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Unit 1 Time to Relax
Section B How can a hobby improve your life
（1a-1e)
Learning Objectives
After this lesson ,I can
1.extract key information from the passage and understand the benefits that hobbies bring to people.
2.finish the tasks according to the passage and improve the accuracy and fluency of language output.
3.collaborate with peers to share ideas in speaking.
What’s your hobby My hobby is...
Free talk
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My hobby is...
collecting stamps
collect [k 'lekt] [st mp]
collecting coins
[k n]
doing yoga
[ j ɡ ]
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Free talk
In what ways does your hobby help to make your life better Tick the ones that apply. You may add more.
1a
My hobby helps me ...
□ to relax □ to make new friends
□ to learn a new skill □ to reduce stress
□ to try new things ____________________
to keep me healthy
to be clever
to develop creativity创造力
to feel a sense of achievement
成就感
Pre-reading
Look at the title and pictures, then predict.
What is this passage about
Some hobbies and their benefits.
How many parts
of the passage
Introduction
(the benefits of hobbies)
Luck’s hobby
Maya’s hobby
Fast-reading
Three.
1b
Read the text. Underline the two students’ opinions.
Careful-reading
Read para.1 and fill in the form.
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.
Types of hobbies
Hobbies
Benefits
Relaxing hobbies
Playing tennis or doing yoga
Physical hobbies
Creative hobbies
Reading or listening to music
Painting
To help us to calm down after a busy day.
To help us to keep fit
1.To remember a beautiful landscape or object 2.To reduce stress
Careful-reading
Read para.2-3 and answer.
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!"
1.What do “They” refer to in Para.2
2.Why did Luca start programming
People around the world.
Because he read about famous businessmen who started out as
programmers.
Luca Bruno
Careful-reading
1.What does Maya’s first postcard show
2.How many postcards does Maya have now
The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang
She has over one hundred postcards .
Read para.4-6 and answer.
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!
Maya Badal
Careful-reading
Read the text again and complete the mind map.
1c
make mobile phone apps
at the age
of 10
help people
a sense of achievement
collect postcards
at the age of 5
a good way to learn
about different places
interesting to see the beautiful buildings and landscapes in foreign countries.
Careful-reading
1d
Read again and complete the sentences with different purposes. Then write about yourself.
1. Some people listen to music to _______________________.
2. Others play tennis to ________________.
3. Sometimes people paint pictures to _____________________________
______________________.
4. Luca developed his latest app to ________________________________
_________________________.
5. Maya collects postcards to _____________________________________
________________________________________.
6. I _______________________________.
calm down after a busy day
help them keep fit
remember a beautiful landscape or
object, or reduce stress
help people around the world find study partners for learning Italian
learn about different places and see beautiful
buildings and landscapes in foreign countries
play the guitar to relax after school
Review
1e
What new hobby would you like to take up and why Share your ideas.
I want to take up ________ as a new hobby.Because it is______,it can help me _________.Also ,...
Post-reading
gardening
swimming
cooking
playing chess
connect with nature
strong
more confident
keep my brain active
relaxing
interesting/fun
a peaceful activity
popular
I would like to take up gardening as a new hobby. Because it allows me to connect with nature, grow beautiful flowers and fresh vegetables, and it’s a relaxing way to reduce stress after school. Also, seeing plants grow under my care gives me a strong sense of accomplishment.
My hobby
Hobbies can...
Offer different experience
Bring us happiness
Broader our horizon拓宽眼界
Yield positive result收获积极效果
Help make life colourful
Discuss in group
Post-reading
Hobby
Do what you want to do!
Be what you want to be!
Language points
1.keep fit
2.collect stamps
3.pass time
4.reduce stress
5.calm down
6.allow sb to do
7.dream of doing
8.a sense of achievement
9.spend time on sth
10.prefer not to do sth
保持健康
收集邮票
打发时间
减轻压力
平静下来
允许某人做某事
梦想做某事
成就感
在某事上花费时间
不喜欢做某事
Exercise
一、单选
1. Many students listen to light music ______ before exams.
A. reduce stress B. to reduce stress
C. reducing stress D. reduced stress
2. — What do you think of her new hobby
— ______ it‘s a great way to make new friends.
A. I know B. I see C. I think D. I hope
3. Learning a new language ______ me to understand different cultures.
A. makes B. allows C. pushes D. decides
B
C
C
Exercise
二、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空
1. Many _____________(program) work hard to develop useful apps for students.
2. It’s important for us ________ (reduce) plastic use to protect the environment.
3. Our teacher ________(allow) us to use dictionaries during yesterday’s test
4. He prefers ________ (stay) at home rather than go out on weekends.
5.Winning the science contest is a great __________(achieve) for our team.
programmers
to reduce
allowed
to stay
achievement
Homework
Must-do
1. Read the article three times and try to remember
useful sentences.
2. Write a passage about your hobbies and their benefits.
Choose-to-do
Record a 1-minute English video to talk about your or your friend’s hobby and its benefits.
Bye!
Thank you

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