初中英語人教版八年級下冊TimetoTimetoRelaxRelaxUnit1SectionBHowcanahobbyimproveyourlife?第四課時1a-2c1.Learninggoals學(xué)習(xí)新詞匯：reduce,stress,yoga,object,Italian,programmer,allow,sense,achievement等。01探索人們?yōu)槭裁葱枰獣r間放松。022.WarmingupWhat’syourhobby?Whatdoyouliketodo?Myhobbyhelpsme...□torelax□tomakenewfriends□tolearnanewskill□toreducestress□totrynewthingstodiscovernewviewstoconnectwithnaturetofeelasenseofachievementInwhatwaysdoesyourhobbyhelptomakeyourlifebetter?Ticktheonesthatapply.Youmayaddmore.1aWhile-readingLookandpredict.Whatwillthepassagetalkabout?Readthetextgenerally.

Howdoesthepassagestart?A.BygivingexamplesB.BylistingnumbersC.ByaskingquestionsWhenworkorschool

isover,

whatdoyoudotopassthetime?

Do

you

spend

timeonhobbies

you

love?Byusingquestionsatthebeginningcancatchthereaders’attentionandtomakethemthinkabouttheirownexperiences.Thisencouragesthemtokeepreading.Howmanypartscanwedividethetextinto?LeadtothetopicofthetextIntroduceLucaBruno’shobbyandhisopinionIntroduceMayaBadal’shobbyandheropinionWhatisthestructureofthistext?C.123456A.B.123456123456Identifyingfactsand

opinionsReadthetext.Underlinethetwostudents’opinions.1bFacts

arestatementsthat

are

true.

On

the

other

hand,

opinionsexpress

afeeling

orbelief.They

may

or

may

not

be

true.

Look

for

key

words

like

“think”

or“believe”tohelpyouidentifywhetherastatementisan

opinion.Identifyingfactsvsopinions.ForO事實觀點識別1.ThecapitalofChinaisBeijing.4.Ayearhas12months.2.Iclaimthatplayingonlinegamestoomuchisawasteoftime.3.IthinklearningEnglishsongsisthebestwaytoimprovelistening.5.Iholdthatreadingisthebestwaytomemorizewords.6.Shebelievesthatcatsarequieterthandogsaspets.FOOOOFReadthetext.Underlinethetwostudents’opinions.Hethinksthatappscanbeagreatwaytohelppeople.“Itgivesmesuchasenseofachievementtoseepeopleusingtheapp.”“IbelieveI’mhelpingpeoplearoundtheworldtolearnItalian!”LucaBruno’sopinions:“Ithinkthey’reagoodwaytolearnaboutdifferentplaces.”“Ithinkit’sinterestingtoseethebeautifulbuildingsandlandscapesinforeigncountries.”MayaBadal’sopinions:HobbiesThatAreGoodforYouWhenworkorschoolisover,whatdoyoudotopassthetime?Doyouspend

timeonhobbiesyoulove?Readingorlisteningtomusiccanhelpustocalm

downafterabusyday.Physicalhobbies,suchasplayingtennisordoing

yoga,canhelpustokeepfit.Andsomehobbiesarecreative.Forexample,

peoplesometimespaintpicturestorememberabeautifullandscapeor

object,orreducestress.LucaBrunolikestobecreativeinhisfreetime.Buthedoesn’tmakeartor

writestories.Instead,thisItalianteenagerfindsitfuntomakemobilephone

apps.Hethinksthatappscanbeagreatwaytohelppeople.Hestarted

programmingwhenhewasten,afterhereadaboutfamousbusinessmenwho

startedoutasprogrammers.Hislatestappallowspeoplearoundtheworld

tofindstudypartnersforlearningItalian.TheycanlearnItalianandmake

friendsatthesametime!“Itgivesmesucha

sense

ofachievementtoseepeopleusingtheapp,”saysLuca.“IbelieveI’mhelpingpeoplearoundtheworldtolearnItalian!”1cReadthetextcarefullyandcompletethemindmap.MakingmobilephoneappsWhenhewastenBecausehethinksthatappscanbeagreatwaytohelppeopleanditgiveshimsuchasenseofachievement.Somepeopleprefernottomakethings.Theyprefertocollectthem!InIndia,MayaBaaldoesn’tcollectcoinsorstamps.Instead,thisteenagegirl

