Unit4 The art of having fun Understand ideas课件 2025-2026学年外研版七年级英语下册

going skateboarding playing baseball playing the guitar listening to music What are the people doing in the picture? singing dancing Starting out. Are they having fun? = enjoying themselves? having a good time? The art of having fun Unit 4 Starting out & Understanding ideas 玩乐的艺术 Learning objectives 1. 学习理解：掌握本文核心词汇和短语，能读懂文章主旨和各段落大意，准确定位主题句，理解娱乐的三个重要好处； 2. 应用实践：能运用核心词汇和句型谈论娱乐活动及其重要性，能分析文章结构，完成简单的阅读任务； 3. 迁移创新：能结合自身经历，思考学习与娱乐的关系，发表自己对“劳逸结合”的看法，树立正确的生活态度。 Watch and say What activities did ancient people do for fun? What activities did ancient people do for fun? Who are they in the picture,modern people or ancient people? Starting out. Weiqi(围棋) Polo(马球) Pitch-Pot game(投壶) Cuju(蹴鞠) Chuiwan (捶丸) Go on an outing (郊游踏青) Tea fighting (斗茶) Ancient wrestling (角抵) Which activity is the most interesting one to you? bingxi (冰戏) -What activities do you enjoy for fun ? - I enjoy ... for fun . Watching a film or TV at home Reading online news, checking social media Going to the cinema Reading books Going to a sporting event or a match Going to the theatre or a concert Taking a trip Doing sports activities Playing a video game Going to a museum Connecting with friends or family Spending free time on one’s passions Carefully observe the survey results and answer the following questions: What are the survey results about? Observe and answer 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 of the people? 4. What else can you learn from the survey result? 5. Do you enjoy any of these activities? What are they? Watching a film or TV at home Going to a museum Two The survey results show that... • ...percent of the people enjoy... • The most/ second most/...popular activity is... The survey is about ___________________ in Poland in 2022. The survey results show that _____________________________ is the most popular activity. 54% of people choose to do it. _____________ is the second most popular activity. 39% of the people enjoy doing it. ______of people like reading online news and checking social media. ______of people like going to the cinema. _______________________________________________________________ are kind of popular. About 10% of people choose each of them. Going to a museum is the least popular. Only____of people choose it. watching a film or TV at home Taking a trip popular activities Read the chart and finish the blanks. 14% 14% Reading books, going to a sporting event or a match and doing sports activities 4% Unit 4 The art of having fun Understanding ideas All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy Imagine staying on an island alone. You can only take five things with you. food water tools clothes without other people Let’s predict. Look at the title and predict. Use the expressions to help you. dull: slow in understanding 1. How do you understand the title? Let’s predict. Look at the title and predict. Use the expressions to help you. dull: slow in understanding 2. What may be the writer’s opinion about having fun？ For against Read for check Read quickly and check your predictions Check the prediction: What’s the writer’s opinion about having fun？ or: What’s the writer main point（主要论点）? A. Different ways of having fun B. Having fun in your own way C. The importance of having fun Read for check Read quickly and check your predictions. Having fun is important! Do you agree with him? Why or why not? Read for structure Keep questions in your mind. Read quickly and silently. What’s the structure of the passage? What kind of passage is it? Read for structure Read quickly and check your predictions. 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） someone takes a firm stance(立场) on an issue(问题) and tries to win over(说服) the reader to their point of view. Read for structure Read quickly and check your predictions. What’s the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. Opening Body Conclusion ( the final part ) Read the text carefully and answer the questions. What’s the purpose of the passage? 2) How does the writer give his / her opinion at the beginning? 3) How many benefits of fun does the writer mention? What are they? 4) How does the writer support his / her opinion? 5) How does the writer finish his / her argument at last? What’s the purpose of the passage? To share the writer's opinion about having fun. 2) How does the writer give his / her opinion at the beginning? A:By creating a situation, then asking a question and answering it. B:By showing some pictures. 3) How many benefits of fun does the writer mention? What are they? Three. Fun can do away with bad feelings and lift our spirits. Fun also keeps us feeling youthful . Having fun is a good way to connect with others. make... go up youthful=young 4) How does the writer support his / her opinion? A：By asking questions again, and answer them one by one. B：By giving an example, quoting（引用） a famous person and referring to research. 5) How does the writer finish his / her argument（论点） at last? A：By summarising（总结） and giving his / her opinion again. B：By giving other useful examples. Read the first paragraph and find out the argument（论点） of the article. Find out the topic sentence of the argumentative paragraphs. Enjoy the text video and sing Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. fun spirits joy youthful stop playing connect with closer enjoy life Retelling Fun is important in ...Take some time out to ...and ...! We need to ... But we should ... too. 萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw）是爱尔 兰剧作家、评论家和社会改革者。其代表 作包括《伤心之家》《皮格马利翁》等。 We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. How does the quote from George Bernard Shaw support the idea that fun keeps us youthful? Shaw means that playing and having fun isn't just for kids. If we stop having fun, we start to feel older. But if we keep playing and enjoying life, we stay youthful. How can fun bring people closer? Fun can bring people closer by creating shared experiences. For example, when people invite their friends to enjoy live music together, they not only have fun but also become closer due to this shared experience. 1 Why does the writer use the island example in the first paragraph? 2 Do you agree with George Bernard Shaw? Why or why not? 3 What do you think “No one is an island.” means? 1 Why does the writer use the island example in the first paragraph? 2 Do you agree with George Bernard Shaw? Why or why not? The writer uses the island example to show how important having fun is. 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. 3 What do you think “No one is an island.” means? To me, it means that we are all connected with other people. People need each other. What other benefits of having fun can you think of? Having fun can help with our health. For example, playing basketball can make us stronger than before. Do we live for work or do we live for fun? I think we live for fun. We work hard so that we have a better life. We have a better life so that we feel much better. I think we live for work. Without work, it’s hard for us to find the true meaning of our life. Having fun is just a small part of our life. Work and fun are both important. Work helps us learn and achieve. Fun helps us relax and enjoy life. Together, they make us happy and balanced. Pay attention to the following expressions. put... on one's list 把…… 列入某人的清单 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 振奋精神 看滑稽电影 not... at all一点也不 惬意的时刻 变老 bring... closer使…… 更亲近 与……建立联系 invite... to... 邀请…… 去…… 欣赏现场音乐 共同的经历 努力工作 能够 尽情玩乐 Translate the following expressions into English. 15. 看滑稽电影 16. 可供娱乐的东西 17. 太阳能媒体播放器 18. 消除不良情绪 19. 把…… 列入某人的清单 8. 振奋精神 9. 邀请…… 去…… 10. 惬意的时刻 11. 使…… 更亲近 12. 欣赏现场音乐 13. 共同的经历 14. 与…… 建立联系 1. 毕竟 2. 变老 3. 能够 4. 努力工作 5. 尽情玩乐 6. 感到无聊 7. 一点也不 after all grow old be able to watch a funny film play hard lift one's spirits invite... to... a moment of joy something for fun bring... closer get bored do away with bad feelings enjoy live music solar media player shared experience work hard not... at all connect with put... on one's list Basic (基础) Share your ideas about the importance of having fun . Search for more sayings about play and work. Improving(提升) Extend (拓展) Write about your discussion with your partner, including the importance of having fun and your advice on having fun. EV录屏3.9.7软件录制 Lavf56.38.102 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制，www.ieway.cn $