Unit 3 Reading 课件 2026-2027学年沪教版英语九年级上册

UNIT 3 · FAMILY TRADITIONS Catch of a lifetime Reading | A story about doing right when no one is looking What do you usually do for your family? help my parents clean the house. wash dishes after dinner every day. take out the rubbish on weekends. cook simple meals for my family. Before you read What unforgettable moments have you shared with your parents? Think I enjoy riding bikes with my family when we go to the park on weekends. We ride along road and enjoy the nice natural scenery. celebrate a birthday spend time talking and sharing have a family game night take a trip Lead-in What have your parents always taught you to do? Be honest. Keep promises. Respect others. Follow the rules — even when no one is looking. Before reading · Think Imagine: You are fishing by a lake at night and you catch a HUGE fish. No one is around, and the fishing season opens in two hours. Keep it or put it back? Why? I'd keep it because ... I'd put it back because ... Remember your choice. You will look at it again after reading. 🎣 Jim’s Story Map Catch of a lifetime ✅ Setting Time: The story took place (1) ___________ years ago when Jim was (2) ______ years old. Place: On a(n) (3) __________ in the middle of (4) ________________________ ✅ Characters:(5) ______________________________________________ ✅ Problem: Jim (6) _________________________________ before the bass season opened. But his father wanted him to (7)_________________________________. ✅ Solution: Jim understood (8) ____________________________________ and _______________________________________________________. 34 11 island a New Hampshire lake Jim and his father caught a huge bass two hours put the fish back what he had to do slowly removed the hook and lowered the fish back into the lake While-reading · Q2 Read for details Find the sentences about time and surroundings(环境). What does the writer want to tell us? (1) it was 10:00 p.m.? (2) there were no other fishermen or boats around? (1) It was two hours before the bass season opened. Keeping the fish would break the rule. (2) No one had seen them — no one would ever know. The writer creates a perfect chance to do wrong. It echoes the ending: Do we do right when no one is looking? While-reading · Q3 Read for feelings Read the dialogue. The father said, but Jim cried. What do their words show about each of them? Father — calm, firm, patient: "You'll have to put it back, son." "There will be other fish." Jim — excited, then shocked, upset and unwilling: "Dad!" "Not as big as this one!" While-reading · Q4 Read for the conflict "It was a shame to let go of the fish, but Jim understood what he had to do." What did Jim understand? Why did he slowly remove the hook? He understood that doing the right thing matters more than keeping the fish. "Slowly" shows he still loved the fish — it was hard to let go, but he made the right choice. While-reading · Q5 Read for meaning Jim never caught such an amazing fish again, but he "does see that same fish" every time he comes up against a question of ethics. What does the fish stand for? The fish stands for every ethical choice in our life. Whenever Jim faces a question of right and wrong, he remembers that night — and the lesson his father taught him. Apply · Role-play Act out the conversation Work in pairs: Student A = Jim; Student B = Father Use the story: Borrow lines from the text; you may add simple actions Show feelings: Jim: excited - shocked - upset; Father: calm & firm Time: Prepare for 2 minutes; 1 minute per group After reading · Q6 The title Why is the story called "Catch of a lifetime"? Literal meaning（表层含义）: Deeper meaning: the biggest bass Jim ever caught — a once-in-a-lifetime fish. the lifelong lesson he "caught" that night — do right even when no one is looking. This catch stayed with him forever. After reading · Q7 Family traditions Our unit is "Family traditions". What tradition did Jim's father pass on to him? Not a recipe or a custom, but a way of living: honesty — doing right even when no one is looking. What parents say and do every day is a family's true tradition. Culture bridge · 君子慎独 Jim's lesson: do right when no one is looking. Is there a Chinese idea that says the same thing? 慎独 — self-discipline when you are alone 《礼记 · 中庸》："莫见乎隐，莫显乎微，故君子慎其独也。" A gentleman is most watchful over himself when no one can see him. Why do they echo each other? 两者都说：真正的修养，不在人前表演，而在无人处的选择。 慎独 is about self-discipline — being the same inside and out. Culture bridge · 许衡与慎独 Though the pear tree has no owner, my heart has its own master. Xu Heng was a young scholar in the Yuan Dynasty. One hot day, he and his friends were travelling. Tired and thirsty, they found a pear tree by the road, full of juicy pears. Everyone rushed to pick them — except Xu Heng. He sat quietly without moving. "Why not pick some? The tree has no owner," his friends said. Xu Heng answered, "The tree may have no owner, but my heart has its own master." He would not take what was not his, even when no one was watching. Xu Heng 许衡 · Yuan Dynasty 许衡（元朝） "梨虽无主，我心有主。" Culture bridge · 家风与表达 Chinese families pass on 慎独 through 家训 (family lessons). How do we tell this Chinese idea in English? 中国传统家训，把"慎独"写进家风，代代相传。 《朱子家训》："黎明即起，洒扫庭除" — 修身从日常小事做起。 曾国藩家书："慎独则心安。" Self-discipline when alone brings peace of mind. Tell China's story in English: 慎独 — be watchful over yourself when alone 表里如一 — be the same inside and out 心有主 — My heart has its own master. Click to check the answers After reading · Q8 Think & share Where is your "lake"? Talk about a moment when no one was watching — in an exam, online, on the street ... What did you do — or will you do? Would you change your answer to our opening question? Doing right when no one is looking — a lesson caught, and kept for a lifetime. 君子慎独 —— 无人处，方见真修养。 Be watchful over yourself when alone. $