Unit 6 P1 Reading课件 2025-2026学年沪教版英语七年级下册

Unit 6 Electricity everywhere Key question What role does electricity play in our daily lives? 1.7.2013 Hello everyone! Welcome to our class. Today, we're going to embark on an exciting journey to explore a very important part of our lives: electricity. Have you ever wondered what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it powers our world? Let's find out together in "The Story of Electricity"! ‹#› First thoughts Electricity is a kind of energy. What is electricity? 1.7.2013 Hello everyone! Welcome to our class. Today, we're going to embark on an exciting journey to explore a very important part of our lives: electricity. Have you ever wondered what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it powers our world? Let's find out together in "The Story of Electricity"! ‹#› First thoughts Where does electricity come from? power bank 充电宝 battery 电池 power station 发电站 1.7.2013 Hello everyone! Welcome to our class. Today, we're going to embark on an exciting journey to explore a very important part of our lives: electricity. Have you ever wondered what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it powers our world? Let's find out together in "The Story of Electricity"! ‹#› First thoughts There are many different ways of producing electricity. What are they? solar power water power wind power 1.7.2013 Hello everyone! Welcome to our class. Today, we're going to embark on an exciting journey to explore a very important part of our lives: electricity. Have you ever wondered what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it powers our world? Let's find out together in "The Story of Electricity"! ‹#› First thoughts In our daily lives, what kinds of things needs electricity? Electricity fridge phone washing machine air conditioner car bulb rice cooker What may happen if the electricity is off ? 1.7.2013 Hello everyone! Welcome to our class. Today, we're going to embark on an exciting journey to explore a very important part of our lives: electricity. Have you ever wondered what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it powers our world? Let's find out together in "The Story of Electricity"! ‹#› Before you read What is the text type? A story 1.7.2013 Hello everyone! Welcome to our class. Today, we're going to embark on an exciting journey to explore a very important part of our lives: electricity. Have you ever wondered what electricity is, where it comes from, and how it powers our world? Let's find out together in "The Story of Electricity"! ‹#› While-reading The Friday Night in the Dark Daily Troubles Without Electricity A Short but Interesting Experience A Special Weekend Task Simple Joys Without Electricity Paragraph 1 Match the main ideas with each paragraph. Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Task 1 While-reading Reading strategy: You can make predictions by looking at the title, the writer’s name and the beginning of each paragraph. Can you guess what happens in the story? It is about a weekend living without electricity. Making predictions Answer the questions with the information from the story on page 85. Paragraph 1 A switch-off weekend by Daisy from Grade 7 Last week, our science teacher, Mrs Brown, taught us about electricity and how important it is. Then she gave us a special task: to try living without electricity for a weekend. Our family thought it sounded interesting, so we decided to do it together. What did Daisy learn in her science class last week? She learnt about electricity and how important it is. What was the special task Mrs Brown gave the students? To try living without electricity for a weekend. Task 2 What does Daisy’s family usually do at the weekend? Complete the notes below. Paragraph 2-3 However, it turned out that it was very hard to live without electricity. After it got dark, my little brother Benny and I could only read and write by candlelight. We usually watch a movie together on Friday nights, but the TV doesn’t work without electricity. Instead, we played video games for a while, but then our tablet ran out of battery. “What about tomorrow?” we thought. Since there wasn’t any electricity, some things in the fridge quickly went bad. When we woke up on Saturday morning, we discovered that we couldn’t eat our breakfast cereal—we didn’t have any milk or yogurt! By noon, it got really hot inside our apartment, but we couldn’t turn on the air conditioner. Even worse, most household tasks became very difficult without electricity. For example, we had to wash all our clothes by hand, and this took us a lot of time. Usual weekend • use electric lights for reading and writing • watch TV • play video games • have cereal with milk or yogurt for breakfast • wash clothes with the washing machine • use the air conditioner Task 3 How was their last weekend different? Complete the notes below. Paragraph 3-4 Even worse, most household tasks became very difficult without electricity. For example, we had to wash all our clothes by hand, and this took us a lot of time. However, there were also nice things about living without electricity. On Sunday, we went on a bike trip and visited my grandparents in the countryside. We enjoyed a picnic in their garden, and we also played chess and painted pictures together. At night, we sat under the stars and listened to my grandad’s stories. Switch-off weekend • read and wrote by candlelight • washed clothes by hand • went on a bike trip and visited grandparents in the countryside • had a picnic in the garden • played chess and painted pictures • sat under the stars and listened to Grandad’s stories Task 4 How did Daisy’s feelings change throughout the story? At first, she thought it would be interesting to have a weekend without electricity. Then on the first day, she thought life was hard without electricity. Finally, she thought it could also be interesting and fun without electricity. However, she can’t imagine living without it for more than a few days. Task 5 Retell the story with the help of the words below. last week after it got dark Saturday morning & noon Sunday grandparents picnic chess paintings stars stories candlelight TV video games breakfast washing machine air conditioner Post-reading Daisy told us something interesting. But she couldn’t imagine living without electricity for more than a few days. If the world had no electricity, (1) how would we enjoy ourselves in our daily lives? (2) what would we do to work well? Post-reading One possible answer (1) If the world had no electricity, how would we enjoy ourselves in our daily lives? One possible answer (1) If the world had no electricity, how would we enjoy ourselves in our daily lives? We could read books or play board games like chess with family. We could also go for bike trips, have picnics in the park, or listen to old stories from grandparents. These activities help us slow down and enjoy time with people we love. (2) If the world had no electricity, what would we do to work well? One possible answer (2) If the world had no electricity, what would we do to work well? Farmers would grow food by hand. Teachers might teach students with chalk and blackboards. Workers would use tools without machines, like hand axes or baskets. We would also work during the day, using sunlight instead of lights. One possible answer Thank You! 1.7.2013 That's all for today's lesson on "The Story of Electricity". Thank you all for your attention and participation. I hope you've enjoyed learning about this fascinating topic. Now, does anyone have any questions? ‹#› $