九年级英语上册《Unit 1（第4课时） Section B 1a-2c》课件

Unit1TheChangingWorldSectionBHowdochangesinfluenceus?

课时4(1a-2c)1.掌握并正确运用词汇：wide,link,capital,benefit,behappywith,convenient,business,ease,withease,manager,conclusion,narrow,lead2.能介绍新事物为生活带来的变化：①makeit+adj.+forsb.todosth.②

beabletodosth.ReadthetextandlearnhowChinaworkedtogetherwithothercountriestobuildabetterworld.

Tanzania-ZambiaRailway

（坦赞铁路）Tanzania-Zambiarailway(TAZARA)begantobebuiltin1970withChina’ssupport.TAZARAisthefirstrailwaythatChinahelpedbuildoverseas.ItlinksTanzaniatoZambia,playinganimportanteconomicroleinsouthernAfrica.TAZARAshowsthefriendshipbetweenChinaandAfrica.Doesyourhometownhaveatrainsystem?Howdoesitbenefitlocallives?1aYes,itdoes.Myhometownnowhasseveralrailwaylines.Wecaneasilygotoothercitiesforworkortravel.Also,localfarmerscanquicklyselltheirfruitandvegetablestootherplaces.Lookatthetitleandthepicture.Whatisthetextprobablyabout?Readitquicklytocheckyourprediction.1bOntheFastTrackMakingpredictionsThetitleandpicturescanhelpyouguesswhatthetextisabout.Thetextisprobablyaboutanewrailway.OntheFastTrackIn2017,thenew480-kilometreMombasa-Nairobirailwaywasopened.Beforethen,theonlytransportlinksbetweenMombasa,Kenya’smainport,andNairobi,Kenya’scapital,wereroughroadsandanoldrailwaylinecompletedin1901.Theoldtrainswereveryslow.Ittook10hourstogettoNairobifromMombasabytrain.Lookatthetitleandthepicture.Whatisthetextprobablyabout?Thenreaditquicklytocheckyourprediction.1bHowever,thenewrailway,builtwithChina’shelp,hasalreadycutthetraveltimebetweenMombasaandNairobitoaboutfivetosixhoursforpassengers.Now,morethantwomillionpeopleuseiteveryyear.cut...to...把……缩减至……超过LocalKenyanshavebenefitedalotfromthenewrailway.Agovernmentworkersaid,“I’mveryhappywiththenewrailwaybuiltbyourChinesefriends.Manychangeshavetakenplaceinthetownoverthelastfewyears,andthepeoplewholiveherehavebecomerich.”Abusinessmansaid,“Myexperienceofusingthetrainsince2017hasbeengood.Itisveryconvenientanddoesn’tcostmuchmoney.[可数名词]体验Iamabletogettoplacesontimeandmakebusinessdealswithease.”Therailwayhasalsomadethetransportoffoodeasier.“Itusedtotakehundredsoflorriestocarryfoodbetweenthetwocities,butnowittakesonlytwoorthreetrains,”saidasupermarketmanager.Asaresult,peoplenowhavemorefreshfoodtoeat.准时AlthoughChinaandKenyaarefarawayfromeachother,therailwayshowshowdifferentcountriescanworktogethertobuildabetterworld.Beforethen,theonlytransportlinksbetweenMombasa,Kenya’smainport,andNairobi,Kenya’scapital,wereroughroadsandanoldrailwaylinecompletedin1901.(教材P61b)link/lɪŋk/n.

交通路线；联系

v.

连接Thenewsubwaylink

makesiteasytogototheairport.这条新地铁线使去机场很便捷。①

n.

交通路线②

n.

联系Thereisacloselinkbetweenhardworkandsuccess.努力和成功之间有紧密的联系同义词为connect，指把物体、地方等连接起来，或把两个事物、因素等联系起来link/lɪŋk/n.

交通路线；联系

v.

连接Thisrailwaylinksthesefourcitiestogether.这条铁路把这四座城市连接了起来。③

v.

