Unit 3 Make it happen Understanding ideas (Reading)课件2026-2027学年外研版八年级英语上册

Unit 3 Make it happen Understanding ideas (Reading) By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. master the key words and use them correctly in the context. 2. describe how Easton’s invention improved over time by using the timeline. 3. share their opinions on Easton’s qualities and his decision to share his design for free. Learning objectives 改变我们的生活 n.品质 n.发明 n.发明家 v.发明 展示陈列板 v.驱使 不定式 宾语 What can you see in the picture? Look and say 2. What do they stand for(代表)? The light bulb -- the invention idea. The ladder --the steps to make the idea come true. The man with the computer--the person who makes it happen. 3. What does the picture mean to you? I think great inventions can change our lives. A light bulb, a ladder and a man with a computer. So, what does the picture mean to you? This picture means that we can succeed if we work hard to make some ideas happen. ideas action + = success Make the ideas happen! Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. Who are they? 2. What do you know about the differences between the lives of ancient people and ours? an ancient man a modern man The differences between the lives of ancient people and ours Then Now Homes Clothes Food Transportation Safety   Then Now Where to live What to wear What to eat How to travel in the wild in houses simple clothes lots of clothes to choose from hunt and pick fruit from trees buy food from supermarket on foot ride a bicycle, take the bus, drive a car... Look at the pictre and answer the questions. Watch the video and answer these questions Homes ancient people modern people VS Ancient people lived in the . When the sun , they got up. wild rose Modern people lived in the . They have clocks to the time. houses tell Clothes ancient people modern people They only had clothes. simple They have clothes to choose from. lots of VS Food ancient people modern people They fruit from trees and d for meat. picked hunted They buy food from the m and cooked with gas and electricity. market VS Transportation They had to go . on foot Modern people can a bicycle, t the bus, a car or fly. ride take drive ancient people modern people VS Safety VS ancient people modern people The father had to guard. stand They doors. lock What caused these differences? Great inventions could change our lives. Group discussion Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What are these inventions? 2. How have they changed our lives? compass wheel computer mobile phone AI They have made our lives more convenient. Look at the word cloud and predict what the passage is about. The passage is likely about the ___________ and _________ of an __________ arm. design invention artificial Prediction 1 4 2 3 P38 Fast-reading 1. How many parts can the article be divided into? How to divide it ? Three. ①②③④/⑤⑥/⑦⑧ 2. Match the headings with each part. A. Sharing the solution. B. Facing the problem C. Solving the problem. 1 Easton LaChappelle, a 14-year-old student, stood beside his workat a science fair. It was a robotic arm. He built it out of plasticblocks and fishing line. 2 “Hello," said a girl with an artificial arm, as she shook hands withEaston's work. 3 This was the first time Easton met Jenny, a girl with a specialcondition, She was born without an arm, Her artificial arm wasjust a simple hook, but it cost $80,000. What's worse, children likeher grow quickly and need new arms all the time. 4 “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300," thought Easton.