Unit 8 Lesson 2 Function & Pronunciation（23页）课件 2024-2025学年英语仁爱版七年级下册

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Unit 8
Our Blue Planet
Function & Pronunciation
学习目标
To listen and learn about the origin and importance of water;
To make a conversation and talk about saving water.
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To say the vowel and consonant sounds and use intonation.
新课讲授
Function
Let's save water
Pre-listening
Activity 1 Pair work
Look at the pictures and talk about where water comes from.
sea
rain
ice
river
Listening & Speaking
Activity 2
Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
What are Xiao Ya and her mom talking about
They are talking about water.
Listening & Speaking
Activity 3
Listen again, and then and then complete the summary.
Water is . It is under the ground, in the and in the sky. On sunny days, water goes up into the sky and forms .We need to drink water every day and we also use a lot of water in our life. The earth is a blue planet. It is full of water. But we can only use about of the water on it. We need to save every of water.
everywhere
ocean
clouds
1%
drop
Read the conversation and pay attention to the pronunciation.
Xiao Ya: Mom, where does water come from
Mom: There is water everywhere. It's under the ground,in the ocean and in the sky.
Xiao Ya: But I can't see any water in the sky.
Mom: It's in the air. On sunny days,water goes up into the sky and forms clouds.
Xiao Ya: I see. As we all know, water is very important to us.
Mom: Yes. We need to drink water every day.
Xiao Ya: We also need to use a lot of water in our life.
Mom: That's right. It's lucky that we have a lot of water on the earth.
Xiao Ya: Yes. Just because of this, we call the earth a blue planet.
Mom: But we can only use about 1% of the water on the earth. The rest is all
sea water or ice.
Xiao Ya: That is very little water. Let's save every drop of water.
Language points
☆ As we all know, water is very important to us.
1) be important to sb.意为“(某事物)对某人来说很重要”。
e.g. This family photo is important to me.
2) “It is important for sb.(to do sth.)” 意为
(做某事) 对某人来说是重要的 " 。
e.g. It is important for us to exercise every day.
Listening & Speaking
Activity 4 Pair work
Talk about the questions and make up a new conversation about water.
1. Where is water from
2. How important is waterto us
3. Why do we need to save water
Pronunciation
Phonetic symbols & Intonation
(/ :/ / :l/ /a:/ /wo/ /t / /d / /g/ /f/ /t/)
Some children walk down from the bridge. At the river they start to watch.
They always want to catch a fish.
So they sit down and make a wish.
Right then,they see one large enough.
Guess what! They catch it and laugh!
Activity 1
Listen to the chant. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the colored letters.
Activity 2
Listen and read the sounds and words aloud.
Letter(s) al ar wa ch/tch dge/g gu gh t
Sound / :/ / :l/ /ɑ:/ /w / /t / /d / /G/ /f/ /t/
Word walk call also always start dark want watch chess catch bridge judge large age guess guide laugh enough right fight
Activity 3
Listen and circle the word with a different sound in each group.
1. / :l/ always talk fall 2. /ɑ?/ part around large
3. /t / chair school teach 4. /d / bridge orange guess
5. /G/ gun guest age 6. /f/ high laugh tough
Activity 4
1. Look at this river on the map.
2. Are there any people in the desert
3. Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth.
4. What about making a poster about saving water

5. Water comes from rivers,lakes and oceans.
Read the sentences aloud and mark the last word with a rising tone ( ) or a falling tone( ), and then listen and check.
Intonation 语调
Summary
1. 定义
指说话时音调的高低变化，它对表达句子的意义、情感和态度起着至关重要的作用。
2.使用规律
1. 陈述句（Statements）：
通常在句末使用降调（falling tone ↘），表示句子的结束和信息的传达。
2. 一般疑问句（General Questions）：
通常在句末使用升调（rising tone ↗），表示询问和期待回答。
3. 特殊疑问句（Special Questions）：
通常使用降调，因为它们通常包含疑问词，不需要对方回答“是”或“否”。
课堂总结
We learned:
some facts about water.
to pronounce the words with al, ar, wa, ch/tch, dge/g, gu, gh, ght in them correctly.
to read the sentences with a rising tone or a falling tone coherently.
We can:
make up a conversation about why water is so important to us.
I can
listen and learn about the origin and importance of water
make a conversation and talk about saving water
say the vowel and consonant sounds and use intonation
Reflection
Share your ways to save water with your best friends.
Read the conversation of activity 3 on page 22 and pay attention to pronunciation and intonation.
Homework