1. Unit 16 Health Step 1: Checking the oral practice of Unit 15 Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 16

2. Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 2 1. caring 2. regular 3. squares 4. researchers 5. affects 6. pressure 7. Block 8. Being optimistic and joyful is also an important way to stay healthy. 9. These emotions are not good for your health. 10. that will certainly be advantageous to your body and help make you live a long and healthy life.

3. Part B ： Marco-Listening Passage 1: Safe Blood Culture Notes: 1. The Red Cross An organization founded by the Geneva Convention of 1864 to bring relief to victims of war or natural disasters. Its headquarters are in Geneva and its emblem, the Red Cross, represents the Swiss flag. The International Red Cross, which is staffed mainly by volunteers, has twice won the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1917 and 1944.

4. Part B ： Marco-Listening New words and expressions donate v. 捐赠 pregnant adj. 怀孕的 victim n. 受害者 cancer n. 癌, 癌症 supply n. 供给, 供给品 infection n. 感染 storage n. 储存 diabetes n. 糖尿病

5. Part B ： Marco-Listening Passage 2: Full of Life Culture Notes: 1. A medical check-up a thorough medical examination to detect if everything is fine with a person’s health

6. Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 2. a routine blood test a regular test of a sample of blood, which usually included in a medical check-up 3. everyone was still. Everyone was quiet, not making a sound because they were all so tense, for fear if the operation had hurt the body.

7. Part B ： Marco-Listening New words and expressions routine adj. 例行公事的, 常规的 lump n. 肿块 biopsy n. 活组织检查 malignant adj. 恶性的 devastate v. 压倒 tumor n. 肿瘤 lymph n. 淋巴 node n. 节, 结 furious adj. 非常生气地 surgery n. 外科手术 relief n. 减轻, 缓解

8. Part C Oral Practice I Pair Work Students are required to work in pair and make similar conversations of their own, using the given situation and sentences on the textbooks.

9. Part C Oral Practice II Retelling Listen to the previous passage “Full of Life” and retell it in your own words.

10. Part C Oral Practice III Discussion 1. Besides blood safety, what other health problems pose great danger to us? 2. If you were Michelle, would you have made the same decision as she did? Why or why not? 3. The story is titled “Full of Life”. What do you think it means?

11. Part D Home Listening Home listening on page 162-163