Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good
单元规划
内容预览
Focused on the topic of “beauty and health”, this unit tries to reveal the relationship between beauty and health. Also the unit makes it clear to the students how to look good and feel good. The reading material intends to convince that health is priceless, which is considered as the most valuable treasure. It is not worth obtaining the temporary beauty at the cost of damaging health. Also, it shows the students the harmful side effects of taking weight-loss pills blindly. The part of Word power teaches students vocabulary concerning sports. The part of Grammar continues talking about non-restrictive attributive clauses and question tags. In conclusion, the unit tries to convince the students that the most effective way to lose weight is a balanced diet as well as regular exercise.
Welcome to the unit
In this part, students will be presented with several pictures representing different people’s current situations and their states of mind about looking good and feeling good.
Reading
The reading material of the unit is made up of three letters written by two good friends who exchange their opinions about appearance and health after one of them has suffered after trying to lose weight in an unsafe way.
Word power
This part focuses on types of sports with relevant exercises designed to expand vocabulary.
Grammar and usage
This part is made up of two sections: non-restrictive attributive clauses and question tags.
Task
This section deals with inviting a friend to join a gym. Integrated relevant tasks and activities about finding information about a gym and recommending one to a friend by note-taking and writing an e-mail are presented.
Project
In this part, understanding how to keep health and fit, and making a booklet about fitness is the main assignment.
Self-assessment
The self-assessment section at the end of the unit aims to allow the students to determine what they have achieved, and what else they can do to improve their study.
课时安排
Period 1 Welcome to the unit
Periods 2-3 Reading
Period 4 Word power
Periods 5-6 Grammar and usage
Periods 7-8 Task
Periods 9-10 Project
Period 1 Welcome to the unit
教学设计一
整体设计
教材分析
Beauty is an eternal theme. In this period, there are some pictures describing people’s current situations and their opinions on looking good and feeling good for students to think about and discuss. In this part, students are expected to express their own opinions by comparing the importance of beauty and health in order to practice their spoken English. They will certainly curious about how to look good and feel good as well as their health. So the topic is an amazing one for the students, and it will definitely stimulate the students’ interest to discuss how to look good and feel good. By learning this, the teacher can also help the students to get some proper ways to keep healthy and fit.
In this period, some reading strategies should be introduced: speaking and discussion.
Meanwhile, different in-class activities should be well organized for all the students to take part in speaking and discussion.
三维目标
1. Help the students to learn some important words and phrases.
healthy, attractive, appearance, do exercise, look slim
2. Help the students to learn some important sentences.
1)You must get enough sleep to stay healthy.
2)Eating more fruit makes me feel better.
3. Develop students’ ability of talking about some ways to keep one looking good as well as feeling good.
4. Help students comprehend the meaning of this part and complete all the relevant exercises.
重点难点
1. Help the students learn how to look good and feel good.
2. Enable the students to learn and master some important language points.
3. Help the students understand the meaning of looking good and feeling good.
教学方法
1. Reading the four pictures.
2. Trying to get the general idea of the four pictures.
3. Discussion to help students understand how to look good and feel good.
4. Explanations to help students master some language points.
教具准备
Pictures, a blackboard or a multimedia room.
课前准备
1. Ask the students to prepare for a free talk about health before the class. If students have some difficulty, teacher may help them.
2. Encourage the students to search on line to get some information on how to look good and feel good.
教学过程
→Step 1 Revision and lead-in
First, review what we have learnt about the last lesson.
Activity 1 Presentation
(If you are a little bit fat teacher, you may begin this class as follows. )
The teacher tells the students that she has made a decision. And ask them whether they want to know it.
Entering the 21st century, we have various entertainments to enjoy ourselves. For example, surfing the Internet, seeing films, going to a concert and etc.
The teacher may ask the students the following three questions:
1. In your spare time, what do you often do to enjoy yourselves?
2. What stars do you prefer?
3. Why do you like these stars so much?
The students may have many various answers. For example: watching some shows, listening to some famous singers. . .
The teacher may say that several days ago, she watched a clothing show. Wow, she envied those models very much. They have good figures and are high in stature. Many people liked them and applauded for them.
Then let the students look at her, not slim, even a little bit fat. So, she is very puzzled. The teacher may ask the students to help her find some good ways to look beautiful and attractive.
The students are very happy to give advice.
The teachers may give the students 2 minutes to discuss and then let students give their suggestions.
