Unit4 Focusing on culture课件2025-2026学年沪教版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“动物驯化”主题，系统呈现驯化概念、历史时间线及狗、牛、羊等动物的驯化过程，通过宠物与农场动物导入，以问题引导衔接“Domestication”核心概念，搭建从已知到未知的学习支架。 其亮点在于任务型阅读设计（含Pre-reading问题、While-reading表格分析、Post-reading小组讨论），融合语言能力（如课文朗读、问题回答）和思维品质（如驯化因素探究）。音频资源辅助语音学习，拓展作业（制作动物驯化海报）提升学习能力，学生能增强语言运用与探究能力，教师可借助结构化活动优化教学流程。

Unit 4 Our animal friends Focusing on culture Why are animals important to us? Key question Focusing on culture Different pets Section4 Extending and developing competencies parrot tortoise dog rabbit Warming-up goldfish hamster ca t Many farm animals and pets used to be wild animals. Can you guess how they became our friends and helpers? developing competencies Lead in Different farm animals Section4 Extending and - Many farm animals and pets used to be wild animals. How did they become our friends and helpers? domestication n. 驯养；驯化 Gained (from human) Canines Domestication Section4 Extending and - developing competencies Lead in Diets Factors{Environments Habits wolves) Wild Lost (from Wolves Wolves developing competencies Read the article about domestication and find out how animals were domesticated. The story of domestication P62-63 The history of domestication Asia Africa chicken North America Notes horse donkey turkey 15000 BCE 10000 BCE 5000 BCE Present sheep COW Section4 Extending and Long ago,dogs,sheep and cows used to be wild animals.How did they turn into pets and farm animals?Let's find out! Dogs The story of domestication started somewhere in Asia,about 15,000 23,000 years ago.Back then,people moved across the land.They hunted 5 large animals and often left meat on the ground.This attracted wolves, and they probably began following the hunters.Some people started catching baby wolves.They trained these young wolves to hunt with them. With every generation,people kept wolves with “friendly”genes².Over thousands of years,these pet wolves turned into dogs. People in West Asia started to domesticate aurochs③—a kind of wIaox⁴—sometime after 8000 BCE.Aurochs are now extinct,but they used to live all over Europe and Asia.They provided people with milk and meat,and they were also good working animals.As with other animals, people chose to keep aurochs with“good” 20 genes,and the animals slowly turned into the cows we see today. Over many thousands of years,pets and farm animals changed because of human efforts.The .story of domestication still continues today. 1.Where can you read this article? 2.What is the article talking about? 3.What's the genre of the passage? 4.What's the structure of the passage? developing competencies Pre-reading Read the title,sub-titles,pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. Sheep Around 13,000 years ago,people in West Asia began to domesticate animals like sheep.Sheep are small and not very dangerous,and they move in big groups and follow their leader.This makes them easy to domesticate. They became an important source of meat.Later,the farmers also learnt how to make clothes from their wool. The story of domestication Section4 Extending and Long ago,dogs,sheep and cows used to be wild animals.How did they turn into pets and farm animals?Let's find out! The story of domestication started somewhere in Asia,about 15,000 o235000 years ago.Back then,people moved across the land.They hunted 5 large animals and often left meat on the ground.This attracted wolves, and they probably began following the hunters.Some people started catching baby wolves.They trained these young wolves to hunt with them. With every generation,people kept wolves with “friendly”genes.Over thousands of years,these pet wolves turned into dogs. People in West Asia started to domesticate aurochs③—a kind of wIla ox⁴—sometime after 8000 BCE.Aurochs are now extinct,but they used to live all over Europe and Asia.They provided people with milk and meat,and they were also good working animals.As with other animals, 1 Where can you read the article? Da story book a science book Da diary Sheep Around 13,000 years ago,people in West Asia began to domesticate animals like sheep.Sheep are small and not very dangerous,and they move in big groups and follow their leader.This makes them easy to domesticate. They became an important source ofmeat.Later,the farmers also learnt how to make clothes from their wool. people chose to keep aurochs with“good” 20 genes,and the animals slowly turned into the cows we see today. Over many thousands of years,pets and farm animals changed because of human efforts.The Section4 Extending and developing competencies Read the title,sub-titles,pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. Pre-reading The story of domestication .story of domestication still continues today. 2 What is the article talking about? The article contains facts about how different wild animals were domesticated. 3.What's the genre of the passage? A.Novel B.Narration C.Exposition D.Argumentation Read the title,sub-titles,pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. The story of domestication Section4 Extending and developing competencies 4.What's the structure of the passage? A. 1 4 B. 3 1 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 D. 4 3 4 5 Long ago,dogs,sheep and cows used to be wild animals.How did they turn into pets and farm animals?Let's find out! Dogs The story of domestication started somewhere in Asia,about 15,000 to 23,000 years ago.Back then,people moved across the land.They hunted large animals and often left meat on the ground.This attracted wolves, and they probably began following the hunters.Some people started catching baby wolves.They trained these young wolves to hunt with them. With every generation,people kept wolves with“friendly”genes².Over thousands of years,these pet wolves turned into dogs. Sheep Around 13,000 years ago,people in West Asia began to domesticate animals like sheep.Sheep are small and not very dangerous,and they move in big groups and follow their leader.This makes them easy to domesticate. They became an important source of meat.Later,the farmers also learnt how to