1. 北师版初中英语八年级下册
Unit 1
Lesson 2

2. Revision
Look at the photos, Which do you think will be useful at school? Why?

3. Do you often search online?
Warming up — Talk
Do you often search online?
Which activity do you or your parents often do online?

4. find a job, get some information
Warming up — Talk
read the news, chat with friends
check the weather, look at maps,
do shopping, pay bills,
find a job, get some information

5. Introduction — Learn the news words
ticket
book a ticket
president

6. Introduction — Learn the news words
professor
chat

7. Introduction — Learn the news words
book 预定 ticket 票 chat 聊天
medical 医疗的 professor 教授 president 总统
connect 连接 e-ticket 电子票 elderly 年纪较大的
social 社交的 media 传媒 social media 社群媒体
ill 有病 X-ray X射线检查 in person 亲自
opinion 意见 almost 几乎

8. Discussion
Look at the pictures, what activity do you or your parents often do?

9. My parents often book air tickets online. I often play games online.
Work in pairs
My parents often book air tickets online.
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I often play games online.
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10. Match the people with their possible opinions about online life.
Discussion
Match the people with their possible opinions about online life.
Dr Zheng
a computer science professor at university
He thinks
Miss Newman
the president of a website
She believes a b d c e

11. Work in groups
Read the following sentences and Match the people with their possible opinions about online life.
People are much more comfortable online these days.
People will do even more things online in the future.
Not everyone will have a computer and not everyone can connect to the Internet.
People will all be online every day.
People will not do everything online.

12. listening
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Listen to their talk. Check your predictions in Exercise 2 and complete the table below.
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Dr Zheng
Miss Newman
About now
Opinion
Examples
About the future

13. Exercise — Vocabulary
website Internet social media e-ticket shopping
Complete the sentences with these words.
1. Not many elderly people do their ________ online.
2. _____________ has become so popular! We seldom talk to our friends face to face!
3. You do not have to go to the station. You can buy an ___________.
4. I have finally bought a computer. Now I can connect to the ________.
5. You can find a lot of useful information on this ______.
shopping
Social media
e-ticket
Internet
website

14. 表达意见—同意不同意 Function 我们在与他人交流过程中经常表达自己对他人谈话的看法,如何用英语来表示同意或不同意呢?有3种常用方式。
I think / I don’t think +肯定句;
I agree / I don’t agree +肯定句;
I believe / I don’t believe +肯定句.

15. I think/ don’t think people do everything online.
Function
I think/ don’t think people do everything online.
I believe / don’t believe people will still buy food at the market.
You’re right. I agree that people today aren’t afraid to use the Internet.
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I don’t agree…
/ I don’t think so.

16. Exercise
I think I can carry that box. (改为否定句)
She believes she can go to Beijing University. (改为否定句）
3. They agree they should have a good rest.(改为否定句）
I don’t think I can carry that box.
She doesn’t believe she can go to Beijing University.
They don’t agree they should have a good rest.

17. Do you agree with Dr Zheng or Miss Newman? Tell your reasons.
Speaking
Do you agree with Dr Zheng or Miss Newman? Tell your reasons.
Example
I agree that everyone will be online in the future, but people will still do some things in person. For example, I think they will always buy vegetables at the market.

18. Pronunciation: Sentence stress
1. Listen and circle the stressed words.
A: Is there anything you would never buy online?
B: I would never buy eggs online. How would they send them to me? They would all break!
2. Which words would you stress in these sentences? Read them to the class.
My grandparents don’t understand the Internet. I’d like to help him.

19. Pronunciation: Sentence stress
1. Listen and circle the stressed words.
A: Is there anything you would never buy online?
B: I would never buy eggs online. How would they send them to me? They would all break!
2. Which words would you stress in these sentences? Read them to the class.
My grandparents don’t understand the Internet. I’d like to help him.

20. Work in groups
Discuss your opinions about the Internet of the future.
Example
A: I think people will do almost everything online in the future.
B: I agree. You can buy things, pay your bills and even take exams on the Internet.
C: I don’t think so. You can’t grow food on a computer.
D: …

21. We learn: Useful expressions:
Summary
We learn:
Useful expressions:
Not everyone will have a computer and not everyone can connect to the Internet.
People will all be online every day.
People will not do everything online.
The grammar:
I think…
I don’t think…
I agree…
I don’t agree…

22. 1.Review the new words and useful expressions in Lesson 2.
Homework
1.Review the new words and useful expressions in Lesson 2.
2. Show your opinion about the online life.
3. Preview the new lesson, Lesson 3.