Unit 5 Period 1 Starting out 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 5 Looking into nature Starting out 1 What can you see in the picture? A man is holding a flashlight in a desert at night. I can also see countless stars in the sky. Look and say What do you think the man is doing? Maybe he is watching the stars. What does the picture make you feel? What do you know about nature? In this unit, let's look into nature exploration. How can we explore nature? What are some of its unsolved secrets? What is the spirit of nature exploration? By the end of this unit, you will make a poster about an achievement in nature exploration. After completing the unit, you will be able to: use words and expressions in the unit to talk about nature exploration. use object clauses with that, if and whether to describe discoveries in nature exploration. describe the spirit of nature exploration. What are you going to learn in this unit? discoveries in nature unsolved secrets of nature spirit of nature exploration 4 学习目标 1 2 3 学习并掌握与nature exploration 相关的核心词汇,了解李时珍、达尔文、王祯义三位自然探索者的基本信息及共同特点。 运用所学词汇和表达,讨论已知的自然秘密及自然探索者的事迹。 思考并表达自己想要深入探索的自然秘密,初步理解自然探索精神的内涵。 Task 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Q1: What do you know about these people? 新课讲授 Li Shizhen was a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty. He wrote Bencao Gangmu, a classic book about traditional Chinese medicine. Charles Darwin was a famous British biologist. He came up with the theory of evolution and explained how life changes throughout history. Wang Zhenyi was a well-known female scientist in the Qing Dynasty. She studied maths and astronomy, and she made important contributions. Q2: What do they have in common? They all studied nature. They taught other people about nature, too. came up with the theory of evolution made contributions in maths and astronomy Now have a check. a famous British biologist a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty a well-known female scientist in the Qing Dynasty wrote Bencao Gangmu 9 Task 2 Watch the video and fill in the form. 10 ocean space human beings What secrets of nature are mentioned in the video? What lives in the _ parts of the ocean? Is there _ among the stars? Why do we _? deepest life sleep 11 ocean space human beings What lives in the deepest parts of the ocean? Is there life among the stars? Why do we sleep? What secrets of nature are mentioned in the video? 12 ocean space human beings ... Which one do you want to explore more? 13 Homework 从李时珍(Li Shizhen)、达尔文 (Charles Darwin)、王贞仪(Wang Zhenyi)中选择一位,完成 100 词左 右的英文小传,包含:他 / 她的身份 与时代; 主要探索自然的成就; 你从 他 / 她身上学到的探索精神。 $