Unit 1 lifestyles Lesson 1 A Perfect Day? 安阳县第六高级中学 闫伟玲

Do you like watching TV? How much time do you spend watching TV every day? Point out what kinds of TV programme they are. music programmes

Sports programmes cartoons

movies TV series

The news

Talk shows Game shows

What are your favorite kinds of TV programmes? Why? Talking

Underline the kinds of work Bob does every day Read the two texts quickly and Kinds of work: meetings, phone calls, paperwork, personal s, documents Underline the TV programmes that Brian usually watches. TV programmes: children’s programmes, old movies, news, TV series, sports, play

True or false 1.When Brian wakes up he gets up immediately. 2. In the evenings, Brian often watches old film or sport and the news again. 3. Brian always takes his portable TV while going out for a walk every afternoon. Listen to the radio F F T

5. Bob normally wakes up about five minutes after his alarm clock goes off. 6. Bob is very busy all day. 7. Bob seldom has time for fun and other leisure activities with his family, but his family doesn’t complain. 4. Brian has a good wife, and they live a happy life. T F T F

What kind of lifestyle do you think the men in the picture have? boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful What kind of lifestyle do you prefer ? Why?

Read the two texts again and answer these questions. 1.Is Brian a lazy person? Can you find two examples of his lazy behaviour? It means this person feels he has a successful life because he can watch anything he likes on TV. Yes,he is.He doesn’t get up early. \ He doesn’t work but his wife works and she makes meals. 2.What do you think “You’ve got the world at your feet” means ?

3.How does Bob spend his morning and evening ? Bob’s morning is very busy with very little time to get dressed and have breakfast and he has all kinds of urgent matters. His evenings is not easy,either. He has documents to read and never gets to sleep until mid-night.

Because he wants to make more money for his family and he likes being busy. 5.Why does Bob work so hard? Because he seldom has time for fun and other activities with his family. 4.Why does Bob’s family complain?

Language points 1. switch on=turn on switch off =turn off 接通， 打开（电器） 切断（电流等） First you should switch the machine on. 首 先你要接通机器电源。 He switched it off because he did not like the television programme. 他把电视机关了，因为他不喜欢那个电视节目。

You drive first and then we can switch over. switch over 交换位置， 转换。 你先开车， 然后我们换着开。 2. take up This table takes up too much room. 占据（时间、空间） 这个桌子太占地方。

Use the following phrasal verbs in the correct form to complete the sentences below. switch on, switch off, switch over, take up, fill with, complain about, bring back 1.As the mother of four children, my days are _________ coking and cleaning! filled with =be full of 充满

2. Doing research and writing reports _______ a large part of my day. 3. I don’t enjoy watching TV with my brother as he always ____________ to the programmes that he wants to watch. 4. Please _________ the TV when you go to bed. take up switches over switch off

5. ________ the light. It’s really dark in here! 6. I try to do the homework that I __________ from school as soon as I get home. 7. Mona is never happy. Listen, she’s now _________________ her lunch! Switch on bring back complaining about

 Are Brain and Bob’s lifestyles healthy?  What can you do to improve their lifestyles?

Write a short passage about your lifestyle. Homework

Thank you for you listening!