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Unit 8 Follow your interests
沪教牛津版七年级下册
How can we turn our interests into a career?
Key question
Reading I
主题范畴:人与自我
Singing
Playing the piano
???
Watching movies
Playing basketball
Hobbies
Basketball player
Musician
Drawing
Actor / actress
Director
Artist
Singer
What’s your hobby?
What do your want to be in the
future?
My hobby is ...
I want to be a...in the future.
Hobby
Career
Enjoy doing in free time.
Job
The activity you do to make money.
The activity you do to make money and to achieve your dream.
Singing
Playing the piano
???
Watching movies
Playing basketball
Hobbies
Basketball player
Musician
Actor / actress
Director
Artist
Singer
以所爱为业,终生不觉劳苦。
Drawing
1. What is Patrick Moore’s hobby?
2. What is probably his job now?
3. What is the genre(体裁) of the article?
Look at the pictures and the title of the article on page 105. Then answer the questions below.
His hobby is studying stars.
An astronomer./A person who studies stars.
A. Argumentation.(议论)
B. Description.(描写)
C. Narration.(记叙)
D. Exposition.(说明)
A. I enjoy studying the stars and try to learn more about them.
B. I host a TV programme and I love my career.
C. It talks about the beginning of my lifetime hobby.
D. It talks about how to turn our hobby into our career.
E. I used to look at the sky with my mum and I really enjoyed it.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
1. Read through the passage quickly and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Career
Beginning
Develop
How my interest began
How my interest developed
My career and advice
Tips:
Patrick Moore received...
That was...
He went outside with...
The sky looked like...
Sometimes they saw...
beginning
went outside
looked like
shooting
观察
Tips:
Patrick Moore became curious...
The more he learned, the more...
To study more, he read...
curious
about
find out
Tips:
Patrick Moore hosted ...and teached...
He said, “You can...Anybady can...”
host
lively
turn
into
achieve
Think:
Why can Patrick Moore turn his interest into his career?
What personal quality do you think was the most important for his success?
curiosity
parent’s support
hard-working
persistance(坚持不懈)
My hobby is taking photos. I started it when I was ten. I like it because I can find beautiful things around me. It makes me happy and helps me learn to watch the world carefully. I think I can turn my hobby into my career and be a photographer. I will keep practicing to make my dream come true.
My hobby is ______.
I started this hobby when ______.
I like this hobby because ______.
It makes me feel ______.
This hobby helps me ______.
I think I can turn my hobby into my job, so I will keep trying.
Talk about your hobby
Unit 8 Follow your interests
Reading I
When I was eight, I got a book about stars from my dad as a birthday present. That was the beginning of my lifetime interest.
I used to go outside with my mum on clear nights and look at the sky. It looked like black velvet with a million diamonds on it. In different seasons, we saw different groups of stars. In winter, the “belt” of Orion appeared in the night sky. In summer, we saw Vega shine brightly as it got dark. Sometimes we saw stars shooting across the sky. How beautiful they were! Every time I looked up, I was amazed.
when引导时间状语从句
=at the age of eight
介词,“作为”
名词,意为“礼物”,同gift
还可作动词,意为“呈现”
...的开端
used to do sth.
过去常常做...
外出
星座
/əˈraɪən/ 猎户座
/ˈveɪɡə/ 织女星
连词,随着...,引导时间状语从句
感叹句,How+adj.+(主谓)!
织女星
织女星
猎户座
猎户座
猎户座是神话里一位猎人的星图,天上一整组星星拼出猎人轮廓:上方两颗亮星是肩膀,下方两颗是脚,中间紧紧排成一条直线、距离差不多相等的三颗亮星,就像猎人腰间系的腰带,所以叫猎户座腰带。
冬天夜晚特别容易找到它,是冬夜里最显眼的标识。
猎户座的“腰带”三星,中国人叫它们福禄寿三星:
参宿三(Mintaka):福星,代表福气、好运
参宿二(Alnilam):禄星,代表事业、财富、官运
参宿一(Alnitak):寿星,代表健康、长寿
光年
光年——时间?
1光年 = 光以每秒30万公里,连续跑1年的路程
长度单位
织女星:25.3光年(光从织女星飞到地球要25.3年
现在(2026)看到的织女星,是2000年左右的织女星模样。)
猎户座各星对照:
1. 参宿五 252光年:星光清朝出发,我们看见清代的恒星
2. 参宿四 680光年:1346年(元末)发出的光
3. 参宿七 860光年:1166年(南宋)发出的光
4. 腰带参宿三1200光年:826年(晚唐)
5. 腰带参宿一1260光年:766年(盛唐)
6. 腰带参宿二1975光年:公元51年(东汉初年)
7. 猎户大星云M42 1425光年:601年(隋末)
Studying the stars was great fun for me, and I was extremely curious about the night sky. Once I learnt a little, I soon wanted to find out more and more. I asked all kinds of questions, and my parents were always very patient with me. If they didn’t know the answer, they would encourage me to find the answers in the library. So I read a lot about the topic, and my understanding increased as I grew older.
动名词短语作主语,类似于“三单”
be curious about 对...感到好奇
一旦...
want to do sth. 想要做...
各种各样的
be patient with sb. 耐心对待某人
if引导的条件状语从句
encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做...
as引导的时间状语从句,随着...
Now, studying the stars is my career. I host a TV programme called The Sky at Night. I use my knowledge to take people on a journey across the Milky Way and beyond, and I teach my audience about the different stars in a lively way. My TV programme has lasted more than 50 years, and I am really proud of that!
Actually, you too can turn your interests into your career. Anybody can achieve their dreams. You just have to enjoy what you do!
动名词短语作主语,类似于“三单”
《仰望夜空》,该节目仍在播出
英语没有书名号作品名用斜体表示,实义动词首字母大写
use...to do... 用..来做...
银河系
in a+adj.+way 以一种...的方式
be proud of... 为...而感到骄傲
turn...into... 把...转换成...
实现梦想
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