collectspostcards!“Iknowsomepeoplethinkpostcardsareratherold-fashioned,butIthink

they’reagoodwaytolearnaboutdifferentplaces,”Mayasays.“Ithinkit’s

interestingtoseethebeautifulbuildingsandlandscapesinforeigncountries.”Maya’sfirstpostcardshowstheMogaoCavesinDunhuang.Herdadsent

ittoherwhenshewasfive,andshelikeditsomuchthatsheputitupon

herbedroomwall!Nowthereareoveronehundredpostcardsfromthirty-two

countriesonMaya’swalls.Shedreamsoftravellingtotheseplacesinthefuture!1cReadthetextcarefullyandcompletethemindmap.CollectingpostcardsWhenshewasfiveThey’reagoodwaytolearnaboutdifferentplaces,andit’sinterestingtoseebeautifulbuildingsandlandscapesinforeigncountries.1.

Some

people

listen

to

music

to

.2.

Others

play

tennis

to

.3.

Sometimes

people

paint

pictures

to

_______________________________________________.4.

Luca

developed

his

latest

app

to

________________________

.5.

Maya

collects

postcards

to

.6.

I

____________

.calm

downkeep

fitremember

a

beautiful

landscape

or

objectorreduce

stresshelp

people

find

studypartners

for

learning

Italianlearn

about

different

placesReadagainandcompletethesentenceswithdifferentpurposes.Thenwriteaboutyourself.1dreadbookstolearnnewknowledgeandrelaxIwouldliketotakeupgardeningasanewhobby.Gardeningallowsmetoconnectwithnature,reducestress,andwatchplantsgrowfromseedstoflowersorfruits.Italsoteachesmepatienceandresponsibility,andIcanenjoythefreshairandbeautyofnatureinmyownspace.Post-readingWhatnewhobbywouldyouliketotakeupandwhy?Shareyourideas.1e5.ExerciseMatchthewordsintheboxwiththeverbsbelow.Somewordscangotogetherwithmorethanoneverb.2aVocabularyinUsecollectdogoplaywritecalligraphy5.Exercisecalligraphycoinspoemsfootballiceskatinghikingstoriestennisstampspostcardsguitarskiingcoinsstampspostcardsice

skating

hikingskiingtennisguitarpoemsstoriesfootballCompletetheconversationwiththephrasesinthebox.Usethecorrectformsoftheverbs.2b只要，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句get

over

take

up

give

up

reduce

stress

find

it

fun

to

(do

sth.

)A:Hey,Iheardyou’rethinkingabout

ahobby?B:Yes,Iam.Anysuggestions?A:Well,I

paint.It’sagreatway

1

andexpressmyself.B:Thatsoundsfun,butI’mworriedaboutnotbeinggoodatit.A:Don’tworry.Everyonestartssomewhere.Aslongasyoudon’t ____ ,you’llgetbetteratitovertime.B:You’reright!Ishould

myfearoffailureandjusttrytohavefun.A:Exactly!Paintingisagreatwaytodiscoveryourcreativesidetoo.taking

upfind

it

fun

toto

reduce

stressgive

upget

overCompletethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsinthebox.2cOneofthepeoplewhoinspiresmethemostismydance

.whenIfirststarteddancing,Iwasreallyscaredto

infrontofothers.Ididn’twanttotalktomyinstructoraboutitbecauseheseemedverystrict.However,we

afterclassoneday,andIrealizedthathewassurprisinglynice!Hetoldmethatalotofhisstudentshad_fears.Hehelpedmetogetovermyfear.Mygreatest

sofarisdancinginfrontofhundredsofpeopl