Unit 4 What's the best movie theater? Section B 1a—2e课件(共39张PPT，内嵌音频)2023-2024学年初中英语人教版八年级上册

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What’s movie theater
the best
Section B 1a—2e
Learning Goals
1. Learn the new words, phrases and sentences.
2.Master the key points of 2b and review the superlative degree.
3. Train the students’ reading skills.
quiet
loud
funny
boring
creative
serious
good
bad
quietest
loudest
funniest
most boring
most creative
most serious
best
worst
最 高 级
funniest most creative quietest best
most boring
loudest
worst
most serious
Write these words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart.
1a
most creative
quietest
best
funniest
Positive words
Negative words
A: Who is the funniest person you know
B: My cousin Li Jing is the funniest person I know. Who do you think is the most serious person you know
A: I think my English teacher is the most serious person I know.
most creative most boring quietest loudest best
worst
1b
Tell your partner about people you know. Use the words in 1a.
the school talent show
Vera
upside down
A The talent show was very successful.
B People talked about the performers in the show.
C The performers acted very well.
The conversation is about___.
B
Eliza _____ Vera _____
Steve _____ Dennis _____
The Math Teachers _____
1c
Listen to people talking about a school talent show. Match the pictures with the performers.
a
e
d
b
c
drop the balls
He acts with a dog. Maybe this is a funny act.
upside down
Dennis
The Math Teachers
worst
loudest
Name What people say
Eliza best
Steve
Vera
excellent great
funniest
most creative
Listen again. What do the people say about the performers Fill in the chart with the adjectives you hear.
1d
What are the key words
Eliza was best, she was…
A: Wasn’t that a great talent show B : Yeah!
A : Who did you think was the ______ act
B : Oh, I thought Eliza was the best. She’s an _______ piano
player.
A : Yeah, she’s great. And I thought Steve and his dog were the ________.
B : Me, too! I couldn’t stop _________!And how about Vera
Wasn’t she creative
A : Yeah, I’d say she was the _______ _______ act!
funniest
laughing
creative
Listen and fill in the blanks
best
excellent
most
I don’t know many people who can play the guitar upside down！
B : Who did you think was the ______
A : Oh, Dennis! He was terrible. He kept _________
the balls.
B : I know!
A : What did you think of The Math Teachers
B : Well, they were the _______ for sure!
dropping
worst
loudest
Our school had a school talent show. I thought Eliza was the best because she is an excellent piano player. I thought…
Steve and his dog----funniest, couldn’t stop
Vera-----most creative, upside down
Dennis----worst, kept dropping
The math teachers-----loudest
Retell（复述） in your own words.
谁会是“记忆之王”呢？来挑战一下吧！
Talents(才华) Names Reason
The best singer
The fastest runner
The best basketball player
The best English speaker
The most creative writer
调查：“班 级 之 最”
In my group, we think Tom is the best singer in our class because he can sing fast songs very well. We think…in our class because…
（看哪组合作的最好！)
1. 越来越受欢迎
2.在……有一个共同之处
3.各种各样的人
4.由……决定
5.在……发挥作用
6.编造
7.例如
8.认真对待……
预习检测 Find the phrases in the passage
more and more popular
have one thing in common
all kinds of
be up to
play a role in
make up
for example
take…seriously
2b
9.寻找
10.最好的歌手
11.最有天赋的舞者
12.得到一份不错的奖品
13.最令人兴奋的魔术师
14.表演者的生活
15.等等
16.让他们实现梦想
预习检测 Find the phrases in the passage
look for
the best singers
the most talented dancers
gets a very good prize
the most exciting magicians
the lives of the performers
and so on
make their dreams come true
由……决定
有共同特征
编造
到目前为止
各种各样的
认真对待……
例如
发挥作用
幸运大转盘
比一比，谁记得最快
Free Talk
Who’s the most talented person you know
What can he/she do Talk about it.
Who’s Got Talent
Reading
Read the passage for 1 minute, and find out what it is about ( )
A. There are similar talent shows around the world.
B. If you want to be popular, you should be in a talent show.
C. The popular talent shows give people a way to make their dreams come true. And they are fun to watch.
D. Not everyone enjoys watching these talent shows.
c
Fast Reading
Careful Reading
Everyone is good at something, but some people are truly talented.
It’s always interesting to watch people show their talents. Talent
shows are getting more and more popular. First, there were shows
like American Idol and American’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar
shows around the world, Such as China’s Got Talent.
Read Paragraph 1, and find out the answers
1.Which three talent shows are mentioned
2.How are these talent shows getting now
American Idol, American’s Got Talent and China’s Got Talent.
Talent shows are getting more and more popular now.
All these shows have one thing in common: they try to look for the
best singers, the most talented dancers, the most
exciting magicians, the funniest actors and so on.
All kinds of people join these shows. But who can
play the piano the best or sing the most beautifully
That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the
show, they usually play a role in deciding the
winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.
They try to look for the best singers, the most talented dancers, the magicians, the funniest actors and so on.
Question: What do talent shows have in common
Question: Who decides the winners
The people who watch the show decide the winners.
