Unit 4 The art of having fun Developing ideas—Reading for writing 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

Unit 4 The art of having fun (Developing ideas—Reading for writing) 初中英语外研版(2024)七年级下册 通过本节课的学习,同学们将能: 重点:1. 理解文章内容,认识到过度沉迷游戏、社交媒体和电 视节目等的危害。 2. 掌握一些表达时间管理和平衡娱乐的词汇和句型。 难点:1. 通过讨论和写作,表达自己对合理安排时间和远离 “时间吞噬怪物”的看法。 2. 思考如何在现实生活中远离“时间吞噬怪物”, 并付诸行动。 学习目标 Learn new words monster / m nst / n.妖怪;怪兽,怪物 notice / n t s/ v.看到;听到;感觉到;注意到 form n.形式,方式 /f m/ social adj. 社交的 / s l/ screen n.屏幕 /skri:n/ couch n. 长沙发 /ka t / sore /s / neck /nek/ adj. 疼痛的;酸痛的 n.颈,脖子 jog /d / v.慢跑 fresh /fre / adj.新鲜的 deaf /def/ adj.耳聋的,失聪的 balanced / b l nst/ adj.均衡的 tennis / ten s/ n.网球(运动) ours /a z/ pron.(属于)我们的 hike /ha k/ v.(在……)徒步旅行,远足 Lead-in a potato on a couch? couch potato What is the “couch potato”? A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, usually watching TV, eating snacks and not doing much physical exercise. Do you know other similar activities ? Free-talk Is it good for our health to do this for a long time? checking social media playing video games reading online novels online shopping Pre-reading Look at the pictures below and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. 1 TV shows miss out get lost in 1 What activities can you see in the pictures? 2 How much time do you spend on these activities each week? 3 How may they affect your life? People are using social media and watching TV shows. They can help us relax, but spending too much time on them can make us miss out on real. It can also eat away our time. eat away one's time social media I spend about... on social media and ... on watching TV shows. While-reading Fast-reading Read the passage and choose the best main idea. What’s the passage about? a. A monster that eats time. b. People waste time on some activities like video games, social media, and TV shows. c. A monster that can travel through time. Read again and choose. 1. How many parts are there in the passage? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 2. Divide paragraphs Part 1: Paragraph _ Part 2: Paragraph _ Part 3: Paragraph _ 1 2-3 4-5 Part 1: Paragraph 1 _ Part 2: Paragraph 2-3 _ Part 3: Paragraph 4-5 _ a) How to Beat the Monster b) What’s the Monster? c) The Trouble Caused by the Monster 3. Match the parts with the headings b c a Read Paragraph 1 and answer What’s the main purpose of the first paragraph in the passage? A. Start a horror(恐怖) story. B. Use a metaphor(比喻) to pose a problem and make readers curious. C. List entertainment forms. Careful-reading Have you ever noticed a monster around us? It’s not big or scary, but it’s very dangerous. This monster comes in many forms—games, social media and TV shows. You may ask, “It brings us so much fun. So why do you say it’s a monster?” What’s the Monster? 1 Read Paragraphs 2-3 and complete 1. What does the “monster” start to do after we turn on the computer and start a game? A. Make us happy. B. Disappear. C. Eat away our time. D. Talk to us. 2. What happens when we get lost in the monster’s world? A. We become more productive. B. We have better relationships with others. C. We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. D. We learn a lot of new skills. 3. What do we miss out on when we are lost in the monster’s world? A. Sweet moments with loved ones. B. Opportunities to make more money. C. Chances to learn about history. D. Possibilities to travel around the world. At first, we may all think, “I’ll just have a little fun.” We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to eat away our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without noticing it at all. We often get lost in the monster’s world like this. We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. We miss out on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to the real world. The Trouble Caused by the Monster at first 起初,首先 have a little fun 玩一会儿 turn on 打开 start a game 开始玩游戏 take over 接管 eat away our time 吞噬时间 without noticing it at all 完全没注意到 get lost in 迷失在 错失机会 3 2 Read Paragraph 4-5 and answer 1. How can we keep the time-eating monster away? A. By playing more games. B. By watching more TV shows. C. By having fun in a balanced way. D. By ignoring the monster. 2. Just keep in mind that having too much fun can make a person become dull.