Unit 1 Time to Relax Section A 3a-3d 课件2025-2026学年人教版八年级英语下册

Unit1 Time to Relax Section A How do we spend your free time? (3a-3d) Presentation Learning Objectives 1.学生能够掌握对话中的核心词汇与常用交际表达，梳理对话中人物的业余活动及相关细节信息，理解对话中谚语的含义，形成对对话内容的整体认知与理解。（学习理解） 2.学生能完成对话相关的信息提取、问题解答等任务，准确复述对话核心内容；能模仿对话的交流形式进行角色扮演，将语言知识转化为实际语言运用能力。(学习理解，应用实践) 3.学生能结合自身经历阐释对对话中核心语句的理解，分享自身面对困难、完成挑战的感受；能围绕业余爱好展开合作讨论，阐述个人爱好选择的理由。(迁移创新) Let’s enjoy a short video and answer the questions. Look and say What do you usuall do in your free time? programming climbing mountains playing soccer flying kites chatting with others cycling skiing painting playing the piano swimming skating playing the flute Why do you usually do it/them? 3a  1.What art form is this? It’s Chinese calligraphy. /kəˈlɪɡrəfi/ n. 书法  2.Do you like doing calligraph? Yes./No. It is not only a free-time activity, but also a traditional Chinese art. What do you know about Chinese calligraph? Presentation Think and say Free-time activities can make me…… Climbing mountains Playing soccer Flying kites can make me full of energy. is a great way to make more frinds. can make me more closer to nature. Chatting with others can open my mind. Cycling is a form of exercise. After cycling, I feel energetic. Programming can make me more logical. 2.How does Peter feel when he watches Yaming doing calligraphy? 1.What Chinese character is Yaming writing with the brush in the picture? He is writing the character yue (月) (moon). He feels surprised and interested. 3. What do you think they will talk about in the conversation? their free-time activities calligraphy Chinese poem Look at the picture. What free-time activities are they talking about? Can you guess? Presentation Watch and say Let’s enjoy a short video and answer the questions.  1.What art form is this? It’s Chinese calligraphy. /kəˈlɪɡrəfi/ n. 书法  2.Do you like doing calligraph? Yes./No. It is not only a free-time activity, but also a traditional Chinese art. What do you know about Chinese calligraph? Presentation Watch and learn Let’s enjoy another video and learn more about Chinese calligraph. Read the conversation. Circle Peter’s and Yaming’s free-time activities. Look at the picture. What free-time activities are they talking about? Can you guess? soft brush made by bamboos and animal hair for Chinese calligraphy Chinese writing brush/Chinese ink brush Inksticks are a type of solid ink used as pigment in traditional Chinese calligraphy and brush painting ink stick xuan paper ink slab 3b 10 Presentation Listen to the conversation again and fill in the blanks. Peter: Hey Yaming! What are you up to? Yaming: Hi Peter. __________________. Peter: It's beautiful! What are you writing? Yaming: It's a poem by Li Bai. My grandmother taught me _____________. Peter: What's this character? Yaming: It's yue. It means “moon”. Peter: It's nice! I like watching you write like that. But it looks difficult. Yaming: Well, ____________________________. When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours _____________________. Peter: I know how that feels! My dad's teaching me to play the guitar. It's difficult, but he always __________________________. Yaming: Exactly. Now I do calligraphy to relax. I even like ________________! Why did you choose to play the guitar? Peter: I think playing the guitar is cool. Will you teach me to write a poem? I can ______________________________. Yaming: It's a deal! I'm doing calligraphy how to write it the first step is always the hardest practising single strokes encourages me not to give up how the ink smells teach you to play a song in return Presentation What do you know about the Four Treasures of the Study 文房四宝? Watch and learn 文 房 四 宝 笔墨纸砚 brush ink paper inkstone Can you write a writing brush? 1. What is Yaming doing? A. Playing the guitar. B. Doing calligraphy. C. Writing a song. 2.What does Peter think of calligraphy?( ) A. Easy. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Useless. 3. Why does Yaming think calligraphy is difficult at first? A. He couldn’t understand the poems of Li Bai. B. He spent hours practising single strokes at the beginning. C. His grandmother didn’t teach him the right methods. C B B Read the article again and choose the right answers. Let’s listen and choose. 3. What do Peter and Yaming agree to do for each other? A. Yaming teaches Peter to write a poem, and Peter teaches Yaming a song. B. Yaming teaches Peter to play the guitar, and Peter teaches Yaming calligraphy. C. Yaming teaches Peter to write a character, and Peter teaches Yaming to sing. Read the conversation. Circle Peter's and Yaming's free-time activities. 3c Peter: Hey Yaming! What are you up to? Yaming: Hi Peter. I'm doing calligraphy. Peter: It's beautiful! What are you writing? Yaming: It's a poem by Li Bai. My grandmother taught me how to write it. Peter: What's this character? Yaming: It's yue. It means “moon”. Peter: It's nice! I like watching you write like that. But it looks difficult. Yaming: Well, the first step is always the hardest. When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours practising single strokes. 1.What does Peter think of calligraphy?( ) A. Easy. