Unit 3 A Healthy Life 教师：罗艳

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How to be healthy? *Early to bed and early to rise, *An apple a day keeps the doctor away. *Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. *A light heart lives long. *Good health is over wealth. *Health is happiness.

31st. May World No-Tobacco Day

Why do you think some adolescents start smoking? teenagers In what ways is smoking harmful? What advice would you give?

Why do you think some adolescents start smoking? feel lonely and boring release their pressure friends around can smoke for making friendship

Smoking may cause fire. Smoking may cause lung cancer. 中国约十万人因吸二手烟而死. can be a bad example to children affects the health of the nonsmokers

Reading Advice from Grandad A healthy life

Reading Task 1 Skimming Look at the title, predict what it will be about? Maybe the old man will say…… why people start smoking the harmful effects how to quit smoking

1. How many parts does the reading text consist of? Fast Reading Please glance through the text as fast as you can and try to find out: 1. How many parts does the reading text consist of? Two parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an internet page. 2. Who wrote the letter to whom? A grandfather wrote the letter to his grandson James.

Task 2 .Listening. A Letter A B Match the topic sentence of each paragraph of the first part A Letter A Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 B Grandad talks about James’ problem of smoking. The harmful effects of smoking. Grandad tells about the life he is living and the importance of healthy life. Grandad’s hope for James and his advice on stopping smoking. The three different ways of becoming addicted.

Task 3 Intensive Reading. be unable to ______________ . Fill in the chart. Information from the reading passage Different ways people can become addicted to cigarettes Harmful physical effects for smokers Effects that a person’s smoking can have on other people Effects that smoking can have on sporting performance 1. ____________ addicted to nicotine. 2. addicted through __________ 3. ___________ addicted physically habits mentally 1. do terrible damage to______________ . 2. have difficulty in __________________. 3. become _______________quickly . heart and lungs becoming pregnant breathless 1. other people _________________ . 2. The cigarette smoke may affect _________________________ . dislike the smell the health of non-smokers be unable to ______________ . enjoy sports

What suggestions does it give for smokers to quit smoking? An Internet Page What suggestions does it give for smokers to quit smoking? ______________ Prepare yourself Be determined Break the habit Relax Get help if you need it Keep trying A healthy life A healthy life

A summary James’ grandfather writes him a letter to advise him to _____smoking. James’ grandad says that there are 3 different ways you can become _______ to cigarettes. You can become ______ addicted to nicotine. This means that after a while your body becomes ________ to having nicotine in it. You can also become addicted ____ habit. Lastly, you can become ________ addicted. It is difficult to give up but if you try, you can _____. Smoking does ____ to smokers and ________. James’ grandad also offers some ________. Such as _______ yourself, be determined, ___ and keep trying. quit addicted physically accustomed through mentally manage harm non-smokers suggestions prepare relax

Discussion 1. What kind of person do you think James’ grandfather is? He is fit and healthy and leads an active life. He takes an interest in his daughter’s and his grandson’s well-being. He is knowledgeable. He reads the internet. He appears to love his grandson.

2. Do you think the information and advice on the Internet page that James’ grandfather sent is useful for someone who is trying to give up smoking? It is a good summary but a person wanting to give up should probably look for more information than what is presented here.

3. Can you give some other helpful suggestions?

Assignment 1. Search on the Internet or other sources for information about how to stop smoking. 2.Read the passage many times and understand it better. 3.Underline the difficult words, phrases and sentences which you can’t understand.

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