Unit 4 Digital life Starting out & Understanding ideas (Reading) 导学案（含答案） 2025-2026学年英语外研版（2024）八年级上

Unit 4 Starting out & Understanding ideas (Reading)
【学习目标】
1.了解科技给生活带来的便利,感受中国科技的进步。
2.能背诵本课时的重点单词、短语及句型。
3.能完成问卷调查并进行角色扮演。
【自主预习】
一、单词速查(根据汉语意思写出下列单词)
1. adj.数字的,数码的 2. adv.永远
3. n.世纪 4. n.智能手机
5. n.(装钞票等的)钱包,皮夹子 6. n.支付,付款
7. n.现款,现金 8. n.应用程序,应用软件
9. n.进步,发展 10. prep.除……之外
11. adj.方便的,便利的;合宜的
二、短语速记(用英文写出下列短语)
1. 感觉像是 2. 骑共享单车
3. 放弃 4. 除了……之外
5. 返回;回到 6. 过上更便利的生活
7. 数字支付 8. 期待
三、情境创生(关于大家对数字生活的了解,班长想做一个调查,请根据实际情况回答下列问题)
1.What kind of payment do you usually use
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2.What do you think of the digital technology in life
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【合作探究】
任务驱动一分享生活中的数字科技
1.观看课本Starting out 1中的图片,回答下列问题。
(1)What’s the picture showing
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(2)What is the woman buying
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2.仔细观察课本Starting out 2中的图片,先用方框中的单词或短语补全对话,然后两人一组操练对话。
digital　car　lives　studying　smartphones
amazing　shared bikes　smartwatches
Emma:Hey, Mike! Do you think about how much digital devices(设备) have changed our (1)
Mike:Oh,certainly, Emma!Just look at our(2) . They’re not just phones anymore. They’re our cameras, music players, calendars and so much more.
Emma:Yes! And let’s not forget about (3) . They changed the transportation. There is no need for some people to drive a(n) (4) to work.
Mike:Right! And computers They can be used for working, (5) and so on.
Emma:True, but I’m more excited about(6) these days. They’re like small computers, watching our health and even controlling other (7) devices in our homes.
Mike:Yeah, I got one recently too.It’s (8) how well all these devices fit into our daily life.It’s like living in the future!
任务驱动二感受中国科技的魅力
阅读课本Understanding ideas 2中的短文,回答下列问题。
(1)How long has the writer studied in China
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(2)What did the writer want to buy in the shop
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(3)How much did the 20-minute bike ride cost
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(4)Why couldn’t the writer pay with her digital wallet in the shop
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(5)Where does the writer want to go back
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任务驱动三调研生活中的科技
用英语与同伴进行对话练习,完成下面的问卷调查。
Name Digital life Feeling
Tom Shared bikes Convenient
对话参考句型:
A:What do you think of shared bikes, Tom
B:Convenient. What about you
【知识探究】
Except for today, I’ve had a great holiday.除了今天,我过了一个很棒的假期。
用法总结　except作介词,意为“除……之外”,是指从整体中排除不一样的。例如:
Everyone is here except Tom. He is ill in hospital. 除了Tom,大家都来了。他生病住院了。
易混辨析　except、except for与besides
except 意为“除……之外”,强调所排除的内容不包括在内,含有“减去”的意思
except for 意为“除……之外”,强调对整体主要部分的肯定和对局部的否定,起部分修正的作用;还有“美中不足”之意
besides 意为“除……之外(还)”,包括besides后面的内容,含有“加上”的意思
例如:
They all came except Ann. 除了Ann,他们都来了。
The movie was good except for its ending. 这部电影除了结局之外都很好。
Besides working as a teacher, she also writes poems in her spare time. 除了当教师外,她在业余时间还写诗。
素养训练　汉译英。
1.我们都去看电影了,除了李磊。
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2.除了李磊我们也都去看电影了。
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3.你的文章很好,除了有几处拼写错误。
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【参考答案】
自主预习
一、
1.digital　2.forever　3.century　4.smartphone
5.wallet　6.payment　7.cash　8.app
9.development　10.except　11.convenient
二、
1.feel like　2.ride a shared bike　3.give up　4.except for　5.go back to　6.live a more convenient life
7.digital payments　8.look forward to
合作探究
任务驱动一
1.(1)Shopping online.
(2)Vegetables, fruit, drinks and so on.
2.(1)lives　(2)smartphones.　(3)shared bikes
(4)car　(5)studying　(6)smartwatches　(7)digital
(8)amazing
任务驱动二
(1)For a year.
(2)Some vegetables and meat.
(3)￡ 4.8.
(4)Because the shop’s payment system didn’t work.
(5)To China.
知识探究
命题点
1.We all went to the movies except Li Lei.
2.We all went to the movies besides Li Lei.
3.Your article is very good except for a few spelling mistakes.