Unit 8 课时1 Section 1 Reading（课件）英语新教材沪教版八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕科幻题材阅读“Aliens Arrive!”展开，核心知识点包括alien、spaceship等词汇及because/because of/as等原因表达。课堂导入通过宇宙奥秘、罗斯韦尔事件等话题提问，激活学生对“外星人是否存在”的兴趣，搭建从已知传闻到未知故事阅读的学习支架，引导学生自然进入主题。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，通过分析文本时间顺序及情节划分（开端、发展等），引导学生提取细节并推理Tina父亲不信的原因，提升分析与推断能力。采用“导入-理解-实践-创新”环节，结合小组讨论、故事续写等活动，学生能灵活运用语言知识，教师可高效落实教学目标，助力学生语言运用与探究能力提升。

Unit 8 Section 1 Reading Imagine that! 沪教版2024英语（八年级下） 1 学习目标 I can express my opinion about the possibility of life on other planets. understand some instructions for surviving in the unknown. describe ways of solving problems when we explore the unknown. understand how science fiction authors imagine possible futures. 2 01 新 课 导 入 03 应 用 实 践 06 回 顾 总 结 07 随 堂 小 练 02 学 习 理 解 04 迁 移 创 新 05 考 点 速 递 学习内容 3 新课导入 1 4 Our universe is vast, with many secrets that no one knows. Maybe there are alien civilizations. Maybe some aliens have visited the earth. Roswell incident 罗斯韦尔事件 Do you think aliens have visited the Earth? Do you think aliens have visited the Earth? Crop Circle 麦田怪圈 Do you think aliens have visited the Earth? What might these creatures look like? Do you think they might be friendly or unfriendly? Discuss 学习理解 02 11 Could there be life on other planets? Think Before you read alien astronaut rocket spaceship UFO 1 Look at the scene from a science fiction story. Use the words below to label the picture. rocket spaceship astronaut UFO alien 2 Below are a few things that people believe about aliens. Do you think these things are true? Why or why not? Discuss in pairs. 1 Aliens have tried to communicate with people on Earth. 2 Aliens sometimes take people from the Earth into their spaceships. 3 Aliens live on some of the planets in space. 13 I've heard lots of things about aliens. I've heard that some scientists have received messages from aliens, but I don't think that's true. I don't think so either. But I do believe that there is life on other planets. Read the excerpt from a science fiction story and find out what happened to Tina and Tom. Tina woke up at midnight. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light. The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. "I'm sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” she said. "Let's go and explore after school tonight." 15 At 6:00 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes and kept quiet. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship was damaged because of a crash. Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. The children were frightened. But then Tom got a feeling at the back of his throat. He couldn't stop himself and coughed loudly. The aliens saw them both and made a terrible noise! The children ran away in fear. The next day, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures. 16 "They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers,“ said Tina. "There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this. I wonder what it means.“ He drew some lines on a piece of paper. Dad looked at them as if they were crazy. “Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now go to school!" The children spread their wings and flew to school together. Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks on it. "It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word "EARTH". 17 Match the paragraphs with the main ideas. Tina saw something unusual at midnight. Tina and Tom told their father what they saw and he refused to believe them. Tina and Tom's father looked at the piece of paper with the word “EARTH” on it. Tina and Tom explored the forest and found two aliens. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2-5 Paragraph 6-9 Paragraph 10 Analyze text structure ALIENS ARRIVE! 1 Tina woke up at midnight. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light. 2 The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. “I'm sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” she said. “Let's go and explore after school tonight.” 3 At 6:00 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes and kept quiet. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship was damaged because of a crash. 4 Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. The children were frightened. But then Tom got a feeling at the back of his throat. He couldn't stop himself and coughed loudly. The aliens saw them both and made a terrible noise! The children ran away in fear. 5 The next day, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures. “They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers,” said Tina. 6 “There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this. I wonder what it means.” He drew some lines on a piece of paper. 