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! Starting out & Understanding ideas (reading) 外研版（2024）八年级上册 · 教学课件 Unit 3 Make it happen! Where do smart ideas come from? Great inventions could change our lives. In this unit, let's explore inventions. Where do smart ideas come from? What qualities do inventors have? What drives people to invent? By the end of this unit, you will make a display board about an invention. 想法 → 品质 → 动力 After completing the unit, you will be able to: ▸ use words and expressions in the unit to talk about inventions. 谈论发明 ▸ use the infinitive and -ing as object to talk about ideas for inventions. 不定式与-ing作宾语 ▸ explain the importance of inventions. 说明发明的重要性 Starting out Look and talk · 教材 p34 What does the picture mean to you? 1 What can you see in the picture? A light bulb. A ladder. A man with a computer. 2 What do these stand for? The light bulb could stand for the invention idea. The ladder could stand for the steps to make the idea come true. The man with the computer could stand for the person who makes it happen. 3 What does the picture mean to you? I think great inventions can change our lives. Useful expressions 发明词句支架 Inventing （发明） invent sth. new; come up with an idea; an invention He invented... at age 16. Designing （设计） design...; make... out of...; draw a map She designed it out of... Improving （改进） improve one's work; work on it; fix problems He kept improving his work. Solving （解决） solve the problem; find a way to...; hit on success The invention solves... Helping （帮助） lend a hand to...; help sb. do...; post... for free He decided to help... for free. Reference dialogue 参考对话 A: Hi, Jack! Your robot is amazing. How did you make it? B: I built it out of old parts and some wires. A: Wow! Why did you want to invent it? B: My grandma can't open bottles easily. I must lend a hand to people like her. A: So the invention comes from a real problem! B: Right. I'll keep improving it and share it with others. （问题 → 发明 → 改进 → 分享） Pre-reading 教材 p36 · A1 design artificial arm invent improve helping hand design artificial arm invent · improve helping hand Word cloud · 词云 1 What may the passage be about? Predict with the word cloud. Maybe it is about a boy who invents an artificial arm to help people. 2 What can a robotic arm do for people? It can help people without arms eat, write and live like everyone else. While-reading Read and check · 教材 p36-37 A Helping Hand — Easton LaChappelle 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. The girl 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. This created a difficult condition for Jenny's family. 4 “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300,” thought Easton. “I must 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 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! A2 Read the passage and check your answer. It is about a boy who invents better and cheaper artificial arms to help people like Jenny. While-reading Read and divide · 教材 p38 A. Narration（记叙文） B. Argumentation（议论文） C. Expository writing（说明文） The text is a/an story . 1 Where may we read this passage? B. In a science magazine.（科学杂志） 2 How many parts can the passage be divided into? Three. Three-part chart · 三段式 Part 1 ¶1-3 How did Easton come up with an idea? Part 2 ¶4-6 What are Easton's inventions? Part 3 ¶7-8 What did Easton do with his invention? ¶1-3 Part 1：科博会相遇，萌生想法 ¶4-6 Part 2：三次制作，步步改进 ¶7-8 Part 3：免费分享，援手相助 While-reading Part 1 · ¶1-3 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. The girl 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. This created a difficult condition for Jenny's family. a 14-year-old student stood beside built... out of... be born without What's worse all the time Easton met Jenny and saw a difficult condition . 1 What did Easton build at the science fair? A robotic arm made of plastic blocks and fishing line. 2 Why is Jenny's arm a problem for her family? The hook arm cost $80,000, and children like her grow quickly and need new arms all the time. While-reading Part 2 · The invention timeline 4 “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300,” thought Easton. “I must 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 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! blew me away lend a hand to be able to too heavy for one after another hit on success Age Age 14 Age 16 Age 23 Invention a robotic arm — plastic blocks and fishing line, only $300 an artificial arm with a 3-D printer — could move with brain signals a new design — 0.5 kg and around $500! Problem/Result the science fair