牛津高中英语教案 模块一 Unit3 Looking Good, Feeling Good - 图文

Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good

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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

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

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.

?作形容词,修饰名词,置于名词前或后面??作副词,修饰形容词、副词，放在它们后面 enough?，或动词不定式复合结构?作副词，后可接动词不定式?作代词，“足够敁充足”?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 Speaking In-class Lead-in 1. 2.

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 activities 1. discussion 2. reading 3. dialogue

Periods 2-3 Reading

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教材分析

This reading part provides three emails between two friends relating to the problem of being overweight and the experiences of losing weight. In the first email the young girl Amy relates to Zhou Lin the problem she has encountered—she is dying to be thin and how she loses weight. In the second email, Amy describes that she has had some harmful weight-loss pills, which causes her liver to fail. After the proper treatment, the girl dreaming of looking slim finally understands the relationship between beauty and health. In the third email which is from Zhou Lin to Amy, Zhou Lin expresses her worries about Amy and her own her ideas on how to keep a balance between looking good and feeling good. In a word, the topic is what students are concerned about and interested in. As a result, this topic will without any doubt arouse the students’ passion in the reading. At the same time, students can think about how to live a healthy life. By learning this unit, the teacher can also help the students to develop some good habits, which will have a good effect on their later life.

While reading the passage, some reading strategies should be introduced to the students-understanding sentences with “however” or “but”. When the students come across “however” and “but” while reading, they are supposed to guess the meaning of the following sentence which has something different to what has just been expressed. In this sense, these two words have a very important role in the understanding of the passage.

Meanwhile, various in-class activities should be well organized so that the students can take part in. In this way, the students are supposed to develop their abilities both in reading and in listening and speaking as well. Also, tables are used to help the students to find useful information in the text. More pair work and group work activities are designed for students to learn to cooperate with one another in the group. Besides, exercises in different forms are designed to help the students consolidate the usage of new words and phrases as well as language points.

三维目标

1. Train the students’ reading ability, introducing the important role of the two conjunctions however and but in reading by means of quoting the examples of these two conjunctions in the text.

2. Encourage the students to learn to discuss the different ways of losing weight and having a slim figure.

3. Learn some useful words and expressions

ashamed, weight-loss, priceless, recover from liver failure, contain, harmful, chemical, operation, exact, match, follow one’s advice, damage one’s health, attractive, embarrassed, pressure, overweight, go on diets, in secret, properly

4. Learn some important sentence structures

1)be worth doing, be embarrassed about, donate something to somebody 2)It is not until that 重点难点

1. Help the students to learn about the relationship between appearance and health and search for as many healthy ways as possible to lose weight and keep a slim figure.

2. Help the students to learn to use some of the new words and expressions.

3. Help the students to learn to make a booklet about how to keep feeling good and looking

good at the same time.

教学方法

1. Pair work and group discussion. 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. They can discuss the important effects of appearance on one’s confidence or say something about the different ways of losing weight, or even make a plan to lead a healthy life. This will help the students to get involved in the in-class activities and help them to keep a strong body and good figure. Considering some students may feel difficulty in doing such a group discussion, the teacher can help them to search for enough information and get well prepared before class.

2. Encourage the students to go to the library or resort to the Internet to get some examples about how famous people keep figure, which might succeed or fail. They can also be divided into several groups to share the information they have found and try to figure their own way to keep a strong body and a slim figure.

reading strategy on page 43. If time permits, ask them to finish exercises C1, C2 and D1, D2 on page 43 to make preparations for a better understanding of the text.

教学过程

→Step 1 Revision and Lead-in Check the homework

At the end of the previous class, the students are asked to find out the causes of the appearance of an increase number of overweight children in China today as well as the effect that fatness has on life and problems that fat people may encounter. At the beginning of this class, encourage the students to speak out their discoveries in front of the whole class to make a presentation. After one student finishes his or her free-talk, other students or the teacher can ask him or her some questions.

For the teacher, it is necessary to point out the fact that the real wealthy people in foreign countries usually eat good food instead of “much food”. On the contrary, poor people tend to eat more. In this sense, overeating is obviously not a sign of being rich. Also, it has been proved that those successful and wealthy people attach much importance to taking exercise after work, which is believed to have a significant effect on their life and career.