7 Dad looked at them as if they were crazy. “Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now go to school!” 8 The children spread their wings and flew to school together. 9 Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks on it. “It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”. 1. How is the passage organized? In chronological order (时间顺序). 19 ALIENS ARRIVE! 1 Tina woke up at midnight. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light. 2 The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. “I'm sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” she said. “Let's go and explore after school tonight.” 3 At 6:00 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes and kept quiet. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship was damaged because of a crash. 4 Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. The children were frightened. But then Tom got a feeling at the back of his throat. He couldn't stop himself and coughed loudly. The aliens saw them both and made a terrible noise! The children ran away in fear. 5 The next day, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures. “They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers,” said Tina. 6 “There was something written on the spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this. I wonder what it means.” He drew some lines on a piece of paper. 7 Dad looked at them as if they were crazy. “Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now go to school!” 8 The children spread their wings and flew to school together. 9 Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks on it. “It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”. Beginning 开端 Development 发展 Climax 高潮 Falling Action 情节回落 Ending 结尾 2. Divide the text into five parts according to the plot. We can often analyse a story by looking at these five parts: • Beginning - What happens first? • Development - What problems appear? • Climax - What is the most exciting moment? • Falling Action - What happens after the exciting part? • Ending - How does the story finish? 20 Fill in the blanks according to the structure. Tina saw ____________ crash into the forest ________. The children went to _________ and found _____ with a crashed _________. The aliens ________________, and they _________. Their parents ________________ their story about the aliens. The children _____________ and their father read the word “_________” on the paper. the forest a yellow light at night aliens spaceship found the children ran away refused to believe flew to school EARTH 1.What did Tina see when she looked out of the window at midnight? She saw a yellow light in the sky, which looked unusual and caught her attention. 2.Why did Tina mention her discovery to Tom the next morning? Because she wanted to share her experience and hoped to explore the unknown thing together with Tom. 3.What can we know about the alien from the passage? It has a round head, a silver body, and can make a special sound to communicate. 4.How did the children run away from the alien’s noise? They felt frightened and ran away quickly after hearing the terrible noise made by the alien. Read for details 22 5.What was written on the spaceship according to Tom? There were some special marks that looked like the word "EARTH" and other unknown symbols. 6.Why did Dad refuse to believe Tina and Tom’s story about the aliens? Because no one else saw the aliens except Tina and Tom, and there was no direct evidence to prove their story. 7.What does the underlined word “it” in the sentence “It suddenly dived towards the ground” refer to? It refers to the yellow light that Tina saw in the sky. 23 1 Tina and Tom are telling a police officer what they saw. Complete the conversation with the information from the story on page 117. Police: Why did you go to the forest? Tina: We went there because I heard (1)_______________last night. Police: What happened? Tina: I woke up at midnight and saw (2)___________________. It ⑶____________________. Then I heard a noise and saw a red light. Police: I see. So when did you reach the forest and what did you see? Tom: We got to the forest ⑷______________. We saw an alien. It was tall, with(5)_______________________. a loud noise a yellow light in the sky suddenly dived towards the ground at 6:00 p.m. a round head and a silver body 24 Police: What else did you see? Tina: We saw (6)______________________. There was a big hole in its side, and it couldn't fly because of ⑺___________________ Police: What happened next? Tom: (8)____________________________________________. Police: Thanks for telling us! We'll search the forest to try and find out more about these aliens. a long spaceship the damage Another alien discovered us, so we ran away in fear 25 2 Read the story again and answer the questions below. Find evidence from the story to support your answers. (1)What are Tina and her family? (2)Who are the aliens and where do they come from? They are bird people on another planet. Evidence: “They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers,” said Tina. The children spread their wings and flew to school together. They are astronauts from the Earth. Evidence: It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. There was the word “EARTH”on the spaceship. 