Unit 4 Starting out Understanding ideas 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

Unit 4 The art of having fun Starting out After completing the unit, you will be able to: use words and expressions in the unit to talk about fun activities. use imperatives to talk about benefits of having fun. describe the good and bad of fun activities. 1. What do the pictures show? 3. Are they having fun? How do you know that? Look and talk 2. Which activity do you like best? going skateboarding listening to music playing the guitar playing baseball dancing singing Watch and say Imagine you are in ancient China. What can you do for fun? 想象v. imagine - imagination (想象, 想象力n.) Watch and say What activities did ancient people do for fun? Cuju What activities did ancient people do for fun? Watch and say Weiqi Bingxi Free talk What other activities did ancient people do for fun? Touhu 投壶 Chinese chess 象棋 Chuiwan 锤丸 Maqiu 马球 Playing the instruments Watching a film or TV Doing exercise Reading online news Connecting with friends Playing ball games Skateboarding Photography Programming Dancing & Singing Listening to music ... What activities do people nowadays do for fun? Think and say Think and learn A survey is a method of gathering information by asking a series of questions to a group of people. Surveys can be conducted in various ways, including online, by phone, face-to-face, or through paper questionnaires. What is a survey? There are survey results about something. Observe and answer Carefully observe the survey results and answer the following questions: What are the survey results about? 1. What was the most popular activity in Poland in 2022? Observe and answer Carefully observe the survey results and answer the following questions: 2. Which activity was the least popular? 3. How many activities are liked by more than one-third (33%) of the people? 4. What else can you learn from the survey result? 5. Do you enjoy any of these activities? What are they? Discuss in groups Feel good: Fun makes you happy and less stressed. Healthy body: Running, playing—keep you strong and fit. Friends: Doing fun things helps you make more friends. Enjoy life: Life becomes more interesting and full of joy. What are the benefits of having fun? Can you give some examples or share your own stories? Unit 4 The art of having fun Understanding ideas Look and talk Listen to these students. What do they say? She feels tired . Studying is dull . He feels bored . 枯燥的 She might _. 也许会... fall ill He might _. do badly in study He might _. feel unhappy. So it’s _ for us to have fun. important Today is _. May Day is around the corner. Imagine staying on an island alone on May Day. What would you like to bring? Look and talk Imagine staying on an island alone on May Day. You can only take five things with you. You might put food, water, tools and clothes on your list. What would like to bring with you as the fifth one? books? a computer? a football? a camera? a bike? Is it important to have fun? We can bring _ for fun. Look at the title and predict what the passage is about. P52 What is the passage about ? A. Work B. Fun adj. 愚笨的,迟钝的 只工作不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻 只工作不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻 Look at the title and predict what the passage is about. Use the expressions to help you. P52 have fun a moment of joy lift sb's spirits feel youthful bring people closer enjoy life 享受乐趣 惬意的时刻 提振精神 感到年轻 拉近人与人之间的距离 享受生活 What's the writer's opinion about having fun? For or against? adj. 愚笨的,迟钝的 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 1 Imagine staying on an island alone. You can only take five things with you. You might put food, water, tools and clothes on your list. But what about the fifth one? Most people would choose something for fun, like a novel, a magazine or a solar media player. After all, no one wants to get bored! 2 Fun can do away with bad feelings and lift our spirits. Just picture yourself watching a funny film on that island. Sitting under the trees will not be boring at all. It becomes a moment of joy. 假设 独自 在清单上写下食物、水、工具和衣服 可供娱乐的东西 太阳能媒体播放器 毕竟 感到无聊 消除不良情绪 提振精神 看滑稽电影 想象 一点儿也不无聊 惬意的时刻 Read the passage 3 Fun also keeps us feeling youthful. As George Bernard Shaw once said, “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” 4 Research also shows that fun brings people closer. No one is an island. Having fun is a good way to connect with others. So, next time, invite your friends to enjoy live music together. It's not just about having fun – you will be closer because of the shared experience! 5 Fun is important in a number of ways. Don't forget to take some time out to have fun and enjoy life! We need to work hard. But we should be able to play hard, too. 