Unit 1 The secrets of happiness Starting out 1课件 2025-2026学年外研版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“幸福的秘诀”主题，以《查理和巧克力工厂》为载体，通过图片提问、藏头诗阅读等方式导入，借助关键词预测、段落匹配、思维导图等学习支架，帮助学生逐步理解文本内容，构建“幸福源于爱与陪伴”的核心认知。 其亮点在于融合语言能力（如构词法学习happiness及同类词汇，阅读策略训练）、思维品质（批判性讨论“金钱是否带来幸福”）和文化意识（柏拉图名言及周建捐发助癌症儿童的真实故事），采用任务型与情境教学，学生能提升语言运用与思维能力，教师可获得丰富的活动设计与资源支持。

Starting out Unit1 The secrets of happiness What are they doing? How do you think these people feel? Why? They are planting trees. They feel happy. Because they are smiling! Read Para 1 and tick( √ ). 1). What may be the passage? A. a story poster B. a notice C. a book review D. an introduction 2) Why does the writer say “ But Charlie’s happy family was the most magical part of the story.” A. To make people interested in the topic. B. To praise Charlie’s happy family. C. To introduce the magic story. D. To persuade the readers that the book was full of magic. The comments on the book What do you think makes them happy ? They feel happy. They are doing something meaningful（有意义的）. The family is staying together. What other things can make us happy ? Read the poem and answer the questions. 1 Read a poem and you may get the answers. #What’s the poem about？ #What's special about the poem? The poem is about things or activities that may make us feel happy . The first letters of each line make up the word "HAPPY".（Acrostic藏头诗） Acrostic 藏头诗 Read and choose the correct answer. 1. How many people are there in Charlie’s family? A. five. B. six. C. seven D. eight 2) What do they always eat for dinner? A. cabbage rice B. cabbage soup C. water and rice D. cabbage noodles 3) Why does the writer use “ watery” to describe the soup? A. To prove the family likes drinking water. B. To make the soup much more delicious. C. To persuade readers the family was really poor. D. To get more beautiful words to describe soup. The description of Charlie’s family #What does the wise man want to tell us? Stop focusing on（关注） our problems and move on to find happiness. Happiness is around us. What stories do you know about happiness ? What can you see in this picture ? small house together poor the only bed Some old people and a kid are getting ____________ on ______________ in a ______________. They may live a _______life. Preparation before reading together the only bed small house poor family love key to happiness happy place Careful reading Read and answer the questions. 1. Do you agree that “ happiness comes form things like money”? Why or why not? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do you think the words of Oscar wilde in the last paragraph of the passage mean? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Make a sentence just like this: “ A life without .... is just like ......... The theme of the book No, I don’t. Because in fact, love is the key to happiness. The more love we have, the happier we will be. Love is the most important thing in the world. It can change us and enrich our life! A life without love is just like a life without a sun! 1). Choose the best title for the passage. A. Money cannot buy everything. B. Poor in things, rich in love. C. A family with magic power. D. The richer you are, the happier you will be. Do a summary! happy family exciting story small the floor enough food listened to a happy place their hungry and poor life Love happiness Do you think everyone is happy ? Preparation before reading Free talk 1、What makes you feel happy? 2、When is your happy moment? 3、Who do you like to stay with when you’re happy? 4、what do you do when you are happy? 5、How do you feel when you help someone in need? 12 Do a report with your partners. The comments on the book The description of Charlie’s family The theme of the book Discuss: How to be happy? 14 Share something about your understanding of happiness. A: Have you ever read the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? B. Yes. I kept going over .....in my heart. ...was the most magical part of the book. A. I agree with you. His family was really poor, but to my surprise, ...... The whole family ...... This touched me greatly. B. From this, I learnt ....... I believe that a life without love is just like ...... A. You are right! Love is the key to happiness. It can move us, .... and ......！ Read the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Love, not money, is the key to happiness. Charlie's family lives a poor life in a small house. Despite poverty, Charlie's family stays happy together by sharing stories. The magic of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lies in Charlie's happy family. 16 1、happiness n. 幸福， 快乐 happy-happiness -ness为名词后缀，通常附加在adj之后 构成抽象名词其他类似构词法的单词: dark- darkness n.黑暗 bright- brightness n. 光亮 sad-sadness n.悲伤 kind- kindness n. 善良 good-goodness n.善良，美德 fit- fitness n. 健康 ill-illness n.疾病 17 Read the passage and choose the best answer. What is the most magical part of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? A. The chocolate factory itself. B. Charlie’s happy family. C. The magical candies in the factory. 18 Read the passage and choose the best answer. What do Charlie’s family often do in the evenings? A. Eat watery cabbage soup. B. Listen to stories together. C. Go out to play in the town. 19 While-reading (Careful reading) Complete the thinking map with the words and expressions from the passage. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Comments on the book It is a(n) ___________ and full of magic. But Charlie’s ____________ was the most magic part. book happy family 20 Let’s explore what happiness means to different people .(教材P2) mean-meant-meant 意为其后常接名词、动词-ing形式或从句。其名词形式是meaning, 1）意为“意义;意思” What does“blood”mean? blood的意思是什么? You mean you have a sore back? 你的意思是你背疼? 2)意味着 其后常接名词(短语)或动词-ing形式作宾语mean doing sth.意味着做某事 21 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The description of Charlie family Where the house was: at the side of a big town What the house was like: a(n) _____ house with only one bed and the freezing wind swept across ________ all night long small the floor 24 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The description of Charlie family What the family did every night: For dinner: They never had __________ and always ate watery cabbage soup. In the evenings: Charlie sat with his grandparents in bed and _________ their stories. Charlie’s parents often joined in. enough food listened to 25 The wind was strong. Zhou Jian's hat blew off. His long hair waved in the air.He heard a voice behind him: “Is that aboy or a girl?" He shook his head. “Just one more month!" he said to himself. People often talked about his long hair behind his back. Sometimes they laughed at him. But he never felt any shame/ʃeɪm/(羞耻；羞愧). Zhou Jian kept his hair long for over two years. Day after day, hope grew together with his hair. （Story continues...） Finally, the time came. Zhou Jian walked into a barber's(理发师) shop. He took off his hat and his hair fell around his shoulders. The other customers（顾客）were very surprised. “Please cut it short and give me the hair," he said. The barber's scissors did their work. Zhou Jian carefully put the hair into a bag and walked to the post office. A week later, he received a letter: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The description of Charlie family How they felt: The room became ___________. The whole family forgot about _________________________. a happy place their hungry and poor life 27 cancer /ˈkænsə(r)/ 癌症 wig /wɪɡ/假发 Plato: “Happiness springs from doing good and helping others." 柏拉图说：“幸福源于行善和帮助他人。” Lavf58.41.100 $