26 ... ... Your ideas What do you think would happen next? Share your ideas in groups. 应用实践 03 28 1 Read the sentences from the story on page 117.Look at the words and phrases in italics and choose the correct meaning. (1)Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. a showed b told c took (2)The children were frightened. a scared b surprised c relaxed (3)The children ran away in fear. a because they were tired c because they were excited b because they were afraid (4)They were very ugly. a beautiful to look at b funny to look at c unpleasant to look at (5)I refuse to believe you. a might b do not want to c want to 29 2 Complete the passage with the words and phrases below. Change the form if necessary. because of frightened in fear keep quiet mention refuse “UFO” seen by a seven-year-old boy At around 7:00 p.m. last night, seven-year-old Ted Johnson heard a loud noise and saw a bright light in the sky. Something then fell into the bushes. Ted was (1)______________because he thought it was an alien. He hid under his bed (2)______________. After a while, Ted ran downstairs to tell his parents. They told him to stay in the house and (3)______________. Mr Johnson went into the garden and saw a strange-looking creature running away. He immediately called the police. The police found some feathers in the bushes. frightened in fear keep quiet 30 because of frightened in fear keep quiet mention refuse They also (4)_____________that they found some fresh blood there. (5)______________this, the police believed that a bird must have hit something and died. Next to the feathers, there was a broken power line. The Johnson family, however, (6)__________________to believe that the strange creature was a bird. "It was a UFO, I tell you!” said Mr Johnson. mentioned Because of refused 31 1.wake up 2.mention……to…… 3.keep quiet 4.because of 5.make a terrible noise 6.in fear 7.Look like 8. refuse to do 9.as if 10. at the back of 醒来；睡醒 向…… 提起 保持安静 因为；由于 发出可怕的响声 害怕地；惊恐地 看起来像 拒接做某事 好像；似乎 在…… 的后部 / 背后 Underline the following phases and translate them into Chinese. 32 迁移创新 04 33 3 Summarize the story on page 117 with the words and phrases below. appear discover dive explore refuse spread in fear keep quiet mention...to ... wake up Tina woke up at midnight and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived down to the ground. The next morning, Tina mentioned the strange light to her brother Tom. They decided to explore the nearby forest after school. When they got to the forest, they heard strange voices, so they hid and keep quiet. Soon they discover an alien and a broken spaceship. Then another alien appeared in front of them. Tom coughed and the aliens found them. The children ran away in fear. Later, they told their father what they had seen, but he refuse to believe them. Finally, the children spread their wings and flew to school. 34 考点速递 05 35 1.Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. 蒂娜把这件事告诉了她的弟弟汤姆。 mention v. 提到；说起 1. mention sth to sb 向某人提起 / 说起某事 Don’t mention the secret to him. 别跟他提起这个秘密。 2. mention doing sth 提到做某事 She didn’t mention going to the forest. 她没有提到要去森林。 3. mention that + 从句含义：说起……；提到…… Tina mentioned that she saw a strange light.蒂娜说起她看到了一道奇怪的光。 36 2.“I'm sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard a loud noise last night,” 我敢肯定有东西降落在小山附近的森林里，因为我昨晚听到了一声巨响。 1. As 连词 因为（语气比 because 弱）结构：as + 原因从句 As it was very dark outside, Tina did not go out alone at midnight.因为外面天很黑，蒂娜半夜没有独自出门。 2. 当…… 的时候；一边…… 一边：as + 时间从句 As Tom walked through the forest, he heard some strange voices around him.汤姆穿过森林的时候，听到了周围一些奇怪的声音。 3.按照；正如结构：as sb said / as you know Do everything as your teacher tells you, and you will make no mistakes.按照老师告诉你的那样去做，你就不会犯错。 37 4.像…… 一样：as … as … 和…… 一样 The alien is as tall as a big tree in the forest 这个外星人和森林里的一棵大树一样高。 5.好像；似乎 （常搭配 as if）：as if 好像 Dad looked at the two children as if they were telling a crazy story 爸爸看着两个孩子，好像他们在讲荒唐的故事一样。 6.介词 作为 She works as an English teacher in our school. 她在我们学校担任一名英语老师。 38 3. I refuse to believe you.我绝不相信你们说的话。 refuse v. 拒绝；不愿 1. refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事（最常用） Dad refused to believe what Tina and Tom told him about the aliens. 爸爸拒绝相信蒂娜和汤姆跟他讲的有关外星人的事。 The little boy refused to go into the dark forest alone at night. 