Unit 4 The art of having fun Reading for writing 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“having fun in a balanced way”展开，通过提问家庭娱乐活动、图片分析社交媒体与电视节目、观看“couch potatoes”视频导入，引导学生从列举娱乐形式到分析过度娱乐危害，再到探讨平衡生活建议，构建连贯的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合多模态输入（视频、图片）与任务驱动，通过“pros and cons”分析、“Think & Share”联系生活实际，培养学生思维品质；写作环节提供问题引导、互评表及反思表，提升语言能力与学习能力。例如阅读后填空梳理“time-eating monster”影响，写作前问题支架辅助表达，助力学生提升语言运用与自主学习能力，教师可高效开展读写教学。

Unit 4 The art of having fun 学习目标 1.能够梳理常见的娱乐形式,过度娱乐给人带来的危害和平衡生活方式抵御“怪兽”的建议。 2能描述沉迷于娱乐活动的弊端和如何合理安排娱乐活动。 3.能够写一个关于having fun in a balcanced way 的段落。 • Watching a film or TV at home • Reading online news, checking social media • Going to the cinema • Reading books • Going to a sporting event or a match • Going to the theatre or a concert • Connecting with friends or family • Going to a museum • Playing a video game • Spending free time on one’s passions • Taking a trip • Doing sports activities What fun activities do you and your family often do? How much time do you spend on the activities? Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. social media社交媒体 TV shows 电视节目 miss out 错过 get lost in 沉迷于 eat away one’s time耗费某人的时间 1. What activities can you see in the pictures? Spending time on social media and watching TV shows. 2. How much time do you spend on these activities each week? Do you have fun in a balanced way? adj. proper, right 3. How may they affect your life? Does social media bring you closer to your friends or make you miss out on time with your friends? Do TV shows eat away your time? Do you get lost in the screens? 4. What can you get from social media and TV shows? Think about the pros and cons (事物的利与弊) of social media and TV shows. Open. 1 What is the boy doing? 2 What does he look like? 3 Does he get lost in TV shows? 4 What problems will he meet if he does it every day? He is watching TV. He is overweight and lazy like a couch potato. Yes, he does. He might have bad eyesight and other health problems. Watch a video and get a clear picture about the phrase “couch potatoes”. What does a monster look like in your mind? n. 妖怪,怪兽,怪物 What is the time-eating monster? Let’s read the passage and learn about it. Read thepassage and choose . ( )1. What does the word “monster” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. A big and scary animal. B. Games, social media and TV shows. C. A kind of time-eating machine. ( )2. What may happen if we get lost in the monster’s world according to Paragraph 3? A.We may become healthier and happier. B. We may spend more time with our family. C. We may have sore necks and miss sweet family moments. ( )3. What does the sentence “too much fun also makes Jack a dull boy” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Having fun is always bad for us. B. Too much fun can be harmful. C. Jack becomes dull because he never plays. ( )4. What does the author tell us to do in Paragraph 5? A. To play more computer games. B. To stay at home and watch TV. C. To go outside and do sports with friends. ( )5. Why does the author write this passage? A. To ask us to have fun in a balanced way. B. To tell us how to play computer games. C. To describe different kinds of TV shows. ( )6. Where can you probably find this passage? A. A health magazine. B. A science textbook. C. A game website. ( )7.Which of the following is the right structure of the passage? (①=Para.1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5) A. ① / ②③ / ④⑤ B. ①② / ③ / ④⑤ C. ① / ② / ③④⑤ Match the main ideas of each part? Why is it a monster? How do you deal with the monster? What is the monster like? Read para. 1 and fill in the blanks. 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 Read paras. 2&3 and fill in the blanks. Why is it a monster? It starts to _ our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without _ it at all. eat away noticing We _ the monster's world. get lost in 1. What problems will we meet if we get lost in the monster’s world according to para.3? be bad for our health keep us away from family cut us off from the real world Read paras. 4&5 and finish the tasks. How do you deal with the monster? We can keep it away by having fun _. in a balanced way 1. According to paragrgh 5,What specific actions (具体行动)can we do to keep the "monster" away? 2. The author says “The choice is ours.” What choice do you want to make in your daily life? Why? I choose to play basketball for one hour every day because it keeps me fit. I choose to spend less time on my phone and talk more with my family. 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, _ and _. How do we get _ in the monster’s world? We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to _our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without _it at all. social media TV shows lost eat away noticing How does this affect our life? We become couch _ with sore necks and dry eyes. We _ on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to _. What can we do to fight the monster? Stand up and _ the screens. Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with _. Talk about your day with your family. potatoes miss out the real world leave your friends 以多种形式 打开电脑 接管,取得对……的控制 侵蚀,腐蚀 not … at all 一点也不 社交媒体 起初,一开始 电视节目 那么多的快乐 一分钟接一分钟地 沉迷于 老泡在电视机前的人 酸疼的脖子和干涩的眼睛 错失……的机会 不愿听某事,不肯听取某事 走出去 在新鲜的空气里慢跑 打网球 去远足 以平衡的方式 远离 Answer the questions. 1. Why does the writer describe the problem as “the time-eating monster”? Because we can easily spend a lot of time before the screens. Calling the problem a “monster” shows that it is dangerous for us. 2. What other expressions can you think of to describe the problem? Other expressions include the time thief, the time-waster and the time eater. 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. Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. 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 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. 【提供语块】 娱乐活动 影 响 play computer games chat online with friends surf the Internet get lost in social media spend much time on TV shows watch the short videos scroll the phone (刷手机) waste time and energy eat away one’s time stay up late / be lack of sleep miss out on sweet moments have sore necks and dry eyes be deaf to the real world be harmful to our health 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? 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 could 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. 【写作互评表】 评价指标 得分 评分标准 短文是否明确给出了作者喜欢的娱乐活动? 5 = Excellent 4 = Good 3 = Acceptable 2 = Needs improvement 短文是否有解决沉迷于娱乐活动的方案? 短文中的细节是否充足、是否有举例说明? 短文是否使用了恰当的句型和丰富的词语? 短文在拼写、语法和标点方面是否都正确? 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. 社交媒体 错过甜蜜时刻 沉迷于 侵蚀某人的时间 起初,一开始 打开电脑 接管,取得……的控制权 老泡在电视机前的人 脖子疼 新鲜空气 徒步旅行 social media miss out on sweet moments get lost in eat away one’s time at first turn on the computer take over couch potatoes sore necks fresh air go hiking I can 描述自己喜欢的娱乐活动 描述沉迷于娱乐活动的弊端 描述如何合理安排娱乐活动 尽可能多地使用之前板块和本版块的核心词汇 完成你的作文,并根据同伴评价进行润色。 收集、复习本单元三个子话题的相关词汇。 The benefit of having fun Turning an interest into a career Having fun in a balanced way Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $