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Unit 6
Living with nature
Understanding ideas Grammar
2026新外研版八下
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感知并识别疑问词(how/why/what/when/where)引导的宾语从句,掌握陈述语序。
根据语境正确选用宾语从句引导词,完成填空、造句、改错。
结合生活实例,用宾语从句描述 “人类遵循自然规律” 的行为。
What did the 24 Solar Terms guide for villagers?
Let’s review.
Farming activities and daily lives.
How does Lao Shu feel when a new term begins?
Excited.
What are people today doing about the ancient wisdom?
Taking a new interest in.
Let’s review.
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.
farming activities
daily lives
things happened
should react
followed
excited
paintings and poems
taking a new interest in
nature
social and cultural
Who are the three groups of people in the table?
Start: The 24 Solar Terms have influenced people in different ways.
End: They are still important to us today.
Look at the table. First, let’s read the red words together. They are the key to our retelling.
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Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules.
These sentences are object clauses(宾语从句).
Today we’ll learn how to use them with question words like how/why.
1. Look at the verbs know and understand. What comes after them?”
sentence
2. What words start these sentences?
Now find one more sentence with these structures in the reading passage.
1. I didn’t know how popular the paintings would become.
2. They help people understand why nature works this way.
3. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times, and how they should react.
1.位置:跟在 know/understand/ask/tell 等动词后,动词后面的整个句子,都是 “宾语”。
2.引导词:疑问词 how/why/what/when/where 开头,how 表程度 / 方式;why 表原因,疑问词不再是用来提问,而是用来引导从句。
3.语序:必须用陈述语序(疑问词 + 主语 + 谓语)。
object clauses(宾语从句)
结构:动词 + 疑问词 + 主语 + 谓语
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Now find one more sentence with these structures in the reading passage.
1. I didn’t know how popular the paintings would become.
2. They help people understand why nature works this way.
主句
从句
1.主句用 know/understand/think/say 等一般现在时动词时,从句可以根据实际情况,用任意需要的时态(一般现在、一般过去、一般将来、现在完成等)。
2.主句用 knew/understood/thought/said 等过去式动词时,从句必须使用对应的过去时态,时态要整体 “往后退一格”。
Read and summarise.
1. I am / curious about / Chinese people / celebrate / Rain Water
I am curious about how why Chinese people celebrate Rain Water.
2. Do you / know / people / eat dumplings / in Start of Winter
Do you know why whether / if people eat dumplings in Start of Winter?
3. Have you / decided / you want / to do / in Major Snow
Have you decided what you want to do in Major Snow?
4. I am / not sure / we are / going / tomorrow / for Minor Heat
I am not sure where we are going tomorrow for Minor Heat.
5. He has / told me / we / shall meet / in End of Heat
He has told me when / where / that we shall meet in End of Heat.
Write the sentences with object clauses.
Enjoy the video: Do you know where New Zealand is?
Yes! It's an island country in the South Pacific Ocean.
Who knows what special people live there?
Look and answer.
Maori people.
What do you know about the Maori people?
The sea is super important to them — they travel, fish, and live by the sea every day.
how
why
where
what
when
Complete the passage using the words from the box.
how
why
where
what
when
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. What was important for the Maori to know?
how
why
where
what
when
Read the passage and answer the questions.
2. What can you learn from the passage?
Work in pairs. Talk about how people live by the laws of nature. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you.
We learned about the Maori people and how they understood the sea. Today, we’ll talk about more examples of laws of nature.
A: … Do you know why this rule was made?
B: No, I don’t. Why?
A: According to... This is the law of nature. People should live by it to ...
B: I see. Now I understand…
A: Yes, it helps...
Work in pairs. Talk about how people live by the laws of nature. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you.
have baby fish 产卵 / 繁殖
protect the fish 保护鱼类
keep enough fish for people
为人类保留足够的鱼类资源
keep the ecosystem in balance 维持生态平衡
五月至九月禁止捕鱼
冬季的冷冻水果
养蜂
A: From May to September, no fishing is allowed in the sea. Do you know why this rule was made?
B: No, I don’t. Why?
A: According to studies, these months are the time for fish to have baby fish. This is the law of nature. People should live by it to protect the fish.
B: I see. Now I understand how we can keep enough fish for people.
A: Yes, it helps keep the ecosystem in balance.
Sample
Basic (基础)
完成语法练习册宾语从句时态 + 语序习题。
Improving(提升)
Extend (拓展)
用宾语从句写 5 个句子介绍二十四节气。
调查一个 “人类顺应自然” 的例子,下节课分享。
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