八年级英语上册-Module-4-School-life-Unit-7-Memory-Reading课件-(新版)牛津深圳版.ppt

1、U7 MemoryReadingShare your experiences. If there is an English Test tomorrow, how will you try to remember the large amount of new words?A1 Read the words in the list below for 30 seconds. Then close your book and write down as many words as you can remember.StarmountainFebruarybabyriverapplemonkeyw

2、indowputersoldierHow many words do you remember?1. When you get old, your memory gets better.2. Making pictures in your mind helps you remember things.3. A man with a good memory can remember everyones telephone number.4. We remember things better if they happen to us suddenly and surprisingly.Do yo

3、u think so?Before you read: Look at the introduction ,the title and the first sentence of each article on page 99. Then circle the correct answers.What do Henry, Paula and Millie do for the school newspaper?a. They write articles.b. They take photos.2. Why have Henry, Paula and Millie written these

4、articles?a. Because they enjoy learning about memory.b. Because they want to help students improve their memory.3. What way does Henrys article mention to help students remember something?To imagine a picture.b. To write it down.4.What is Paulas article mainly about?The importance of memory.a. A met

5、hod for remembering the spelling of a word.巩固练习（四）读课文，选择正确答案。（四）读课文，选择正确答案。1 Henry, Paula and Millie want to help others improve their . A. writing B. spelling C. memory 2 Henry, Paula and Millie write articles for . A. a magazine B. the school newspaper C. a book 3 Henry thinks its a good way to im

6、agine a in your mind. A. picture B. story C. smile Paula uses the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants” to remember the word “ ”. A. elephant B. because C. understand 5 thinks you can remember something better if you understand it well. A. Henry B. Paula C. Millie Brainstorm

7、: How do you remember the word “smiles”?A picture is a thousand words.4Read the first article and find out how Henry remembers things.HenryA great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, strange or silly, you will remember it better

8、. For example, to remember the word “smiles”, we can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember: a picture is worth a thousand words. D1 Read the articles on page 99 and fill in the blanks below.1st readingHenryTo rem

9、ember somethingImagine a (1) _ : (2) _, (3) _ or (4) _(e.g. “smiles”: (5) _).picturebigstrangesillyWe can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letterRead the first article and fill in the blanks.picturestrangesillyThere is a “mile” between the first letter and the last let

10、terPaulaA good method for remembering the spelling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants”. Read the second article and fin

11、d out how Paula remembers the spelling of a word.PaulaTo remember the spelling of a wordMake a short sentence with (6) _(e.g. “because”: (7) _)with each letter of the wordyou can use the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants” each letter of the wordBig elephants can always un

12、derstand small elephantsRead the second article and fill in the blanks.Brainstorm: How do you remember the steps for using an encyclopaedia?MillieYou will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well. For example, you may have trouble remembering the list of steps in the water cycle.

13、However, it is easier to remember these steps if you understand how the water cycle works. Read the third article and find out how to remember something more easily.MillieTo remember something more easilyTry to (8)_ something well(e.g.(9)_).remember something by understandingIt is easier to remember

14、 the water cycle steps if you understand how the water cycle worksunderstandHow the water cycle worksRead the third article and fill in the blanks.Read the articles together.HenryA great way to help you remember something is to imagine a picture of it in your mind. If you make the picture big, stran

15、ge or silly, you will remember it better. For example, to remember the word “smiles”, we can imagine there is a “mile” between the first letter and the last letter. This makes it the longest word in the world. Remember: a picture is worth a thousand words. 5PaulaA good method for remembering the spe

16、lling of a word is to make a short sentence with each letter of the word. For example, if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can use the sentence “Big elephants can always understand small elephants”. MillieYou will forget something very quickly unless you understand it well.

17、For example, you may have trouble remembering the list of steps in the water cycle. However, it is easier to remember these steps if you understand how the water cycle works. 巩固练习（五）读课文，根据首字母提示写出所缺的单词。（五）读课文，根据首字母提示写出所缺的单词。 Henry, Paula and Millie are students from Rosie Bridge School. They want to

18、help other students i _their m _, so they write some articles for the school newspaper. Henry thinks a picture is w _ a thousand words, so he m _ a great way to imagine a picture in your m _. It will be better if the picture is strange or s _. To remember the s _ of a word, Paula has a good m _ to m

19、ake a short sentence with each l _ of the word. For example, she uses “Big elephants can always understand small elephants” to remember how to s _ the word “because”. Millie thinks its easy to forget something u _ you understand it well. If you have t _ remembering the l _ of s _ of the water c _, y

20、oud better understand how it works first. mproveemoryorthentionsillyindpellingethodetterpellnlessroubleisttepsycleC1 1. We go to school to learn new things and to train our _. (the brain) (line 4) 2. Sometimes _ things are easy to remember. (stupid) (line 5) 3. She used a different _ to do the Maths

21、 problem. (a way of doing something) (line 14) 4. Can you help me carry this box? It is too big. I have _ carrying it. (a problem) (line 22) 5. If you wish to get a good job, there are many important _ you should take. (things that happen in a process) (line 23)mindsillymethodtroublestepsC2listsilly

22、 spellingtroubleworthEmily: Shall we walk to the park tomorrow?Flora: Dont be _. Its too far from here. Lets take a bus.Luke: Can you help me check my English exercise?Owen: Id love to. The _ of “receive” is wrong.Luke: Thanks. I always have _ with this word.Tony: I cant go to English Corner tonight

23、. I have a lot of homework to do.Robin: I know youre very busy, but its _ the time. If you want to practise your English, you should go.Tony: OK. Ill see you there.Jack: We need some milk.Frank: OK. Let me add it to my shopping _.sillyspellingtroubleworthlistD2 Make pictures of the words below in yo

24、ur mind. Then close your book and write down as many words as you can remember. Compare the result with the one from A1 on page 98. Has your memory improved?MapmagazinejokebulbplanetwhaletapdollguideelephantLanguage Points 1. Line 4: If you make the picture big you will remember it better. 2. Line 1

25、5: if you want to remember how to spell the word “because”, you can usethe sentenceIf If 引导的条件状语从句，当主句是将来时，从句引导的条件状语从句，当主句是将来时，从句要用现在时。要用现在时。IfIf引导的条件状语从句，主句可以用情态动词。引导的条件状语从句，主句可以用情态动词。1. The volleyball match will be put off if it _.will rainB. rains C. rainedD. is raining2. Difficulties are nothing

26、 if we _ not afraid of them.willB. shallC. areD. doLine 11:a picture is worth a thousand words. Worth: adj. 值得，有价值值得，有价值 1. be worth + RMB 这本书的价值是这本书的价值是10元。元。 The book is worth 10 yuan. 2. be worth doing sth 北京值得游玩。北京值得游玩。 Beijing is worth visiting.Line 19: You unless you understand it well. Unless

27、: conj. 除非除非 她会一直唱下去，除非有人叫她停止。她会一直唱下去，除非有人叫她停止。 She will keep on singing unless someone tells her to stop. Unless = if not, 当主句是将来时，从句用当主句是将来时，从句用现在时。现在时。Line 21: you may have trouble rememberinghave+ n. + in doing sth做某事有麻烦做某事有麻烦做某事有困难做某事有困难做某事有意思做某事有意思have trouble （in）doinghave difficulty （in）doinghave fun（in）doing我们没费吹灰之力就找到了他的家。我们没费吹灰之力就找到了他的家。 We have no trouble in finding his house.Useful phrases between and be worth make sentence have trouble doing the list of 在在和和之间之间 值得值得 造句造句 做某事有麻烦做某事有麻烦 清单清单