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课件网) 初中英语人教版八年级下册 Time to Time to Relax Relax Unit 1 Section B How can a hobby improve your life 第四课时 1a-2c 1.Learning goals 学习新词汇：reduce, stress, yoga, object, Italian, programmer, allow, sense, achievement等。 01 探索人们为什么需要时间放松。 02 2.Warming up What’s your hobby What do you like to do My hobby helps me... □to relax □to make new friends □to learn a new skill □to reduce stress □to try new things to discover new views to connect with nature to feel a sense of achievement In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better Tick the ones that apply. You may add more. 1a 3.While-reading Identifying facts and opinions Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. 1b Facts are statements that are true. On the other hand, opinions express a feeling or belief. They may or may not be true. Look for key words like “think” or “believe” to help you identify whether a statement is an opinion. adv.修饰整个句子，其后用逗号隔开 spend time on sth.在某事上花费时间 Hobbies That Are Good for You When work or school is over, what do you do to pass the time Do you spend time on hobbies you love Reading or listening to music can help us to calm down after a busy day. Physical hobbies, such as playing tennis or doing yoga, can help us to keep fit. And some hobbies are creative. For example, people sometimes paint pictures to remember a beautiful landscape or object, or reduce stress. a great way to do sth. 做某事的好方法 Luca Bruno likes to be creative in his free time. But he doesn’t make art or write stories. Instead, this Italian teenager finds it fun to make mobile phone apps. He thinks that apps can be a great way to help people. He started programming when he was ten, after he read about famous businessmen who started out as programmers. His latest app allows people around the world to find study partners for learning Italian. They can learn Italian and make friends at the same time! “It gives me such a sense of achievement to see people using the app,” says Luca. “I believe I’m helping people around the world to learn Italian!” Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them! In India, Maya Baal doesn’t collect coins or stamps. Instead, this teenage girl collects postcards! prefer not to do sth.不喜欢做某事 send sth. to sb. = send sb. sth. 给某人邮寄某物 “I know some people think postcards are rather old-fashioned, but I think they’re a good way to learn about different places,” Maya says. “I think it’s interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.” Maya’s first postcard shows the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. Her dad sent it to her when she was five, and she liked it so much that she put it up on her bedroom wall! Now there are over one hundred postcards from thirty-two countries on Maya’s walls. She dreams of travelling to these places in the future! C A. Luca Bruno started program ... ...