Activity 2 Discussion
Discussion 1 how to look good
Discussion 2 how to lose weight
Possible answers:
taking weight-loss pills, going to a gym to do exercise and lose weight, wearing a tight blouse to make you look slimmer and eating less than before, eating some nourishment and getting enough sleep to look good
Discussion 3 (something about appearance) (unnecessary to answer immediately)
Are you particular about your appearance?
Do you think appearance plays an important part in your life? In your opinion, is a person’s ability judged by their appearance?
In this part, the students state their own points of view.
Some students may be very confident about their appearance.
But, we can’t judge a person by his appearance.
What is more important? —ability.
→Step 2 Speaking
According to the pictures on the book, the teacher may ask the students to look them through and then give a situation that fits the pictures so that they can describe them easily and vividly.
For example:
1. Jane is a high school student and she is extremely happy, because she has been admitted to the university she wanted to go to. Tonight her parents will hold a party to celebrate her success and achievements and all her friends and relatives are invited to share her happiness. But now she is at a loss about the clothes she is going to wear tonight. She is confident about everything except her weight. She is constantly worried about being too fat. Now she has spent at least half an hour selecting clothes without success.
A question for the students: Do you think we can change our appearance by wearing different clothes?
2. Tom is very slim, and he wants not to be so slim. Every day, he goes to the gym to do exercise. He is practicing weightlifting with all his energy. Although he knows it is very difficult, he sticks to it, for he thinks this may make him strong and help to keep healthy. So he keeps on doing exercise.
A question for the students: Do you have a good figure? If not, what will you do to keep figure? Or from your point of view, is doing sport regularly beneficial to your health and to your outlook on life?
3. One day, Jane felt very tired and had no taste. She had to see the doctor. The doctor examined her and found out she lacked sleep. So he gave her some advice that she should get enough sleep to stay healthy.
A question for the students: Do you really care about your health in your life?
(Perhaps some students don’t realize the importance of their health just because they are young. In that case, the teacher can tell the students to pay attention to their health. If we don’t care about our health now, we’ll not have a good body when we are old.
Another question for the students: When do you usually go to bed every night and get up in the morning?
4. Here, Jack is thinking that he is eating a banana with an apple in the other hand. He is very happy. In his opinion, eating more fruit can make him feel better. As the saying goes, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ” Fruits and vegetables are good to our health.
A question for the students:
Do you think eating more fruit makes you feel better? What kind of food is healthy? What is not?
→Step 3 In-class activities
Different in-class activities are very important in learning English. The topic has been talked about a lot. Most of the students must have known how to look good and feel good. It’s time for them to practice. The following steps are designed for the students to practice their English writing, to consolidate what they have learnt, to enlarge their knowledge and to improve other abilities in learning English.
Activity 1 Discussion
This is designed to help the students to consolidate what they have learned in this passage. They can use the information in the period directly or organize their report using their own words.
1. After the students have finished discussing the pictures, the teacher can design the following questions for them to discuss:
Health is very important for us. We should take notice of our health in our everyday life. As we all know, everyone wants to be healthy and attractive, everyone wants to look good and feel good.
1)Do you think you are healthy and attractive?
2)What do you often do to make you healthy and attractive?
3)Which do you think is more important, eating well or doing exercise?
4)Do you think looking good is as important as feeling good?
5)If you do think the two aspects are of equal importance, can you tell me how a person can both look good and feel good?
Suggested answers:
1)Perhaps the student is not very healthy and often falls ill. He’s thin and weak, not attractive. He realizes the importance of health. And often do exercise to become strong.
2)Not eating too much and doing some exercise.
3)Eating well and doing exercise are both important. On one hand, we can get enough nutrients from good food. On the other hand, doing exercise can help to build up our body.
4)Yes, they’re of the same important.
5)We should be confident, healthy mentally and physically, do exercise regularly, and have a healthy diet and so on.
Teachers can organize the students into pairs or small groups to exchange their opinions and make sure each individual has a chance to speak.
Give the students several minutes to talk about their experience about looking good and feeling good.
2. Give the students a chance to exchange their opinions on the knowledge about looking good, feeling good.
3. Some suggested measures to stay healthy:
●Don’t eat junk food. Try and eat a healthy diet.
●Don’t go to bed too late. Make sure you get sufficient sleep.
●Get regular exercise.
●Go to see the doctor if you are not feeling well.
●Don’t spend too much time using computers or watching TV, as it is bad for your eyes.