“Imust lend a hand to people like her. 5 After the fair, Easton's room became a lab. He stayed there all day.He always tried to improve his work. For his 16th birthday, Easton got a 3-D printer. And with it, he invented an artificial arm. It wasable to move with brain signals of the user. But it wasn't good enough yet: the arm weighed 3.6 kilograms. It was too heavy for achild. 6 Easton kept working on iingt. He enjoyed fixing problems one afteranother, And finally he hit on success at age 23. His design onlyweighed 0.5 kilograms and cost around $500! 7 Easton's invention has helped many children. He didn't want tomake money from it. He decided to post his design online... for free! People can download the design and make an artificial armwith their own 3-D printers! 8What a helping hand! B. Facing the problem C.Solving the problem Fast-reading A.Sharing the solution science fair without an arm grow quickly Read para 1-4 and fill in the blanks Detailed reading 1. How much did Jenny’s artificial arm cost? $80,000. 2. How did Easton feel when he found out the price(价格)? Surprised/Shocked. Why? 3. What did he decide to do? He decided to help people like Jenny. 4. What do you think of him? Kind and helpful. What did he do next? Detailed-reading Read the passage and fill in the blanks Detailed-reading fishing line move weighed cost Was Easton pleased with his first artificial arm? Why or why not? On one hand （一方面）, Easton was pleased with it because But on the other hand（另一方面）, he thought it wasn’t good enough because ________________________ move with brain signals of the user. it was able to it was too heavy for a child. What do think of Easton’s last work? Light, cheap, helpful and convenient(方便的). Detailed-reading 1. Did Easton make money from his artificial arm? 3. Why did he do so? 2. What did he do with his artificial arm? Because he wanted to help people in need(需要帮助的人). No, he didn’t. He posted his design online for people to download for free. He thought technology should help everyone, not just those who can pay for it. Detailed-reading How do you understand the title “A helping hand”? a useful artificial arm Easton’s act of helping others Discuss and share It’s a pun(双关). Discuss and share What do you think of Easton? Kind, helpful, excellent, hard-working, persistent(坚持不懈的), determined(有决心的), creative(有创造力的) and challenge-loving(爱挑战的). Further thinking How would Jenny’s life change with Easton’s invention? For one thing, Jenny’s life would be much easier. She could do more activities with the artificial arm. For another thing, it is also cheaper, so her family could save more money. Further thinking How might Easton’s story influence other teenagers? They might keep working on their interest and try their best to help others. Homework Think of a problem and come up with an idea for an invention. Then write an advertisement for it. Let’s watch and learn more about Easton. Read and match 1. Where can we read this passage? A. In a story. B. In a science magazine. C. In a culture newspaper. 2. How many parts can the article be divided into? Three. a. What did Easton do with his invention? b.What are Easton’s inventions? c. How did Easton come up with an idea? 2. Where was the boy? 1. What can you see in the picture? Maybe he was at a science fair(展览会). A boy was shaking hands with a robotic arm(机械手臂). Look and say a robotic arm(机械手臂) an artificial arm(人造手臂) What happened? Let’s read the passage and find the answer. How would Jenny’s life change with Easton’s invention? A helping hand 1 Easton LaChappelle, a 14‑year‑old student, stood beside his work at a science fair. It was a robotic arm. He built it out of plastic blocks and fishing line. 2 “Hello,” said a girl with an artificial arm, as she shook hands with Easton’s work. 3 This was the first time Easton met Jenny, a girl with a special condition. She was born without an arm. Her artificial arm was just a simple hook, but it cost $80,000. What’s worse, children like her grow quickly and need new arms all the time. 4 “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300,” thought Easton. “I must lend a hand to people like her.” 