Unit6 Understanding ideas 课件2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语下册

该初中英语课件以“遵循自然规律”为核心，围绕二十四节气展开，结合老树诗画背景与毛利人案例，通过图片观察、阅读分析、语法练习构建从感知自然现象到运用宾语从句表达的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与语言能力培养，以二十四节气传承和毛利人海洋智慧渗透家国情怀与跨文化理解，通过“Think and share”讨论及小组对话任务提升思维品质。学生在描述自然规律、举例说明做法中强化语言运用，教师可借助结构化活动设计高效落实教学目标。

Unit 6 Living with nature 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 1 Understanding ideas Learning Objectives 1主题目标:学生能够正确理解遵循自然规律和顺应自然的活动及其意义。 2结果产出:学生完成一小段对话，话题为living by the laws of nature. 3评价标准: (1)学生能够描述自然规律的主要内容。 (2)学生能够举例说明人们遵循自然规律的具体做法。 (3)学生能够阐述遵循自然规律对人类生活的积极影响。 (4)学生能够尽可能多地使用本板块的核心词汇和学生用书Useful expressions中的表达。 (5)学生能够正确使用宾语从句(what，when，where, why, how). 《英语》（新标准）初中修订版 3 背景提示:老树 老树，本名刘树勇，视觉文化评论家。他的诗画集《老树画画》，以独特的笔触展现了对乡村生活的怀念与日常生活的哲思，其中对二十四节气的描绘尤受大众喜爱。 背最提示:二十四节气 春季 1. 立春 Start of Spring | 2月3–5日 2. 雨水 Rain Water | 2月18–20日 3. 惊蛰 Awakening of Insects | 3月5–6日 4. 春分 Spring Equinox | 3月20–22日 5. 清明 Pure Brightness | 4月4–6日 6. 谷雨 Grain Rain | 4月19–21日 夏季 7. 立夏 Start of Summer | 5月5–7日 8. 小满 Grain Buds | 5月20–22日 9. 芒种 Grain in Ear | 6月5–7日 10. 夏至 Summer Solstice | 6月21–22日 11. 小暑 Minor Heat | 7月6–8日 12. 大暑 Major Heat | 7月22–24日 秋季 13. 立秋 Start of Autumn | 8月7–9日 14. 处暑 End of Heat | 8月22–24日 15. 白露 White Dew | 9月7–9日 16. 秋分 Autumn Equinox | 9月22–24日 17. 寒露 Cold Dew | 10月8–9日 18. 霜降 Frost's Descent | 10月23–24日 冬季 19. 立冬 Start of Winter | 11月7–8日 20. 小雪 Minor Snow | 11月22–23日 21. 大雪 Major Snow | 12月6–8日 22. 冬至 Winter Solstice | 12月21–23日 23. 小寒 Minor Cold | 1月5–7日 24. 大寒 Major Cold | 1月20–21日 国家中小学课程资源 5 1. What can you see in the painting? I can see trees, golden fields and wheat. 2. What season is it? It is summer. Look and say. Grain in Ear. 国家中小学课程资源 6 The 24 Solar Terms are a traditional Chinese calendar system. They serve as a guide for farming and daily life. They help people understand and follow nature’s changes. They connect traditional celebrations with modern life. This makes them popular for their cultural meanings. 1.Look at the painting and talk about what you know about the 24 Solar Terms. Use the words and expressions to help you. 国家中小学课程资源 7 2. Read the passage and check your answer. The 24 Solar Terms are a traditional Chinese calendar system. They serve as a guide for farming and daily life. They help people understand and follow nature’s changes. They connect traditional celebrations with modern life. This makes them popular for their cultural meanings. 国家中小学课程资源 8 What solar term is the passage about? Grain in Ear. 国家中小学课程资源 It was an early morning of Grain in Ear. Lively birds sang sweetly in the trees. Villagers hurried to the fields.Under the blue sky, golden fields shone like the sun.The wind blew, sending sweet smells into the air. Adults were busy cutting the wheat. Children raced behind to pick up the ears. 国家中小学课程资源 10 The features of Grain in Ear Nature Sound Colour Smell People Actions Lively birds sang sweetly in the trees. Under the blue sky, golden fields shone like the sun. The wind blew, sending sweet smells into the air. Villagers hurried to the fields. Adults were busy cutting the wheat. Children raced behind to pick up the ears. People live in harmory with nature. Read and complete the table. beautiful, peaceful, lively… busy, energetic, happy… 国家中小学课程资源 11 2 This is one of the best memories of my childhood. I grew up in the countryside of Shandong Province. Most of the villagers there lived by farming. The 24 Solar Terms meant so much to them.The changes of the terms guided both their farming activities and daily lives. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times, and how they should react. When I grew up and left my hometown, the 24 Solar Terms followed me.I always feel excited when a new term is set to begin. I longed to share these feelings in my paintings and poems. 国家中小学课程资源 12 3 I didn’t know how popular the paintings would become. I’m so happy that many people, especially the young, are taking a new interest in the ancient wisdom. In the hundreds of comments below my posts, others shared similar memories and feelings. Now people may be moving away from farming. However, the ancient way of dividing time stays close to our hearts. 