这个小男孩拒绝在夜晚独自走进漆黑的森林。 2. refuse sb. 拒绝某人 She was kind, but she refused him politely. 她人很善良，但还是礼貌地拒绝了他。 3. refuse sth. 拒绝某物 / 某事 He refused the gift from the stranger and walked away at once. 他拒绝了陌生人的礼物，立刻走开了。 39 4.The spaceship was damaged because of a crash. 宇宙飞船因撞击而受损。 1.because + 完整句子（有主语 + 谓语）因为 2.because of + 名词 / 代词 / 短语（不能加句子）因为、由于 He didn’t go out because it rained heavily. 他没出门，因为雨下得很大。 because of 用法 介词短语，因为、由于，后面接名词 / 名词短语 He didn’t go out because of the heavy rain. 因为大雨，他没出门。 The spaceship was damaged because of a crash.这艘宇宙飞船因为撞击受损了。 He stayed at home because it rained. =He stayed at home because of the rain. 40 5. The children were frightened. 孩子们吓坏了。 frighten 动词 v. 使害怕、惊吓 frightened 形容词 adj. 感到害怕的（修饰人） frightening 形容词 adj. 令人可怕的、吓人的（修饰事物） The strange noise frightened the two children. 奇怪的声音吓到了两个孩子。 常用搭配：be frightened of… 害怕…… She is frightened of walking in the dark forest alone. 她害怕独自在黑暗的森林里走路。 It was a frightening story about aliens. 这是一个关于外星人的吓人故事。 41 6.Tom got a feeling at the back of his throat. 汤姆喉咙后面突然一阵发痒 at the back of 在后部、末尾 I sit at the back of the classroom. 我坐在教室的后排。 Tom felt something at the back of his throat. 汤姆感觉喉咙后部有点不舒服。 You can check the answers at the back of the book. 你可以在书的后面查看答案。 区别： at the back of + 场所 / 物体在里面的后部（在范围之内） behind + 物体在外面的后面（在范围之外） 42 7.The children ran away in fear. 孩子们惊恐地跑开了。 in fear：害怕地、惊恐地 介词短语，常用来修饰动词，表状态。 1.run away in fear 惊恐地逃跑 2.shout in fear 吓得大叫 3.look around in fear 惊恐地四处张望 4.be in fear of… 害怕……；担心…… When they saw the alien, the two little girls ran away in fear. 当她们看到外星人时，两个小女孩惊恐地跑开了。 He stood there in fear and did not know what to do. 他惊恐地站在原地，不知道该怎么办。 Many people live in fear of the dangerous animals in the forest. 许多人一直害怕森林里的危险动物。 43 8.Dad looked at them as if they were crazy. 爸爸看着他们，好像他们疯了一样。 crazy adj. 疯狂的；荒唐的；着迷的 1. be crazy about sth / sb 对…… 着迷；酷爱…… Most kids are crazy about science fiction stories and aliens. 大多数孩子都迷上了科幻故事和外星人。 2. be crazy to do sth 做某事真是太荒唐 / 疯狂了 You are crazy to go into the dark forest alone at night. 你晚上独自走进漆黑的森林，真是太胆大荒唐了。 3. drive sb crazy 使某人发疯 / 受不了 The strange noise almost drove him crazy. 那奇怪的声音快把他逼疯了。 44 回顾总结 06 45 1.掌握alien、spaceship、frightened等核心词汇及because/as/since/because of 等原因表达，能读懂科幻题材阅读文本Aliens Arrive! 2.能运用速读、精读策略提取文本关键信息。 3.根据文本细节推理Tina父亲不相信他们的原因，理解人物的情感态度；4.能结合文本内容表达自己对“偶遇外星人”事件的看法，实现语言知识的灵活运用。 课堂小练 07 47 7. Scientists spend years e______ the deep sea to find new living things. 8. If you have a cold, you may c______ a lot and feel uncomfortable. 9. There is a s______ smell in the room. Do you know what it is? 10. Tina said the aliens were very u______ and had no feathers. 11. The news of their discovery s______ quickly in the small town. 12. The spaceship was d______ because it crashed into the ground. 一、根据首字母完成单词。 1. When you have something important to say, don’t forget to m______ it at the meeting. 2. She was so f_________ of snakes that she couldn’t even look at their pictures. 3. The children ran away in f______ after hearing the alien’s terrible noise. 4. It’s c______ to go out alone at midnight in such a dangerous place. 5. She r______ to accept the gift because she thought it was too expensive. 6. The plane will l______ at the airport in ten minutes. frightened mention fear crazy refuse land explore cough strange ugly spread damage 48 二、用词的适当形式填空 1.It __________heavily when the spaceship dived down. ( rain) 2. The strange story _________about by many students in our class. (argue ) 3. She was ________ by the ___________ strange noise at night. ( frighten) 4. She felt__________ when she heard such a ___________ story. (disappoint ) 5. Don’t argue with your classmates, or you will turn a little problem into a terrible _________. ( argue) 6. There is a strange look on the ________ face. (strange ) 7. I often hear birds ____in the tree, and at this moment I hear them _______ loudly. ( sing) 8. She refuses _________(accept )any help from others. 9. Please don't make any noise in the _______ classroom. ( noise) 10. The little girl felt fear and looked _______ when she saw the big dog. (fear ) was raining was argued frightened frightening disappointed disappointing argument stranger's sing singing to accept noisy fearful 49 三、完成句子 1.他拒绝把这个秘密透露给朋友们。 He ______ ______ ______ the secret ______ his friends. 2.因为那场大雨，孩子们害怕外出。 The children _____ _____ _____ go out _____ _____ the heavy rain. 3.我听见闹钟响，就立刻醒来了。 I ______ the alarm clock ______ and ______ ______ at once. 4.请坐在教室后排并保持安静。 Please sit _____ _____ _____ _____ the classroom and ______ ______. 5.那只动物发出可怕的噪音，所有人都害怕极了。 The animal _____ _____ ____ _____, and all people were _____ _____. are frightened of because of heard ring woke up refuses to mention to at the back of keep quiet made a terrible noise in fear 50 Thank you！ 51 Blues 168602.92 $