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Useless. 2.Who is teaching Peter to play the guitar?( ) A. His mother. B. His father. C. Yaming. D. His teacher. 3.Why does Yaming do calligraphy now?( ) A.To win a prize. B.To relax. C.To learn poems. D.To make Peter happy. 4.Why did Peter choose to play the guitar?( ) A.It's easy. B.His dad asked him to. C.It's cool. D. Yaming taught him. 5.What deal did Peter and Yaming make?( ) A.Yaming teaches Peter guitar;Peter teaches Yaming calligraphy. B.Yaming teaches Peter calligraphy;Peter teaches Yaming a song. C.They both learn calligraphy together. D.They both learn guitar together. C B B C B Read the article again and choose the right answers. Scanning Peter: I know how that feels! My dad's teaching me to play the guitar. It's difficult, but he always encourages me not to give up. Yaming: Exactly. Now I do calligraphy to relax. I even like how the ink smells! Why did you choose to play the guitar? Peter: I think playing the guitar is cool. Will you teach me to write a poem? I can teach you to play a song in return. Yaming: It's a deal! Read the conversation. Circle Peter's and Yaming's free-time activities. What do you think of these free-time activities? Read again and answer the questions. 1. What words does Peter use to describe Yaming's work? 2. What does Yaming like about his hobby? 3. What are the similarities between Yaming's and Peter's hobbies? beautiful Yaming likes that calligraphy helps him relax, and he even likes the smell of the ink from calligraphy. Both hobbies are hard to learn at the start. Besides, both of them keep learning even though it’s hard. difficult 3d Read again and answer the questions. 1.What words does Peter use to describe Yaming’s work? 2.What does Yaming like about his hobby? 3.What are the similarities between Yaming’s and Peter’s hobbies? Peter uses “beautiful” and “nice” to describe Yaming’s work. Yaming likes that doing calligraphy helps him relax and he even likes the smell of the ink. The similarities between Yaming’s and Peter’s hobbiees are: Their hobbies are forms of art and their hobbies can bring enjoyment to them. have fun的用法： 玩得开心；过得愉快 ① have fun (doing sth.)（做某事很开心；享受做某事的过程）We had great fun playing beach volleyball on the weekend.（我们周末打沙滩排球玩得很开心。） ①have fun with sb./sth.（和某人玩得开心；玩某物很尽兴） The children are having fun with the new toys.(孩子们开心地玩着玩具。） relax的用法： 作动词，过去式：relaxed ①放松，休息，不及物动词，无宾语 I usually relax for 10 minutes after finishing homework.（我通常写完作业后休息 10 分钟。） She relaxes by listening to light music every evening.（她每天晚上听轻音乐放松。） How do you usually feel when you manage to do something difficult? Give an example. When I manage to do something difficult, I usually feel happy and proud. For example, last month I tried to ride a bike. At first, I often fell down and it was really hard. But I kept practicing. After a week, I could ride well! I felt so happy and proud of myself. ②及物动词（带宾语）：使（某人 / 某物）放松；缓解 Reading comic books relaxes me when I’m sad.（我难过时，看漫画书能让我放松。） ② Doing yoga can relax your body and mind.（做瑜伽能放松你的身心。） 派生词用法 1. 形容词 relaxed（修饰人，表 “感到放松的”） 常见结构：be relaxed + (about sth.) /feel relaxed She is relaxed about the result because she tried her best.（她对结果很坦然，因为她已经尽力了。) fill in the blanks. Peter: Hey Yaming! What are you up to? Yaming: Hi Peter. __________________. Peter: It's beautiful! What are you writing? Yaming: It's a poem by Li Bai. My grandmother taught me _____________. Peter: What's this character? Yaming: It's yue. It means “moon”. Peter: It's nice! I like watching you write like that. But it looks difficult. Yaming: Well, ____________________________. When I started to do calligraphy, I spent hours _____________________. I'm doing calligraphy how to write it the first step is always the hardest practising single strokes Work in pairs Work in pairs to role-play the conversation and then act it out in front of the pairs or the class. Yaming:… Peter:… Complete the passage with the infinitive forms of the verbs in box.What do you usually do outdoors? chat (not) come do listen play spend stay watch My twin brother and I look alike, but we are so different. I love sport, and I often meet my friends __ football and tennis. My brother joined us to play football once or twice, but he decided __ after that.He doesn't like sport very much! Instead, he likes __ at home and __ to music, and __ movies, __ with friends online. to play to stay not to come listen watch chat Our parents were worried about him staying home too much.They also wanted us __ more time together as a family. So, now they let us __ our favourite activities on Saturdays, but on Sundays,we go on a family outing together! to spend do Peter: I know how that feels! My dad's teaching me to play the guitar. It's difficult, but he always ________________________. Yaming: Exactly. Now I do calligraphy to relax. I even like ________________! Why did you choose to play the guitar? Peter: I think playing the guitar is cool. Will you teach me to write a poem? I can ____________________________. Yaming: It's a deal! fill in the blanks. encourages me not to give up how the ink smells teach you to play a song in return THE END $