Unit 5 Looking into nature Developing ideas Reading for writing 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 5 Looking into nature Developing ideas Reading for writing 2026新外研版八下 1 掌握 explore、passion、achievement、honour、research 等核心词汇；2. 梳理王文采院士的生平事迹与精神品质； 能回答关于语篇的细节问题，复述人物主要经历；能运用文本词汇与句型描述探险家的事迹、困难与品质； 能仿照语篇结构，完成一篇关于自然探险家的短文写作；能评价同伴作品，结合探索精神谈自我启示。 Lead in Which nature explorer do you like most? Why? I like Jane Goodall most. Look, read and say. 1. What’s the person’s name? Wang Wencai. Wang Wencai collecting plants in Sichuan in August 1963 2. What’s he doing in the picture? Look, read and say. 1. What’s the person’s name? Wang Wencai. Wang Wencai collecting plants in Sichuan in August 1963 Look, read and say. He was studying plants in Beijing in 2011. 1. What do you think the person’s job might be? Answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 2. How would you describe the person? A plant scientist. I would describe him as careful and hard-working. He had a deep love of nature. He spent his life studying plants and carried on with his research despite many challenges. 6 Enjoy the text video Read and check. What's the passage about? This passage is about Wang Wencai, a distinguished botanist. 8 I would describe him as _____________________. He had a deep __________________. He spent his life ____________ plants and ______________ his research despite many challenges. 1. What might his job be? 2. How would you describe him? He might be a scientist. plant careful and hard-working love of nature carried on with studying careful and hard-working Think and complete. Use the words and expressions to help you. Then read and check. 9 What was Wang Wencai interested in? Read Paragraph 1 and answer. He was interested in nature and plants. 1. What’s the topic sentence of Paragraph 2? For over 70 years, Professor Wang explored China’s plants with great passion and hard work. 2. What did Professor Wang achieve? He discovered and named about 1,370 new plant species. Read Paragraph 2 and answer. 3. What difficulties did he meet? He met many difficulties. For example, he became seriously ill while doing field work in Yunnan and nearly died. He also lost sight in his right eye at the age of 83. 4. How did he deal with these difficulties? Though nearly died, he never stopped his work. After losing sight in his right eye, he didn’t let anybody know and used a magnifier to carry on with his research for another 10 years. Read Paragraph 2 and answer. Read Paragraph 3 and answer. 1. What’s the topic sentence of Paragraph 3? Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal honour or wealth. 2. What award did he receive? He received the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Award twice. 3. How did he treat his award and achievements? He hardly mentioned his award. For him, the award belonged to the team, and he was just doing his job. He was always quiet about his achievements. What does Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony tell about Wang Wencai? It softly told people about his lifelong exploration and love of nature. Read Paragraph 4 and answer. Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. the fields plants 3. discovered and named 4. twice Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. C层 5. great passion and hard work 6. fell seriously ill 7. carried on with 8. personal honour or wealth 9. the team 10. had no idea Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. 1. the fields 2. plants 3. discovered and named 4. twice 5. great passion and hard work 6. fell seriously ill 7. carried on with 8. personal honour or wealth 9. the team 10. had no idea 1. the fields 2. plants 3. discovered and named 4. twice 5. great passion and hard work 6. fell seriously ill 7. carried on with 8. personal honour or wealth 9. the team 10. had no idea Retell the passage. Plants for life Achievements Spirit Answer the questions. 1. The writer means that plants were the most important part of Wang Wencai’s life. He spent his whole life studying plants. 2. It means “not saying anything about”. These expressions have a similar meaning: “didn’t let anybody know” and “hardly mentioned it”. 3. The writer mentions “the seasons” to show that Wang Wencai was closely connected with the natural world. Think and share. The title means that plants are important in Wang Wencai’s life. It also suggests that Wang spent his whole life studying plants. hard-working Think and share. 22 humble (谦虚的) Think and share. 23 Think and share. 1. The title means that plants are important in Wang Wencai’s life. It also suggests that Wang spent his whole life studying plants. 2. I will use the words “hard-working”, “humble” and “respectable” to describe Wang Wencai. He was hard-working because he spent over 70 years studying plants and kept working even when he was seriously sick or lost sight in one eye. He was humble (谦虚的) because he did not care about personal honour or wealth and hardly talked about his achievements. He was respectable because he made great contributions to science and loved nature all his life. What can you learn from Wang Wencai? Discuss and say. Writing task Write a story about a nature explorer. include the main points of the story in the table in Step 1? use the words and expressions from the reading passage? give your opinion about the spirit of exploration? Step 1: Think of a story about a nature explorer and complete the table. Writing task ... planned to explore... / ... wanted to find out... ... met many difficulties, such as... / The biggest problem was... As a result, ... / Finally, ... succeeded in... In my opinion, ... was a great nature explorer. / I think... is... because... / ... teaches us that... Writing task Step 1: Think of a story about a nature explorer and complete the table. Leizu She lived at the time of the Yellow Emperor. It is said that one day, in a field, she noticed a silkworm. Step 1: Think of a story about a nature explorer and complete the table. Writing task ... planned to explore... / ... wanted to find out... ... met many difficulties, such as... / The biggest problem was... / ... tried one’s best through trial and error. As a result, ... / Finally, ... succeeded in... Leizu planned to study and use these threads. With no one to learn from, she had no choice but to try her best through trial and error. As a result, she developed silk farming and invented silk weaving. Writing task Step 1: Think of a story about a nature explorer and complete the table. In my opinion, ... was / is a great nature explorer. / I think... is... because... / ... teaches us that... In my opinion, Leizu was a great nature explorer. She was the first to deeply study silkworms. Her curiosity about nature led to a world-changing discovery. Her story teaches us that exploration starts by looking carefully around us. Writing task Step 2: Write the story with the help of the table. Who & When & Where What happened Opinion Step 3: Check. Writing task Did you: ☐ include the main points of the story in the table in Step 1? ☐ use the words and expressions from the reading passage? ☐ give your opinion about the spirit of exploration? Writing task Step 4: Share your story with the class and evaluate others’ stories. Basic (基础) 从课文中摘抄 5 个你最喜欢的描述王文采精神品质的句子，并用自己的话翻译成中文。 用本节课学到的核心词汇造 3 个句子，描述你自己在学习或生活中遇到的困难与坚持。 Improving(提升) Extend (拓展) 用 3-5 句话，给王文采院士写一张英文明信片，表达你对他的敬佩与感谢。 34 2025 Blues 167472.0 Lavf59.14.100 2025 Blues 167472.0 $Nature presences . within . less wanders. Most people get interested and ask questions. But one person took his interest all the way to the fields. He was born in the flowering season of early summer and made plans his life. This person was when, when I, for over seventy years, professor will explore china's plans with great passion and hard work. He discovered the name about one three safety new plant species to Carry out his research. He spent years in wild mountain and forests. 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