用……建造 科学博览会 站在……旁 塑料积木 钓鱼线 义肢 / 假肢 和……握手 这是第一次…… 特殊状况 天生没有 更糟糕的是 像她一样的孩子们 一直 这太让我震撼了！ 向像她这样的人伸出援手 一个简单的钩子 5 After the fair, Easton’s room became a lab. He stayed there all day. He always tried to improve his work. For his 16th birthday, Easton got a 3‑D printer. And with it, he invented an artificial arm. It was able to move with brain signals of the user. But it wasn’t good enough yet: the arm weighed 3.6 kilograms. It was too heavy for a child. 6 Easton kept working on it. He enjoyed fixing problems one after another. And finally he hit on success at age 23. His design only weighed 0.5 kilograms and cost around $500! 7 Easton’s invention has helped many children. He didn’t want to make money from it. He decided to post his design online… for free! People can download the design and make an artificial arm with their own 3‑D printers! 8 What a helping hand! 一整天 努力 使用者的脑电波信号 不够好 改进他的作品 对一个孩子来说太重 3D打印机 继续钻研 / 做 一个接一个 解决 / 修复问题 决定（做） 23 岁时获得成功 从……赚钱 把他的设计图发布到网上 多好的一只援手啊！/ 真是雪中送炭！ 35 Language points 名词短语作同位语 1.Easton LaChappelle, a 14-year-old student, stood beside his work… 在一个名词（人名、地名等）后面，用逗号隔开，再写一个名词短语；作用是对前面的名词进行补充、解释身份；两个部分指的是同一个人或者同一个事物。 e.g.This was the first time Easton met Jenny, a girl with a special condition. 阅读技巧：两个逗号中间的同位语可先跳过，快速找到主语和谓语。 1.7.2013 同位语是写作加分句型。看到长句子，先把两个逗号之间的身份说明跳过，主干立刻清楚。 ‹#› a 14-year-old student, stood beside his work… 连字符连接，中间名词必须用单数：a two-hour trip 作表语时：无连字符，名词用复数 The student is 14 years old. ✓ 14-years-old ❌️ 1.7.2013 这是中考改错高频点。记住口诀：连字符作定语，名词用单数；be 动词后作表语，无连字符，名词用复数。考试里看到 14-years-old 直接判错。 ‹#› 2.“Hello,” said a girl with（表伴随，有) an artificial arm, as she shook hands with Easton’s work (para2) (1) with an artificial arm,介词短语做后置定语修饰a girl。 (2) as引导时间状语从句,表示当....时 1.7.2013 同位语是写作加分句型。看到长句子，先把两个逗号之间的身份说明跳过，主干立刻清楚。 ‹#› 2.“Hello,” said a girl with an artificial arm, as she shook hands with Easton’s work (para2) 当直接引语（对话内容）放在句首，可以把谓语动词（said, answered, shouted 等）放到主语前面，形成倒装：“引语，” + 谓语 + 主语，… 使用场景：主要用于记叙文对话描写，书面写作可以增加句式变化。 例句：“Wait!” shouted Tom. “等一下！” 汤姆大喊道。 ⚠️注意：如果主语是代词（he/she），一般不进行倒装 ❌ “OK,” said he.（错误） “OK,” he said.（正确） 不在 1.7.2013 同位语是写作加分句型。看到长句子，先把两个逗号之间的身份说明跳过，主干立刻清楚。 ‹#› 表达出生只能用 be born，没有主动形式。 (1)be born in + 年/地点 He was born in 2002. (2) be born on + 具体日期 She was born on June 1st. (3) be born with sth.天生就拥有…… She was born with a good voice. 她天生一副好嗓子。 本篇是 be born without… 生来缺少…… 3.The girl was born without(生来就没有，表伴随）an arm. (para 3) 1.7.2013 bear 的过去分词有两个：born 用于"出生"，borne 用于其他含义。初中只需记住 be born 这个被动结构。 ‹#› 4.This was the first time Easton met Jenny. (这是第一次....) 核心难点：主句 be 动词决定从句时态 This/It was the first time (that) + 主语 + 动词过去式 This/It was the first time (that) + 主语 + had + 过去分词 例句： This was the first time I saw him. This was the first time I had seen him. 1.7.2013 同位语是写作加分句型。看到长句子，先把两个逗号之间的身份说明跳过，主干立刻清楚。 ‹#› This/It is the first time (that) + 主语 + 现在完成时 例句： This is the first time I have seen a rainbow. 这是我第一次看到彩虹。 This is the first time she has visited Beijing. 这是她第一次参观北京。 cost /kɒst/ v. 价格为，需支付（某一数量的钱） Her artificial arm was just a simple hook, but it cost $80,000. 她的假肢只是一个简单的钩子，却花费了8万美元。 spend 主语通常是人 sb. spends time/money doing sth. 某人花费时间/金钱做某事 sb. spends time/money on sth. 