(If the multimedia is available, this design is recommended. )

Show part of the video about the movie with Lious Liu and Zhen as the leading role(瘦身男女), and ask the students to describe some of the scenes in the movie/some of the pictures about losing weight.

→Step 2 Reading skimming

Come to the reading material, which 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. Amy, a Canadian girl, gives a vivid description of losing weight and the following bad effects. Ask the students to read the text quickly and answer the

three questions in Part A.

Check the answers: 1. Canada

2. Weight-loss pills called Fat-less 3. The weight-loss pills

After the students finish it, the teacher can ask students their ways of doing fast reading. In other words, how to get the answers in such a short time?

The teacher should help the students to review the reading strategies of skimming and scanning in the process of looking for the useful information in a quickest way. The students have learned these two reading strategies at the very beginning of the semester and they have been practicing them in the reading training in and after class. Therefore, they are supposed to be very familiar with the two strategies and able to use them freely in the reading practice.

At the same time, focus the students’ attention on the Reading Strategy in this unit. Try to make the students understand and distinguish the differences between “however” and “but”.

1)Read through the Reading Strategy together with the students, asking them: What can you expect in the following sentences or passage whenever you see the two words in an article?

2)Ask the students to underline all the sentences which have the word “but” and “however” in the text.

Brainstorming

Before asking the students to do careful reading of this reading passage, divide the whole class into small groups with four students in a group. And then ask them to have brainstorming.

Question:

Suppose one of your friends is addicted to losing weight and have tried many ways, which, however, are of little use. Do you think you can manage to help him or her out of the trouble and stay a healthy life?

This design, which has been introduced in Unit 1, is used to help the students to get familiar with how to predict what to read in this passage, to learn how to select different materials, and to get the students more interested in reading the passage, to push the students to get involved in the class more actively and share their opinions with other students confidently. In this way, more students are given opportunities to speak in class. While the students are having a discussion, the teacher can go into the students, give them some inspiration, listen to their creative ideas and sometimes can even help them with some difficult expressions. In this way, the teacher and the students will be able to have an interactive communication.

List all the possible ways raised by the students on the blackboard. The teacher also can put forward some other ideas according to the text.

Possible answers: To go on a diet.

To exercise in the gym.

To receive surgical treatment.

To take weight-loss pills with the help of the doctor. 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 and will cause you to put on weight.

Learn to accept and respect herself and her body and then aim for a realistic weight.

First make a change deep inside, a change that will affect your entire outlook on weight loss. Learn to treat it with love and respect. Listening for information

After the students give some suggested answers, ask them to listen to the tape of the text with their books closed, and then guess the meaning of the title of the passage “Dying to be thin”. Then after the listening, check the answers.

Possible answers:

1. The first meaning of the title is that Amy wanted to be thin very much.

2. The second meaning is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.

Scanning

Now it’s time for the students to scan the passage to get some detailed information quickly. Ask the students to have a group competition. Team work is very helpful in students’ learning English because students should be encouraged to use English in daily life. Competition will arouse students’ interest in taking part in the in-class activities. Tell the students that they will be divided into four groups, group 1, 2, 3, and 4, or they can be divided into 2 groups as Boys VS Girls. They are encouraged to find out the details about the things talked about in the text and answer the following questions. When anyone of them gets one of them, he or she will obtain 10 marks for his or her group. Ask them to remember to use the reading strategy-scanning.

Questions:

1. What is Amy’s job?

2. Why dose she try to lose weight? 3. Was Amy dying to be thin?

4. How does she try to lose weight? 5. What’s the result of taking the pills? 6. Did Amy regret taking weight-loss pills? 7. What did Li Dong do? 8. Who is Zhou Lin?

9. Was Zhou Ling sorry to hear about Amy’s problems? 10. What does Amy’s mother keep telling in the first e-mail? 11. Did the doctor tell Amy she would die without a new liver? 12. What did Amy do to recover from her disease?

13. Why did Zhou Ling fail to answer Amy’s e-mail in time?

14. Is Amy’s experience like that of some people in China? Possible answers: 1. She is an actress.

2. Looking good is important to women and she is ashamed of her body. 3. Yes, she wants to be thin very much. 4. She tries to take weight-loss pills.

