1. Inviting your friend to join a gym
Unit 3
Task
Inviting your friend to join a gym

2. Two guidelines to help you find information quickly:
Skills building 1
Finding information
Two guidelines to help you find information quickly:
1. Read the questions carefully before you begin.
2. Skim the passage, and look for main points and key words.

5. Work in pairs. Suppose one of you wants to know some information about Better Body Gym and the other works at the gym. Making up a dialogue on the phone. The following information must be included in your dialogue.
Making up a dialogue

6. The provided information
Membership fee
Number of gyms in the city
What do you get for free?
How big is each gym?
Activities at the gyms
You may start the conversation like this:
A: Hello, is that ?
B: Yes. Who’s that calling? ……

7. Radio Commercial
Listen to the radio commercial for Better Body Gym. Complete the e note sheet.
Better Body Gym:
Membership fee:
Number of gyms in the city:
Where are the gyms in the city?
What do you get for free?
How big is each gym?
Is there a health café at the gym?
Can you get advice from a personal trainer?
What do you need to do to join?
Do you need to be 18 to join?
How can you find out more?
2 2
4 a T-shirt, 2 free personal training sessions, 1 month free membership
5 3,000 square metres
7 Yes.
10 Call

8. Write a letter
You think your friend should join Better Body Gym. Work in pairs. Look at the information about him below. Write a letter to him, explaining why you think he should join the gym. Use the words in the box to help you.

9. Dear Wu Tong: Student A: Why should he choose this gym?
Useful words and expressions
Dear Wu Tong:
Student A: Why should he choose this gym?
not expensive, cost, get one month free membership, near the King hotel, not far, convenient, good equipment, classes including …
Student B: Why does he need to work out at the gym?
relax your muscles, build strong body, keep fit, not so tired, healthy way of losing weight,
Best wishes,

10. Skills building 2: note taking
Use abbreviations
and contractions
Write down only
the key words
Use symbols

11. Use abbreviation & contractions (P54):
PRC
Dept
SH1
Art Fest
mfr
No.
e.g.
I’d
won’t
shan’t

12. Guess the meanings: Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
mor afn
min sec hr

13. Write down the key words
Gym memberships can sometimes be very expensive.
Gym can be expensive.

14. Let’s have a try:
Eating fruit every day is good for you.
Fruit good
You should do lots of exercise to stay fit.
Lots exercise fit

15. Symbols Have you ever heard about emoticons? ﹥ more than ﹤↑ ↓ ∵ ∴ → + =
more than
nearly/less than
increase
decrease
because
therefore
mean/lead to
and/also
equal
Have you ever heard about emoticons?

16. Guess the meaning of the each following emoticons
= great joy
:- )
:-D
= 
= making a face
:-(
= sadness
:-P
:-O
= surprise
:~-(
= crying

17. Use symbols
By swimming regularly, jogging, drinking lots of water and getting plenty of sleep, I can be healthier.
swimming + jogging + water + sleep=healthier

18. Use symbols
If you work hard, use proper methods and have a good attitude, you will be successful.
hard work + proper methods + good attitude = success

19. Listening practice I
listen to the recording and write down the words you hear, using the skills you have just learned.
__________________________

20. Step 2: interviewing classmates about exercise
A Listen to the speaker and take notes about the quipment available in the gym.

21. _______________ to be opened next month.
Check the answers
They have
_______________ to be opened next month.
___________ that can help in workouts.
_________________
+ ____________
+ ___________
a swimming pool
a no. of mchs
many running mchs
a rowing mch
a skiing mch

22. Poster design competition

23. Homework Finish D1, D2 in workbook in unit 3.
Finish exercises on page