If you’d like to find more information, visit the following website:
http: //ww. prevention. com/cda/cda2002/0, , sl-999, 00. html
4. What is true beauty?
Suggested answer:
1)Beauty usually refers to what appeals to the eye. A nice and well-built girl is regarded as beautiful. A bunch of vigorous flowers are also considered as beautiful. A splendid waterfall coming down from a mountain is as well looked on as beautiful.
2)Beauty also refers to what appeals to the mind. The virtue of the Chinese nation-industry and bravery are taken as beautiful, because it helped to produce such a magnificent culture in the world. Einstein’s theory of relativity is also perceived as beautiful, for it explains many natural phenomena so perfectly.
3)Beauty is around us. If you keep an eye or pay some attention, it is never difficult to find something beautiful somewhere around you. Wonderful natural spots, historical relics, fine arts, splendid buildings, and kind people are just a few inches away.
The teacher can make a summary like this:
Everyone is attracted by beauty and beauty is powerful. But what is true beauty? Perhaps you can get the answer from the following story.
This morning I went to the market to buy some vegetables with my parents. On the way we all highly praised a young man in western-style clothes and leather shoes who was riding by. But he rode so fast that he knocked an old lady down carelessly. Instead of stopping, he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly. We were all very angry with the young man. To our happiness, a girl in plain dress ran forward at once, helped the lady up and took her home. We all praised the girl.
From this we know we cannot judge a person by his appearance. A person who is dressed beautifully may not have a beautiful soul. Only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful.
Activity 2 Dialogue
Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the given letters.
A
W: Excuse me, waiter, but I think there is something in my soup.
M: What’s 1)w ?
W: Well, I think I saw an insect or something 2)w I was spooning out the noodles. Could you please 3)b me another bowl?
M: Oh, I’m 4)v sorry. I’ll get you another bowl.
W: Thank you.
M: Here 5)y are, a fresh bowl of soup.
W: Thanks a lot.
M: I’m very sorry 6)t happened. I’ll tell you what: I won’t 7)c you for the soup today.
W: That’s great. I can (8)u a free lunch.
M: Good. I hope you come (9)a .
W: I’ll do that. (10)T .
B
M: Good morning, Ann. How’s it going?
W: Pretty good. How 1)a you?
M: Oh, I’m OK. I 2)h to teach five classes today, so I’m really 3)b . How is that English class you are teaching?
W: It’s going really 4)w . I have a great class this year. I’ve got 30 students, and most of them are 5)p a lot of time into their work.
M: That’s great. I love to teach English. 6)R now I’m only teaching history, but I hope I can teach English 7)n year.
W: Well, it can be a lot of fun 8)w the students want to learn.
M: Oh, I’ve got a class in a few 9)m . I’ve got to get going. Have a good morning.
W: All right, 10)y too. Bye.
Suggested answers: A 1)wrong 2)when 3)bring 4)very 5)you 6)this 7)charge 8)use 9)again 10)Thanks
B 1)about 2)have 3)busy 4)well 5)putting 6)Right 7)next 8)when 9)minutes 10)you
Then teacher may ask students to read these two dialogues to practice reading.
精彩片断
Discussion:
T: Health is very important for us. We should take notice of our health in our everyday life. As we all know, everyone wants to be healthy and attractive, everyone wants to look good and feel good. I have some questions about looking good and feeling good, and I wonder if you can answer them.
1)Do you think you are healthy and attractive?
2)What do you often do to make you healthy and attractive?
3)Which do you think is more important, eating well or doing exercise?
4)Do you think looking good is as important as feeling good?
5)If you do think the two aspects are of equal importance, can you tell me how a person can both look good and feel good?
→Step 4 Homework
1. Recite the new words and phrases in this period.
2. Preview Reading on page 42.
3. Finish the related exercises on Workbook.
教学设计二
整体设计
教材分析
This unit presents the topic of “beauty and health”. Beauty is an eternal theme. The whole unit tries to reveal the dialectical relationship between beauty and health and various ways of keeping healthy as well as beautiful. “Welcome to the unit” is the introduction to the unit, which discusses the topic “Beauty and health”. The “Welcome to the unit” part is composed of four pictures showing four common but effective ways to look good and keep good at the same time. In this section, some pictures describing people’s current situations and their opinions on looking good and feeling good are presented for the students to think about and discuss. Following the four pictures are three questions for students to discuss. These three questions are so designed that students are able to share with each other their knowledge and ideas concerning the topic in the unit “Looking good, feeing good”. In this way, students are well prepared for the further study later in the unit. In this part, students are expected to express their own opinions by comparing the importance of beauty and health in order to practice their spoken English. Considering the function and features of “Welcome to the unit”, this part is usually designed as a speaking lesson. Generally speaking, teachers are supposed to put forward more questions besides the ones in the text book so that students are able to have a free discussion centered on the topic “beauty and health”.
三维目标
1. Encourage the students to discuss about the essence of beauty and how to make them more attractive.
2. Make the students to pay attention to their health and work out their own idea of living an ideal life.
3. Arose their interest in learning this unit through activities. And convince them that the real beauty is based on health.
4. Encourage the students to express their own ideas by meanings of pair work and class discussing and debating.
5. Help the students to learn to talk about various ways to keep one looking good and feeling good.
6. Learn some important words and expressions make me look slimmer, feel strong, get enough sleep to stay/remain healthy, an other way to stay slim
(Print out these words and expressions and hand them out to the students. The students are supposed to get familiar with these words and expressions before coming into the unit. )
7. Learn some key sentence patterns
What do you think of beauty and health, which is more important?
Do you think looking good is as important as feeling good?
In your opinion, how a person can both look good and feel good?
重点难点
1. The students are supposed to express their own ideas by comparing the importance of beauty and health.
2. The students are encouraged to carry out a debate and competition about what is beauty and how to become beautiful.
3. Ask the students to collect some information about Audrey Hepburn, Princess Diana, Christopher Reeve and David Beckham and get ready for the discussion before class.
教学方法
1. Discussion in pairs or in groups.
2. Task-based in-class activities.
3. Explanations of some language points.
教具准备
A tape recorder and the multimedia
课前准备
1. Ask the students to prepare for a free-talk for about two or three minutes on the following topic: what is beauty? The students may have various opinions on the topic. Encourage them to form a proper idea on the real meaning of beauty, which obviously contains not only physical beauty but also spiritual beauty as well. If the students can realize that the eternal beauty comes inside from the person, they will not try to lose weight blindly.
2. They are supposed to search for the information in the library or on the Internet about four famous people: the film star Audrey Hepburn, the football player David Beckham, Princess Diana and the legend actor who once acted as the superman so that they can carry out a brainstorming about the four people in the class.
3. Divide the whole class into several groups, with four to six students in a group so that they can share what they have found and their ideas.
教学过程
In the new English textbook, many activities have been designed on the basis of a coordination of topic, function and structure. By means of taking part in all kinds of language activities, students have more opportunities to improve their ability of using simple English to express their feelings and ideas towards different problems. In this way, students are supposed to develop receptive ability including listening and reading skills as well as productive ability including speaking and writing skills. In terms of the “welcome to the unit” part, emphasis is usually focused on the training of speaking ability, which is basically in the form of task-based teaching methods, such as discussion in pairs or groups, oral presentation, debate and so on. All the activities should be centered on students and be used to develop their skills of both independent thinking and cooperative communication.
→Step 1 Lead-in
1. Play the English song What Is Beauty at the beginning of the class(present the words of the song on the blackboard and ask the student to listen and sing together). An English song might be an enjoyable start of a lesson of Welcome to the Unit, which can help the students to have a better understanding of beauty. Also, if the students in the class are to some extent introverted, such a happy and strong song will get students to become excited. It will be a good warm up which can make students more relaxed and interested in what they are going to learn in the part of Welcome to the Unit, preparing them for the coming lessons in this unit.
2. Ask the students to think about the following questions which should be presented on the blackboard:
1)What is the real beauty?
2)Do you think beauty is totally determined by appearance?
3)Will good looking have a great impact on one’s confidence?
(These three questions will help the students have a consideration of the meaning of beauty and its impact on people’s life, thoughts, value and psychology, which will help to make good preparations for the study later. )
The teacher can divide the whole class into several groups with four students in a group and ask the students to have a discussion with their partners in the groups so that they can share with one another the information they have searched for before they come to the front of the whole class to give a presentation.
→Step 2 Brainstorming
Show the pictures of some famous and attractive people. Ask students to talk about them. Present such questions as follows on the blackboard:
1. Do you think the people look good?
2. What do you think has made them so attractive that they are in people’s memory all the time?
Then ask the students to discuss with their partners for two minutes and share ideas with all of the students. Start a competition in the following way. Divide the whole class into four groups—G1, G2, G3, and G4. After the discussion, anyone in the four groups can stand up directly and say whatever he knows about the person in the pictures. Make the rules clear to the students: one good idea will get one star. And the first student to stand up will be given two stars.