5. The harmful chemical that is contained in those weight-loss pills causes her liver to fail. 6. Yes, she regrets a lot. 7. He is a doctor.

8. She is Amy’s friend.

9. Yes, she felt worried to hear about Amy’s problem.

10. Amy’s mother keeps telling her not to take them because they are dangerous. 11. Yes, the doctor told her that she would die if she couldn’t get a new liver.

12. She followed her doctor’s advice and did exercise for at least half an hour every day. 13. Because Zhou Lin’s computer was broken.

14. Yes, in China, many people, some of whom are not overweight at all, are always going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, which are often dangerous.

Then the teacher can ask the students to fill in the blank of the chart according to the details of the text. What Amy did Reasons for losing weight Results(successful/unsucceAmy’s emotions

ssful) ↓

take fat-loss pills prepare for a new role slimmer; Happy

beauty is important have lost 7 kg ↓ be ashamed of her body feel tired and weak dying Frustrated

be in hospital Reasons for frustration Reactions to illness ↓

liver failure; feel better Hopeful . . . liver donation recovering

Reason for hope Lessons Amy has learnt do an liver find an exact match Don’t damage your donation for her health for a slim and operation Li Dong’s donation of attractive figure.

more than half of his liver Learn to be confident. to save her life

Mother’s words Health is priceless.

Don’t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure.

Now it’s time for the students to do more comprehensive exercises so that they can have a better understanding of the text. Ask the students to answer the following questions. Allow the students several minutes to finish them and then check the answers. Usually, such kinds of exercises are easy enough for the students to get the right answers.

1. Why doesn’t Amy take her mother’s advice though her Mum keeps telling her not to take those weight-loss pills?

2. In Amy’s second e-mail, why does she regret taking those weight-loss pills? 3. Why dose Amy really mean by saying “My mother is right”? Suggested answers:

1. Because she has lost 7 kg and looks so slim at the moment.

2. Because the pills contain a harmful chemical that caused Amy’s liver to fail.

3. From Amy’s own experience, she does realize that nothing is more important than health and that we shouldn’t be ashamed of the way we look.

Guessing the meanings of the phrases in the reading text.

Up till now, the new idea of the passage along with some details has been discussed. Now, it is time to come to understand the phrases in the passage.

Ask the students to replace the underlined words in each sentence with a phrase given and change the form if necessary.

be well worth be popular among be ashamed of work out be dying to do learn from follow one’s advice be OK with be going on a diet recover from

1. Nowadays online shopping is widely enjoyed by young people. 2. If you want to lose weight, you have to train your body with physical exercise in a gym regularly.

3. It didn’t take him a long time to become completely well again after the attack of illness. 4. Mary is trying to lose weight by having less food, hoping that she can become thinner before Christmas.

5. If you do what I told you to do, there is no doubt that you will win the game. 6. Your parents have been looking for you for nearly an hour. They want to know where you have been very much. 7. You should feel embarrassed about yourself for telling so many lies to your parents. 8. All your friends have this or that advantage, so you should be modest and_____________

something_____________ others.

9. Harry Porter is wonderful, but I’m afraid that Star Wars_____________ seeing.

10. Your son is old enough to look after himself in school. Don’t worry about him. I’m sure everything will_____________ him.

Five minutes later, check the answers. Answers:

1. is popular among 2. work out 3. recover from 4. is going on a diet 5. follow my advice 6. are dying to know 7. be ashamed of 8. learn from 9. is better worth seeing 10. be OK with

To see if the students have fully understood these new words, the teacher can design some exercises for the students to do. For example, the teacher can ask the students to fill in the blanks with the seven words.

Ask the students to fill in the blanks and then check the answers.

1. The boy is suffering a bad cold. It is likely that it will take him quite some time to_____________ from his illness.

2. The change in weather may_____________ your health.

3. You should be_____________ of yourself for telling such lies.

4. I decided to_____________ your advice and do whatever you want me to do. 5. You should take exercise to improve your_____________ .

6. The boss said that she had done a bad job. She was_____________ about his words on her work.

Check the answers:

1. recover 2. affect 3. ashamed 4. follow 5. figure 6. embarrassed In-class activities

Various in-class activities are important in English learning. Until now, the text has been talked in detail. Most of the students have got familiar with the text. So more activities should be designed for the students to improve their ability to use English, to consolidate what they have learnt in the reading text.

Practice A (to discuss questions based on the text)

This activity is designed to encourage the students to reconstruct the information they have got in the passage and give a presentation in their own words.

Suppose you are Amy’s best friend. What advice or suggestions would you give to Amy? (Show the question to be discussed on the screen) Sample answers:

1. If I were Amy’s friend, I would be worried about Amy’s action to lose weight in unhealthy or even harmful way. I will advise her to give up losing weight by means of taking weight-loss pills. I will make it to her the serious results of taking pills and having operations. I will gave her some examples of those who have failed in losing weight in such ways.

2. I will convince her that the most effective way to lose weight is to have a balanced diet and take regular exercise and have enough sleep. Only when she develops such a healthy life style can she look good and feel good in the long term. Some girls who have the same problem with her will go on a diet. It will get them to put on weight as soon as they go back to eat the normal food. Even worse, it definitely will not make them look good and feel good as well. They may even become ill because of going on a diet. Also, I will tell her that if she chooses to control weight by doing exercise, she have to keep on doing it. There is no doubt that once she stops taking exercise, her

weight will go up again very quickly. She may become even fatter than before. In a word, no matter which way you prefer to lose weight, you have to keep going on with it. In some sense, it is more difficult to keep figure than to lose weight.

Practice B (share the students’ opinions)

Suppose one of your friends is addicted to losing weight and can’t stop, do you think you could manage to persuade him or her to give up and be healthy?

Sample answer:

If one of my friends is trying all kinds of means to lose weight and may not choose the right way, it is very likely that she will fail to lose weight. I will try to make her learn to accept and respect herself and her body and then set a realistic aim for her weight. As soon as she makes a deep change inside, a change that affects her entire outlook on weight loss, she will really lose weight.

Teaching and learning design of some new words and expressions. Part A words and phrases

1. be dying to do something/dying for something 渴望非常需要某物 1)不及物动词 消逝; 结束 2)及物动词 死 3)相关的短语:

die away逐渐停止, 逐渐消失 die down逐渐减弱, 逐渐模糊 die off相继死去

die out逐渐消失; 灭绝

die of 因（患）……而死 He died of cancer.

die from 由于……而死, 因……致死 He died from a wound. 2. work

1)n. 劳动; 操作; 作业; 工作; 职业; 功课; 著作; 作品 2)(pl.) (机器的)活动部; 工厂 a gas works煤气厂

3)v. 起作用; 操作: The measures didn’t work. 措施没有奏效。 4)related phrases:

work out 算出(总数)运动; 带来好结果; 有预期的结果 at work忙于劳动; 在工作

out of work没有工作的; 未被雇用的

It won’t work. ［口］那不行, 那不起作用。 work at从事, 致力于, 钻研 3. stay 1)vi. 停留

2)link-v.持续不变; 保持

3)辨析: remain/stay/leave 三者都指“继续停留”或“继续保持某种状态、关系或行动”。 remain 常可与stay 互换, 但它强调“继续停留于一处或保持原状态、情况性质而不改变”, 如: This place remains cool all summer. 这个地方整个夏天都凉爽。

stay强调“某人（物）继续留在原地而不离开”, 如:

He stayed to see the end of the game. 他一直待到比赛结束。 leave 主要指把某物留在某处或留给某人。 4. try

1)n［C］ 尝试; 努力

2)vt. 试图; 努力［+to-v.］ The two sides are still trying to reach an agreement. 双方仍尽力达成协议。

尝试, 试行［+v. -ing］ If the car don’t start, try pushing it. 如果汽车不动，尝试推一推。 试验, 试用［(+out)］/［+v. -ing］;

The idea sounds fine, but we need to try it out in practice. 这个主意听起来不错，但我们需要在实践中验证它。 5. weight (n. )1)重量, 体重 2)砝码 3)负担 4)重要性 1)gain weight=put on weight 增加体重 2)lose weight 减少体重 3)by weight 按照重量 4)in weight 重量是…… 6. shame