连接link...(together)把……连接/联系起来link...with/to/and...把……和……连接/联系起来Welinkthunderwithlightningbecausetheyusuallyhappentogether.我们把雷声和闪电联系起来，因为它们通常同时发生。Beforethen,theonlytransportlinksbetweenMombasa,Kenya’smainport,andNairobi,Kenya’scapital,wereroughroadsandanoldrailwaylinecompletedin1901.(教材P61b)capital/ˈkæpɪtl/n.

首都BeijingisnotonlythecapitalofChina,butalsotheculturalcentreofChina.北京不仅是中国的首都，还是中国的文化中心。除“首都”外，还可表示“省会；首府”。thecapitalof……的首都/省会/首府n.

大写字母

adj.

大写的Pleasewriteincapitals(=capitalletters).请用大写宇母书写。词义拓展LocalKenyanshavebenefitedalotfromthenewrailway.(教材P61b)benefit/ˈbenɪfɪt/v.

得益于；使受益

n.

优势；益处Thenewplanmaybenefit

manystudents.这项新计划将使很多学生受益。Infact,Ihavebenefited

alotfromvolunteering.事实上，我从志愿工作中获益很多。①

v.

得益于；使受益benefitfrom/by得益于……②

n.

优势；益处I’verealizedthebenefit

ofsports.我已经意识到了运动的益处。thebenefitof……的益处Itisveryconvenientanddoesn’tcostmuchmoney.(教材P61b)convenient/kənˈviːniənt/adj.

方便的ItisveryconvenienttopaybyWeChat.用微信付款非常方便。AIcanmakelifemoreconvenientinmanyways.人工智能可以在许多方面使生活更方便。比较级：moreconvenient 最高级：mostconvenientinconvenientadj.不方便的convenience

n.方便（不可数）词形拓展business/ˈbɪznəs/n.

生意；商业It’sapleasuretodobusinesswithyou.和你做生意很愉快。Thisshophasgoneoutofbusiness

fortwomonths.这家店已经停业两个月了。[不可数名词]dobusinesswith和……做生意outofbusiness歇业；停业Iamabletogettoplacesontimeandmakebusinessdealswithease.(教材P61b)business的其他用法词义拓展商务；公事归…管的事；职责企业；公司Myparentshavebeenawayonbusiness,soIcookbymyself.我的父母出差了，所以我自己做饭。Thisisnotyourbusiness,kid.这不关你的事，小孩。It’smybusiness.It’severyone’sbusiness.这是我的职责。这是每个人的职责。Hehastheskillstostartabusiness.他有创办企业的技能。onbusiness出差business...saidasupermarketmanager.(教材P61b)manager/ˈmænɪdʒə(r)/n.

经理MrWhiteisthemanagerofthecompany.怀特先生是这家公司的经理。由“manage(v.

负责，管理)去e+-er(名词后缀)”构成。managev.

管理management

n.

