目錄0102030405060708TimetoRelaxGrowingUpNature'sTemperStayHealthyAGoodReadTheWondersofNatureCrossingCulturesMakingaDifferenceUnit1TimetoRelaxUNIT

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TimetoRelaxBIGQuestionWhyarefree-timeactivitiesimportant?Inthisunit,youwill1.talkabouthowyouspendyourfreetime.2.describedifferentfree-timeactivitiesandhobbies.3.useinfinitivestoshowpurposeorprovidemoreinformationaboutasentence'sobject.4.explorewhypeopleneedtimetorelax.Lookandshare1.Whatisthegirlinthephotodoing?2.Doyoulikethisactivity?3.Doyouthinkthisactivityhelpsustorelax?Why?人教版英語八年級(jí)下冊(cè)FreeCrystalPartB1a~3c□

to

relax□tomakenewfriends□

to

reduce

stress□to

learn

a

new

skill□

to

try

new

thingsReadthetext.Underlinethetwostudents'opinions.Inwhatwaysdoesyourhobbyhelp

to

make

your

life

better?Tick

the

ones

thatapply.Youmay

add

more.My

hobby

helps

me

...SectionB

How

can

a

hobby

improve

your

life?

Hobbies

That

Are

Good

for

YouWhenworkorschoolisover,whatdoyoudotopassthetime?Do

you

spendtimeonhobbies

youlove?Readingorlisteningtomusiccanhelpustocalmdownafterabusyday.Physicalhobbies,suchasplayingtennisordoingyoga,can

help

us

to

keep

fit.And

some

hobbies

are

creative.For

example,people

sometimes

paint

pictures

to

remember

a

beautiful

landscape

orobject,orreduce

stress.LucaBrunolikestobecreative

in

his

free

time.But

he

doesn't

make

art

orwrite

stories.Instead,thisItalianteenager

finds

it

fun

to

make

mobile

phoneapps.He

thinks

that

apps

can

be

a

great

way

to

help

people.He

startedprogramming

when

he

was

ten,after

hereadaboutfamousbusinessmen

whostartedoutasprogrammers.HislatestappallowspeoplearoundtheworldtofindstudypartnersforlearningItalian.Theycan

learn

Italian

andmake

friendsatthesametime!"Itgivesmesucha

sense

ofachievementto

seepeople

using

the

app,"saysLuca.“I

believeI’m

helping

peoplearoundtheworldtolearnItalian!”Some

people

prefer

not

to

make

things.They

prefer

to

collect

them!InIndia,MayaBadaldoesn'tcollectcoinsorstamps.Instead,thisteenagegirlcollectspostcards!ldentifyingfactsandopinionsFactsarestatements

that

are

true.On

the

other

hand,opinionsexpressa

feeling

orbelief,They

mayor

may

not

betrue.Lookfor

key

words

like

“think”or

"believe"to

help

youidentifywhether

a

statement

is

an

opinion.Opinionvs.FactOpinionvs.FactExampleExercise:FactorOpinionExerciseAnswerFOFOOFHomework:IdentifyOpinionorFactLucaBrunolikestobecreative

in

his

free

time.But

he

doesn't

make

art

orwrite

stories.Instead,thisItalianteenager

finds

it

fun

to

make

mobile

phoneapps.He

thinks

that

apps

can

be

a

great

way

to

help

people.He

startedprogramming

when

he

was

ten,after

hereadaboutfamousbusinessmen

whostartedoutasprogrammers.HislatestappallowspeoplearoundtheworldtofindstudypartnersforlearningItalian.Theycan

learn

Italian

andmake

friendsatthesametime!"Itgivesmesuch

a

sense

of

achievementto

seepeople

using

the

app,"saysLuca.“I

believeI’m

helping

peoplearoundtheworldtolearnItalian!”Some

people

prefer

not

to

make

things.They

prefer

to

collect

them!InIndia,MayaBadaldoesn'tcollectcoinsorstamps.Instead,thisteenagegirlcollectspostcards!inonesfreetime最初以....身份開始一種.....的感覺asenseofachievement一種成就感更不喜歡做某事

更喜歡做某事who引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾先行詞businessmen

不定式做后置定語，修飾前面的名詞way"I

know

some

people

think

postcards

are

rather

old-fashioned,but

I

think

they're

a

good

way

to

learn

about

different

places,"Maya

says."I

think

it's

interestingtoseethebeautifulbuildingsandlandscapesinforeigncountries.”Maya's

first

postcard

shows

the

Mogao

Caves

in

Dunhuang.Her

dad

sent

it

to

her

when

she

was

five,and

she

liked

it

so

much

that

she

put

it

up

on

her

bedroom

wall!Now

there

areover

one

hundred

postcards

from

thirty-twocountries

on

Maya's

walls.She

dreams

oftravellingto

these

places

in

the

future!1通活4味大相當(dāng)過時(shí)的做某事的好方式結(jié)果狀語從句，it是形式主語dream加動(dòng)名詞表示對(duì)某行為向往dreamofsth夢(mèng)想某事