2c
However, not everybody enjoys watching these shows. Some think
that the lives of the performers are made up. For example, some
people say they are poor farmers, but in fact they are just actors.
However, if you don’t take these shows too seriously, they are fun to
watch. And one great thing about them is that they give people a
way to make their dreams come true.
Question: Why do some people not like these shows
Question: Why do some people like these shows
The shows are fun to watch, and they give people a way to make their dreams come true.
They think that the lives of the performers are made up.
True or False
1. It’s always boring to watch people show their talents.
2. The winner can always get a very good prize.
3. The performers all like to say they are poor farmers.
4. These talent shows can make our dreams come true.
T
F
T
F
interesting
some
Underline all the superlatives in the passage.
best singer: In my class, Tom is the best singer because he can sing fast songs very well.
2d
Everyone is good at something, but some people are truly talented. It’s always interesting to watch people show their talents. Talent shows are getting more and more popular. First, there were shows like American Idol and American’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows around the world, Such as China’s Got Talent.
However, not everybody enjoys watching these shows. Some think that the lives of the performers are made up. For example, some people say they are poor farmers, but in fact they are just actors. However, if you don’t take these shows too seriously, they are fun to watch. And one great thing about them is that they give people a way to make their dreams come true.
Who’s Got Talent
All these shows have one thing in common: they try to look for the best singers,
the most talented dancers, the most exciting magicians, the funniest actors and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best or sing
the most beautifully That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a role in deciding the winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.
Croup Work
小组讨论三分钟，将这篇短文翻译成中文（每段2分）
Summary
小组总结本短文中的重点语法，三分钟的时间。
Language points
1. be good at … 擅长… (＝ do well in)
I’m good at English. 我擅长英语。
反义短语：be poor / weak in 在……方面弱；不擅长……
这个男人擅长游泳
The man is good at swimming.
知识链接
Running is good for your health.
跑步对健康有好处。
be good to “对……好(和善；慈爱)”，相当于 be friendly to，后面通常接人。
A father should be good to his children.
父亲对孩子应该慈爱。
be good for “对……有益”，后跟人或事物；其反义短语是be bad for。
2. have … in common 有相同特征；(想法、兴趣等方面)相同
The two sisters have nothing in common.
两姐妹没有什么共同之处。
有很多相同之处 have much /a lot in common
有一些共同之处 have something in common
没什么共同之处 have little /nothing in common
知识链接
3. all kinds of 各种类型的；各种各样的a kind of 一种……
例如：
There are all kinds of animals in the zoo.
动物园里有各种各样的动物。
I feel kind of hungry. 我有点饿。
知识链接
What kind of 哪种
kind of 稍微，有点儿，有几分
4. That’s up to you decide.那由你来决定
be up to somebody 是一个习惯用语，用来表示“由某人做出决定”，句子的主语通常为it ，有时也用this或that.
e.g. How much should he pay That’s up to him to decide!
5.When people watch the show, they usually play a role in deciding the winner.
人们看这样的节目时，通常承担着评判优胜的角色。
play a role in 在……中发挥作用
play the role of…扮演……的角色
e.g. I want to play the role of Mr. Smith.
我想扮演史密斯先生的这个角色
6. 感官动词
watch 在句中是感官动词。watch sb.do sth. 意为“观看某人做了某事或经常观看某人做某事”，强调“观看动作的全过程”。
watch sb.doing sth. 则表示“观看某人正在做某事”强调“动作正在进行”。
例如：
I’m watching them playing football.
我正在观看他们踢足球。
I watched them play football the whole afternoon.
整个下午我在看他们踢足球。
[拓展] hear，see, feel, notice 等感官动词的用法与watch一致。

7. However, if you don’t take these shows too seriously, they are fun to watch.但是如果你不把这些节目太当回事，它们还是有看头的。
take 在此处有consider(认为，觉得)的意思。take someone/something seriously 相当于“认真对待某人或某事；把某人或者某事当真”的意思。
如：Sometimes teachers take students’ homework too seriously.
有时候老师们把学生的作业看的太重。
知识链接
serious adj. 严肃的；严重的；认真的
seriously adv. 严肃地; 认真地; 严重地
常用词组：win / get a prize 获奖
8. prize n. 奖；奖品；奖金
e.g. Linda got the prize at the English competition.
琳达在英语比赛中获奖。
不定代词，相当于everyone，作主语时当单数看，谓语动词用单数形式。
9. everybody pron. 每人；人人；所有人
e.g. Everybody has a dream.
每个人都有一个梦想。
常用词组：give sb. sth. / give sth. to sb. 给某人某物
10. give v. 提供；给
e.g. Please give your uncle these tickets.
= Give these tickets to your uncle, please.
把这些票给你的叔叔。
e.g. Mr. Li asks the students to make up a story.
李老师让学生们编个故事。
11. make up 编造（故事；谎言）
12. for example 例如
e.g. For example, they’re smart and good at art.
例如：他们很聪明，擅长艺术。
教师寄语
If you have a dream,
just do it to let your dream fly high.
Homework
1.Recite the new words, phrases and sentences of 2b
2.Finish the exercise book.