保持年轻的心态 变老 拉近人与人之间的距离 没有人是一座孤岛 邀请你的朋友们一起欣赏 连接彼此 共同的经历 从各方面来说 不要忘记 努力工作 尽情玩耍 What’s the structure of the passage? A. ①/②③④⑤ B. ①/②③④/⑤ C. ①②③④/⑤ Tip : Underline the topic sentence can help you get the structure. Opening Main body Conclusion Read for structure What kind of passage is it ? A. A narrative story(记叙文) B. An argumentative essay(议论文) C. A scientific report(科学报告) How does the author write an argumentative essay? 21 Para.1: 1. How does the writer give his opinion? A.By creating a situation B.By asking a question C.By making a comparison 2. Why does the writer use “island example”? A.To show how fun helps us live alone. B. To teach survival(生存的) skills on an island. C. To show how important the fun is. Read for details How does the writer support his/her opinion? A. By giving numbers. B. By asking questions. C. By giving an example. D. By quoting a famous people. spirits joy 23 How does the writer support his/her opinion? A. By giving numbers. B. By asking questions. C. By giving an example. D. By quoting a famous people. youthful stop playing 24 How does the writer support his/her opinion? A. By giving numbers. B. By asking questions. C. By giving an example. D. By referring to reasearch. (参照研究) connect with closer Why can people feel closer when having fun together? 25 youthful / youth / young / youthfully youthful adj. 年轻的 (外表、气质、心态) young adj. 年轻的 (成长年龄) youth n. 青年;青春;年轻;青年时期 youthfully adv. 年轻地,无经验地; Para.5: 1.True or False ( )① Fun is important in a way. ( )②We should work hard but also take time to play hard. F T 2.How does the writer finish his/her argument(论述) at last? A.By creating a situation. B.By asking a question. C.By making a conclusion. Read for details Choose another suitable title for the passage. A. The importance of having fun B. Different ways of having fun C. Having fun in your own way Read again All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy 只工作不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻 只玩耍不工作,聪明孩子没出息 Having fun is important. It can bring us a number of benefits. But we still need to find a balanced way between work and fun. Can you translate the sentence into Chinese? 我们不是因为变老了才停止玩耍,而是因为不再玩耍才变老。 Think and share Do you agree with George Bernard Shaw? Why or why not? Yes. Many old people still feel youthful by doing guangchangwu, going travelling, or going to senior citizen’s college. No. When people get old, they are not as strong as young people. It stops them from taking part in many activities. When hearing others’ words, we should be open-minded. We could ask ourselves, “Why are they saying it?” “Can it be supported by facts?” “Who else might think differently?" This helps us understand others better. Learning to think stay on an island 呆在一个岛上 on one’s list 在某人的清单上 after all 毕竟 get bored 变得无聊 do away with sth 消除某物 lift one’s spirits 使某人心情好 not ...at all 一点也不 moment of joy 快乐时光 keep sb doing 使某人一直做 grow old 变老 a way to do sth 做某事的方式 connect with sb 和某人联系 stop doing 停止做某事 invite sb to do邀请某人做某事 live music 现场音乐 have fun 玩得开心 a number of 一些 forget to do 忘记要做某事 take time out to 抽出时间 work hard 努力工作 后面直接接名词或代词作宾语,表示对某事物或人的想象 imagine+(sb.) doing sth. 接动名词作宾语 想象(某人)做某事 She couldn't imagine living in such a small house. 她无法想象住在这么小的房子里。 I can imagine him playing the guitar on the stage. 我能想象他在舞台上弹吉他的样子。 1 imagine alone:adv.&adj. 强调客观上的 “独自,单独”(仅描述状态,不涉及情感) lonely:adj. 强调主观上的 “孤独的,寂寞的”,表达内心深处的孤独、凄凉的感觉,带有较强情感色彩 He was alone in the room, but he didn't feel lonely because he had a lot of books to read. 他独自在房间里,但他并不感到孤独,因为他有很多书可读。 The lonely traveler walked along the lonely road. 这位孤独的旅行者沿着这条偏僻的路行走。 2 alone & lonely bored 感到厌烦的;无聊的(强调人的主观感受) boring 令人厌烦的;无聊的(侧重于描述事物本身的性质或特点,是指某事物使人感到乏味、无趣) She found the book boring and soon fell asleep. But her brother, who was interested in the topic, didn't feel bored at all.她觉得这本书很无聊,很快就睡着了。但她的哥哥对这个话题感兴趣,一点也不觉得厌烦。 3 bored & boring stop to do sth. 停下来去做另一件事 stop doing sth. 停止做正在做的事情 They stopped to have a rest. 他们停下来去休息一下。(先停止正在做的事,然后去休息) Stop reading and listen to me. 别读了,听我说。(停止 “阅读” 这个动作) 4 stop invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事 invite sb. to + 地点 邀请某人去某地 invite sb. for 为了... 邀请某人去某地 She invited her friends to dance at her party. 她邀请她的朋友们在她的派对上跳舞。 He invited his teacher to his graduation ceremony. 他邀请他的老师参加他的毕业典礼。 5 invite a number of 许多;大量(后接可数名词复数形式。作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式) the number of …… 的数量(后接可数名词复数形式,作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式) A number of books are on the table. 桌子上有许多书。 The number of the books in the library is very large. 图书馆里书的数量非常大。 6 number adv. 另外,其他;别的,另外的 通常用于修饰不定代词(如:someone、anyone、everyone、something、anything、nothing 等)和疑问代词(如:who、what、which 等),且要放在这些词的后面。 Did you see anyone else at the party? 你在聚会上还见到其他人了吗? 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