These pictures are famous film star Audrey Hepburn, football player David Beckham, Princess Diana who is known as the England rose and the legend actor who is a real “superman”. The reason for choosing these pictures lies in that all of them are popular with the students. Students know something or even a lot about them. Also, they like them so much that they are to some extent the idols or, in other words the heroes in their heart. They have something to say and they are willing to say. The following are some possible answers.
Possible answers:
1. They are among the most attractive people around the world in history.
(The teacher can give some encouragement and give the first student to stand up two stars because it would be a good start and set a very good example to other students. Other students become excited. Most of them want to win a star for their groups. Also, in this way the teacher can encourage other groups to catch up.
2. Audrey Hepburn has always been my idol. She stands for elegance, benevolence and beauty. She has set an excellent example for all women who want to become beautiful. And even her hairstyle and dress became a fashion after she starred in the romantic movie Rome Holiday.
(The teacher should give her a star too and a good remark. Such kind of answer shows that the student is very interested in the person and has made good preparations as the teacher has required. )
3. There is no doubt that Audrey Hepurn is beautiful. To me, Audrey Hepurn is very charming. There’s something very special in her eyes, in her smiles, in her timeless and natural elegance. Also, she was not only known for her beauty and acting talent but also for her selfless love for the suffering children around the world and set up a fund to help those African children in need.
(As the teacher asks for other ideas about other famous people, students will compete with each other in stating their opinions. )
4. The people in the three pictures have amazing appearance and perfect figure which attract people’s attention. I want to say something about Diana. She was called the Rose of England. She was beautiful of course; also she has made a great contribution to the control of AIDS, which made her loved and respected by the people all around the world.
(Such answers are considered wonderful. Encourage the students to say whatever they know about the pictures and thus try to create a warming atmosphere. As is often the case, boys are more interested in football. So there is no wonder that some of the students maybe say something very interesting about David Beckham, who seems to be one of their best football players. Since David Beckham is so handsome and fashionable that there are millions of fans throughout the world who are crazy about him. Students believe that it is his great skills in playing football that make them crazy, which can hardly be matched by other players. )
And the last one is the ‘superman’. Some students know he is Christopher Reeve and he starred in the series movie Superman and became world famous due to his amazing performance. However, other students think what attracts people most was not his handsome appearance or great acting but his strong mind, his bravery, his love for life as well as his contributions to the medicine after he became seriously hurt in an accident.
In conclusion, it has been proved by the speaking activity that the students has searched for a lot of information. Now present the question on the blackboard (with the competition continuing. ) as is often the case, some groups are in the lead, while others are behind. The teacher should give some encouragement so that those lagging behind can catch up.
→Step 3 Discussion and sharing opinions and information.
With discussion and competition going on, the teacher can present the following questions on the blackboard.
1. So in your opinion, which is more important? Health or beauty?
2. Do you think it really worth losing weight in as many ways as you can think of?
Give the students two or three minutes to discuss the questions. Then when time is up, ask them to state their opinions freely.
Then the teacher can draw students’ attention to the problem of losing weight. If the multimedia is available, show the students a segment of the movie. (瘦身男女or the teacher can use some pictures) Ask the students to describe what the actress is doing. Give students some minutes to prepare.
Possible answers: The leading actress is struggling to lose weight by taking some exercise. It is common today for people to lose weight with different methods. In my opinion, taking exercise is the most effective way to lose weight. The problem is whether you can stick to it or not. The actor in the movie also tries many other ways. But they obviously have little use.
Now the teacher can ask the students to have a brainstorm and think of as many ways as possible to lose weight. Then the teacher should list the answers suggested by students on the blackboard. Students are supposed to create their own ways to lose weight. Even some unusual way of losing weight should be considered acceptable. For example, it is important to have mental support in the process of losing weight. So the students should be encouraged to come up with such ideas as not to be too hard on yourself at the beginning of losing weight and to give yourself some little presents if you manage to lose some weight. In this activity, competition, which has been carried out, can still be used to stimulate students’ interest (show the pictures to give students some inspiration)
Possible answers:
1. The first way is doubtlessly taking some exercise. Instead of sitting around watching TV or playing computer games, we should get out and do some physical activity. It is very useful to play outdoor games, such as riding a bike, going skating, taking swimming lessons, climbing a mountain, going walking, playing basketball, long-distance running and trying to get faster each day. In a word, it is of great necessity to do something active to burn up that fat. What is more, doing outside activity makes you get close to nature and other people as well.