work 3.6 kg — too heavy for a child success at last While-reading Part 3 · ¶7-8 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! make money from decide to do sth. for free download Why does Easton post his design for free? Because he didn't want to make money from it — he wants to help more children like Jenny. He posted his design online — for free ! Post-reading P38 · A3 3 Order the following events in the passage. a Easton made a robotic arm with plastic blocks and fishing line. b Easton allowed people to use his design for free. c Easton and Jenny met at a science fair. d Easton made an artificial arm with a 3-D printer. ✔ Answer: a → c → d → b Post-reading P38 · A4 4 Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. How did Easton come up with the idea? 1 Where: At a(n) ① ______ 2 Who: Jenny, a girl born ② ______ 3 Problem to solve: But children like her ③ ______, so they always need new arms. ① science fair ② without an arm ③ grow quickly What are Easton's inventions? 4 Age 14: A robotic arm. It was made from plastic blocks and ④ ______. 5 Age 16: An artificial arm. It could ⑤ ______ with brain signals, but weighed 3.6 kilograms. 6 Age 23: Another artificial arm. It ⑥ ______ just 0.5 kilograms and ⑦ ______ around $500. ④ fishing line ⑤ move ⑥ weighed ⑦ cost What did Easton do with it? 7 He decided to post his ⑧ ______ online for free. 8 People could make an artificial arm with their own 3-D printers. ⑧ design Post-reading Better and cheaper At 16, the arm was 3.6 kg — too heavy for a child. ↓ At 23, it was 0.5 kg and only around $500 . ↓ Then he posted his design online — for free , to help more children. （免费分享） ↓ What a helping hand! Think and share Think and share. 1 How would Jenny's life change with Easton's invention? She can get new arms easily and cheaply, and live more freely like other children. 2 What can you learn from Easton? Inventions come from real problems. Keep trying, and share your work to help others. 3 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）. Learning to think for question 1 To understand the influence of something, you can compare the situation before and after the use of it. Language points ¶1-4 短语 1. 一名14岁的学生 a 14-year-old student 2. 站在……旁边 stand beside... 3. 科学博览会 a science fair 4. 用……做成 build... out of... 5. 塑料积木和鱼线 plastic blocks and fishing line 6. 与……握手 shake hands with... 7. 天生没有手臂 be born without an arm 1. 一个简单的钩子 a simple hook 2. 更糟的是 What's worse 3. 一直；总是 all the time 4. 使……陷入困境 create a difficult condition 5. 使某人震惊 blow sb. away 6. 只花了300美元 cost only $300 7. 向……伸出援手 lend a hand to... 8. 像她一样的人 people like her Language points ¶5-8 短语 1. 变成实验室 become a lab 2. 整天 all day 3. 努力改进作品 try to improve his work 4. 一台3-D打印机 a 3-D printer 5. 能够移动 be able to move 6. 脑电波信号 brain signals 7. 还不够好 wasn't good enough yet 8. 重3.6千克 weigh 3.6 kilograms 1. 对孩子来说太重 too heavy for a child 2. 继续研究 keep working on it 3. 一个接一个解决问题 fix problems one after another 4. 获得成功 hit on success 5. 不想从中赚钱 didn't want to make money from it 6. 免费发布设计 post his design online for free 7. 下载设计 download the design 8. 多么乐于助人啊！ What a helping hand! Language points ¶1-3 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. The girl 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. This created a difficult condition for Jenny's family. 站在……旁边 stand beside 用……制成 build... out of... 与……握手 shake hands with... 天生没有 be born without 更糟的是 What's worse 一直 all the time 使……陷入困境 create a difficult condition 花费 cost e.g. 更糟的是，天开始下雨了。 What's worse, it began to rain. Language points ¶4-6 4 “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300,” thought Easton. “I must 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 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! 使某人震惊 blow sb. away 向……伸援手 lend a hand to 整天 all day 努力改进 try to improve 能够 be able to 对小孩来说太重 too heavy for a child 继续做某事 keep doing sth. 一个接一个 one after another 获得成功 hit on success e.g. 他终于想出了一个好主意。 He finally hit on a good idea. Language points ¶7-8 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! 帮助了许多孩子 has helped many children 从……赚钱 make money from 决定做某事 decide to do sth. 免费 for free 下载 download e.g. 这些书是免费的。 These books are for free. Homework Retell A Helping Hand with the three-part chart. Retell · 复述支架 Part 1 science fair → met Jenny → a difficult condition Part 2 age 14 → age 16 (3.6 kg) → age 23 (0.5 kg, $500) Part 3 posted his design online for free → "What a helping hand!" Task · 任务 □ Retell the story with the three-part chart. □ 用不定式说一句话：I want to invent ______ to help ______. □ 想一想：生活中还有什么问题等着我们去发明创造？ Thank You! $