Unit 5 Focusing on culture课件 2025-2026学年沪教版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“水的重要性与节约用水”核心主题，涵盖水对生活、城市发展及人体的作用，通过“Where do most people live?”等问题结合地图观察导入，从生活现象过渡到水与社会发展的关系，再到具体节水方法，构建阶梯式学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力（英文阅读与中文对照、短语练习）、文化意识（城市发展与环保）及思维品质（辩证讨论居住水边优劣势），采用任务型教学（段落大意匹配、填空、小组讨论），帮助学生提升语言运用与环保意识，教师可高效组织教学活动。

Water is important to us. We use it for so many things in our daily lives. Water is also valuable because there is not enough fresh water for drinking on Earth.                           However, people don’t care about water. Some people put the waste water into rivers and this pollutes water. Some people spend a long time taking a shower. This is a great waste of water. It's very important for us to protect and save water. There are many simple ways to use water wisely. First, It’s necessary to fix the dripping taps as soon as possible. A leaking tap can waste 0.6 ton of water a month. Second, we should reuse water. For example, We can collect rainwater to water plants.Third, we had better take a shorter shower instead of taking a bath.  Finally, we can organize different kinds of activities to raise people’ awareness of saving water.  We can’t live without water.  Let’s do our best to protect and save water. We can make a big difference if we start today! May 11th, Monday Water ___ ____ ___(对...重要)us. We use it for so many things in our daily lives. Water is also valuable because___ ___ ___ ___(没有足够的) fresh water for drinking on Earth.                           然而，人们不关心水。 Some people put the waste water into rivers and___ ___ ___(这污染了河流). Some people spend a long time ___ ___ ___(淋浴). This is a great waste of water. 保护和节约水资源对我们来说是重要的。有许多简单的合理用水的方法。First, 尽快修理滴水的水龙头是有必要的。 A leaking tap can waste 0.6 ton of water a month. Second, we should___ ___(重复用水). For example, We can collect rainwater to water plants.Third, 我们最好洗快澡而不是泡澡.  Finally, we can organize different kinds of activities to ___ ___ ___ ___(提升人们的意识) saving water.  We can’t live without water.  让我们尽自己所能保护和节约水资源吧。 We can___ ___ ___ ___(产生很大影响) if we start today! Unit 5 Water is life Focusing on culture Understand the main ideas of the article and be able to answer questions about the importance of water for city development；了解水对于城市发展的重要性； Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living near rivers, lakes, or seas, and raise awareness about environmental protection.讨论住在河流、湖泊和海边的优劣势，提升环境保护的意识。 Learning objectives 学习目标 At the end of the class, I’ll be able to: Warming up Where do most people live? Section 4 Extending and developing competencies Take a look at a map of any country. Where do most people live? Water is not only essential for life, but is also important for human society. Let’s explore the role water plays in the development of cities. 水不仅是生命的必需品，对人类社会也至关重要。让我们一起探索水在城市发展中的作用。 First reading Choose the correct main idea for each paragraph from the options below. A. Cities need water for different activities. B. Most people live close to water . C.Water helps create jobs and develope activities. B C A Answer the questions. (1) Why are the world’s biggest cities often next to rivers, lakes or the sea? (P79) (2) What role did water play in the Industrial Revolution? (P79) (3) What should we do today? (1) Why are the world’s biggest cities often next to rivers, lakes or the sea? (P79) Because we use water for all kinds of things in everyday life, and we also need it for agriculture and for trade. L3 — L5 (2) What role did water play in the Industrial Revolution? (P79) Water powered the first machines in the clothes industry, and it also provided the first steam engines with steam. Thanks to rivers and oceans, businessmen could ship their goods overseas. The growing global trade created more jobs and provided more income for people. L8 — L13 (3) What should we do today? It is our duty to make sure that we do not waste or pollute wate. L18 — L20 If you look at a population map of any country in the world, you will see that most people live close to water. The world's biggest cities are next to rivers, lakes or the sea. This isn't an accident. We use water for all kinds of things in everyday life, and we also need it for agriculture and for trade. In fact, water creates jobs and helps different industries to develop. At the end of the 18th century, water played a big role in the Industrial Revolution. Water powered the first machines in the clothes industry, such as Richard Arkwright's spinning (v. 