1)n.羞愧, 耻辱; 可耻的人(或事物) 2)v.使羞愧, 玷辱

3)be ashamed of以为……是耻辱

4)feel ashamed for sb. 替某人感到羞愧 The parents felt ashamed for their son. 父母为自己的儿子感到羞愧。

5)be ashamed to do sth. 以干……为耻

Students should be ashamed to cheat in the exams. 学生应该以考试中作弊为耻。 7. regret

It is to be regretted that. . . 使人遗憾的是……; 真可惜…… I regret spending so much money on a car. 我后悔花这么多钱在一辆车上。 8. fail

1)vi. 失败；不及格；失灵

2)vt. 未能; 使失望; 未通过(考试等)

失败

4)fail to do没有(做某事); 疏忽; 忘记(做某事) He failed to come. 他未能来。 9. worth

值……的; 价值……的

How much is the picture worth? 这幅画值多少钱？

值得……的, 一般用于be (well) worth (doing)结构。

The book is worth reading. 这本书值得一读。

价值, 财产

Show one’s true worth. 显露出真正价值。

注: 1)worth其后常接名词(代词), 动名词和what从句, 但不能接动词不定式。

This book is worth reading. 这本书值得一读。

此句中的reading 是主动形式表达被动意义, 这种结构中的动名词不可用被动形式。 2)worthy 其后不能直接接名词或动名词充当宾语, 而必须加上of, 且其后可直接接动词不定式或动名词, 如果和句子的主语存在逻辑上的动宾关系, 则不定式或动名词应用被动形式。

即:

3)worthwhile 常用于It’s worthwhile doing/to do. 值得做某事

大吃一惊的, 大为惊异的, 深为惊愕的 ［对……］大为惊讶的, 感

到惊骇的［at］

令人惊异的

惊愕

I was amazed at the news. 我听到这个消息大为惊讶。 Part B important sentence patterns

1. I used to go to the gym three times a week, but I don’t work out any more. 以前每周我去健身馆三次，但现在我不再锻炼了。 1)辨析: used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 be/get used to sth. /doing sth. 习惯做某事

use sth. to do sth. /be used to do sth. (被)用来做某事

It used to be thought that the Earth was flat, but now everyone knows it is round. 过去人们常常认为地球是平的，但现在每个人都知道它是圆球形的。 I never got used to going to bed so late. 我以前从不习惯太晚睡觉。

Computers are used to do a lot of work in many companies. 很多公司里都用计算机做一些工作。 2）work out 锻炼身体; 算出

Many famous actors keep fit by working out in the gym every day. 很多有名的演员靠每天在健身馆里锻炼来保持健康。

2. I’m trying to lose weight because I’m so ashamed of my body. 我在努力减肥因为我的体型使我难为情。

be ashamed of sb. /sth. /doing. . . /be ashamed to do. . . /be ashamed that. . . I’m ashamed to ask for help. 我不好意思请人家帮忙。 He was rather ashamed of himself. 他十分自愧。

3. They contain a harmful chemical that caused my liver to fail. 他们包含有一种有害化学物质，它使我的肝脏受损。 辨析: contain与include

两者都有“包含, 包括”之意, 但意义和用法却不尽相同。

1）contain: have or hold sth. in itself, 表示“包含, 含有, 内装”。是指包含整体的全部, 侧重“整体内有”, 指在某一范围或容器内能容纳某物, 不用于进行时态。如:

These valleys contain gold mines. 这些山谷中有金矿。

To keep fit, we should always avoid food containing too much fat. 为了保持健康, 我们应该避免含有太多脂肪的食物。

2）include: have sth. ／sb. as a part of a whole, 表示“包括”。侧重包含者只是整体中的一部分。如:

The list includes my name. 名单上有我的名字。

注意: 常用include的现在分词或过去分词来作解释说明, 意为“其中包括”。如: The atlas contains forty maps, including three of Great Britain. 这本地图册包括四十幅地图, 其中有三幅英国地图。 At least twenty people were killed, two children included. 至少有20人遇难, 其中有两名儿童。 The price includes the postage charges. 这个价格包括邮费。

cause sb. sth. /cause sb. to do sth.

