Unit 8 Reading language points课件 2025-2026学年沪教版八年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕科幻故事"Aliens arrive"展开，核心知识点包括科幻体裁特征、故事要素（人物、时间、地点）及相关词汇（如alien, spaceship）和语言点（如look out of, mention sth to sb）。课堂导入通过科幻电影提问、科幻定义解析、视频片段（The War of the Worlds）及自由讨论，从兴趣激活到概念建构，再到图片标注和情节预测，搭建层层递进的学习支架，帮助学生自然过渡到文本阅读。 其亮点在于以任务链驱动阅读教学，阅读中按情节结构（开端、发展、高潮、回落、结尾）分析文本，培养学生逻辑思维品质；阅读后通过角色扮演（与警察对话）和小组讨论（"如果我是宇航员/警察"），提升语言表达能力。词汇练习结合语境，强化学习能力。学生能掌握阅读策略和表达技巧，教师可直接使用完整教学流程，提高教学效率。

Unit 8 Imagine that! Reading: Aliens arrive Have you watched these movies? Lead in What kind of movie are they? They are science fiction films. 科幻电影 Lead in What is science fiction? The war of the Worlds written by Herbert George Wells 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯(1866-1946) The father of science fiction 科幻小说之父 Enjoy a clip from The war of the world Is the alien from Mars friendly? Lead in Free talk Is the alien from Mars friendly in the video? What may aliens think of human beings? Is that possible to live in harmony with aliens? Why or why not? Look at the scene from a science fiction story. What can you see in the picture? 科幻小说 场景 P116 Before you read alien astronaut rocket spaceship UFO Use the words below to label the picture. spaceship astronaut rocket UFO alien P116 1 Unidentified Flying Object Today we are going to learn a sic-fi story. Look at the pictures and title of the story. What can you see in the picture? a crashed spaceship an astronaunt bush Who are they? Pre-reading 灌木 坠毁的 ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑦ Skim the story to find the following elements. Elements of the story Who When Where What’s the main idea of the story? A. Two children had a dream about aliens. B. Tina sees a yellow light in the sky at midnight and gets scared. C. Tom and Tina got lost in the forest. D. Two children explored the forest and discovered aliens with a damaged spaceship. Tina, Tom, aliens, their dad at midnight & the next morning &the next day in the forest 10 ⑥ ⑨ ⑧ While-reading 9 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 Find the time markers and divide it into 5 parts. Falling Action 情节上升 Beginning 开端 Climax 高潮 Ending 结尾 Falling Action 情节回落 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Read and match. 4 While-reading 10 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. 1.What does “dived” mean in this paragraph? A. flew up slowly B. moved down quickly C. disappeared 2. If you were Tina, how would you feel? And what would you do next ? Read Para 1 and answer the questions. Surprised/Confused/Curious. I would find what happened. Careful reading 迅速俯冲 Beginning 开端 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.” 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. 1.Who did Tina tell about the light? A. Her parents B. Her friend C. Her brother Tom 2.What did Tom suggest they do? 3. What did the aliens look like? 4. Why was the spaceship damaged? Read Para 2-4 and answer the questions. He suggested they go and explore after school tonight. They were tall, with a round head and a silver body. Because of a crash. Rising action 情节上升 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. Read Para 5 and answer the questions. How did Tina and Tom feel when they saw another alien? Why did the alien saw them? They were frightened. Because Tom couldn't stop himself and coughed loudly. Climax 高潮 “ They were very _______. They had some ______, but they didn’t have any ________. “There was something _______on the___________, “ It looked like this. I ________what it means.” “ Since no one else saw these aliens, I _______ to believe you. Now go to school. The next morning, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures. ugly hair feathers spaceship written wonder refuse 拒绝 羽毛 想知道 Why didn’t Dad believe the children? Should the children stop exploring? Read Para 6-8 and fill in blanks. Falling Action 情节回落 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”. How did the children go to school the next day? What was actually written on the spaceship? They spread their wings and flew to school together. The word written on the spaceship was “EARTH”. Read Para 9-10 and answer the questions. What do you think the word “EARTH” at the end means? Ending 结尾 (1) What are Tina and her family? (2) Who are the aliens and where do they come from? Read the story again and answer the questions below. Find evidence from the story to support your answers. They are birds. They are astronauts from the Earth. What do you think of the ending? Surprising/Unexpected Post reading Tina and Tom are telling a police officer what they saw. Task 6 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 ³_________ _______________________. 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 ⁴_____________. We saw an alien. It was tall, with ⁵___________________________. 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 ⁷_____________. 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. P118 1 Complete the conversation with the information from the story on page 117. a loud noise a yellow light in the sky dived towards the ground suddenly at 6:00 p.m. a round head and a silver body a long spaceship the damage Another alien discovered us, so we ran away in fear Try to retell the story. What do you think would happen next? Share your ideas in groups. P1183 Post reading If I were the astronaut , I would… If I were Tina or Tom, I would… If I were the police officer, I would… What will happen next? Post reading If I were the astronaut ,… I would feel excited and couldn’t wait to find the locals to talk to them. I would try all means (方法) to let them know that I was from the Earth and I need their help. I think we can be friends and they can help me go back to my home. Post reading Thank you! Vocabulary practice b a b c b frightened in fear keep quiet mentioned Because of refused 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.” 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. Phrases wake up 醒来 at midnight 在午夜 look out of 朝……外面看 mention sth to sb 向某人提及某事 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. “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”. run away逃跑；逃离 in fear害怕地 as if似乎；好像 refuse to do sth拒绝做某事 Language points 1. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. 她向窗外望去，看到天空中有一道黄色的光。P.164 look out of “朝……外面看；从……往外看”，后接名词或代词作宾语 look out “当心；向外看”，不及物短语动词，不接宾语 用look out of或look out的适当形式填空 1. She_________________ the window and waved to her friends outside. 2. The girl_______________ the front door and found a bird in the tree. 3. ___________ ! The floor is very wet. 4. He stood by the window and__________________ . looked out of looked out of Look out looked out 2. The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. 第二天早上，蒂娜向她的哥哥汤姆提起了这件事。 【拓展】 与mention相关的短语 mention … as … 把……称作…… Some scientists mention those strange signals as messages from aliens. (2) mention doing sth提到做某事 The astronaut mentioned seeing an UFO in space. (3) don’t mention it不客气 (4) not to mention 更不用说 mention sth to sb “向某人提及某事” 1. The team mentioned ______________ (discover) a new planet. (　　)2. The little boy mentioned that science fiction movie _____ his parents. A. to B. as C. with D. at (　　)3. Some people mention the strange light _____ a sign of a new star. to B. as C. with D. at 4. 月球上几乎没有空气和液态水，更不用说生命了。（根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词） There is almost no air and liquid water on the Moon,_____ _____ _______ life. discovering A B not to mention 3. The children ran away in fear . 孩子们吓得跑开了。 (1) The little dog ran away when it saw the frightening man. 小狗看到那个可怕的男人就跑开了。 Don’t run away from your problems. 别逃避你的问题。 (2) in fear=fearfully 作状语 in surprise惊讶地 in anger愤怒地 in excitement兴奋地 in silence沉默地；静静地 in public公开地；当众 in secret秘密地；暗中 in tears流着泪地 in pain痛苦地 in trouble处于困境中 in doubt怀疑地；不确定地 in peace 平静地；安宁地 … null Other 30067.158 $