Lifestyles Unit 1

1. Look at the photos. What kind of lifestyle do you think the people have? (use some objectives to describe it )

Key words to talk about lifestyle boring 无聊的 busy 繁忙的 dangerous 危险的 active 活跃的，充满活 力的 easy 简单的 lazy 懒惰的 exciting 有趣的，兴奋的 free 闲暇的

interesting 有趣的 peaceful 和平的 relaxing 轻松的，放松的 stressful 有压力的

Setp1. Look at the photos. What kind of lifestyle do you think the people have ? Use the key words and sentence structure to help you. I think a____ ‘s life is…but…sometimes.

A business manager busy/exciting /boring I think a _____ ‘s life is…but…sometimes.

A shepherd lazy/free/ dangerous I think a _____ ‘s life is…but…sometimes.

A football player interesting/exciting /stressful I think a _____ ‘s life is…but…sometimes.

a student interesting/active /stressful I think a____ ‘s life is…but…sometimes.

teacher’s lifestyle

singer’s lifestyle

peasant’s lifestyle

miner’s lifestyle

Step2. Listen. Say which of the people in the photos is speaking 1. a football player 2. a student 3. a shepherd 4. a business manager

Listen again and find out the missing words 1. Football player: Being famous isn’t______, you know. I travel a lot—I have matches in________ countries. But my job is _______, very exciting! I love the________, the ______cheering, know what I mean? easy different exciting matches people

2. Student: My dad says these are the best days of my life—but I’m not ! You know, I’ve got lots of to do and there’s not much ＿＿＿ really. I also play _______ for the school team and we have to do training_____ nights a week. so sure work time three football

3. Shepherd: I love the______ and I love ______. It’s _______, and there’s no one to tell me what to do. But it’s __________when the weather’s bad! animals nature not so good peaceful

4. Business manager: I’m very _______, and I don’t have time to see my husband and children. Mmmm and my life is very _________, I suppose. I mean, I have to__________ lots of money. But I find it really ________. busy stressful deal with exciting

Step4. Work in pairs Talk about some more lifestyles of other jobs. (Use adjectives and tell why.) Example: Read the passage about my aunt’s life and talk about her lifestyle with your partner.

A: My aunt’s life is very interesting because she travels a lot and she has a young daughter. B: Yes, but it’s very busy and stressful because she works very hard and she hasn’t got time for hobbies.

driver’s lifestylebuilder’s lifestyle doctor’s lifestyle pilot’s lifestyle

-ing/-ed adjectives interesting/interested exciting/excited bored/boring relaxing/relaxed worrying /worried surprising/surprised tiring/tired challenging/challenged -ing adj. Often describe things -ed adj. Often describe people’s feeling 1.Teaching young children is a challenging job. 2.I am surprised to learn that I have passed the test.

It’s an __________ book and I am ______ in it. interestinginterested

peace—peaceful—peacefully n — adj — adv 和平 — 和平的 — 和平地，宁静地 Stress —stressful—stressfully n — adj — adv 压力 — 有压力的 — 紧张地，有压力地 Relax (V) —relaxing (adj) 放松 — 轻松的，放松的

Peaceful: not fighting or disorder calm and quiet 我们喜欢生活在和平的年代里. 我对英国的一个谧静的山谷很感兴趣. We like to live in peaceful years. I am very interested in a peaceful valley in England.

stressful: causing a lot of pressure or worry 他觉得他的新工作很紧张. He feels his new job very stressful.

suppose: to think or believe to think that sth is true 1. suppose +that 从句 我想你是对的. 我想他不会来. I suppose that you are right. I don’t suppose he will come.

2. suppose + 名词 / 代词 + (to be) … 认为 … 是 … 许多人认为他已经五十岁了. 我原以为他的妻子是一个漂亮的妇女. Many people suppose him to be fifty. I supposed his wife a beautiful woman.

3. be supposed to do sth 应该做 … 被期望做 … = should 学生应该按时完成作业。 她不应为那件事而生气。 Students are supposed to finish their homework on time. She wasn’t supposed to be angry about that.

homework Oral homework: describe the lifestyles of your families or your relatives or anyone you know. Imagine the lifestyle of your dreams. Write 5 sentence about it. Preview Writing homework :