Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum? Section B (2a~2e) 课件(共21张PPT，内嵌音视频) 2024-2025学年英语人教版八年级下册

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Unit 9
Have you ever been to a museum
Section B (2a~2e)
Let's watch a video and then answer the questions.
Which country is it
Have you ever been there
Singapore
能理解并运用下列重点单词和短语：thousand, safe, simply, fear, whether, Indian, whenever, thousands of, on the one hand... on the other hand... 等。
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能运用略读、精读的阅读策略理解文章大意，了解新加坡，并学会阅读文章后做读书笔记。
目标:能运用略读、精读的阅读策略理解文章大意，了解新加坡，并学会阅读文章后做读书笔记
Activity 1
Read the passage and underline the words and phrases you don’t know. Look up the words in a dictionary and write down their meanings, after that let's check.
spring
whenever
location
thousands of
fear
mostly
all year round
fox
safe
simply
equator
thousand
Japanese
Indian
whether
Activity 2
1.What is the article about
It is about ___________.
Singapore
A zoo is open at night.
We call it a Night Safari(夜间野生动物园).
1. Is it a park or a zoo
2. Is it during the daytime or at night
Look at the picture.
What is each paragraph about
Singapore
_____________________
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
location and language
food
Night Safari
temperature
Usually read the first sentence in each paragraph.
Read paragraph 1 carefully and answer the questions below.
Location (地理位置)
Population (人口)
Language
a small island in Southeast Asia
More than three quarters of the population are Chinese
Chinese, English
Fill in the chart.
Activity 3
True or False If the statement is false, use information from the article to correct them.
Most people in Singapore only speak English.
speak English as well as Putonghua
Why can we speak two languages there
one quarter
three quarters
On the one hand,more than three quarters of the population are Chinese. On the other hand, it is also an English-speaking country.
一方面
另一方面
Read paragraph 2 and mark T for true or F for false.
( )1.We can find Indian food in Singapore.
( )2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good
food in Singapore.
( )3.We can eat Chinese, Indian, western, Japanese
food.in Singapore.
( )4.You won’t have any problem getting rice,
noodles or dumplings.
( )5.You’ll find a lot of food from China.
T
T
T
F
T
easy
Read paragraph 3 and finish the tasks.
1. Singapore has a special zoo called __________________.
2. At the zoo, you can watch lions, tigers, and foxes
in a _______________________than in a normal zoo.
the “Night Safari”
more natural environment
True or False If the statement is false, use information from the article to correct them.
It is better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake.
night
Fill in the blanks.
Read paragraph 4 and finish the tasks.
1. What is the weather like in Singapore Why
2. Is it far from China to Singapore
The temperature is almost the same all year round. Because it is so close to the equator.
No, it is not too far from China.
True or False If the statement is false, use information from the article to correct them.
It is best to visit Singapore in the autumn.
You can visit Singapore at any time of the year.
Fill in the blanks.
Activity 4
Work in groups. Find out some language points that you think are important and share their use with your classmates and give some examples.
Language point
1. On the one hand, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese,….On the other hand, Singapore is an English-speaking country,…
on the one hand… on the other hand…一方面……另一方面……,用于表示一个事情的两个方面。
e.g. On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.
塞翁失马，安知非福；塞翁得马，安知非祸。
Language point
quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟 a quarter = one fourth
three quarters 四分之三
e.g. In China, two thirds of the tea is produced in the south.
在中国三分之二的茶叶是在南方生产的。
In our class,two thirds of the students are girls.
我们班三分之二的学生是女生。
(1) 分数的表达法：分子+分母。其中分子用基数词，分母用序数词；若分子大于1，则作分母的序数词用复数形式。例如：1/3，one third；3/5，three fifths.
(2) “数词+ quarter(s) of +名词”作主语时，若名词为复数形式，谓语动词用复数形式；若名词为单数形式或不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。
Language point
2. …you won’t have any problem getting rice, noodles or dumplings.
have problems (in) doing sth: 在做某事上有困难
类似的：have difficulties/trouble (in) doing sth: 在做某事上有困难
have a hard time (in) doing sth: 在做某事上有困难
have fun (in) doing sth: 做某事很开心
e.g. We had some problems digging out the big stones.But we did it.
我们把这些石头挖出来有困难。但还是做到了。
Language point
3. It might seem strange to go to a zoo when it’s dark.
seem好像,似乎,看来,是连系动词,可以接形容词。
常用的句型:1）主语 + seem + (to be) +表语;
2）It seems + that从句;
3）主语 + seem + 不定式。
e.g. Tom seems (to be) a very clever boy.
汤姆看上去是一个非常聪明的男孩。
It seems that he is happy today. 今天他似乎很高兴。
Tom seems to know our city very well.
汤姆好像很熟悉我们的城市。
Language point
4. So you can choose to go whenever you like…
whenever conj. 在任何时候; 无论何时。
(1) whenever 引导让步状语从句相当于no matter when。
(2) whenever意为“究竟何时”,相当于when on earth。
e.g. Whenever/No matter when we met with difficulties, they came to help us.
每当我们遇到困难时,他们总来帮助我们。
　 Whenever did you lose your bike
你究竟什么时候丢了自行车的
2d
Fill in the conversation about Singapore using the information from the article.
Activity 5
A: I'm going to Singapore next week. _____ you ever ____
there before
B: Yes, I’ve ____ to Singapore many times. It’s my favorite
country to visit in ________ Asia.
A: What languages do people _____ there
B: Mostly Chinese and _______.
Have
been
been
Southeast
speak
English
A: What about the food Is it good
B: It’s excellent! _____ you ever tried Indian food Indian food is really good in Singapore.
A: I see. Have you ____ heard of the Night Safari Someone told me to go there.
B: Yes! I ____ been to the Night Safari. It was really exciting to ___ the animals in the dark.
A: And it is always _____ in Singapore
B: All ____ round! It’s always summer there!
Have
ever
have
warm
year
see
Activity 6
阅读小技巧——做笔记（Making Notes）
After reading, write down three or more things you have learned. We always remember things better if we take time to reflect.
2e
Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember. Do not look at the article.
safe place to take a holiday
can speak Putonghua there
good place to practice English
different kinds of food
Night Safari
temperature the same all year round
Retelling time
Fill in the blanks then retell the passage according to the mind map.
Singapore’s geographical position A small island (1)________________
Language(s) people speak in Singapore (2) _________________________
Food we can find in Singapore Chinese food, (3) ____________________ and Japanese food.
Name of the night zoo in Singapore (4) ____________
Temperature in Singapore It is (5) ______________ all year round.
in Southeast Asia
Putonghua and English
Indian food, western food
Night Safari
almost the same