Unit 6 Living with nature Starting out & Understanding ideas课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

Unit 6 Living with nature Starting out & understanding ideas 2026新外研版八下 1 掌握 solar terms、the laws of nature、Grain in Ear 等核心词汇与短语，理解语篇大意与关键信息。 能借助信息表格，完整、连贯地复述语篇主要内容。 能简单介绍一个节气的特征与意义，初步传播中华节气文化。 Look and say. 1. What can you see in the picture? green house white windows many plants I can see.... 2. Where do you think it is? In the forest. Look and say. 3. what is the relationship between the house (people) and the forest (nature)? The house is in nature. People live with nature. What comes to your mind when you think of nature? Think and say. rain, snow, wind, rainbow, sunrise, sunset, forest, mountain... Watch the video and answer the questions. Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What do the two poems describe? The first poem describes rain, and the second one is about wind. 2. What other poems about nature do you know? I know Spring Dawn by Meng Haoran, Drinking Wine·No. Five by Tao Yuanming, Retreat (隐居处) at South Mountain by Wang Wei. 孟浩然 Watch the video and answer the questions. 3. Which poem do you like best? Why? I like Spring Dawn best. Its simple words let me feel the fresh spring morning, and the bird sounds make it lively. 孟浩然 Look at the pictures and put them into three groups. painting nature using solar energy taking photos of nature producing power from wind changing wild land into fields building roads through mountain 9 c a e f b d Look at the pictures and put them into three groups. using solar energy changing wild land into fields painting nature building roads through mountain taking photos of nature producing power from wind c, e a, f b, d 10 Look and say Start of Spring（立春） Start of Summer（立夏） Start of Autumn（立秋） Start of Winter（立冬） These are solar terms. What do the solar terms show? The solar terms show the laws of nature. Look and say 1. What can you see in the painting? I can see trees, golden fields and wheat. 2. What season is it? It is summer. Grain in Ear. Look and say. 13 The 24 Solar Terms are a traditional Chinese calendar system. They serve as a ______ for _______ and daily life. They help people understand and ______ nature’s changes. They connect traditional celebrations with modern life. This makes them popular for their _______________. guide farming cultural meanings follow Think and answer. Use the words and expressions to help you. What do you know about the 24 Solar Terms? 14 Grain in Ear. What solar term is the passage about? Look and predict. Grain in Ear. Enjoy the text video The features of Grain in Ear Nature Sound Colour Smell People Actions Lively birds sang sweetly in the trees. Under the blue sky, golden fields shone like the sun. The wind blew, sending sweet smells into the air. Villagers hurried to the fields. Adults were busy cutting the wheat. Children raced behind to pick up the ears. People live in harmory with nature. Read and complete the table. beautiful, peaceful, lively… busy, energetic, happy… 17 Groups of people Influence of the 24 Solar Terms Villagers in Lao Shu’s hometown The 24 Solar Terms guided both their _______________ and _________. The terms helped them understand why ______________ at certain times, and how they ___________. Lao Shu The 24 Solar Terms ________ him when he grew up and left his hometown. He feels ______ when a new term is set to begin. He longed to share these feelings in his _________________. People today People are ___________________ the ancient wisdom. The 24 Solar Terms help people understand why _____ works this way. Many of the 24 Solar Terms bear ______________ meanings. Read and complete the table. farming activities daily lives things happened should react followed excited paintings and poems taking a new interest in nature social and cultural Choose Lao Shu’s idea about the 24 Solar Terms. farming Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. guided farming activities daily lives excited paintings taking a new interest nature cultural farming Retell the passage with the help of the notes. guided farming activities daily lives excited paintings taking a new interest nature cultural 1. Why are the 24 Solar Terms important to people? The 24 Solar Terms guide people’s farming activities and daily lives. They help people understand nature’s changes and know how to react to them. Many of the 24 Solar Terms also bear social and cultural meanings. Think and share. 2. What do you think of Lao Shu’s paintings about the 24 Solar Terms? I think the paintings are beautiful and serve as a key to understanding traditional Chinese culture. They show us the changes in nature and people’s traditional activities. Therefore, I enjoy the paintings and feel that I can learn from them. Think and share. C层 Basic (基础) 抄写核心词汇与短语，熟读语篇，完成课后练习。 Improving(提升) Extend (拓展) 完善小组的节气英文介绍，抄写并背诵核心句子。 搜集一个节气的英文资料，准备下节课分享。 24 Lavf59.14.100 2025 Blues 175344.0 $From the eyes of the shoe IT was the early morning of Green in a lively birds song, swiftly in the trees, villagers hurry to the fields under the golden fields song like the sun, the wind blue, sending sweet smiles into the air. Dots were big客厅的weed children raised behind to pick up the years。This is one of the best memories of my childhood, her group in the countryside of shadow province. Most of the villagers there lived by farming. The twenty four solar terms meant so much to them. The changes of the terms guided both their farming activities and daily lives. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times and how so they should react. When I go out and left my hometown, the twenty four solar terms followed me. I always feel excited when a new term is set to begin. I love to share these feelings in my paintings and poems. I didn't know how popular the paintings would become. I'm so happy that many people, especially the Young, are taking a new interest in the ancient wisdom. In the hundreds of comments below my posts, others shared similar memories and feelings. Now people may be moving away from farming. However, the ancient way of dividing time stays close to our hearts. The twenty four solar terms are known as the fifth great invasion of china. They hope people understand why nature works this way. Many of the twenty four solar bear social and cultural meanings too. People celebrate their arrival with traditional activities. For example, many people still in spring, pancakes at start of spring and dumplings at start of winter. The end calendar has never disappeared from the life of the chinese. Poems about nature. Nature is always loved by poets. There are so many Grace poems about nature. Let's read two of them. The first is rain by Robert Lewis. Stephen rain. The rain is raining world around IT falls on field and tree IT rains on the umbrella here and on the ships at sea. The poem describes the rain in scotland. Now let's feel the wind. In the words of english writer alan Alexander mal, wind on the hill. No one can tell me. Nobody knows where the wind comes from, where the wind goes. It's flying from somewhere as fast as I can. I couldn't keep up with IT, not if I ran. These wonderful poems make us relaxed and happy. We feel like going on a walk in nature together with the pots. How would you describe the beauty of nature?