Unit 4 Digital life Understanding ideas Reading 课件2026-2027学年外研版八年级上册英语

该初中英语课件围绕“Digital shock”主题，通过判断数字物品、调查学生数字生活等导入活动，激活已有经验，搭建中国与英国数字生活对比的学习支架，引导学生理解作者在英国遇到的共享单车、支付、外卖等数字问题。 其亮点在于以“输入-内化-输出”任务链设计，结合文本视频、分层阅读（快速梳理结构、仔细分析问题）及小组讨论，培养学生语言能力（核心短语运用）、文化意识（中外数字差异）和思维品质（问题分析对比）。例如小组活动中用核心短语描述中国数字便利，既提升表达能力又增强家国情怀，助力教师高效开展情境化教学。

Digital life 4 Digital shock Unit Understanding ideas 2026新外研版八上 Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson, you will be able to... 01 Learn about the writer's troublesome digital life in Britain and master key expressions. 02 Sum up the problems and describe similar personal experiences with new words. 03 Explore global differences in digital development and build cross-cultural understanding. smartphone Which one is digital? Lead-in smartwatch shared bikes food delivery digital payment /dɪˈlɪvəri/ cash scan the QR code app Let’s check. Do you use a shared bike when you go outside? Yes No How digital is your life in China? Let’s check. Do you order food on the delivery apps? Yes No How digital is your life in China? Do you use a smartphone to scan the QR code to pay? Do you often use cash to pay? digital payment 数字支付 How digital is your life in China? Let’s check. Yes No Lead-in The digital technologies make our lives ___________. easier better more convenient... How do you feel about your digital life in China? What about digital life in other countries? Enjoy the text video Pre-reading View and guess. How does the girl feel about her digital life? Is the shock a good feeling？ Which country is the girl in？ Fast-reading 1. What's the structure of the passage ? A 1 2 3 4 5 B 1 2 3 4 5 Introduction Experience Conclusion 2. What's the main idea of each part? A.Digital problems in the UK. B.Feelings about the holiday and digital life in the UK. C.Expecting to go back to China. Fast reading Read and answer. Where is the girl from? What about digital life in other countries? What is she? Was she satisfied with the digital life in the UK? Why? From the UK. A. An exchange student B. A shopkeeper C. A cook. No, she wasn’t. Because she has had some digital problems. What digital problems has the girl met in the UK ? A shared bike Digital payments Food delivery Fast reading Read and match. Careful-reading Read part 1 and answer the questions. Time: Feelings ● to see my family ● Christmas and delicious food ● had some . the Christmas holiday amazing love digital problems How does the writer feel ? Careful reading In the UK: Feelings: It_____________ to find a bike. I found an________one. The 20-minute ride cost me_______________. _________________________ took forever 4.8 pounds old £1=¥10 £4.8=¥? surprised/ shocked/unbelievable A shared bike Problem 1 It took a long time. It took a short time. quite expensive The girl thought using shared bikes in the UK was __________. not convenient Careful-reading Problem 2 A. unhappy B. excited C. satisfied Digital payments In the UK: Shopkeeper didn’t understand___________. The payment system_____________. She had to get some _____. didn’t work cash the QR code Feelings: The girl thought digital payments in the UK were __________. not convenient Careful-reading A. hungry B. tired C.happy Food delivery Problem 3 Feelings: 1.How was the food delivery in the UK？ 2.How was the food after arriving? 3.What did the girl do with the food? The food was stone-cold. The delivery was really slow. A. Threw away B. heated them The girl thought food delivery in the UK was __________. not convenient The writer thinks digital life in China is ______________than that in the UK. more convenient Why does she want to go back to China? Careful-reading Read para 5 and answer. How do you understand the title? Post-reading How do you feel about living in China? Further thinking The writer feels _________. What does the writer feel shocked about? She doesn’t miss her family members at all. Digital technology is not so popular in the UK. Digital technology makes life so convenient in China. Without digital technology, life is not so easy. shocked Choose a suitable title for the passage. (P54) a Shared bikes for you and me b Shopping online in the UK c A day of digital problems d Problems with food delivery apps 3 4 Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage. Shared bikes took forever 4.8 pounds Digital payments payment system cash app slow The 20- Work in a group of 4 to talk about the following question and share your ideas. We are lucky to live in China with the digital technology. As for the shared bikes, we use _________ to hire bikes. It is ______ to ride them. As for the digital payment, we use__________to _________. It is easy to __________. As for the food delivery, we ___________________. It is _______________. As for _________, we ________________________. Digital technology has made our life more interesting and convenient. How digital technology has made life easier? Group work Think and share. Key phrases 1.回到 2.决定去做某事 3.叫某人去做某事 4.二维码 5.数字钱包 6. 支付系统 7. 告诉某人去做某事 8. 不得不做某事 9.如此...以至于 10.放弃 11. 有一个很棒的假期 12. 期待去做某事 13. 过着一个更便捷的生活 be back decide to do sth. ask sb. to do sth. QR code digital wallet payment system tell sb. to do sth. have to do sth. so... that... give up on... have a great holiday look forward to doing sth. live a more convenient life Review the key words, expressions and sentence patterns in today’s lesson. Write a short passage about your opinion on digital life. $