Unit 2 School life Welcome to the unit 教学课件 2026-2027学年译林版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“非常规学校”主题，涵盖孟加拉国船校、菲律宾及危地马拉瓶校等核心内容，聚焦plastic、environment等词汇及thanks to、be good for等短语。课堂导入通过Free talk联系日常学校生活，再以Predicting环节的图文预测（如“学生在火车站/船上学习”场景）过渡，构建从已知到未知的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、文化意识与思维品质，通过音频听力（如听对话匹配学校与国家）、图文对比分析（船校因洪水、瓶校用塑料瓶的成因探究）等活动，提升学生推理归纳与跨文化理解能力。结构化练习（选择、填空）与情境任务（介绍非常规学校的写作）结合，助力学生夯实语言基础，教师可借助清晰的知识脉络与互动设计优化教学效率。

Unit 2 School life Welcome to the unit ★学习目标 掌握plastic, environment, flood等词汇及thanks to, be good for等短语，能口头描述非常规学校。 通过图文预测与对比分析，提升推理判断与归纳能力。 运用听前预测策略，能通过小组合作主动表达观点。 了解多国非常规教育现状，体会克服困难求学的精神，拓宽全球视野。 ★教学重难点 掌握核心词汇与语言点，能用英语介绍非常规学校的特点及成因。 灵活运用目标语言表达看法，理解非常规学校背后的社会文化背景。 Warming up Free talk What’s our usual school in daily life like?  Where do we usually study? And what do we use to learn? Do you think all children around the world study in schools like ours? Why or why not? Reading at the train station studying Where What Predicting studying at home studying on a boat Where are these students? What are these students doing? Kitty is listening to a programme about some unusual schools. Listen with her and match the picture of each school with its country and the reason for creating it. 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 and her classmates are talking about unusual schools in different countries. Listen to the tape and answer what unusual schools they are talking about. The boat school and the bottle school. The boat school in Bangladesh It’s also called “the floating school”. The bottle school in Guatemala How many kinds of unusual schools do they mention? What are they? Where are these schools? Two. The boat school and the bottle school. Philippines and Guatemala. 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: Reading Answer the questions after reading. Where is the boat school? Why do they use boat schools? In Bangladesh. Because during the rainy season, there are floods in Bangladesh, and children can still learn with the boat school. What materials are used to build bottle schools? Which countries have bottle schools? What are two advantages of bottle schools? Used plastic bottles. The Philippines and Guatemala. Cheap and good for the environment. Which of the unusual schools above interests you the most? Why? Examples The boat school in Bangladesh interests me the most. I think it is amazing that children can still have a chance to learn even during floods. It shows how people can solve difficult problems with creativity, and I admire the students’ strong desire for education. The bottle school in the Philippines and Guatemala interests me the most. I like that it is built with used plastic bottles because it is both cheap and good for the environment. It teaches us that we can turn waste into something valuable while helping children get an education. Vocabulary 1.plastic adj. 塑料的；n. 塑料 常用搭配： plastic bottles/bags 塑料瓶/塑料袋 plastic waste/pollution 塑料废弃物/塑料污染 例：People in some poor countries use plastic bottles to build their schools. 一些贫穷国家的人们用塑料瓶来建造他们的学校。 2.environment n. 环境 常用搭配： protect the environment 保护环境 natural/living environment 自然/生活环境 be good for the environment 对环境有益 例：We should protect the environment by reducing plastic waste. 我们应该通过减少塑料垃圾来保护环境。 3.flood n. 洪水；v. 淹没 常用搭配： heavy/serious floods 严重的洪水 prevent floods 防止洪水 in the flood(s) 在洪水中 例：The village school was closed because of the sudden flood. 因为突发的洪水，村里的学校关闭了。 Language Points 1. Thanks to the boat school, children can learn. 多亏了船校，孩子们能学习。 thanks to：意为“多亏，由于，因为”。通常用于引出带来好结果的原因或人，后接名词、代词或名词短语，在句中作状语。 例：Thanks to plastic bottles, they built a school. 多亏塑料瓶，他们建了一所学校。 2. Children have a chance to learn. 孩子们有机会学习。 have a chance to do sth.：意为“有机会做某事”。chance 在此处作名词，表示“机会，可能性”。同义表达还有 have the opportunity to do sth.。 例：They have a chance to study safely. 他们有机会安全地学习。 3. It is good for the environment. 这对环境有益。 be good for：意为“对……有益/有好处”。其反义词组是 be bad for（对……有害）。 后接名词或代词作宾语。 例：Reusing plastic is good for the earth. 重复利用塑料对地球有益。 Exercise 选择题 1. — ______ the boat school, children in Bangladesh can still study during floods. — That's really amazing! A. Because   B. Thanks to   C. As for   D. Instead of 2. — Why do people in the Philippines use plastic bottles to build schools? — Because it is cheap and ______ the environment. A. is bad for   B. is harmful to   C. is good for   D. is worried about B C 用括号内单词的正确形式填空 Thanks to the boat school, children have a chance ______ (learn) even during floods. People in Guatemala build schools with ______ (use) plastic bottles. We should do something to protect the (environment). Heavy floods happen (frequent) in Bangladesh during the rainy season. Reusing plastic bottles ______ (be) good for the environment. to learn used environment frequently is Summary Summary In this lesson, we learned about some unusual schools around the world: The boat school in Bangladesh — helps children learn during floods. The bottle school in the Philippines and Guatemala — built with used plastic bottles, cheap and good for the environment. Key phrases: thanks to / have a chance to do sth. / be good for Key idea: Education is important. People in different countries find creative ways to help children learn, even in difficult conditions. Homework Homework Review: Write a short paragraph (about 60 words) to introduce one unusual school you learned today, including where it is, what it is like and why it is special. Preview: Preview the next lesson. 90696.0 67488.0 $