(找出与本句意思相同的一句话) 3. Check the sentence “T” or “F ”. The article suggests that we should completely stay away from all forms of entertainment. ( ) We can do nothing about the time-eating monster according to the text. ( ) Just remember, too much fun also makes Jack a dull boy! F F How to Beat the Monster keep it away 远离 Just remember, too much fun also makes Jack a dull boy! The time-eating monster will always be there. But we can keep it away by having fun in a balanced way. So, stand up and leave the screens! Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with your friends. Talk about your day with your family. There is so much for you to do. The choice is ours. 4 5 a balanced way 平衡方式 go hiking 去远足 go outside 去外面 Post-reading Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. 3 What does the “time-eating monster” refer to? This monster comes in many forms—games, 1_ and 2_. How do we get 3_ in the monster’s world? We turn on the computer and start a game. But soon the monster takes over. It starts to 4_ our time, minute by minute. But we just sit there and look at the screen without 5_ it at all. How does this affect our life? We become couch 6_ with sore necks and dry eyes. We 7_ on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to 8_. social media TV shows lost eat away noticing potatoes miss out the real world Post-reading What can we do to fight the monster? Stand up and 9_ the screens. Go outside, feel the sun on your face, and jog in the fresh air. Play tennis or go hiking with 10_. Talk about your day with your family. leave your friends 1 Why does the writer describe the problem as “the time-eating monster”? 2 What other expressions can you think of to describe the problem? Answer the questions. 4 Because it can take over a lot of our time just like a monster that “eats” our time. For example, when we start using something, we don’t notice how quickly the time passes by and before we know it. A big chunk of time is gone, so it’s like a monster stealing our time. “time waster”, “time thief” or “time stealer” 1 Which “time-eating monsters” might be in people’s pockets, in their living rooms, or on their desks? In people’s pockets, mobile phones could be the “time-eating monsters” as we often play games or chat on them and forget about time. In the living rooms, TVs are likely to be ones because we can sit in front of them for hours watching shows. On desks, computers might be the “monsters” as we use them to surf the Internet or play games and spend a long time on them. Think and share 2 Why do you think we like these “time-eating monsters” so much? Think and share We like these “time-eating monsters” so much because they are really fun. Mobile phones let us talk to our friends easily and play interesting games. TVs show us all kinds of exciting shows like cartoons and interesting plays. Computers have many cool games and we can also learn useful things from them. They can make our free time more enjoyable. 3 Do you think people spend more time on these “monsters” nowadays? Why or why not? Think and share I think people spend more time on these “monsters” nowadays. Because now there are more functions on these devices. For example, there are thousands of apps on mobile phones that we can explore. And the Internet has more and more interesting content. Also, in our daily life, we have more free time in some ways and we often choose to use these devices to pass the time. 5 Write a short paragraph about having fun in a balanced way. What fun activities do you like to do? When you don’t have fun in a balanced way, how can it be harmful? What can you do to solve the problem? Step 1:Answer the questions to help you plan your paragraph. Step 2: Write your paragraph with the help of the questions. I really enjoy using my phone to play games and chat with friends. It is a lot of fun. But when I don’t have fun properly with my phone, it can be harmful. For instance, if I spend too much time on it, I might not have enough time for my studies or other important things. Also, looking at the phone screen for a long time can hurt my eyes and using it late at night can affect my sleep. To solve this problem, I can set rules for myself. I can limit the time I spend on my phone each day. I can also take breaks from it and do other activities like reading a book, playing a sport, or taking a walk with my family. That way, I can still have fun with my phone but not let it take over my life. Step 3:Check. Did you: include problems and solutions? use the words and expressions from the reading passage? give your opinion about having fun in a balanced way? Step 4:Share your paragraph with the class. Show time 1. The time-eating monster 吞噬时间的怪兽(原文再现) Language points 此处使用了比喻的修辞手法,将游戏、社交媒体和电视节目这些生活中非常容易让人沉迷的事物比喻为怪兽,因为它们占据了我们生活中的大量时间。