Unit 1 Career talks Understanding ideas Reading课件 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

Unit 1 Career talks Understanding ideas Master core vocabularies and understand their meanings and usages.（学习理解） 01 Understand the speech and complete the exercises correctly.（应用实践） 02 Retell the contents of the speech according to the mind-map. （迁移创新） 03 This is Robert, He is going to give a speech. What can you infer from the title? Maybe Robert has done this job for many years. Now he is saying goodbye to his job. How does Robert feel about his job? 1 What do you think it is like to have this job? 2 What are the challenges of this job? 3 What do you think can make this job enjoyable? Window cleaning can be difficult, dangerous and challenging. The worker has to work in high places. The weather can be very hot or very cold. Meeting kind people, making new friends and getting a sense of achievement. Let’s sing together Read Robert's speech. How does he feel about his job? Robert likes his job and it makes him happy. He’ll never regret it. Look and say. 1. Where is the man? 2. What is he doing? 3. What’s his job? He’s up in the air. A window cleaner. He is cleaning the window. A “spiderman”. Choose the best summary of the speech. a The speaker wishes to go back in time and change something about his job. b The speaker thinks that more people should consider being window cleaners. C The speaker feels thankful for both the challenging and the nice moments of the job. window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement Page 4 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1 What do you think it is like to have this job? I think it is ...... I think it is a challenging but meaningful job. A window cleaner, or "spiderman", works high up in the air. They make windows clean and shiny. 成就感 像...一样 Read the passage again and match the situations with the feelings. 工作场景 情感 / 感受 1. Working in extreme heat A. Regretless 2. Receiving watermelon from a kind woman B. Sad but happy 3. Knowing the baby’s family would move C. Warm and grateful 4. Looking back on the 30-year career D. Hard and tough Read the 1st paragraph and answer the questions. 1 How long did Robert work as a “spiderman”? 2 What did these years bring him? 30 years. Both challenges and joys. window cleaning kind people friend warm story shine a sense of achievement Page 4 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 2 What are the challenges of this job? 成就感 It’s a bit dangerous— you have to work high up. Also, cleaning windows for a long time will make you tired. spiderman /ˈspaɪdəmæn/ n. “蜘蛛人”（指高空作业人员） Robert is a “spiderman”. He is giving a speech on his last day at work. Saying goodbye to my years up high Who did he meet? A _____________ woman. What happened to him? He was _____________ all over. Drops of sweat fell in his eyes. The woman smiled _____________ at him, opened the window and handed him a piece of _____________ watermelon. How did he feel? That was the _____________ watermelon of his life. Read the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs and fill in the table. Memory 1: His first summer as a “spiderman” kind wet brightly juicy sweetest Reading for analysis Share different voices “In some people's minds, happiness comes from things like money.” Money can make life better in some ways.However,it doesn't always make us happy. For example,having good relationships with others can bring us happiness. It's so nice to see you on my last day at work. The past 30 years were filled with both challenges and joys. All my days up high in the air will be kept in my memory. 在我工作的最后一天见到你们，真是太开心了。 过去的30年里，充满了富有挑战性的时刻与欢乐。 我在高空的所有时光都将被保留在记忆里。 be filled with 充满 both A and B A和B两者都 Reading for analysis Answer “Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden…” ——Oscar Wilde What does “it”refer to in “A life without it ...”? _______________________________________ So what do you think of the words of Oscar Wilde mean? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ It refers to love in our life. It means that just like the flowers in garden need sunshine to grow, our life also needs love to be happy . So love is the very important . I still remember my first summer as a “spiderman”. It was a day much hotter than today! I was wet all over. Drops of sweat fell in my eyes. 