某人在某事/某物上花费时间/金钱 take 通常用it作形式主语 it takes（sb.）some time to do sth. 做某事花费（某人）多长时间 pay 主语通常是人 sb. pays some money for sth. 某人为某物花费多少钱 cost 主语通常是物 sth. costs sb. some money 某物花费某人多少钱 44 spend I spend two hours doing my homework every day. 我每天花两小时做家庭作业。 My mum spends much money on clothes. 我妈妈在衣服上花很多钱。 take It takes me 20 minutes to get to school. 到达学校要花费我 20 分钟。 pay She paid 200 dollars for the bag. 她花 200 美元买了这个包。 cost The trip cost us a lot of money. 这次旅行花了我们很多钱。 45 What’s worse(更糟糕的是), children like her grow quickly… 对比：What’s more 而且，此外（正向递进） He always tried to improve his work. （para 5) try to do sth.尽力做某事 try doing sth.尝试做某事 1.7.2013 插入语不作句子成分，只起衔接作用。写作中用 What's worse 引出更糟的情况，让逻辑递进更清楚。 ‹#› lend /lend/ v. 借给，借出 ［动词］借给；借出 对应词为borrow “借入；借来”。 lend sth. to sb. = lend sb. sth. 把某物借给某人 Can you lend your pen to me? = Can you lend me your pen? 你能把你的钢笔借给我吗？ lend sb. a (helping) hand/ lend a (helping) hand to sb. 帮助某人，向某人伸出援手 She always lends a helping hand to people in need. 她总是向有困难的人伸出援手。 I must lend a hand to people like her. 我一定要帮助像她这样的人。 47 be able to do sth 能够做某事 It was able to move with brain signals of the user. (para 5) can 只有现在/过去时；be able to 可用于更多时态 例句：I will be able to swim next summer. 1.7.2013 过去某次设法并成功做到，优先用 was/were able to，而不是 could。 ‹#› weigh /weɪ/ v. 重，重量是…… But it wasn’t good enough yet: the arm weighed 3.6 kilograms. 但它还不够好：这一假肢重达3.6千克。 weigh v.认真考虑；权衡 We need to weigh the risks carefully. 我们需要仔细权衡风险。 weight n. 重量；分量 What’s the weight of this suitcase? 这个行李箱的重量是多少？ put on/lose weight 变胖/变瘦 49 But it wasn’t good enough yet. 修饰形容词/副词时，enough 后置 修饰名词时，enough 前置：enough money / time 1.7.2013 拓展句型：adj. + enough to do 足够……以至于可以做某事。The boy isn't old enough to go to school. ‹#› It was too heavy for a child. 句型：too + adj. + for sb to do sth 对某人来说太……而不能做 The box is too heavy for the boy to carry. 1.7.2013 too…to… 本身已含否定意义，不再加 not。考试常和 enough to do 一起做句型转换。 ‹#› keep doing sth. 持续做某事 1.Easton kept working on it. keep 后必须接动名词 doing，不能接 to do。 work on sth 致力于；从事（某项研究） 2.He enjoyed fixing（解决） problems one after another. enjoy doing sth.享受做某事，只能接doing 1.7.2013 keep on doing sth 与 keep doing sth 含义接近，都表示"继续坚持做"。 ‹#› And finally he hit on success (偶然成功） at age 23. at age 23 = at the age of 23，在 23 岁的时候。 hit on 的主要用法 1. 突然想到；偶然想出（主意、办法、答案等） He finally hit on a good idea. 2.发现；找到（某种方法、解决办法） Scientists hit on a new way to treat the disease. 科学家们发现了一种治疗这种疾病的新方法。 1.7.2013 人物传记类记叙文常用这个短语介绍人物在某个年龄做了什么。 ‹#› what引导的感叹句 What a helping hand!多大的帮助啊！ 本句结构为：What+a/an（+形容词）+单数名词 (+ 主语 + 谓语)！ What an interesting book (it is)! 多么有趣的一本书啊！ what型感叹句的其他结构： What+形容词+可数名词复数（+主语+谓语）！ What beautiful flowers (they are)! 多么漂亮的花啊！ What+形容词+不可数名词（+主语+谓语）！ What bad weather (it is)! 多么糟糕的天气啊！ 54 Language points 一个14岁的学生 在…旁边 作品 在科学展览会 机械手臂 build...out of+原料 用（原料）制成... 塑料的 积木 人造手臂 shake hands with... 和…握手 更糟糕的是 像她一样的孩子 迅速成长 一直 创造 一个艰难的处境 Language points blow sb. away让某人大吃一惊 lend a hand to sb. 帮助某人 像她一样的人 改进；改善；提高 be able to do sth. 能够做某事 像她一样的人 随…移动 Language points keep doing sth. 坚持做某事 work on... 从事…；致力于… 解决问题 一个接一个 取得成功 大约 在23岁 从…中赚钱 post...online把…发布到网上 免费 设计 1.一个14岁的学生 13.能够做某事 2.在科学展览会上 14.随着…移动 3.用…制成 15.坚持做某事 4.和…握手 16.从事；致力于… 5.更糟糕的是 17.解决问题 6.像她一样的孩子 18.一个接一个 7.迅速成长 19.取得成功 8.一直 20.在23岁时 9.一个艰难的处境 21.从…中赚钱 10.让某人大吃一惊 22.把…发到网上 11.帮助某人 23.免费 12.像她一样的人 a 14-year-old student at a science fair build..out of... shake hands with... what’s worse children like her grow quickly all the time a difficult condition blow sb. away be able to do sth. move with... keep doing sth. work on... fix problems one after another hit on success at age 23 make money from... lend a hand to sb. people like her post...online for free Thank you $