仁爱科普版（2024）七年级英语下册Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Exploring the Topic Theme Reading 课件（18张PPT）

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Unit 8 Our Blue Planet
Exploring the Topic:
Theme Reading
(Saving water in deserts)
掌握quick、shower、off等词汇；
学会使用可视化阅读策略，构建沙漠中节水行动的视觉化场景；运用辨识主旨大意和细节信息的思维技能，确定文本的主旨大意和细节信息；
认识到水资源的缺乏和节约用水的重要性。
1. He offered some _________(有用的) advice.
2. —Do you know the water _________(循环)
—Yes, I do.
3. 在家外面，我们可以走水路、在水中做运动并且玩水玩得很开心。
useful
cycle
填空&翻译练习
Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water,
and have fun with water.
Saving water in deserts
Activity 1
Group work. Look at the pictures and discuss what you can do to save water.
Take a quick
shower.
quick adj. 快的;迅速的
shower n. 淋浴;淋浴间,淋浴器
v. (洗)淋浴
These cakes are very quick and easy to make.这些糕饼做起来又快又简单。
take a shower=have a shower 洗澡
Turn off the tap while
brushing your teeth.
off adv. (用以表示除去了某物);
休假;休息
tap n. 水龙头
while conj. 当……的时侯；而，然而
brush v. (用刷子)刷净,刷亮
n. 刷子
tooth (pl.teeth) n. 牙;齿
turn off 关闭;关掉
brush one’s teeth 刷牙
Saving water in deserts
Reuse water.
use v. 使用
useful adj. 有用的;有帮助的
We can reuse water in many ways.
我们可以用很多方式重复使用水。
reuse v. 再次使用;重复使用
Saving water in deserts
e.g.
Please turn on the lights. 请打开灯。
I have to get up and turn off the radio.
我必须起床关上收音机 。
Turn the heat down or it’ll burn.
把炉火开小一些，不然就烧焦了。
Could you turn the TV up
你能把电视机的音量开大些吗？
Saving water in deserts
Read the text and visualize what you read.
Activity 2
Are there any people living in the desert The answer is yes. As a matter of fact, the desert is home to many people. I know a
事实上,其实
family living in the desert. Water is so important and valuable for
be valuable for对……有价值
them.
The family don’t have enough water. They seldom plant flowers or grass. They can only take a quick shower once a week.
一次
足够的,充足的
During the shower, they must collect the water. After the shower,
they reuse the water. It doesn’t rain much in the desert. Most people
get water from the underground, so they have to spend a lot of money digging wells.
掘(地);挖(土)
I feel lucky. I don’t need to worry about water, but now I
start to save water. Join me and let’s make a difference together.
start to do sth.
开始做某事
有影响,起作用
必须 收集;采集
担心,担忧
enough
“名前形副后” ：enough作形容词时，要放在所修饰的名词的前面。enough作副词时，要放在所修饰的形容词、副词的后面。
adj. 足够的,充足的
adv. 足够地
e.g.
Is there enough room for me
有足够的地方给我吗？
This house isn’t big enough for us.这房子对我们来说不够大。
表达某件事发生的频率: “once a/an+单数时间名词”表示
“(多久)一次”。
once a week/month/year 每周/月/年一次
He cleans his car once a month.他每月洗一次汽车。
表达“曾经”：
I once met your mother.我曾经见过你母亲。
adv. 仅一次;一次;曾经
conj. 一……就
once
I read:
I see in my mind:
Now, I understand:
Water is so important and valuable for them.
desert, many people, a family, getting water from underground, a lot of money, digging wells.
There is a family living in the desert.
Saving water in deserts
Read the text again and mark T (True) or F (False).
Activity 3
1. Very few people live in the desert. ( )
2. People in the desert reuse water to take a shower. ( )
3. Most families in the desert get water from the underground. ( )
4. I start to worry about water now. ( )
F
T
F
F
Many
after
save
Saving water in deserts
Complete the main idea and detail chart according to the text.
Activity 4
Main idea:
From the story, I know _______________________________ ____________________ for families in the desert.
Details:
The family don’t have _______________________________.
The family pay much money for_______________________.
Now I start to __________, and I want others to__________.
water is so important
and valuable
enough water
digging wells
save water
join me
故事
Saving water in deserts
Fill in the blanks with the phrases from the text.
Activity 5
It rains very little in the desert, so people there don’t have _________________.
To __________ could help them get water from the underground.
People have to make full use of water.
________________ once a week.
Collect the water _______________.
enough water
dig wells
Take a quick shower
during the shower
充分利用
看图写话。
1. quick, now
________________________________________________
He is taking a quick
shower now.
2. every day
________________________________________________
She brushes her teeth
every day.
Saving water in deserts
We learn:
some words, such as quick, shower, off etc.
some phrases, such as be valuable for, as a matter of fact, etc.
the shortage of water and the importance of saving water.
We can:
apply the reading strategies of visualizing to have a better understanding of the text.
save water in our daily life.
1. Discuss with your parents how to save water in your daily life.
2. Finish the exercises.