我依然记得我当“蜘蛛人”的第一个夏天。 那一天比今天热多了！ 我全身都湿的。 数滴汗水进了我的眼睛里。 /ˈspaɪdəmæn/ /swet/ drops of sweat 数滴汗水 consider ① She is considering changing her job. ② He is considering where to go for vacation. 她在考虑换工作。 v. 考虑 他在考虑去哪里度假。 consider (doing) sth. 考虑做某事 ( ) a. I'm also considering how to get more experience first. ( 1 ) b. I consider teaching a meaningful job. ( ) c. So, I consider it as my dream job. ( ) d. Many people consider teachers (to be) very important in society. ( ) e. But some friends consider it to be too challenging. Mike正在思考职业，请将混乱的句子重新排序，组成一段逻辑通顺的独白（首句已给出）。 2 3 4 5 Write a short passage about your love experience. “Love makes everything possible.” Language in use Work in pairs. Do you think love can make us happy? Talk about your experience. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. 1. hold up 2. bit by bit 3. drops of sweat 4. say goodbye to 5. be considered 6. both ... and ...   7. the newborn baby 8. be wet all over 9. smile at sb 10. be filled with 11. make sb shine 12. try to do sth 13. of one’s life 14. watch sb grow 15. cut into small pieces 16. be reminded of 17. a sense of achievement 18. show sth to sb 19. be kept in one’s memory 20. days up high in the air 21. draw a picture of sb 22. It’s so nice to see sb 23. Best wishes to you all! That was the sweetest watermelon of my life. When I opened them, I saw a juicy watermelon. lt was carefully cut into small pieces. A kind woman was smiling brightly at me from inside the building. 当我睁开眼睛时，看到了一个多汁的西瓜。 它被细心地切成了小块。 一位善良的女士从大楼里朝我灿烂地笑着。 那是我这辈子吃过最甜的西瓜。 /ˈwɔːtəmelən/ smile at sb 对某人微笑 Useful writing ideas. (1)When 思路：可引导学生回忆特殊节日，如生日、纪念日等的时间节点，这些时刻往往会因爱而留下深刻印象。 也可以是生活中某个普通但充满爱的瞬间，比如在备考压力大时，家人给予关爱的那个晚上。 (2)Who 思考身边给予自己爱的人，家人是常见的，像父母在生活中无微不至的关怀； 朋友在困难时伸出援手，体现友情之爱； 还可以是老师在学习上的耐心指导，展现师生间的关爱。 (3)Where 地点可以是家里，家庭是充满爱的港湾，发生过许多温暖故事； 学校里，教室、操场等场所，与同学、老师之间爱的互动； 甚至是在街头，看到陌生人之间互帮互助，传递爱的场景。 (4)How did you feel? 引导学生描述内心感受，比如感到温暖，像冬日暖阳照进心里； 觉得幸福，内心满是甜蜜与满足； 充满力量，在爱中获得面对困难的勇气。 (5) What I learn from it 可以是懂得珍惜，意识到身边的爱是宝贵财富，要好好珍惜亲人、朋友； 学会付出，明白爱不仅是接受，也要主动付出给予他人关怀； 懂得感恩，感恩那些给予自己爱的人，以实际行动回报他们。 Useful expressions I kept going over...in my mind. That made him/her feel. To my surprise,…. This touched me greatly From this,I learnt... I believe that.. Love is the key to happiness. I kept going over...in my mind. That made him/her feel. To my surprise,…. This touched me greatly. From this,I learnt... I believe that.. Love is the key to happiness. In Goodbye Mr. Loser, Charlie, a down - and - out man, gets a chance to travel back to high school. He becomes rich and famous through copying songs. However, he realizes that the money - filled life isn't truly happy. Missing his wife May, he returns to reality. There, he finally understands that May's love is the real source of happiness. 1. When you finish the difficult task, you will get ____________. 2. After running 3 kilometers in the hot sun, ____________ rolled down his face. 3. She learned to play the piano ____________ — she practiced 10 minutes every day. 4. We went to the airport to _____________ our foreign teacher. 5. The little girl will ____________ strangers when she feels safe. drops of sweat bit by bit say goodbye to smile at a sense of achievement Ⅰ. 从方框中选择适当的词组并用其正确形式完成句子。 drops of sweat, a sense of achievement, smile at, bit by bit, say goodbye to 1. 他试图完成那项艰难的任务。 He _______ _______ finish the hard task. 2. 这部电影被认为是今年的最佳影片之一。 This movie _______ _______ one of the best films this year. 3. 听到那首老歌，她被唤起了对大学时光的回忆。 She _______ _______ _______ her college days when she heard the old song. 4. 她把她的新画作展示给了朋友们。 She ________ her new painting ________ her friends. 5. 这段温暖的回忆会被我铭记于心。 This warm memory will ______ ______ ______ my memory. Ⅱ. 根据汉语提示完成句子，每空一词。 tried to is considered was reminded of showed to be kept in 1. Can you understand Robert’s experience as a "spiderman" (window cleaner) from the speech? 2. Can you talk about the challenges and joys of Robert’s job? 3. Can you explain why an ordinary job makes the daily life better? Must do: Remember the words and expressions we learned in this lesson. Choose to do: 1. Write 2 sentences to leave a comment on his post. 2. Practice reading Robert’s speech aloud until you can: Pronounce all words clearly, Maintain a natural pace, Express emotions matching the content. $