My pet dog has caused me a lot of trouble. 我的宠物狗给我带来了许多麻烦。 What caused him to fall off his horse? 什么使他从马上掉下来了? 4. But I seldom go to the gym! 但是我很少去体育馆。 seldom“很少, 不经常”，表否定。除seldom之外, 表否定意义的词还有no，never, hardly, scarcely, rarely, little, few等。

这类词有两个特点。

1）它们放于句首时, 用倒装。 Little does he know about Rio. 他不大了解Rio.

In no time is the exam coming. 很快考试到了。

Hardly had he got home when he heard the telephone rang. 他一进家就听到电话铃响。

2）主句有否定词, 反意疑问句用肯定式。如: He knows little about Rio, does he? 5. I’m now in hospital recovering from liver failure. 我正在住院，接受肝脏功能衰退恢复治疗。

用作及物动词和不及物动词。

1）重新获得, 重新找到。如:

He recovered his lost pen. 他找回了遗失的钢笔。 2）恢复, 使 (身体) 复原。如: recover one’s sight恢复视力

sit down to recover one’s breath坐下来喘口气

The patient has perfectly recovered from his illness. 病人已完全好了。 作不及物动词时也有痊愈、复原之意。如:

recover from the effects of the natural disasters 从自然灾害影响中恢复 I’m now in hospital recovering from the disease. 我正在医院康复。 ［链接］ 恢复; 痊愈 可重获的, 可恢复

6. My mother is right: don’t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. 妈妈是对的: 不要因追求苗条而魅力十足的身材去损害你的健康。 1）n. ［U］ 损害, 毁坏。如:

The storm did／caused great damage to the crops. 暴风雨对农作物造成了极大的伤害。 2）vt. 损害, 毁坏。如:

Tell the children not to damage the fruit trees. 告诉那些孩子不要破坏这些果树。 辨析: damage和destroy

1）相同点: 两者都可用作及动物动词。 2）不同点: damage可作不可数名词, 而destroy不能用作名词, 其名词形式为destruction。 在破坏的程度上, damage要小于destroy, damage可以指不同程度的损害、毁坏, 而destroy则一般指毁灭性的破坏。体会下列句子的差别:

The strong sandstorm damaged most of the young trees. 那场强烈的沙尘暴损坏了大部分小树。

The hurricane destroyed the whole village. 飓风把整个村子都毁坏了。 7. Everyone has advised you not to go on a diet, haven’t they? 每个人都建议你不要节食, 是不是? 1）表建议或要求的内容的从句中用should加动词原形, should可省, 这类词除advise外, 还有suggest, propose, ask, order, demand, require, insist。如:

I advise that she (should) go there tomorrow. 我建议她应该明天去那儿。

2）advise doing sth. 或advise sb. to do sth. , 类似advise用法的还有allow, permit, forbid等词。如:

His father isn’t allowed to smoke. 他父亲被要求不能吸烟。 His father allowed smoking. 他父亲允许吸烟。 ［链接］ 忠告, 建议 advisable可劝告的; 可取的; 适当的; 明智的 8. I’m amazed that in China someone’s liver matched yours! 在中国有人的肝脏与你的相符合, 我真惊讶。

用作及物动词和不及物动词。

1)与……相配。如:

The curtains and the carpet match perfectly. 窗帘与地毯十分谐调。 To our surprise, his DNA should match that of Mr. Smith. 令我们惊讶的是, 他的DNA竟然和史密斯先生的相同。 2)与……较量, 匹敌。如: Who can match him in English? 在英语方面谁能是他的对手?

9. Now he is considering taking some pills, which he thinks will make him become stronger. 他正在考虑服药，他觉得这样能使他更健壮。 （1）考虑

consider doing sth. (不可用to do) 如:

She was considering looking for a new job. 她正在考虑寻找一份新的工作。 （2）认为

consider sb. to have done sth.／to be+adj./n. (to be可省)／as+n.

Everyone looked down upon him because he was considered to have stolen Mary’s watch.

