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课件网) SectionB (1a-2c) Reading+Vocabulary Time to Relax! Unit1 Learn some new words: reduce, stress, yoga, object, Italian, programmer, allow, sense, achievement. Share your hobbies and reasons why you like it. Talk about how hobbies improve your life. Let’s guess What’s my favourite hobby postcards plane Travel around the world Could you show something related to your hobby Let’s guess! 1a In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better Tick the ones that apply. You may add more. My hobby helps me... □to relax □to make new friends □to learn a new skill □to reduce stress □to try new things _____ to broaden my horizons (开拓眼界) to be close to the nature to have a furthing thinking We’re two special hobby detectives. Let us show you the secrets! Pre-reading How can these hobbies be secret keys to improving our lives ID Card Name: _____ Country:_____ Hobby:_____ _____ Task1: Find them in 60 seconds! While-reading ID Card Name: _____ Country:_____ Hobby:_____ _____ Luca Maya Italy India Make mobile phone apps Collect postcards Do they think hobbies can improve their lives 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!” Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. 1b Opinions express a feeling or belief. They may or may not be true. Some people prefer not to make things. They prefer to collect them! In India, Maya Badal doesn’t collect coins or stamps. Instead, this teenage girl collects postcards! “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! Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions. 1b Reading tip: Look for key words like “think” or “believe” to help you identify whether a statement is an opinion. While-reading Task2: Make their profiles Make mobile phone apps When he was ten It can be a great way to... a sense of achievement... He is helping... 1c While-reading Try to finish Maya’ ... ...
