Unit 2 Welcome to the unit 课件 2026-2027学年译林版八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“世界各地的特殊学校”展开，涵盖印度火车站学校、孟加拉国船校等案例及核心词汇，通过“你的学校有什么”“是否所有学校都一样”等问题导入，搭建从学生已知到跨文化未知的学习支架，衔接听力预测、匹配及讨论活动。 其亮点在于融合语言能力（听力匹配、角色扮演对话）、文化意识（跨文化教育案例）和思维品质（预测分析、评价分享），如通过船校案例引导学生理解教育灵活性，任务设计层层递进，助力学生提升语言运用与跨文化认知，也为教师提供结构化教学流程和多样化活动素材。

Unit 2 School life Welcome to the unit Learning objectives By the end of this lesson, we will be able to： Master core words and expressions in this period; Talk about unusual schools in different countries; Understand the diversity of educational formats and stimulate the interest in exploring cross-cultural school life‌.‌ Learn about some unusual schools around the world and the reasons for creating them; 1 2 3 4 Lead in Brainstorm What does your school have? classroom buildings sports field dining hall library lab gym Lead in What’s your school like? Modern Bright Clean and tidy Large Smart Are all schools like this? Beautiful ... There are many schools different from ours. Let’s learn about unusual schools around the world! No. Pre-listening Where are they? What are they doing? Look and think at a train station at home on a boat studying Pre-listening Predict and match India Australia Bangladesh c Many children from poor families work at train stations or on trains. a Children live far away from school. b Heavy floods happen often. Kitty is listening to a programme about some unusual schools. Predict and match the picture of each school with the reason for creating it. While-listening India Australia Bangladesh c Many children from poor families work at train stations or on trains. a Children live far away from school. b Heavy floods happen often. Listen with Kitty to check your predictions and match the picture of each school with its country. Listen and match While-listening First, let’s go to India. Many poor families there do not have enough money to send their children to school. Lots of children have to work at train stations or on trains to help support their families, so some teachers started schools for these children at the station. Country： Type of school： Reason： Unusual: India A school at the train station Many children from poor families work at train stations or on trains. Poor conditions Listen and learn While-listening Now, let's turn to Bangladesh. Bangladesh often has floods when heavy rains hit the country. But children don't have to miss school. A school boat picks the children up. They have lessons on the boat and then the boat takes them home. Country： Type of school： Reason： Unusual: Bangladesh A boat school Heavy floods happen often. Dangerous environment While-listening Finally, the School of the Air in Australia. Some people live on farms hundreds of kilometres from the nearest school. But children in these areas are able to use the internet to talk with their teachers and classmates. Country： Type of school： Reason： Unusual: Australia A home school Children live far away from school and are able to use the internet. Online study Listen and complete Post-listening Other unusual schools​​ around the world Read and learn Zhongdong Primary School（中洞小学） Where: in the karst mountains of Guizhou, China Unusual: The school is built inside a massive natural limestone cave to help local children go to school without walking for 3 hours. Green School Bali （巴厘岛绿色学校） Where: in Bali’s lush jungle Unusual: The school almost made from bamboo, teaches 3–19 year-old students environmental protection and hands-on creativity far beyond traditional textbooks. Post-listening Think and share Which of the unusual schools above interests you the most? Why? I’m most interested in the boat school because it never stops education during floods! It shows learning can be flexible. Example ： While-listening Kitty and her classmates are talking about unusual schools in different countries. Listen to the tape and answer the quesitons. What unusual schools are they talking about? What advantages do the schools have? The boat school and the bottle school. Children have a chance to learn even when there are floods. This is very cheap and good for the environment. Post-listening Do you know any unusual schools around the world? Yes. I know about the boat school in Bangladesh. During the rainy season, there’s much more rain in Bangladesh than in many other parts of the world. With the boat school, children have a chance to learn even when there are floods. What a good way to get the children learning! Another example is the bottle school. People in the Philippines and Guatemala build this kind of school with used plastic bottles. This is very cheap and good for the environment. That’s really cool! Kitty: Simon: Kitty: Daniel: Simon: Listen, read and role-play Work in groups and share your opinions on this topic. Use the conversation below as a model. Post-listening Think and share A: Do you know any unusual schools around the world? B: Yes. I know about the ... school in ... With the ... school, children can... A: What a ... way to get the children learning! C: Another example is the ... school. People in the ... build this kind of school with ... This is very ... B: That’s really ... Post-listening Think and share What do you think of these unusual schools around the world? These schools are different, but they are all important. They help children learn in difficult situations / make learning fun and convenient. Education is for everyone! Cherish the chance to study！ Language points Unusual schools around the world 世界各地不寻常的学校‌ unusual‌ adj. 特别的；不寻常的 反义词: usual adj. 通常的；寻常的 e.g. The rainy weather of this summer is unusual. ‌注意‌: unusual以元音音素开头，前面有不定冠词时应用an。 e.g. This is an unusual invention. around the world 世界各地 相当于 all over the world During the rainy season, there's much more rain in Bangladesh than in many other parts of the world. 在雨季，孟加拉国的降雨量比世界上许多其他地区多得多。 rainy season 雨季 反义词: dry season 旱季 much more...than... 比……多得多 用于比较不可数名词的数量或接多音节形容词原级表程度 e.g. His car cost ‌much more money than‌ mine. John drove ‌much more carefully than‌ Tim did. With the boat school, children have a chance to learn even when there are floods. 有了船上学校，即使在洪水泛滥的时候，孩子们也有机会学习。 have a chance to do...‌ 有做……的机会 相当于 have a chance of doing... chance 为可数名词，意为“机会”。 e.g. She has a chance to make a speech. = She has a chance of making a speech. What a good way to get the children learning! 这真是让孩子们学习的好方法！ What a good way to…为感叹句结构What+a+adj.+n.+to do！ get sb. doing让某人做某事 e.g. What a good way to learn English! The joke got everybody laughing. People in the Philippines and Guatemala build this kind of school with used plastic bottles. 菲律宾和危地马拉的人们用过的塑料瓶建造这种学校。 build...with...用……建造…… e.g. Dai people build their houses with bamboo. plastic‌ ① adj. 塑料的 可作定语修饰名词；也可作表语，描述主语的特征。 e.g. plastic bags This bottle is plastic. ② n. 塑料 e.g.This toy is made of plastic. This is very cheap and good for the environment. 这非常便宜，对环境也有好处。 cheap‌ adj. 便宜的 反义词: expensive adj. 昂贵的 e.g. Cycling is a cheap way to get around. 注意: cheap 或 expensive 分别指物品本身“便宜”或“昂贵”； 如果表示价格“低”或“高”则分别用 low 或 high。 助记: 物品分“贵(expensive)”“贱(cheap)”，价格论“高(high)”“低(low)” be good for 对...有好处 反义短语: be bad for 对……不好 拓展：be good at擅长（反义短语be bad at在……方面做得不好） be good to对……好（同义短语be friendly/kind to） be good with与某人相处好（同义短语get on/along with） 善于使用、处理某物 Exercises 一、根据中文写出正确单词。 1. We should use reusable bags instead of ________（塑料的） bags. 2. Human should to protect the ___________（环境）for future generations. 3. I bought a ________（便宜的）watch at the flea market. 4. It’s _________（不寻常的）for him to be late. 5. This is your last ________（机会）to enter the competition. 6. The workers are ________（建造）a new bridge across the river with steel. plastic environment cheap unusual chance building 二、用适当的介词填空。 1. She is good playing the violin and likes to play it for the elders. 2. He thinks music can bring them happiness and is good their health. 3. People build houses ______ stone and seagrasses in this area. 4. ______ all this rain, the river will flood. 5. The shops with be closed ______ the holidays. with for at With during 三、单项选择。 1. Doing eye exercises ____ our eyesight, and it's a helpful daily habit for us. A. is good with B. is good at C. is good for D. is good to 2. These flowers look very beautiful, but they are made of ____. They are not real. A. paper B. plastic C. cotton D. glass 3. I hope I have a chance _____ the Great Wall one day. A. of go B. to go C. to going D. go 4. She has made _____ progress in her English studies _____ her classmates this term. A. much more; than B. more much; than C. much; than D. many more; than 5. I don't want to buy this book because it's not ______. The price is too high. A. expensive B. low C. cheap D. beautiful 四、完成句子。 1. 这真是个解决问题的好办法！ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______this problem! 2. 通过这个项目，贫困儿童有机会接受良好教育。 With this program, poor children ______ ______ ______ ______ receive a good education. 3. 海洋里的水比这个瓶子里的水多多了。 There is ______ ______ ______ in the ocean ______ in this bottle. 4.我希望有一天能环游世界。 I hope I can ______ ______ ______ ______ one day. What a good way to solve have a chance to much more water than travel around the world Summary What we have learn today India Australia Bangladesh Many children from poor families work at train stations or on trains. Children live far away from school. Heavy floods happen often. Philippines and Guatemala Build this kind of school with used plastic bottles. A school at the train station A boat school A home school A bottle school Homework Must do Choose to do 1. Complete Unit2-Welcome to the unit in your exercise book. 2. Preview Reading. Search the internet for more unusual schools around the world and share with your partner. Bye-bye! 90696.0 67488.0 $