、植树的步骤及原因等信息； 能应用本课所学知识，探讨植物生长及其他季节天气的描述。 2 duty /ˈdjuːti/ n. 执勤；责任；义务 reach /riːtʃ/ v. 达到；到达；实现 hole /həʊl/ n. 坑；洞；孔 seedling /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/ n. 树苗；秧苗；幼苗 root /ruːt/ n. 根；根源 New Word press /pres/ v. 压，按；催促 n. 报刊；出版社；印刷 excellent /ˈeksələnt/ adj. 太好了；杰出的 prevent /prɪˈvent/ v. 防止；阻止 dust /dʌst/ n. 沙土；尘土；灰尘 spread /spred/ v. 扩散；传播；展开 Lead-in What season is it? It is spring. Discuss and answer. What’s the weather like in spring? How is the weather? 天气怎么样？ warm windy fresh rainy pleasant 宜人的 Lead-in Lead-in Discuss and show. What will you do in spring? fly a kite climb mountains plant trees have a picnic have a spring outing 踏青 What’s the school project on March 12? A What’s the weather like today? B Why does Li Ming think the project is about planting trees? C How many steps do we need to plant trees? D Why do people plant trees? Listen to the conversation again and answer the questions. It’s a warm, cloudy day. Because the school project is on March 12 and March 12th is Arbor Day. Because trees help protect the soil from rainfall and prevent dust from spreading. And Planting trees is also a wonderful way to learn more about nature. Five steps. How to plant trees? Listen to the conversation again and fill in the blanks. _______ a large hole. _______ the seeding inside the hole. _______ its roots with soil. _______ down the soil . Don’t forget to _______ the tree. Dig Place Cover Press water Listen to the introduction to the Great Green Wall and fill in the blanks. The Great Green Wall was built across the northern part of China. What is the Great Green Wall? It is made up of strips of _______ planted by humans. Each year, dust storms blow a large amount of soil off the land. The situation is becoming increasingly serious. About _______ square kilometres of grassland are being covered by the Gobi Desert every year. The Great Green Wall project started in _______. By planting more trees, people are preventing the _______ from expanding and the forest coverage is increasing in northern China. By the year _______, the Great Green Wall will be about 2,800 miles long. Listening Ms Liu: Good morning, everyone! Who is on weather duty today? Wang Mei: It's me! Today is Monday, March 1. The temperature will reach 15°C by noon and drop to 2°C at night. Overall, it will be a warm, cloudy day. Ms Liu: Well done, Wang Mei. The days are getting longer, and spring is coming. We have a school project on March 12. Can you guess what it is? Li Ming: Is it tree planting? Ms Liu: Good guess. Do you know how to plant trees? Li Ming: Yes. I learned to plant trees when I visited my uncle last spring. It was so much fun. Reading Ms Liu: Could you tell us the steps for planting trees? Li Ming: Sure. First, dig a large hole. Then, place the seedling inside the hole, and cover its roots with soil. Finally, press down the soil. Oh, don't forget to water the tree. Ms Liu: Excellent, Li Ming. Why do people plant trees? Do you have any ideas? Song Hua: Trees help protect the soil from rainfall. Li Lin: Trees prevent dust from spreading. Ms Liu: Good points. Planting trees is also a wonderful way to learn more about nature. I believe you will have a great time with this project. Work in pairs. What are the basic steps for planting a tree? What are the benefits of planting trees? Talk about all these with your partner. Pair work Ms Liu: Could you tell us the steps for planting trees? Li Ming: Sure. First, dig a large hole. Then, place the seedling inside the hole and cover its roots with soil. Finally, press down the soil. Oh, don’t forget to water the tree. Ms Liu: Excellent, Li Ming. Why do people plant trees？Do you have any ideas？ Song Hua: Trees help protect the soil from rainfall. Li Lin: Trees prevent dust from spreading. Ms Liu: Good points. Planting trees is also a wonderful way to learn more about nature.I believe you will have a great time with this project. the steps for planting trees cover with press down forget to water protect from prevent from 种树的步骤 用…覆盖 按压 忘记做某事 保护…以免… 阻止…做某事 a wonderful way to 一种做某事的好方法 What are the basic steps for planting a tree? What are the benefits of planting trees? Talk about all these with your partner. Work in pairs Watch the short vedio and say. soil 土壤 sunshine water 水 warmth 温度 Watch the short vedio and say. seed 种子 root 根 stem 茎 leaves 叶子 seeding 幼苗 Language points 1.Who is on weather duty today?今天谁负责天气预报？ duty n.责任；义务；职责 ______________ pay attention in class and ask questions. 在课堂上集中注意力并提出问题是我们的责任。 （1）做某事是某人的责任 It’s one’s duty to do sth. It’s our duty to There are more than two doctors _______ in the hospital.医院里值班的医生不止两个。 on duty （2）on duty 值班；当班；执勤 We all need to ____________ to protect the earth.我们都需要尽我们的责任来保护地球。 do your duty （3）do one’s duty 尽某人的责任，履行某人的职责 Li Ming: Yes. I learned to plant trees when I visited my uncle last spring. It was so much fun. Ms Liu: Could you tell us the steps for planting trees? Li Ming: Sure. First, dig a large hole. Then, place the seedling inside the hole, and cover its roots with soil. Finally, press down the soil. Oh, don't forget to water the tree. Read and underline. learn to do sth 学习做某事 last spring 去年春天 tell sb sth 告诉某人某事 tell sb to do sth 告诉某人做某事 dig 挖掘 palce v. 放置 be covered with 被……覆盖 press 按压，出版 forget to do 忘记去做……；water 浇水 Why do people plant trees? Listen and write T or F. Trees can’t help protect the soil from rainfall.（ ） Planting trees isn’t a wonderful way to learn more about nature.（ ） Trees prevent dust from spreading.（ ） F F T protect the soil from rainfall. prevent dust from spreading. a wonderful way to learn more about nature. The temperature will reach 15℃ by noon and drop to 2℃ at night. 中午气温将达到15℃，晚上降至2℃。 a. reach v. 达到；到达；实现 They reached the village last night. One has to work hard to reach his goal. reach的常见用法：（1）reach an agreement 达成协议 （2）reach sp.到达某地 （3）reach one’s goal 实现某人的目标 （4）reach for…伸手去拿 到达 实现 拓展 The girl reached for a piece of cake on the table. 伸手去够 reach v. （伸手/脚等）够；伸出（手、脚等） drop to降至 Put the seedling inside the hole. Water the tree. Cover the seedling’s roots with soil and press down the soil. Ms Liu: Excellent, Li Ming. Why do people plant trees? Do you have any ideas? Song Hua: Trees help protect the soil from rainfall. Li Lin: Trees prevent dust from spreading. Ms Liu: Good points. Planting trees is also a wonderful way to learn more about nature. I believe you will have agreat time with this project. Read and underline. protect…from… 保护……以免 excellent 优秀的 prevent …from… 阻止……发生 dust 灰尘 good points 好主意 nature 自然 b. by noon 到中午之前 I will finish my report __________. 我将在中午之前完成我的报告。 by noon ________________ this month, I will finish reading five books. 到这个月底，我将读完五本书。 By the end of I like to take a short break _________ to relax. 我喜欢在中午休息一会儿来放松。 at noon by+时间, 表示“在…之前”或“到…为止” at+时间, 表示“在…（时间） 常见短语： （1)by noon 到中午之前；（2）by the end of…到…末为止；（3）at noon 在中午 steps to plant trees. 01 a way to learn about nature 03 different kinds of trees 05 02 04 06 weather school project reasons for planting trees Listen to the conversation again and tick what they are talking about. Work in pairs. What are the basic steps for planting a tree? What are the benefits of planting trees? Talk with your partner. Trees clean the air so we can breathe more easily. Trees make our city more beautiful. Trees cool down our life. Trees boost our mental and physical health. Trees help fight climate change. Trees help protect the soil from rainfall. Trees prevent dust from spreading. more.... null Other 89104.555 $