Unit 4 The art of having fun Starting out & Understanding ideas (Reading)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 & Understanding ideas (Reading) 教学目标 思维品质 学习能力 文化意识 学生能够正确使用本课时主题相关的表达进行交流与探讨;能用恰当的词汇介绍自己最喜欢的娱乐活动。 通过教学活动的开展,培养学生对语篇内容的分析、推断的思维能力,能够理解文章中的逻辑关系,通过多角度思考其中的意义。 能够对语篇进行读前预测,能够使用略读、精读等技巧,准获取文章的关键信息,掌握多种阅读技巧。 通过本节课的学习,学生能够思考娱乐与学习的关系,逐步领悟娱乐活动对于生活的重要性。 语言能力 √ √ √ √ 教学重难点 学生能够梳理本篇文章的主要内容,充分理解文章细节内容,掌握重点词汇短语。 学生能够用目标语言对本课时话题进行探讨,能够准确流利地谈论不同的娱乐活动。 From music to films,sports to games, there are endless ways to enjoy ourselves. In this unit, let's explore what fun can bring us. How important is having fun? Do you think an interest can turn into a career? How do you balance study and fun? By the end of this unit, you will make a report on fun activities. 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. Warming up What do you do for fun? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 What activities did ancient people do for fun? 2 Which activity is the most interesting one to you? Look at the survey results and answer the questions. Popular activities in Poland in 2022 1 What can you learn from the survey results? 2 Do you enjoy any of these activities? What are they? Look at the survey results and answer the questions. Watching a film or TV at home is the most popular activity in Poland in 2022, with 54% of people choosing it. It shows that home-based entertainment is highly favored. Look at the title and predict what the passage is about. Use the expressions to help you. have fun a moment of joy lift sb’s spirits feel youthful bring people closer enjoy life Reading 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! 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. Read the passage and check your answer. 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." 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! Read the passage and check your answer. 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. Read the passage and check your answer. 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 Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. Opening Most people would bring something for _ when they have to stay on an island alone. Reason 1 Fun can do away with bad feelings and _. Supporting details Watching films on that island under the trees can become _. fun lift our spirits a moment of joy Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. Opening Most people would bring something for _ when they have to stay on an island alone. Reason 2 Fun keeps us feeling _. Supporting details George Bernard Shaw once said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we _. fun youthful stop playing Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. Opening Most people would bring something for _ when they have to stay on an island alone. Reason 3 Having fun is a good way to _. Supporting details Having fun is a good way to _. fun connect with others brings people closer Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. Conclusion Take some time out to have fun and _! enjoy life Think and share 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? Learning to think for question 2 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. Grammer imagine imagine:v. 想象;设想 常用搭配: • imagine+名词/代词:把…… 带回来 例:I can’t imagine the life without fun.(我无法想象没有乐趣的生活。) •imagine sb. doing sth.:想象某人做某事 例:I can’t imagine him singing.(我无法想象他唱歌的样子。) •imagine+从句:想象…… 例:I imagine that you are very happy.(我猜想你很开心。) alone / lonely alone:adj. /adv. 独自的、独自地(只讲状态,不带感情) lonely:adj. 孤独的、寂寞的(带感情,心里难过) 区别:alone=客观一个人;lonely=主观心里孤单 例:He is alone at home.(他独自在家。) She likes walking alone.(她喜欢独自散步。) The old man looks lonely.(这位老人看起来很孤独。) bored / boring bored:感到无聊的、厌烦的(主语是人,强调人的主观感受) boring:令人无聊的(主语是物/事,侧重于描述事物本身的性质或特点) 例:I often feel bored when I stay at home all day. 整天待在家里时,我经常感到无聊。 I don’t like this game because it is boring. 我不喜欢这个游戏,因为它很无聊。 stop stop:v. 停止;阻止 常用搭配: •stop doing sth.:停止做某事(停下正在做的事) 例:We stop playing when it’s time to study. 到学习时间时,我们就停止玩耍。 •stop to do sth.:停下来去做某事(停下当前事,去做另一件事) 例:He stops to listen to the teacher. 他停下来去听老师讲课。 invite invite:v. 邀请 常用搭配: •invite sb. to do sth.:邀请某人做某事 例:I invite my friends to play football.(我邀请我的朋友去踢足球。) •invite sb. to + 地点:邀请某人去某地 例:She invites me to her party.(她邀请我去她的派对。) invite invite:v. 邀请 常用搭配: •invite sb. to do sth.:邀请某人做某事 例:I invite my friends to play football.(我邀请我的朋友去踢足球。) •invite sb. to + 地点:邀请某人去某地 例:She invites me to her party.(她邀请我去她的派对。) •invite sb. for + 名词 / 活动:为了…… 邀请某人;邀请某人参加…… 例:We can invite our teacher for a talk.(我们可以邀请老师聊一聊。) number number:n. 数字;数量;号码 常用搭配: •a number of + 可数名词复数:许多,大量(作主语时,谓语动词用复数) 例:A number of students like having fun. 许多学生喜欢娱乐活动。 •the number of + 可数名词复数:……的数量(作主语时,谓语动词用单数) 例:The number of players is 20. 运动员的数量是 20。 need need: 需要 •need+名词 / 代词:需要某物 例:I need some time.(我需要一些时间。) •need to do sth.:需要做某事 例:You need to relax and have fun.(你需要放松、享受乐趣。) •need sb. to do sth.:需要某人做某事 例:She needs her friend to play with her.(她需要朋友陪她一起玩。) •need doing:需要被做(表被动) 例:Your hair needs cutting.(你的头发需要剪了。) else else: adj.&adv. 别的,其他的,另外的 用法: ①修饰疑问词,后置what / who / which / where / when + else 例:What else can you see? 你还能看见别的什么? ②修饰不定代词,后置something / anything / nothing / someone / anyone + else 例:I don’t want anything else. 我不想要其他东西。 Exercise 根据括号内容填空 1. Our school often organizes some interesting _ (活动) for the students. 2. The _ (调查) is about how the students spend their free time. 3. To our surprise, the little boy can _ (举起) the heavy stone easily. 4. Using AI _ (工具) in the right way can help us to work better. activities survey lift tools 根据中文句意补全句子 1. 我们有一些方法可以帮助你养成良好的阅读习惯。 We have _ ways to help you develop a good reading habit. 2. 在老师们的帮助下,我们终于完成了工作。 We finished the work our _ teachers at last. 3. 这位老师鼓励学生们消除恐惧,在课堂上大胆发言。 The teacher encouraged the students to _ their fears and speak up in class. a number of with the help of do away with Homework Homework 1. Review the keywords and sentence structures in today’s lesson. 2. Write a short passage about your favourite fun activity. Thanks! $