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课件网) 外研社(2025新修订版) 八级英语上册 Unit 1 This is me! Starting out & Understanding ideas Q1: What can you see in the picture I can see _____. a girl/a heart/... Q2: How does the girl feel She may feel_____. Unit topic Unit aims Q3: Why does the girl touch her heart Because_____. Starting out 1 Look at the picture and answer the questions. I am your English teacher this term. What do you think of me What does it mean Let's me introduce myself. 2 Make a thinking map about yourself and introduce yourself to others. Hello, everyone. My name is_____. I am _____ (tall, short, fat, thin, strong...). I have _____ (eyes, hair...). I am _____(shy, active, kind, lovely, friendly, quiet, strict...). I can _____. I like _____, but I don’t like _____. short and a bit fat long black hair friendly draw beautiful pictures reading books What do you think of me now Sadie running Who’s she She is Sally. What’s on her face A red birth mark. Understanding ideas What’s she doing She is looking at herself in the mirror. Is she happy or not Yes, she is happy. Can you guess what the word “rose” means It means the birthmark on the girl’s face. It looks like a red rose. Tittle Beginning Middle End There are _____ paragraphs in the passage. 6 Para. _____ Para. _____ Para. _____ Para. _____ 1-2 3-5 6 (“Me” in my eyes) (“Me” in other people’s eyes) (Accept myself) Skimming 3 a Accept your differences. They make you special. b Share your differences only with your closest friends. c When you change your differences, you change your life. Choose the best summary of the passage. 4 Read and complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage. Sally hated the 1_____ on her face. She felt people 2_____ looking at her face. She always tried 3_____ it with her hair. Beginning birthmark secretly to cover Scanning To Maddie, it looked like a 4_____. Sally was surprised, and it 5_____ in her heart. The next day, Maddie 6_____on her face. Middle rose turned sunny painted a red rose Deep thinking What made Sally change her mind Maddie’s kind words and her surprising actions changed Sally’s mind. 2. Although I only replied “thank you”, it turned sunny in my heart. This means Sally felt _____. Symbolism (象征手法) 1. It was a cloudy morning...Clouds came through the window and filled my heart. This means Sally felt _____. worried or sad happy and hopeful Changed! Sally has changed her opinion. Now she thinks everyone is special and 7_____ in her own way. End different Read the passage quickly and fill in the blanks. “On crowded buses and trains, it felt just like a _____.” disaster Sally Did Sally like her birthmark at first Did Sally accept her birthmark at last “The shape of it was truly like a _____.” flower 7 Think and share. Do you think people should worry about their looks Why or why not “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” — Kahlil Gibran 美不在容颜,而是心中 ... ...