每个人都瞧不起他, 因为大家都认为他偷了Mary的手表。 ［链接］ 考虑, 照顾 考虑周到的, 体贴的

值得考虑的, 值得重视的

10. However, they have side effects, which will damage your health. 可是，它们有副作用，会损害你健康的。 1)n. 效果, 作用, 影响。如:

The sound effects of this radio is better. 这种收音机的音响效果更好。

His invention will have a great pushing effect on production. 他的发明将对生产起巨大的推动作用。 2)vt. 产生, 招致, 实现。如:

The heavy rain effected the change in temperature. 这场大雨引起了温度的变化。

3)have effects／an effect on 对……有影响

What effects do you think the changes in temperature will have on crops? 你认为温度的变化会对庄稼有什么影响? ［链接］ 有效的。如:

They have taken effective measures to stop pollution. 他们已经采取了有效措施防止污染。

影响, 打动。如:

She was deeply affected by the news of his death. 他去世的消息使她深感悲痛。

11. This is really a touching story—a stranger who donated part of his liver to a girl he doesn’t even know!

这真是个感人的故事——一个人把自己的部分肝脏捐给了甚至连他都不认识的女孩。 The son and his parents are parting at the station with tears in their eyes. What a touching scene!

儿子和父母在车站分别，泪盈满眶。多么感人的一幕啊！

1)touch被称为使动词, 使动词有两组形容词, 类似的还有 excite, move, disappoint, interest, amaze, surprise

2)touching，exciting，moving，disappointing, interesting, amazing, surprising (arouse the feeling)

3)touched，excited，moved，disappointed, interested, amazed, surprised (be made to feel. . . )

The excited children were opening their Christmas presents. (excite) She was deeply moved when she watched the moving film. (move)

→Step 3 Teaching and learning design of some new words and expressions 1. Translate the following phrases into English. 1)进行锻炼______________________ 2)收到某人来信______________________ 3)减肥______________________

4)因什么而害羞______________________ 5)后悔做某事______________________ 6)从……之中恢复______________________ 7)听从某人的建议______________________ 8)节食______________________

9)给某人做手术______________________

10)导致我的肾脏衰竭______________________ Suggested answers:

1)work out 2)hear from somebody 3)lose weight 4)be ashamed about 5)regret doing something 6)recover from something 7)follow one’s advice 8)go on a diet 9)do an operation on something 10)cause my liver to fail

2. Translate the following phrases into Chinese.

1)donate something to somebody______________________ 2）damage your health______________________ 3）come across______________________

4）an exact match for______________________ Suggested answers:

1)给某人捐赠某物 2)损害你的健康 3)偶然碰到 4)与某人完全匹配的东西

3. Translate the following sentences into English by using the words learnt in the reading. 1）这个讲座包括许多有趣的思想。(contain)

____________________________________________ 2）他做的事情损害了两国的关系。(damage)

____________________________________________ 3）这一事故把汽车损害得很严重。(damage)

____________________________________________ 4）她还没完全从震惊中恢复过来。(recover)

____________________________________________ 5）从那些无法自给的人那里拿钱是十分可耻的。 ____________________________________________ Suggested answers:

1）The speech contained some interesting ideas.

2）What he did damaged the relationship between the two countries. 3）The accident did a lot of damage to the car.

4）She hasn’t completely recovered from the shock.

5）It is a shame to take money from those who can’t afford. 4. Complete the following sentences according to the Chinese. 1)输了比赛, 他羞于见自己的朋友。

He_____________ ______________ _____________ ____________ his friends as he had lost the game.

2)为了让别人听见, 我不得不大声讲。

I had to speak louder to_____________________ . 3)在中国文学的知识方面没有人能和他匹配。

_____________can_____________ him____________ _____________ ______________ Chinese literature.

4)《哈里波特》很受中国年轻人的喜爱。

_____________ the Chinese young people.

5)15个人死于车祸, 其中包括6名儿童。

Fifteen people died from the accident,_____________ six children. Fifteen people died from the accident, six children_____________ .

Suggested answers:

1)was ashamed to see 2)make myself heard 3)Nobody, match, in knowledge of 4)was popular among 5)including, included →Step 4 Homework

1. Read the three emails again, and prepare for retelling the story in the next class.

2. Choose at least ten new words or phrases from the text to make sentences or write a short passage with all of them in it.