Readagainandcompletethesentenceswith

differentpurposes.Then

write

aboutyourself.1.Some

people

listen

to

music

to

________2.Others

play

tennis

to

3.Sometimes

people

paint

pictures

to

_______4.Lucadevelopedhis

latest

appto

______5.Maya

collects

postcards

to

_____6.

I

Whatnew

hobbywouldyouliketotakeupandwhy?Shareyour

ideas.realxthemselveskeepfitexpresstheircreativityhelppeoplestudybetterlearnaboutdifferentplaceslearntoplaythepianotoenrichmysparetime

Readthetextagainandcomplete

the

mind

map.What

hishobby

isWhenshestarted

it？What

herhobby

isWhen

hestarted

it？Why

shelikes

it？Why

he

likes

itLuca

MayaHobbies

collectingpostcardsIt'sagoodwaytolearnaboutdifferentplaces.It'sinterestingtoseebeautifulbuildingsandlandscapesinforeigncountries.WhenshewasfivemakingmobilephoneappsWhenhewastenIt'sfuntobecreativeinfreetime.?Appscanbeagreatwaytohelppeople.?Itgiveshimasenseofachievementtoseeothersusinghisapp.Whatnew

hobbywouldyouliketotakeupandwhy?Shareyour

ideas.Oh,I’mlearningphotography!Iboughtasecond-handcameralastweek.HiTom!Iheardyou’repickingupanewhobby.Whatisit?Whyphotography?Ithinkit’scooltocapturebeautifulmoments—likethecherryblossomsintheparkormycat’sfunnyexpressions.Also,Icansharethephotoswithmygrandparentswholivefaraway.Thatsoundsnice!Willyouteachmetotakegoodphotoslater?Sure!Let’sgotothelakethisweekendandpracticetogether.Whatnew

hobbywouldyouliketotakeupandwhy?Shareyour

ideas.I’mtryingbaking!Imadechocolatecookiesyesterday.Wanttotasteone?Hiwhatareyoubusywiththesedays?Youlookexcited.Wow,theysmellgood!Whydidyoustartbaking?MymomusedtobakeformewhenIwaslittle,andIwanttomaketreatsforhertoo.Plus,mixingflourandsugarisreallyrelaxingafterschool.That’ssweet.Canyouteachmetomakecupcakesnexttime?Ofcourse!I’llwritedowntherecipeforyoutonight.collectdogoplaywritecalligraphy

storiescoinstennispoemsstampsfootballpostcardsice

skating

guitarhikingskiing

Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeverbsbelow.Somewordscan

gotogetherVocabulary

in

Usewithmorethan

oneverb.coinsstampspostcardspoemsstoriescalligraphyiceskayinghikingskiingfootballtennisguitarA:Hey,I

heard

you're

thinking

about

a

hobby?B:Yes,I

am.Any

suggestions?A:Well,I

_paint.It'sagreatway

andexpressmyself.B:That

sounds

fun,but

I’m

worried

about

not

being

good

at

it.A:Don't

worry,Everyone

starts

somewhere.As

long

as

you

don't

you'llget

better

at

it

over

time.B:You'reright!Ishould

my

fearof

failure

and

justtry

tohave

fun.

A:Exactly!Paintingisagreatwaytodiscoveryourcreative

sidetoo.

Completetheconversationwiththephrasesinthebox.Usethecorrect

forms

oftheverbs.get

overtakeupgive

upreducestressfind

itfun

to(do

sth)takingupfinditfuntotoreducestressgetovergiveupOneof

thepeoplewhoinspiresmethemostismydance

———

.WhenIfirststarteddancing,Iwasreallyscaredto______

infrontof

others.I

didn’twanttotalktomyinstructor

about

itbecauseheseemed

verystrict.However,we

afterclassoneday,andI

realized

that

he

wassurprisinglynice!Hetoldmethata

lot

of

his

students

had

fears.Hehelpedmetoget

over

my

fear.My

greatest

sofarisdancinginfront

of

hundreds

of

people

lastyear.I

was

quite

calm

when

I

danced

on

stage,and

Ihadagreattime

after

all!achievementinstructorchatsimilarity

performperforminstroctorchattedachivementsimilarWhat

is

your

favourite

free-time

activity?Hi,everyone!'d

like

to

take

up

a

new

free-time

activity,andI'm

hoping

to

get

some

ideas.What

do

you

do?Why

do

youlike

it?Please

tell

me

more!Ihavemany

free-time

activities,like

painting,writing

poems,and

reading.3ut

my

favourite

free-time

activity

is

horse

riding.When

I

was

six,I

visited

my

grandfather's

farm,and

he

tookmetoridea

horse.It

was

such

an

amazing

experience!NowIdo

itathis

farm

everyweekend

with

my

favourite

horse,Nini.I

lovehorseridingbecause

l

enjoy

being

in

nature.Horseriding

also

elps

me

stay

fit.But

most

importantly,