Unit 3 A healthy life 武汉外国语学校 汪浩

Warming up

Are you healthy?

Who is the healthiest in your class?

The big question: How can we tell that someone is healthy?

Healthy or not?

Doing shadowboxing

Abusing/Over-drinking alcohol

Obesity! Being addicted to eating.

Being a member of bowed head tribe/smombie

Cheating in exams

Participating in various activities

stress! Doing homework all day

2. Jog your way to a healthy heart We all get ill from time to time, but most of us try to stay in good health. Magazines and newspapers often give advice on health. Look at the headlines. 1. You are what you eat 2. Jog your way to a healthy heart 3. Meditation --- the answer to life’s pressures 4. Do you really want to smell like an ashtray? What advice do they each give? Meditation: the practice of emptying your mind of thoughts and feelings, in order to relax completely or for religious reasons:

Discussion -- smoking Why do you think some adolescents start smoking? Are you confident that you won’t become a smoker? Why do you think it’s difficult for smokers to quit smoking? What symptoms do they have if they try to?

How can you stop smoking? Pre-reading Look at the title of the reading material and the title of the webpage. Predict what the reading material will be about. Advice from Grandad How can you stop smoking?

Reading Advice from Grandad

Reading Advice from Grandad 1. Skimming for main idea 2. Scanning for detailed information

Skimming for main idea: What is the purpose of the letter? a smoker becomes addicted to To explain how _________________________ _________and why and how_______________. cigarettes he should give it up

Information from the reading passage Scanning for detailed information Fill in the chart with information from the reading passage. Information from the reading passage Different ways people can become addicted to cigarettes Physically addicted to nicotine Addicted through habits Mentally addicted

Information from the reading passage Harmful physical effects for smokers Effects that a person's smoking can have on other people Effects that smoking can have on sporting performance Suffer terrible damage to heart and lungs Have difficulty in becoming pregnant Be unfit Smell terrible Other people dislike the smell. The cigarette smoke can do harm to non-smokers. Be unable to enjoy sport and run fast

Careful reading (True or false) 1. James is addicted to smoking and couldn’t give it up. 2. James’ grandad is also addicted to cigarettes. 3. Smoking doesn’t affect the health of non-smokers. 4. Grandad quitted smoking at last. 5. You should break the habit on your own without bothering your folks and friends. (T) (F) (F) (T) (F)

1. The first sentence of the letter shows James grandad . lives a healthy life is addicted to sitting in the garden has nothing to do at home is tired when returning from a long bike trip 2. In what way did the old man try to persuade his grandson to give up smoking? Using scientific theory. His failure in love. His sports activity. His own experience.

3.According to the letter, James’ granddad . didn’t give up smoking used to be a member of the school football team is lonely wrote down the advice from his experience 4. forced James’ granddad to give up smoking. That he ran too slow That he was taken off the school football team His girlfriend D. His parents

Discussion 1. What kind of person do you think James’ grandfather is? 2. What do you think can be done to protect non-smokers (especially women and babies) from those who smoke?

Comprehending Discuss these questions in groups to check your comprehending. 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 a knowledgeable and fashionable senior citizen who surfs the Internet.

Comprehending Discuss these questions in groups to check your comprehending. 2. What do you think can be done to protect non-smokers (especially women and babies) from those who smoke? Possible solutions: A no-smoking policy in public places such as buses, trains, restaurants, cinemas, etc. Separate smoking and non-smoking areas in public places A campaign to highlight the dangers of smoking for smokers and non-smokers

Activity – role play There will be four situations where you are supposed to play different roles. Each group is to be assigned one situation and two from each group are to present the dialogue to the class with contributions from all team members.

Activity – role play Situation 1: Suppose you are a teacher, how will you persuade your students to quit smoking? Situation 2: Suppose you are a boss, how will you persuade your employees to quit smoking? Situation 3: Suppose your father is a smoker, how will you persuade him to quit smoking? Situation 4: Suppose your teacher is a smoker, how will you persuade him to quit smoking?

Useful expressions I’m sure you can see that . . . I ask you to think about . . . It has come to my attention that . . . Obviously. . . Surely . . . This can be fixed by . . . Although it may seem...

Assignment Writing: Some of your teachers are smokers, for example, your geography teacher. Please write a letter to tell him the harmful effects of smoking and give him some advice on stopping smoking.

Thank you！