Unit6 Living with nature Developing ideas Reading for writing课件 2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“人与自然共生”主题，核心知识点包括坎儿井系统的结构、功能及人类改造自然的案例，通过火焰山视频及《西游记》情境提问导入，从环境特征分析到坎儿井运作原理，再到“开头—主体—结尾”写作框架，搭建关键词、问题链、图表填空等学习支架。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，以坎儿井、三北防护林等案例渗透家国情怀，通过区分事实与观点、梳理说明文结构培养分析能力，语言能力方面强化核心词汇运用与主题写作。如“Think and share”讨论现代技术与坎儿井保护，助力学生提升跨文化理解与表达，为教师提供结构化教学资源，提高课堂效率。

Unit 6 Living with nature Developing ideas Reading for writing 2026新外研版八下 1 掌握 hot, dry, water shortage, karez, underground, canal 等核心词汇；能获取语篇关键信息，区分事实（fact）与观点（opinion）。 能梳理说明文结构，运用核心词汇复述课文；掌握 “开头介绍 — 主体说明 — 结尾升华” 的写作框架。 能独立搜集资料，完成 “人类改造自然” 主题写作，表达对人与自然关系的思考。 Enjoy the video: Do you know where is it? Think and discuss. Journey to the West What’s the environment like in the Flaming Mountains from Journey to the West? It is extremely hot, dry and barren. How can people live in such an environment? By using underground water (karez irrigation) to get water for living and farming. 1. What’s the environment like? The environment is a desert, so it has a hot and dry climate. There is little rainfall, so the area faces a water shortage. It is difficult to survive here. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expression to help you. 地下的生命之河 desert 6 2. How does the system work? The project uses wells and underground canals to protect water from drying up. The water runs to different places. It allows people to grow plants for food in such a difficult environment. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expression to help you. wells underground canals 7 Read the passage and check your answers. What’s the passage mainly about? It’s about the karez system. Enjoy the text video 2026新外研版八下 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 The way the karez system works and its importance The challenge and future of the system The location of the Flaming Mountains The climate of the area Read and match the subtitles with the paragraphs. 2. Where are the real Flaming Mountains? Read and answer. 1. In which famous literary work is the Flaming Mountains described? 11 2. How is the rainfall there? Read and answer. 1. How hot is it there? as hot as 80°C only 16 mm 12 Read and answer. 1. How does the karez system work? 2. How long are the underground canals? 13 Read and answer. 1. What problem does the area face now? 2. What is the future of the system? 14 driest places hottest areas climate wells underground runs underground cool and safe grow plants for food top three projects water shortage protect Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. 15 Answer the questions. 1. Why does the writer mention “the Flaming Mountains” at the beginning? By mentioning this well-known place from Journey to the West, the writer connects with readers, attracts their attention and makes them interested in reading on. Answer the questions. 2. What can you tell about Turpan from “cook an egg on the desert sand”? It tells us that Turpan is very hot. 3. What’s the meaning of the title? The title means the is like a hidden “river” that brings life to Turpan’s desert. It quietly carries water underground so people can survive and grow food in the terrible climate. Think and share. 1. What fact from the passage do you find the most interesting? Why? For me, the most interesting fact is that the system was completed with only hand tools. The canals are so long and there are so many wells. It is difficult to do the work with machines, and using hand tools is even more difficult. Think and share. I think it is necessary to keep the karez system. Although modern technology can solve some problems, the karez system still plays an important role. It works well and is an important part of our history. We can use both modern technology and the karez system to improve the living environment in this area. 2. With modern technology, do you think it is still necessary to keep the karez system? Why or why not? Write a passage about how people change nature. The Great Green Wall Write a passage about how people change nature. ____________________________________ is a great project that changes nature. Opening: The Great Green Wall It lies in ___________________ . It has a long history of more than ___________. northern China 50 years People created it to deal with the problem of __________________________________. desertification and sandstorms. Write a passage about how people change nature. Body: One amazing fact is that people built it with___________________________________________. hard work and millions of trees It works by___________________________________, , so people can _____________________________. planting trees to stop sand and keep water live in safer and greener places. Ending It plays an important role in people’s life. Write a passage about how people change nature. The Great Green Wall The Great Green Wall is a great project that changes nature. It lies in northern China. It started in the 1970s. People created it to stop the desert from growing. One amazing fact is that millions of trees are planted every year. It works by planting trees to hold water and stop sandstorms. 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