Unit 1 Time to Relax (Section B (1a-1e)课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Time to Relax (Period 4) Section B (1a-1e) 英语人教版八年级下册 What hobbies are they? How can a hobby improve people’s life? 2 In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better? Tick the ones that are true for you. You may add more. 1a My hobby helps me ... □ to relax □ to make new friends □ to learn a new skill □ to reduce stress □ to try new things □ ________________ reduce v. 减少 stress n. 精神压力；紧张 Talk about your hobby with your partner and complete the table. Name Hobby Purpose A: What is your hobby? B: My hobby is ... / I like ... A: In what ways does your hobby make your life better? B: My hobby helps me to ... You can use: Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions. • What is Luca’s hobby? • Why does he like the hobby? • What is Maya’s hobby? • Why does she like the hobby? Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. Identifying facts and opinions Facts are statements that are true. On the other hand, opinions express a feeling or belief. They may or may not be true. Look for key words like “think” or “believe” to help you identify whether a statement is an opinion. 1b 6 Hobbies That Are Good for You When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time? Do you spend time on your hobbies? Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us to keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. yoga n. 瑜伽 object n. 物品；宾语 7 Luca Bruno likes to be creative in his free time. But he doesn’t make art or write stories. Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. He started programming when he was ten, after he read about famous businessmen who started out as programmers. His latest app allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian. They can learn Italian and make friends at the same time! “It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app,” says Luca. “I believe I’m helping people around the world to learn Italian!” allow v. 使……成为可能；允许 programmer n. 程序设计员 achievement n. 成就 Italian adj. 意大利的；意大利人的；意大利语的 n. 意大利人；意大利语 8 Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them! In India, Maya Badal doesn’t collect coins or stamps. Instead, this teenage girl collects postcards! “I know some people think postcards are rather old-fashioned, but I think they’re a good way to learn about different places,” Maya says. “I think it’s interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.” coin n. 硬币 stamp n. 邮票 teenage adj. 青少年的 postcard n. 明信片 old-fashioned adj. 过时的；守旧的 foreign adj. 外国的；国外的 rather adv. 相当；更准确地说 9 Maya’s first postcard shows the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. Her dad sent it to her when she was five, and she liked it so much that she put it up on her bedroom wall! Now there are over one hundred postcards from thirty-two countries on Maya’s walls. She dreams of travelling to these places in the future! dream of 梦想；希望 10 Put the sentences in the table. Luca Maya • Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. • He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. • It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app. • I believe I’m helping people around the world to learn Italian! • I think they’re a good way to learn about different places. • I think it’s interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries. Facts or Opinions? Why? Read the text again and complete the mind map. 1c Hobbies Luca Maya When he started it When she started it What his hobby is Why he likes it What her hobby is Why she likes it make mobile phone apps when he was ten help people around the world to learn Italian and make friends at the same time; give him a sense of achievement collect postcards when she was five a good way to learn about different places; interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself. 1d 1. Some people listen to music to ______________________________. 2. Others play tennis to ______________________________. 3. Sometimes people paint pictures to ______________________________ ______________________________. 4. Luca developed his latest app to ______________________________ ______________________________. 5. Maya collects postcards to ______________________________. 6. I ______________________________. calm down after a busy day keep fit remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress allow people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian learn about different places go jogging to keep fit 13 What new hobby would you like to take up and why? Share your ideas. 1e • What new hobby do you want to try? • Why do you want to try it? • How will that hobby improve your life? These questions can help you: 14 New words reduce; stress; yoga; object; allow ... Reading A description of two teenagers’ hobbies New expressions reduce stress; dream of Make a mind map with the theme of “My Hobby”. $