make clothes from their wool. Cows People in West Asia started to domesticate aurochs③—a kind of wild ox—sometime after 8000 BCE.Aurochs are now extinct,but they used to live all over Europe and Asia.They provided people with milk and meat,and they were also good working animals.As with other animals, people chose to keep aurochs with“good” 20 genes,and the animals slowly turned into the cows we see today. Over many thousands of years,pets and farm animals changed because of human efforts.The . story ofdomestication still continues today. Read the title,sub-titles,pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. Section4 Extending and developing competencies The story of domestication ② 4 3 3 5 5 1 Dogs about 15,000— Sheep around 13,000 Time:(123, 000 years ago Time: (4)years ago Place:somewhere in Asia Place: West Asia ·They helped people ·They provided with hunting/hunt. people with 1.Read the article carefully and complete the table with the information from the article. Cows sometime after Time:(7)8000 BCE Place:(8West Asia ·They provided people with⁹ milk and meat. (6) meat and wool. ·They were good working. Extending and developing competencies While-reading The earliest domesticated animals P63 animals (1)What makes sheep good farm animals? (2)Which sentence(s)in the text can explain the meaning of “domestication”? 2.Read the article again and answer the following questions.Underline the answer in the article. Section4 Extending and developing competencies While-reading Sheep Around 13,000 years ago,people in West Asia began to domesticate animals like sheep.Sheep are small and not very dangerous,and they move in biggroups and follow their leader.This makes them easy to domesticate. They became an important source of meat.Later,the farmers also learnt how to make clothes from their wool.. 2.Read the article again and answer the following questions. Underline the answer in the article. (1)What makes sheep good farm animals? Section4 Extending and developing competencies While-reading (2)Which sentence(s)in the text can explain the meaning of“domestication”? Dogs The story of domestication started somewhere in Asia,about 15,000 to 23,000 years ago.Back then,people moved across the land.They hunted large animals and often left meat on the ground.This attracted wolves, and they probably began following the hunters.Some people started catching baby wolves.They trained these young wolves to hunt with them. With every generation,people kept wolves with “friendly”genes².Over thousands of years,these pet wolves turned into dogs. Cows People in West Asia started to domesticate aurochs³—a kind of wild ox④—sometime after 8000 BCE.Aurochs are now extinct,but they used to live all over Europe and Asia.They provided people with milk and meat,and they were also good working animals.As with other animals, people chose to keep aurochs with“good” genes,and the animals slowly turned into the cows we see today. ```markdown ``` Section 4 Extending and developing competencies GroUP discussion (1)What are “friendly genes”or“ good genes”? (2)Why were dogs,sheep and cows domesticated first? (3)How do these domesticated animals benefit us today, and how would our lives be different without them? Section4 Extending and developing competencies Post-reading Extending developing competencies Post-reading Think How did wild animals become our friends and helpers? People kept animals such as wolves or aurochs with “good"and "friendly"”genes. These animals slowly turned into farm animals and pets. Section4 and (1)Many years ago,some wild animals,such as wolves,probabl ybegan living closer to humans to get food. (2)Thanks to the efforts of early farmers,many different animals were domesticated. (3)Sheep were domesticated because they were a good source of meat. (4)The farmer neededsomewhere keep his horses in winter. (5)Aurochs went extinct in the wild,and their domesticated relatives developed into the cows we see today. effort extinct probably somewhere source 3.Complete the sentences with the words below. Change the form if necessary. developing competencies Exercise P63 Section4 Extending and Cows People in West Asia started to domesticate aurochs³-a kind of M:wild ox sometime after 8000 BCE.Aurochs are now extinct,but they an living clcused to live all over Europe and Asia.They provided people with milk and Thanks to the eftorts of early tarmers,many different animais were domesticated. Sheep were domesticated because they were a good source of meat. The farmer neededsomewhere keep his horses in winter. developing competencies 4.Put the following sentences into correct order. Aurochs went extinct in the wild,and their domesticated relatives developed into the cows we see today. Asia Africa North America Notes donkey turkey BCE Present dog goat pig cat horse 15000 BCE 10000 BCE 5000 The history of domestication sheep COW Section4 Extending and ① ⑤ Exercise ② ④ ③ chicken 评价内容 评分(1—5) 1.我能理解动物驯化的进程。 12 3 45 2.我能理解人类在动物驯化过程中所起的 重要作用。 1 2 3 45 3.我能理解重点词句所表达的意思。 1 2 345 4.我能理解我们应当珍惜和善待我们的动 物朋友，同时也需要用新的方法和手段继 续对动物进行驯化。 1 2345 developing competencies Self-assessment Section4 Extending and developing competencies Homework · 基础作业 1.模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读第62页课文。 2.书面回答问题：How do domesticated animals benefit us today, and how would our lives be different without them? · 拓展作业 线上、线下查找资源，了解其他动物，如猫、猪、骆驼等是如 何被驯化的。选其中一种动物，以小组为单位制作一张海报， 介绍其被驯化的过程以及对人类的帮助。 Section4 Extending and developing competencies Language notes 1.somewhere /'sʌmweə(r)/adv. 在某处；到某处 Somewhere in Asia,the domestication ofsilk-producing insects took place. 2.probably /'probəbli/adv. 很可能；大概 Wolves were probably a common sight for early hunters. 3.source /sɔ:s/n. 来源；出处 Cows are a common source of milk for many people. 4.sometime /'sʌmtarm/adv.在某时 Sometime after 5000 BCE,humans began the domestication of cattle. 5.extinct/k'stɪnkt/ adj. 已灭绝的；绝种的Dinosaurs went extinct millions ofyears ago. 6.effort /'efat/ n. 艰难的尝试；试图Pets get better care than wild animals because of human efforts. 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