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) ？ + ？ + ？ = Make it happen! An idea A person Steps The idea. The person who makes the idea come true. The steps to make the idea come true. Predict(预测) 排序 What order does the story follow? Time order. Order the following events. ____ Easton made a robotic arm with plastic blocks and fishing line. ____ Easton allowed people to use his design for free. ____ Easton and Jenny met at a science fair. ____ Easton made an artificial arm with a 3-D printer. 3 顺序 排序 1 2 3 4 Check (核对答案) Part1: How did Easton come up with the idea? Part2: What are Easton’s inventions? Part3: What did Easton do with his invention? Para.( ) Para.( ) Para.( ) Divide the passage (划分结构) science fair without an arm grow quickly Para.( ) 1-4 1. What was Jenny’s artificial arm like?(≤5 words) It was a simple hook. 2. How did Easton feel after hearing Jenny’s story? (≤1 word) Surprised. fishing line move weighed cost Para.( ) 5-6 A B Where did Easton invent the arms? Was Easton satisfied with the first artificial arm? Why? How many years did he spend in total(总共)? At age … , he invented … design Para.( ) 7-8 Q：What do you think of Easton?(开放题) Kind. Selfless. Clever. Hardworking. Creative. Translate (翻译) How do you understand the title “A helping hand”? ①A useful artificial arm. ②Easton’s act of helping others. It’s a pun(双关). Q: Where can we read this passage? A. In a story. B. In a science magazine. C. In a culture newspaper. 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. 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! Let’s watch and learn more about Easton. How would Jenny’s life change with Easton’s invention? Language points a 5-meter-tall tree 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. “14岁的”：“数词 + 单数名词+ 形容词” 构成的复合形容词, 中间用连字符号连接, 只能放在名词前面, 用来限定或描述名词的特征。 翻译： 一棵 5 米高的树 a 5-meter-tall tree 站在…旁边 build … out of… 用…制作… 一名戴着义肢的女孩 连词，随着…; 同时 2 “Hello,” said a girl with an artificial arm, as she shook hands with Easton’s work. Shake hands with… 与…握手 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. 第一次 这给Jenny一家造成了很大的困扰 4 “It blew me away! I built my arm for only $300,” thought Easton. “I must lend a hand to people like her.” =give a hand to 帮助…;对… 施以援手 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. 整体 它还不够好。 not …yet 还没有，用于否定句/疑问句中，表到目前为止动作尚未发生 形容词+enough 足够… 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! 1.keep doing sth继续做某事 2.work on sth 致力于；努力做某事(还在做，未完成) Easton继续改进作品/钻研这个项目 他很享受一个接一个地解决问题 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! 从中牟利 用自己的3D打印机制作假肢 感叹句 What + a/an+ 形容词+ 单数名词（+主谓）！ What + 形容词+ 复数名词/ 不可数名词（+主谓）！ How + 形容词 / 副词 + （+主谓）！ 翻译： 好漂亮的一朵花啊！ →复数 好甜的果汁啊！ 它跳得真高啊！ How time flies！ What a beautiful flower (it is)! What sweet the juice (it is)! How fast it runs! What beautiful flowers (they are)! 时光飞逝！ 8 What a helping hand! Q1:How did Easton come up with the idea? Where: At a(n) ¹___________ Who: Jenny, a girl born ²_______________ Problem to solve: Jenny’s artificial arm cost $80,000. But children like her ³____________, so they always need new arms. science fair without an arm grow quickly At … , Easton met … Retell the passage (复述) Age 14: A robotic arm. It was made from plastic blocks and ⁴__________. Age 16: An artificial arm. It could ⁵_______ with brain signals, but weighed 3.6 kilograms. Age 23: Another artificial arm. It ⁶________ just 0.5 kilograms and ⁷______ around $500. Q2:What are Easton’s inventions? fishing line move weighed cost At age … , he invented … He decided to post his ⁸______ online for free. People could make an artificial arm with their own 3-D printers. Q3:What did Easton do with his invention? design Thank you EVCapture5.0.0软件录制 null 149296.55 $