管理manager

n.经理词形拓展Mymotherisamanager.Sheisfamiliarwithmanagementskills,soshemanagesthedepartmentwell.我妈妈是一名经理。她熟悉管理技巧，因此她把部门管理得很好。Matchthenumberswiththeinformation.1c1.______:theyearthenewrailwaywasopened2.______:theyeartheoldrailwaylinewascompleted3.______:thenumberofpeoplewhousethenewtraineveryyear4.______:thelengthoftheMombasa-Nairobirailwayinkilometres5.______:thehoursitusedtotaketoreachNairobifromMombasabytrain6.______:thehoursittakestoreachNairobifromMombasanowbytrainabout5 104801901 2017 over2million20171901over2million48010about5Readagainandanswerthequestions.1d1.Whattypeofwritingisthetext?2.Whatwastheproblemwiththeoldrailway?3.HowhavelocalKenyansbenefitedfromthenewrailway?Itisanewsreport.Theoldrailwaywasveryslow.Ittook10hourstotravelfromMombasatoNairobi.Theycantravelfasterandcheaper,dobusinessmoreeasily,getfreshfoodmorequickly,andmanyhavebecomerich.Readagainandanswerthequestions.1d4.Whyisitimportanttomakefoodtransporteasier?5.Whatdoes“onthefasttrack”mean?Becauseeasierfoodtransportcanmakepeoplehavemorefreshfoodtoeat.Itmeansmakingrapidprogressordevelopingquickly.Here,itmeansthefastspeedofthenewrailwayandtherapiddevelopmentitbrings.Completethetablewiththeinformationfromthetext.1eIntroductionThenewrailwaywas_______in2017.OldrailwayNewrailwayopenedTheoldrailwaylinewascompletedin1901andtheoldtrainswereveryslow.Thenewrailwaycutsthetraveltimetoaboutfivetosixhours.Over2millionpeopleuseiteveryyear.Completethetablewiththeinformationfromthetext.1eCommentsfromlocalsgovernmentworker:businessman:supermarketmanager:ConclusionBehappywiththenewrailway.Manychangeshavetakenplaceandpeoplehavebecomerich.Itisveryconvenientandcheap,andhelpsmakebusinessdealswithease.Thenewrailwayhasmadethetransportoffoodeasier.Thenewrailwayshowshowdifferentcountriescanworktogethertobuildabetterworld.conclusion/kənˈkluːʒn/n.总结Fromthesefacts,wecandrawaconclusionthatexerciseisgoodforourhealth.从这些事实中，我们可以得出结论：锻炼对我们的健康有益。Itistooearlytoreachaconclusionnow.现在得出结论还为时过早。①[可数名词]draw/cometo/reach/makeaconclusion得出结论Conclusion(教材P71e)Inconclusion,IwouldliketosayhowmuchIhaveenjoyedmyselftoday.最后，我想说我今天很开心。

②inconclusion最后（用于文章或讲话的末尾，表示即将结束）Discussthequestions.1f1.Haveyouseenorheardofanysimilarchangesintheworldoverthelastseveralyears?Whereweretheyandwhathappened?Yes,IhaveheardoftheAbuja-Kadunarailway(阿卡铁路).ItisinNigeria.Therailwaywasopenedin2016.Now,thetraincutsthetraveltimetojustaround2hours,makingthetripmuchquicker.Readagainandanswerthequestions.1f2.InwhatotherwayscanChinaworktogetherwithothercountriestobuildabetterworld?IthinkChinacanworkwithothercountriesinmanyways.First,wecansendmedicalteamstocountriesinneedtoimprovetheirpublichealthsystems.Second,wecanhelpbuildmoreroads,hospitalsandschoolsincountriesinneedtoimprovelocalpeople’slives.Third,wecanworktogethertoprotecttheenvironment,likeplantingmoretreesordevelopingcleanenergy.Useawordontheleftandawordontherighttocreateacompoundword.Whatothercompoundwordsdoyouknow?2aVocabularyinUsegreen sand highfarm railstorm way landhouse roadgreenhouse,...sandstormhighroad/highwayfarmlandrailway/railroad1.Theroadusedtobenarrowanddirty.Now,itis_____andclean.2.The______madeitconvenientforthevillagerstotravelacrosstherivertothecity.3.Beijing,China’s______,hostedthe2008SummerOlympicsandthe2022WinterOlympics.Completethesentenceswiththewordsinthebox.2bVocabularyinUseproduct corn bridge wide capitalwidebridgecapital主办VocabularyinUse4.Ourfarmhasalotoflayinghens.Theyfeedon_____,vegetables,andinsects.5.Look!Thisisadigital_______thatonlysellsonline.

product corn bridge wide capitalcornproduct蛋鸡以……为食Theroadusedtobenarrowanddirty.(教材P82b)narrow/ˈnærəʊ/adj.