通过比喻的修辞手法,文章显得更生动形象,读者能更加直观地认识到过度沉迷于屏幕的危害,从而以更加理智和健康的方式去享受生活,并勇敢地与这个“吞时间的怪兽”抗争。 2. But soon the monster takes over. 但是很快,这个怪兽就会控制我们。(原文再现) take over 意为“接管,取得对……的控制”。 例如:Can you take over the cooking while I walk the dog? 我遛狗时你能把饭做了吗? In the novel, robots take over the world. 在这部小说中,机器人控制了整个世界。 【对点练习】 The young man is going to _ his father’s factory. A. take up B. take off C. take over D. take in C 3. We become couch potatoes with sore necks and dry eyes. 我们变成了脖子酸痛、眼睛干涩的电视迷。 (原文再现) 【对点练习】 John is a _. He watches TV all day long and never does any sports. A. workaholic B. bookworm C. couch potato D. early bird couch potato是一个固定表达,意为“老泡在电视机前的人”。 例如:I don’t want to be a couch potato on my days off. I want to do something active. 我不想在休息日当一个电视迷。我想做一些积极的事情。 C 4. We miss out on sweet moments with loved ones. We are deaf to the real world. 我们错过了与亲人在一起的甜蜜 时刻。我们对现实世界充耳不闻。(原文再现) (1) miss out 意为“错失机会”,后面常跟on表示某个具 体的机会。 例如:He narrowly missed out on the world record. 他险些打破世界纪录。 (2) be deaf to sth 意为“对……充耳不闻;不愿听某事, 不肯听取某事”,通常用于形容忽视的状态。 例如:It’s not right to be deaf to his advice. 不听他的建议是不对的。 【对点练习】 1. She _ the important information because she was not paying attention. A. missed out B. missed out on C. was deaf to D. listened to 2. The stubborn(固执的) man _ all the criticism(批评) and continued to make the same mistakes. A. missed out B. was deaf to C. took advantage of D. paid attention to B B 5. It starts to eat away our time, minute by minute. 它开始一分钟一分钟地吞噬我们的时间。(原文再现) (1) eat away 表示“侵蚀;消耗”,在这里“eat away our time” 意思是“吞噬我们的时间”,形象地体现出时间被一点点 占用、浪费的状态。 例如:The acid(酸) began to eat away the metal. 酸开始腐蚀金属了。 (2) minute by minute 表示“一分钟一分钟地;渐渐地”,用 于强调随着时间的推移,某个动作或情况在持续发生变化, 在原句中强调时间被一点点地吞噬掉。 例如:The water level is rising, minute by minute. 水位在一点一点地上升。 【对点练习】 1. The waves are _ the rocks on the shore(岸) slowly. A. eating away B. putting away C. giving away D. taking away 2. The time passed _(一分钟一分钟地) as we watched the exciting movie. minute by minute A 6. But we just sit there and look at the screen without noticing it at all. 但我们只是坐在那里看着屏幕,根本没有注意到 它。(原文再现) (1) without doing sth 表示“没有做某事”,在句子中作伴随状语, 描述主句动作发生时的伴随情况。without是介词,后面接 v.-ing形式。 例如:He left without saying goodbye. 他没说再见就离开了。 (2) not...at all 表示“一点也不;完全不”,用于加强否定语气。在 句子中强调“完全没有……”。at all一般放在谓语动词的否定 形式之后。 例如:I don’t understand it at all. 我一点也不理解它。 【对点练习】 1. She walked past me _ looking at me. A. with B. without C. for D. by 2. 翻译句子 (1) 我一点也不累。 _ (2) 他对我的建议一点也不感兴趣。 _ B I’m not tired at all. He’s not interested in my advice at all. 当堂检测 一、根据汉语提示填空 1. Don’t let the mobile phone _ (吞噬你的时 间). We should use it in _(一种平衡的方式). 2. Some kids _(迷失在) the virtual world of video games and are _(对……充耳不闻) their parents’ advice. 3. We should _(远离) the bad influence of some useless apps and _(去外面) to _(去远足) more often. eat away your time get lost in a balanced way deaf to keep away go outside go hiking 二、单项选择 1. My brother is a real _. He can sit in front of the TV for the whole day without moving. A. social media user B. couch potato C. TV show star 2. If you always stay at home and watch _, you will _ many chances to communicate with others. A. TV shows; miss out B. social media; take over C. games; have a little fun B A 3. At first, he just wanted to _ the computer to _ , but later the games _ his whole day. A. turn on; have a little fun; took over B. start a game; get lost in; ate away his time C. keep it away; go outside; was deaf to 4. The time-eating monster is a symbol of things that _ too much of our time. A. take over B. take off C. take away D. take out 5. We often get lost in the world of the Internet and _ sweet moments with our loved ones. A. miss out on B. catch C. share D. enjoy A A A THANKS Lavf58.12.100 null 130608.0 $