国家中小学课程资源 13 4.The 24 Solar Terms are known as the “Fifth Great Invention of China”. They help people understand why nature works this way. Many of the 24 Solar Terms bear social and cultural meanings,too. People celebrate their arrival with traditional activities. For example, many people still eat spring pancakes at Start of Spring and dumplings at Start of Winter. The ancient calendar has never disappeared from the life of the Chinese. 国家中小学课程资源 14 a They are the only way to understand the changing of the weather through the year. b They stay part of people’s lives, even though fewer people are farmers. c Most people don’t understand them, so they need to be studied by experts. 3.Choose Lao Shu’s idea about the 24 Solar Terms. √ 国家中小学课程资源 15 4.Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. farming guided farming activities daily lives excited paintings 国家中小学课程资源 16 4.Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. talking a new interest nature cultural 国家中小学课程资源 17 1. Why are the 24 Solar Terms important to people? The 24 Solar Terms guide people’s farming activities and daily lives. They help people understand nature’s changes and know how to react to them. Many of the 24 Solar Terms also bear social and cultural meanings. Think and share. 国家中小学课程资源 2. What do you think of Lao Shu’s paintings about the 24 Solar Terms? I think the paintings are beautiful and serve as a key to understanding traditional Chinese culture. They show us the changes in nature and people’s traditional activities. Therefore, I enjoy the paintings and feel that I can learn from them. Think and share. 国家中小学课程资源 5.Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. 动词know、understand后可以接宾语从句。 宾语从句可由疑问词（如how、why）引导。 宾语从句使用陈述语序（即“疑问词+主语+谓语 ”）。 Now find one more sentence with these structures in the reading passage. 国家中小学课程资源 1. I am / curious about / Chinese people / celebrate / Rain Water I am curious about how / why Chinese people celebrate Rain Water. 2. Do you / know / people / eat dumplings / in Start of Winter Do you know why / whether / if people eat dumplings in Start of Winter? 3. Have you / decided / you want / to do / in Major Snow Have you decided what you want to do in Major Snow? 4. I am / not sure / we are / going / tomorrow / for Minor Heat I am not sure where we are going tomorrow for Minor Heat. 5. He has / told me / we / shall meet / in End of Heat He has told me when / where / that we shall meet in End of Heat. 6.Write the sentences with object clauses. 国家中小学课程资源 背最提示:毛利人与海洋的关系 毛利人(Maori)是新西兰的原住民，曾依赖海洋资源为生。毛利先民利用独木舟探索太平洋，通过观醒象、洋流和鸟类迁徙路线，完成长途航行。毛利人崇拜海洋和其中的生物，认为海洋是神圣的存在。他腿循一些规则和禁忌，以保护海洋资源和生态环境。 国家中小学课程资源 22 how why where what when 7.Complete the passage using the words from the box. 国家中小学课程资源 8.Work in pairs. Talk about how people live by the laws of nature. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. 国家中小学课程资源 A: From May to September, no fishing is allowed in the sea. Do you know why this rule was made? B: No, I don’t. Why? A: According to studies, these months are the time for fish to have baby fish. This is the law of nature. People should live by it to protect the fish. B: I see. Now I understand how we can keep enough fish for people. A: Yes, it helps keep the ecosystem in balance. Sample 国家中小学课程资源 Grammar 国家中小学课程资源 26 1. I didn’t know how popular the paintings would become. 2. They help people understand why nature works this way. 3. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times, and how they should react. 宾语从句的引导词：what、when、where、why、how等。 宾语从句的语序：陈述语序。 宾语从句的时态：主句是现在时态，从句根据实际情况选择不同时态； 主句是过去时态，从句一般使用相应的过去时态。 Read and summarise. 疑问词引导的宾语从句 国家中小学课程资源 注意 若宾语从句表达的是客观真理或永恒事实(如自然规律、科学常识等)时，无论主句用什么时态，从句都用一般现在时。 例如: The teacher told us that the earth goes around the sun. 老师告诉我们地球围绕太阳转。 国家中小学课程资源 28 Discuss the grammar rules of object clauses in groups and share your answers with the class. 陈述语序 现在时 过去时 how why where what when 国家中小学课程资源 29 练习 1. Could you please tell me we can buy some masks? Sure. There’s a supermarket on the second floor. A. when B. where C. what the teacher 2. I wonder will give us homework. By sending us emails. A.how B. what C. when 3.Do you know won the first prize in the English writing competition? Yes, it’s Li Hua. She wrote a great story. A. who B. what C. which √ √ √ 国家中小学课程资源 30 Choose another solar term. Draw a picture to show it, and write a short introduction to its features, importance, and influence. Homework 国家中小学课程资源 31 Thank you ! 国家中小学课程资源 32 2025 Blues 175344.0 $