狭窄的It’squite

narrow—youcaneasilystepacross.它很窄，你可以很容易地跨过去。（作表语）Theywereclimbingupanarrowmountainroad.他们正沿着一条狭窄的山路向上爬。（作定语）反义词：wide宽阔的[形容词]狭隘的；目光短浅的Shehasaverynarrowviewoftheworld.她对世界的认识是非常狭隘的。词义拓展Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsinthebox.WhatotherstoriesdoyouknowaboutChina’senvironmentalachievements?2cVocabularyinUsegovernment bushsandstormresult sandysoilIn1962,WangShanghaimovedwithhisfamilyfromtheirhouseinChengdetothe_____landsofSaihanba.Therewerefewtreestoholdthe_____together,andtherewereoften_________.Temperatureswerebelowfreezingduringthewinter.Lifetherewasverydifficult.sandysoilsandstorms冰点Today,Saihanbaisknownas“thegreenmiracle”.Thisisthe______ofhardworkandpeopleworkingtogether.Now,thelandiscoveredwithgreentreesandthewateriscleanandfresh.VocabularyinUsegovernment bush sandstorm result sandysoilWithsupportfromthe__________,WangShanghailedledagroupof369peoplewhoweredeterminedtomaketheenvironmentofSaihanbabetter.Overthenext60years,workersplanted______andtrees,creatingtheworld’sbiggestman-madeforest.governmentmakesth.+adj.

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agroupof369peoplewhoweredeterminedtomaketheenvironmentofSaihanbabetter.(教材P82c)lead/liːd/v.

带领；过（某种生活）

n.

领先地位；主角过去式、过去分词：led带领过（某种生活）Sheleads

ateamof20softwareengineers.她带领着一个20人的软件工程师团队。Heleadsahappylifeinthecountry.他在乡下过着幸福的生活。lead动词领先We

leadthewayinspacetechnology.我们在航天技术方面处于领先地位。领先地位主角Shetooktheleadonthesecondlap.她在第二圈时领先。lead名词Sheplaysthe

lead

inherschoolplay.她担任学校戏剧中的主角。takethelead领先作动词的其他含义：(1)导致（后果）leadto导致Lackofsleepcanleadtotirednessduringtheday.睡眠不足会导致白天疲惫。(2)通往；通向Thepathleddowntoasmalllake.这条路通向一个小湖。词义拓展KeywordsExpressionswide,link,port,capital,benefit,convenient,business,ease,withease,manager,conclusion,narrow,lead,makeit+adj.+forsb.todosth.beabletodosth.用下列句型介绍新事物为你的生活带来的变化。①...makeit...forusto...②Weareableto...听力部分(共30分)Ⅰ.听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)(

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months，I’mgoingtotakeanentranceexam.Toprepareforit，I’m

studyingsixhoursaday.Iwanttodowell，butI’mreallystressed(焦

虑不安的)thesedays.Ican’tsleep.WhatcanIdo？MaryⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪDearMary，

Manystudentsaroundtheworldhavethesameproblemsasyou.Here

issomeadvicetohelpyoudealwiththestress.Goodluck！①Makeastudyplanforyourself，butdon’tstudytoomuchinone

day.Youremembermorebystudyingonehoureachdayforsixdays

thansixhoursinoneday.Also，don’tstudylateatnight.②Havearestfor15to20minuteseverytwohours.Gooutsideand

walk.Doingexerciseisagreatwaytoreducestress.ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ③Don’teatordrinkalotofsugarordrinkalotofcoffee.Eatfoodhigh

invitamin(维生素)B(forexample，eggs，milk，greenvegetables

andrice).Thesegiveyouenergyandhelpyouthinkmoreclearly.④Astudentpartnercanhelpyoupracticeforthetest.Whenyou’re

worriedabouttheexam，youcantalktoyourpartner.Itcanalso

reducestress.DonnaⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ(

A

)56.WhatisMary’sproblem？A.Sheissoworriedandcan’tsleep.B.Shecan’tpasstheexam.C.Shecan’tcommunicatewithothers.D.Shecan’tstudyEnglishwell.AⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ(

D

)57.Donnathinksthat

canhelpMarythinkmore

clearly.A.eatingalotofsugarB.studyingsixhourseverydayC.drinkingalotofcoffeeD.eatingfoodhighinvitaminBDⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ(

C

)58.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtoDonna’sletter？A.Thebesttimetostudyisfrom10p.m.to1a.m.B.Walkingoutsidecanmakeyouremembermore.C.It’sgoodtotellastudypartneraboutyourfeeling.D.It’snecessarytohavearestfor15to20minutesanhour.CⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪBDidyouknowthatvocabularyismoreimportantthangrammar？

Ifyouhavegoodvocabulary，youcancommunicatesuccessfully，even

ifyourgrammarisnotcompletelyperfect.ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪHowever，acommonproblemisthatpeoplelearnnewwordsand

thenforgetthem.Sowhenyouwanttouseanewwordina

conversation，youcan’trememberitatthatmoment.Doesthishappen

toyouoften？Thereasonforthisdifficultyisthatmoststudentstryto

learnvocabularybystudyinglistsanddictionariesandmemorisingthe

words.Butthismaynotworkifyoudon’thaveaverygoodmemory.ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪThebestwaytolearnvocabularyandrememberthewords

successfullyistolearnnewwordsandusethemimmediately.Youcando

thiswithaverysimpleexercise.Everytimeyoulearnanewword，for

example，fromanEnglishlessonoranarticle，writeitdowninyour

vocabularynotebook.Youshouldwritedowntheword，thedefinitionin

Englishortranslation，anexamplesentencefromthearticleor

dictionary，andanexamplesentencethatyoucreate.ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪImagineyouarejustlearningtheword“generous”.Writeinyour

vocabularynotebook：generous(adjective)，definition—givingor

willingtogivefreely.Exampleone，fromthearticle：Thanksfor

payingformydinner，you’reverygenerous.Exampletwo，my

example：Mybrotherisgenerousbecausehevolunteersattheanimal

shelteronweekends.It’sbestifyourexamplesentencesaretruetoyour

life，becausethiscreatesapersonalconnectionwiththenewword.ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪThenextday，readyourvocabularynotebookagainandtrytoaddone

moreexamplesentenceusingthenewword.It’shelpfulforyouto

rememberit.Thesetwosimplesteps—writingdownthewordandusing

itimmediately—willhelpyourememberandusenewwords.Doyouhaveavocabularynotebook？Ifnot，startnow.ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ(

B

)59.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inParagraph2refer

to？A.Theproblem.B.Thenewword.C.Theconversation.D.Thedictionary.BⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ③Copyanexamplesentencefromthearticleordictionary.④Readyournotebookagainandaddonemoreexamplesentence.A.②③①④B.②③④①C.③④②①D.③②①④(

A

)60.What’sthecorrectorderofthefollowingstepsfortaking

vocabularynotes？①Makeyourownexamplesentence.②Writedowntheword，itsEnglishdefinitionortranslation.AⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪ(

C

)61.Howcanwemakethebestexamplesentencesaccordingto

thewriter？A.Byaskingforhelpfromfriends.B.Byexplainingwords’definitions.C.Byconnectingwordswithourlife.D.Byaddingwordsfromthearticle.CⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪCWhenwasthelasttimeyoureadabook，oramagazinearticle？

DoyouoftenreadontheInternetorthroughsmartphones？Reading

hasalargenumberofadvantages，andherearesometogetyoutostart

reading.MentalStimulation(脑力锻炼)ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪStudieshaveshownthatstayingmentallystimulatedcanslowthe

progressof(orpossiblyevenprevent)mentalillnesses，sincekeeping

yourbrainactivepreventsitfromlosingpower.Justlikeanyother

muscle(肌肉)inthebody，thebrainrequiresexercisetokeepitstrong

andhealthy，sothephrase“useitorloseit”especiallyfitswhenit

comestoyourmind.Doingpuzzles(谜)andplayinggamessuchaschess

havealsobeenfoundtobehelpful.MemoryImprovementⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪWhenyoureadabook，youhavetorememberdifferentkindsof

characters，theirbackgrounds，historyandplots(情节)throughevery

story.That’salottoremember，butbrainsarefantasticthingsandcan

rememberthesethingswithrelativeease.Amazinglyenough，every

newmemoryyoucreateishelpfulforrecalling.Howcoolisthat？ImprovedFocusⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪNowadays，ourattentionisseparatedinmanydifferentdirections

atonceaswefacedifferenttaskseveryday.Whenyoureadabook，all

ofyourattentionisfocusedonthestory—therestoftheworldwillbe

silent，