Unit 8 Section B (1a～1d)课件 2025-2026学年初中英语人教版七年级下册

Section B (1a~1d) Unit 8 Once upon a Time 通过阅读和讨论，理解故事《丑小鸭》的主要情节和角色特征及所蕴含的意义。 通过预测、图片排序和回答问题等活动，培养信息分析和归纳能力；同时，通过对角色行为的分析，发展推理能力和批判性思维能力。 学习目标 01 02 Let’s enjoy a video and tell me what animals you see. Warming Up Now let’s share! I see many ducks and ducklings. I see three geese. I see ... Look at the pictures. What do you think happens in this story? Number the pictures. ______ ______ ______ ______ 3 2 4 1 Do you know what this story is? The Ugly Duckling Pre-reading 1a Read the story adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’ s The Ugly Duckling. Discuss the question with a partner. Is the ugly duckling a real duck? No, he isn’t. He is a swan. While-reading 1b The ugly duckling The other ducklings The mother duck The cat and the hen The other birds Three beautiful swans What characters (人物) can you read? The story is written in the order of __________. time/place Read Para.1 and answer the questions. 1. When did the story happen? 2. What was the problem for the ugly duckling? 3. How was the ugly duckling different from the other ducklings? He was big and grey. The other ducklings looked different. A long time ago. Different = Ugly ? Read Para. 2-3 and finish the mind-map. At the river, the other ducklings _________________ and told him _________ although ____________. still laughed at him to go away he swam well All the birds thought __________ and didn’ t want to ____________. he was ugly live with him The cat and the hen didn’ t ____ him because _______________________. like purr or lay eggs he couldn’t He decided to _______ _______________. search for a new home He started to ________ ________________. search for a new home again Read Para.4 and answer the questions. 1. Who did the ugly duckling see? 2. What did the ugly duckling think of them? Why? 3. How did the ugly duckling feel at last? Why? Three beautiful swans with long necks and white feathers. He thought they were beautiful and wished to look like them. He felt surprised and excited because he became a beautiful white swan. Am I a real duck? Read the story again, complete the mind map then retell it. A mother duck had ____ little ducklings. The last one was _____________. The other ducklings called him “____” and told him to ________. ________ sad, he decided ________ for a new home. He met ______ animals, but they all _______ he was ugly too and ______ want him. The ugly duckling _____ so sad he wanted ______. But then he saw __________ swans by _______. He looked ____ the water and _________ he was a beautiful white ______. six big and grey ugly go away Feeling to search other thought didn’t felt to cry beautiful a lake in realized swan Match the characters with their opinions. Can you give these characters any advice? Share your ideas. A. The ugly duckling B. The five ducklings C. The other birds D. The cat and the hen I’m not happy here. Is there a right place for me out there? We only like animals with special skills. You are welcome here only if you can purr or lay eggs. You’re big and grey, but we’re small and yellow. You’re very ugly because you don’t look like us. We want you to go away. You cannot live with us because you’re too ugly! 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ D B C A 1d Post-reading Can you give these characters any advice? Share your ideas. You’re big and grey, but we’re small and yellow. You’re very ugly because you don’t look like us. Be kind to others, even if they look different from you. Being friendly can make both you and others happier. 1. Is the ugly duckling a real duck? real adj. 真的；真正的 really adv. 真正地 【辨析】real 与 true real 强调人或事物是真实存在的，而不是想象的或虚构的。 It isn’t a dream. It is real. 那不是梦。那是真实的。 true 强调符合事实，是真的，而不是编造的。 Everything about him is true. 关于他的一切都是真的。 Language points 2. But the other ducklings still laughed at him and told him to go away. (1) laugh at 嘲笑 laugh在此作动词，意为“发出笑声，(大)笑”。 She is not afraid to laugh at herself. 她勇于自嘲。 When they make dumplings, they talk and laugh. 当他们包饺子时，他们有说有笑。 (2) go away 走开 Go away and think about it, then let me know. 到一边去想一想，然后再告诉我。 【拓展】还有“离家外出”的意思。 When my parents went away on business, I looked after myself. 爸爸妈妈出差时，我自己照顾自己。 3. ... so he decided to search for a new home. (1) search v. 寻找；搜寻 search for sb. / sth. 搜寻（或寻找）某人/某物 The police use it to search for bad guys. 警方用它搜寻坏人。 Many people choose to leave their towns and villages to search for work in the city. 许多人选择离开他们的城镇和村庄去城市里找工作。 (2) search n. 搜索；搜查 in search of 寻找…… Tom went to a big city in search of a good job. 汤姆去了大城市，想找一份好工作。 4. “ May I stay with you?” he asked hopefully. hopefully adv. 有希望地 还可意为“有望，可望”。 Hopefully, I’ll be back home by ten o’clock. 我有望 10 点前回到家。 hope v. & n. 期望 hopeful adj. 抱有希望的 hopefully adv. 有希望地；有望 hopeless adj. 无望的 hopelessly adv. 无望地 5. They did not like him because he could not purr or lay eggs! lay v. (laid /leɪd/) 下（蛋）；放置；搁 The hen laid an egg and sang happily. 那只母鸡下了一个蛋，高兴地唱起歌来。 He laid a book on the desk and went out. 他把书放在桌子上，然后出去了。 【辨析】lay与lie 含义 过去式 过去分词 lay 下(蛋)，产(卵) laid laying 放置；搁 lie 存在；平躺；处于 lay lying 说谎 lied lying The man lying there lies to his wife that he laid the money on the table. 躺在那里的那个人对他妻子撒谎说他把钱放在桌子上了。 6. How was the ugly duckling different from the other ducklings in size and colour? size n. 大小；尺寸 the size of ... ……的大小 in size 在大小上，在尺码上 I saw a spider the size of my hand. 我看见一只有我手那么大的蜘蛛。 Most of us know that our brains become smaller in size as we get older. 我们大多数人都知道，随着年龄的增长，我们的大脑变得越来越小。 Main words and phrases: ugly, duckling, real, laugh at, go away, search, search for, hen, hopefully, purr, lay, swan, feather, to sb’s surprise, size, only if, believe A story: The Ugly Duckling 课堂总结 一、根据汉语提示填写单词。 1. I ______ (放下)my notebook on the desk and began to review my notes for the test. 2. In order to give a clear answer, she went to the library to ________ (寻找) for some information. 3. The ______ (丑陋的) duckling turned into a beautiful swan. 4. __________ (有希望地), it will be sunny for our picnic tomorrow. 5. I saw a _____ (真的)dinosaur skeleton(骨架) at the museum. ugly search laid Hopefully real 当堂检测 1. The orange looked ______, but it was sweet. 2. All of these chickens on the farm are _______. 3. Many ________ come to my hometown to spend the winter. 4. In Chinese culture, phoenix (凤凰) is a kind of magic bird with colourful _________. 5. —Can you measure (测量) then a ______ of this box? —Sure. I will do it right now. 二、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。 size ugly hen swan feather ugly hens swans feathers size ✍ Read and remember the posts in 1b. ✍ Draw a new mind maps about the story plots. Homework $