八年级下册英语Unit1 Helping those in need Reading 沪教

Getting ready Look at the cartoon and answer:
1. What did Hi mean by his words? He needed Lo’s help. 2. What did Lo do? He gave Hi his right hand. 3. Did Lo understand what Hi meant? No, he didn’t.
hospital health recovery centre for the disabled
people who have difficulty moving, seeing, hearing, etc. the old people who are badly ill = suffer from serious illness children without parents
Now listen to the passage.
C. Vocabulary
Translate the following phrases into English. 需要帮助的 in need voluntary work ask permission suffer from raise one’s spirits
义务性工作
报请批准 因……受苦； 受折磨 使振奋；使鼓 起勇气
Mark
children without parents disabled children
Annie
Give a summary
First report
Betty talks about how she and other volunteers helped ____________________ children with serious illness in a children’s hospital by ________________________. organizing a painting competition Mark tells how he and his mother helped _________________ children without parents by ____________________. teaching them to tell stories
Review
Wordsds & phrases review raise teenager offer suffer serious illness organize express v. 增加，提高 n. 青少年 v. 主动提出 v. （因疾病）受苦，受折磨 adj. 严重的 n. （某种）疾病 v. 组织，筹备 v. 表达，表露
Do you know something about voluntary work?
To learn some key words and useful expressions To learn more detailed information about voluntary work
Words: raise; teenager; offer; suffer; serious; illness; organize; express; pain; lonely; friendship; difficulty; joy; peace; hurt; courage; spirits Phrases: suffer from; raise one’s spirits; offer to do.; continue to do sth.; need to do sth. Patterns: have difficulty doing sth.
a helping disabled people b helping raise money c visiting an old people’s home d visiting sick children in a hospital
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Join Three the teenagers team and extend offeredyour to Let’s have a look. do some helping voluntary hand. work.
A. What do you know about…?
There are many kinds of voluntary work. Can you match the activities with the pictures below? Write the correct letters in the boxes.
Reading
Voluntary work
True or False
1.Betty did some voluntary work in a children’s hospital. 2.Mark went to help the children without
parents with his friends. mother 3.Annie will not do voluntary work in the continue to future any more.
He hurt his legs in an accident. No, he hasn’t.
Possible answers: I would teach Tim to sing “I believe I can fly” because this song would encourage him to get over his hurt and give him strength./I would teach him to sing “Hero” because the lyrics of “Hero” are meaningful and would build his selfconfidence. …
Think and say What is voluntary work? Voluntary work is something you do without being paid to help people in need.
Volunteers
Match
What kind of people can we help at these places? nursing home orphanage
Read the passage and answer questions. 1. What did Betty do for Cindy? She took some photos of the park. 2. Why did Mark teach the children to tell stories? Because this can help the children express their feelings. 3. What happened to Vivien? Does she feel happy? Her parents died in a car accident, so she is unhappy and very lonely.
Annie’s report
Read Annie’s report and answer the following questions.
She taught disabled children to sing. Because she thought music could bring them joy and peace. A boy called Tim.
B. Before you read
Look at the pictures, the writers’ names and the first sentence of each report on page 3. Write the correct names in the blanks.
Annie
该环节可帮助学生在课初对早读时间已熟读记忆过的单词及短语进行快速温习回顾巩固记忆为接下来的学习做好词汇准备
八年级 下册
Unit 1 Helping those in need
每课时单词和短语的预热温习 环节，要求学生快速读出英文单词, 说出汉语意思。 该环节可帮助学生在课初对早 读时间已熟读记忆过的单词及短语 进行快速温习回顾，巩固记忆，为 接下来的学习做好词汇准备。研究 表明，词汇的熟悉度越高，阅读的 速度越快，理解力也越高。
Second report
Third report
Annie tells how she helped ____________ disabled children by ________________. teaching them to sing
Betty’s report Read Betty’s report and rearrange the following
pictures. Then retell the story of how Betty helped Cindy.
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Mark’s report
Saturday, 9report Marchand complete Sunny Mark’s diary entry. Read Mark’s Then answer Dear Diary,the question. Today I went to a local orphanage to visit ______________________ children without parents with my mother. I taught them ___________. to tell stories I think it is a good way for them to __________________ express their feelings and for others to ___________________. understand their pain I made friends with a girl called Vivien because she was __________________. unhappy and lonely She said she needed ________________. friendship I promised I would _________________. continue to visit her
people they helped Betty children suffer from serious illnesses
voluntary work
organized a painting competition
helped them express their feelings and make friends with them taught them to sing and raise their spirits
Betty
Mark
1. I talk to children without parents. Mark _______ 2. I helped sick children. Betty _______ 3. I taught disabled children to sing. Annie _______
Words & phrases review pain lonely friendship difficulty joy peace hurt courage spirits n. 痛苦；苦恼 adj. 孤独的；寂寞的 n. 友情；友谊 n. 困难；费劲 n. 愉快；愉悦 n. 平静；宁静 v. （使）疼痛，受伤 n. 勇气；勇敢 n. 情绪；情感