2. We should pay attention to what we eat. First of all, we should control what we eat in a proper amount. We need food to stay alive. If we don’t eat, we die. But if we eat more than our body needs, the extra food turns into body fat and we become overweight. Secondly, we should try to eat the food that makes us slimmer and healthier, such as all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Also the healthier way to cook food is also helpful. For example, we can avoid the fried meat and other fried food.
Suggested answers:
1. To cause you to feel weak
2. Can work in a short time but will do harm to health in the long term
3. Very dangerous to health
4. Very expensive
5. An effective way to lose weight
6. Of little use
Since the students have mentioned that exercising is a good idea. Look at these pictures. Taking exercise really helps people to lose weight healthily. The teacher can now show some pictures of people doing different kinds of sports.
The teacher can point out that a balanced diet and regular exercise are decisive for losing weight, and then present the following question on the blackboard.
Do you have any idea about how to eat healthily?
(Show the pictures and ask the students to discuss in groups. )
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. See your doctor before you begin any healthy weight plan.
According to the picture, the teacher can point out the fact to them that the most important food we should eat is vegetables and fruits, which are at the base of the pyramid, then the carbohydrates and protein or dairy and then the fats the last one are sweets which they can see from the healthy weight pyramid. Ask the students to compare their diet in their everyday life with the above diet pyramid, and then make a research whether the students in the class have a healthy and proper diet. Most students may realize that they do not have a healthy diet. And the teacher can ask them to pay more attention to what they eat in daily life, which without any doubt is of great importance for them to keep fit.
Then the teacher can require the students to imagine themselves as an actor or an actress and think over how to keep looking good? Ask them whether they will take some pills to keep slim? The teacher can present some sentence patterns on the blackboard:
‘If I were an actor/actress, I would ’
Remind the students that they are still going on with the competition.
Now it’s time for the teacher to raise another question:
Do you think that only appearance can make people look attractive?
Suggested answers:
1. I think confidence makes people look attractive. If you are confident of yourself, you are beautiful.
2. I think both body health and mental health are important to make people attractive.
→Step 4 Accumulation
The teacher can ask the students to enjoy some sayings on how to keep healthy.
(Play some beautiful music and ask some students to read the quotations out. )
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy & wise.
After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
→Step 5 Language points
1. look slimmer/stay healthy
Here, both the words “look” and “stay” are link verbs—系动词+形容词作表语
系动词可以分为三类:
1)表感觉: be, feel, look, sound, taste, smell, seem, appear
eg. smell nice, appear friendly, sound frightened, look surprised
2)表变化: become, grow, turn, go, get
eg. get stressed, grow dark, turn yellow, go hungry/unpunished/crazy
3)表状态: remain, continue, stay, keep, prove, turn out
eg. turn out a success, prove useful, stay young, keep slim
2. You must get enough sleep to stay healthy. In this sentence, the word “enough” should be discussed in detail.
I don’t have enough money to pay for a taxi.
我没有足够的钱打的了。
The story is interesting enough to attract children’s attention.
这故事很有趣，足以吸引孩子们的注意力。
Translate the following phrases into English.
1)使我看起来苗条______________________________________
2)获得足够的睡眠______________________________________
3)不同的衣服______________________________________
4)锻炼______________________________________
5)保持健康______________________________________
6)那个孩子害怕一个人在家, 晚上常醒着。______________________________________
7)这本书很容易, 孩子们能读懂。______________________________________
8)她经常看书一直到深夜才睡。______________________________________
Suggested answers:
1)make me look slimmer
2)get enough sleep
3)wear different clothes
4)taking exercise
5)stay/remain healthy
6)The child is afraid of being alone at home and often stays awake at night.
7)The book is easy enough for children to read.
8)She always stays up late at night.
Extension
If the Internet access is available, the teacher can surf the Internet in class and lead the students to have a look at what other people’s ideas about health and beauty.
→Step 6 Homework
After class, the teacher can ask the students to look for more information about the causes of fatness and problems fat people possibly have by referring to books or searching on the Internet. If possible, ask them to write an essay on the topic and encourage them to give a presentation in the next lesson.
板书设计
Revision
Lead-in
1.
2.
Speaking
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
In-class
activities
1. discussion
2. reading
3. dialogue
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Brainstorming
T: As you have mentioned, many ways of losing weight are dangerous and will possibly do damage to our health. Discuss with your partner and try to fill in the form about their different effects on our health.
Students’ answers:
1. To cause you to feel weak
2. Can work in a short time but will do harm to health in the long term
3. Very dangerous to health
4. Very expensive
5. An effective way to lose weight
6. Of little use
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