快速旋转) machines. It also provided the first steam engines with steam. Cities and water Listen and read. P78 Thanks to rivers and oceans, businessmen could ship their goods overseas. The growing global trade created more jobs and provided more income for people. As a result, the cities that were close to water grew much larger. By 2008, over half of the world’s population lived in cities. Nearly all of these cities are on the coast or by rivers or lakes. This is because cities need water for people’s homes, industry, business, tourism (n. 旅游业；观光业) and leisure activities. Throughout history, water helped create and develop cities. It is now our duty to make sure we don’t waste water or pollute it. 1. L2靠近；接近 2. L3在…… 旁边，紧挨着 3. L4在日常生活中 4. L6事实上 5. L7 18世纪末 6. L7发挥了重要作用 7. L10向某人提供某物 8. L10由于，多亏 9. L12全球贸易 10. L13因此 11. L18休闲活动 12. L18纵观历史 13. L19现在我们有责任去做…… 14. L19确保 close to ... next to in everyday life in fact at the end of the 18th century play a big role in provide sb. with sth. / provide. sth for sb. thanks to global trade as a result leisure activities throughout history It is now our duty to ... make sure Complete the sentences with the words and the phrase below. Change the form if necessary. P79 as a result global industry nearly population (1) This town is on an island, so many people work in the fishing ____________. (2) Pollution is a(n) ____________ problem. All the countries in the world need to work together to solve it. (3) Around a thousand years ago, the weather became drier and drier in this area. ____________, people left. (4) ____________ all of the water on Earth is salt water, so we cannot drink it. (5) The world ____________ is very large: there are now more than 8 billion people on Earth! industry global As a result Nearly population Read the note and complete the chart. BookP79 Time What people did Before farming Around 12,000 years ago Later on made a living by fishing or hunting began growing crops started to make flour and built water pipes What role water played Water was important for survival (生存). Good sources of water became important for farming. Water was used (用于) for making flour. 在发明农耕前，人们通过捕鱼或狩猎谋生。大约 1.2 万年前，人们开始种植庄稼，因此拥有好的水源变得非常重要。最终，人们开始使用水力来磨面，还建造了管道来运输水。 What might be the disadvantages of living in cities near rivers, lakes or the sea? Discuss in groups. Floods may happen. When there is too much rain, the water can rise and flood the city, damaging houses and other buildings. Water is important to life. About 55%–60% of the adult human body is water. Let’s find out more facts about water in the human body. P80 What is the main idea of the passage? It mainly introduces the significance of water for living things and water in the human body. Read the article again and complete the notes below. about 70%-80% about 60% about 55% 1.5 0.5 May 11th,Monday English Homework 1.家默U5短语纸2-16号短语； 2.学评P91选择题、P98(B) Read Para. 1 and answer the question. All living things need water. In fact, water is an important part of all plants and animals. For example, about 95% of the weight of a cucumber is water. For animals, that figure is usually around 60%. How much of the weight of a cucumber is water? About 95%. Read Para. 2 and answer the question. When we are born, about 70%–80% of our body weight is water. This number goes down as we grow up. For an adult man, water makes up about 60% of the body weight. The amount of water is a bit lower for women: around 55%. This is because women usually have more body fat than men. Why women usually have more body fat than men? Because the amount of water is a bit lower for women. Read Para. 3 and answer the question. A lot of water leaves our bodies every day, so we need to replace it. Adults need to drink about 2–3 litres per day to stay healthy. Every time we go to the bathroom, we lose water. Every day, there is around 1.5 litres of water in our urine. If your urine is very yellow, you need to drink more water. The body also loses water to help it cool down. This is called sweat. We lose about 500 ml of water as sweat per day. How much water do we need to drink every day to stay healthy? Adults need to drink about 2–3 litres per day to stay healthy. Read Para. 4 and answer the question. It is normal to sweat a lot when we do sport or go out in hot weather. However, if we lose more than 5% of our body weight in water, we will get tired. It is dangerous to lose more than 10%. If that happens, we will feel ill. Remember to bring a water bottle every time you play sport! What will happen if we lose more than 5% of our body weight in water? We will get tired. Exploring more The Earth is sometimes called “the blue planet”. Why? Search the topic online to find out. Lavf59.27.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $