【牛津版】八年级下册：Unit-1-Past-and-Present-Study-skills课件

Unit1PastandpresentStudyskillsItissnowing.That’safact.Itisaniceday.That’syouropinion.Ifeelverycold.WhathaschangedinStarlightTown?WhatdoyouthinkofStarlightTown?•Thereisanewrailwaystation.•Therearesomenewroads.•Peopletraveltoandfromthetownbybus,taxi,ortrain.•Localpeoplehavemovedintonewflats.•IthinkStarlightTownisamoderntown.•Itismorebeautifulthanbefore.FactsOpinionsWhatisafact?Factsaretruestatements.Theyincludenames,dates,eventsandnumbers.Whatisanopinion?Opinionstellwhatwebelieve,feelorthink.Theymaynotbetrue.BeijingisthecapitalofChina.________Beijingisthebestcityintheworld.________Manychangeshavetakenplacein_________myhometown.Thenewshoppingmallisagood_________placetohavefun.FactFactOpinionOpinionSentencesthatshowopinionsoftenuseverbslikefeel,believeandthinkorhaveadjectiveslikegood,badandterrible.e.g.Ithinkit’simportanttolearnEnglishwell.1.Therewereonlysmallshopsandrestaurantsinthetown.2.OldpeopleusedtoplaycardsandChinesechesstogether.3.Thenewparkinthetowncentrelooksbeautiful.4.TherewasonceasteelfactoryneartheSunshineRiver.5.Lifeisgettingbetterinsomeways.6.ManyofMrChen’sfriendshavemovedaway.FFOReadthesentencesbelow.WriteanFforafactoranOforanopinion.FOFTherearegreenhillsallaround.Ariverrunsthroughthecentreoftown.OpinionFactsMyhometownisbeautiful.Whenwewrite,wecanusefactstosupportouropinions.Wecanalsogivefactsfirst,andthenstateouropinions.HowdoesMrChengivefactsandstatehisopinions?Sometimes,factsandopinionsmaybemixedtogetherwhenwewrite.Well,insomewaysitis.It’sreallynicetohaveabeautifulmoderntown.However,mostofmyoldfriendshavemovedaway.Ithasbecomeimpossibleforustoseeeachotherasoftenasbefore.WeusedtoplaycardsandChinesechesstogether.NowIfeelabitlonelyfromtimetotime.Anyway,it’sgoodtoseetheamazingchangesinthetown.OpinionFactsOpinionMillieiswritingaboutthechangesinherlife.Helpherdecidewhichareopinionsandwhicharefacts.Reorganizethemintoashortpassage.1.Wehavemoresubjectstolearn.2.Itisnoteasytogetusedtothechangesoflifequickly.3.WhenIwasinprimaryschool,Iwalkedtoschoolwithmymum.4.NowIgotoschoolbybusonmyown.5.Ispendmoretimeonmyhomeworkthanbefore.6.Somesubjectsaredifficult.FOFFFOgetusedtoonmyown★get/beusedto习惯于，适应于其中to为介词，后接名词，代词或动名词。e.g.Amyisusedtogettingupearly.HeisnotusedtothelifeintheUSA.注：usedto意为“过去常常”，常指过去习惯性的动作，但现在不了。其中的to是不定式，后接“动词原型”。e.g.Heusedtogetupearly.MsYangusedtorunintheparkintheearlymorning.★onone’sown单独地，靠自己相当于byoneself、alone。e.g.Hedoeshishomeworkonhisown.1.Wehavemoresubjectstolearn.2.Itisnoteasytogetusedtothechangesoflifequickly.3.WhenIwasinprimaryschool,Iwalkedtoschoolwithmymum.4.NowIgotoschoolbybusonmyown.5.Ispendmoretimeonmyhomeworkthanbefore.6.Somesubjectsaredifficult.FOFFFOHaveadiscussionandreorganizethemintoashortpassage.Itisnoteasytogetusedtothechangesoflifequickly.WhenIwasinprimaryschool,Iwalkedtoschoolwithmymum.NowIgotoschoolbybusonmyown.Wehavemoresubjectstolearn.Somesubjectsaredifficult.Ispendmoretimeonmyhomeworkthanbefore.Opinions1.Canyoufindsomemoreopinionsinthisunit?Pleasemakealist.2.Thenfindsomefactstosupporttheopinions.Ihavemovedtoanewschoolthisterm.IdonotknowtheschoolverywellandIhavenofriendshere.FactsIfeelunhappythesedays.OpinionSupposethatyou’vemovedtoanewschool.Canyouwriteaboutthechangesinyourlifeandstateyouropinions?Writeaboutotherchangesinyourlife.Remembertousethefactstosupportyouropinions.