3. Preview Word power.

4. Do Parts A1 and A2 on page 86 in Workbook.

板书设计

Problems and Brainstorming Reading strategy Amy’s emotions solutions

Period 4 Word power

整体设计

教材分析

Word power in this unit focuses on types of sports with relevant exercises designed to expand students’ vocabulary related to sports. The text intends to help the students get familiar with or even master the names of various sports by means of reading, and blank filling. The students who are expected to learn this part are all teenagers around 17 or 18 years old. There is no doubt that they really have great interest in sports and some of them even do very well in sports. In this sense, the topic of sports in the Word power must be appealing to them, which may arouse their interest in learning the names of all kinds of sports, especially for those boys who don’t like to remember English words.

三维目标

1. Enlarge students’ vocabulary related to sports and help them to develop a good habit of remembering English words in some category.

2. Enable the students to learn to talk about something they know about sports.

3. Encourage the students to learn the following new words by heart: badminton, boxing, squash, basketball, tennis, shooting, volleyball, football, weightlifting, aerobics, fencing, triathlon

4. Learn some useful expressions and sentence structures 1)I don’t know which sport to choose. 2)It may be fun. /It sounds fun.

3)build up your strength/build your strength up 重点难点

1. Help the students talk about sports and learn some new words. 2. Help the students remember some new names of sports.

3. Help the students realize the fact that doing exercise is an effective way to lose weight and keep fit.

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 a multimedia room.

课前准备

1. Ask the students to prepare for a presentation concerning the following topic for about two or three minutes.

Topic: Suppose you have an opportunity to watch a competition on the spot in the 29th Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, what kind of sports would you like to choose?

This topic is closely related to students’ daily life and they must know something about it in which they will show great interest. This will be a good warm-up at the beginning of the class, which can help the students get involved in the in-class activities. If some students really find some difficulty in expressing their opinions clearly and fluently, the teacher can help them.

2. Encourage the students to search for some information concerning the sports in the Olympic Games. For example, the students can look for the information about the names of the sports, how they are played, the rules of the sports, how Chinese players do in the sports, whether

Chinese players have won any medal in the sports and so on. If time permits, the teacher can divide the whole class into several groups to carry out a discussion about which sports they like best and which sports they are good at.

教学过程

→Step 1 Lead-in

Activity 1: As is known to all, the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008, which is a great concern for most Senior High school students. It is possible for students to give a successful presentation on the topic. So, the teacher should encourage the students to volunteer to make a free-talk in front the whole class about their favorite sports in the Olympic Games. After one student finishes his or her free-talk, the teacher can give some comments or raise some questions.

Possible answers:

1. Every time I watch the sports game, I would like to choose to see the figure skating. With the beautiful music, the figure skater plays elegant ice-skating. It is really an enjoyment to watch the figure skating, which is a mixture of sports and art.

2. From my point of view, I think the men’s 110-meter hurdle competition is most exciting and I want to watch the whole process of Liu Xiang winning the first for myself. I hope he could become the winner of men’s 110-meter hurdles again. All people throughout China take pride in him and I am sure he will succeed again.

Activity 2: There are many different ways to lose weight. The most important thing is that you have to burn more calories than you consume. Simply eating less is not always the best way to lose weight. A better way is to take regular exercise every day. In this unit, Word power deals with words and expressions related to types of sports. Students are expected to not only expand related vocabulary but also apply them practically. Present such questions as follows on the blackboard:

Are you interested in sports?

1. What kind of sports are you particularly fond of?

2. If you want to lose weight, which kind of sports would you like to take part in? 3. Have you ever joined one of them? If not, are you planning to join one? Possible answers:

1. I like playing basketball. It makes me feel strong and confident. During the competition, I can fly all over the playground and I can learn how to cooperate with other players in the team.

2. I think I am a little bit overweight. And I would like to play aerobics to keep figure. It is very interesting and I feel very relaxed after sweating heavily in the gym.

3. I don’t like to do sports but I want to try some in the future. (If the multimedia is available, this design is recommended. )

Show parts of the video of Chinese sport player competing in the Olympic games. Or some pictures can also be used.

Triathlon

running

swimming

Football

badminton

Tennis

boxing

javelin volleyball golf

And then ask the students to describe some of the scenes in the video or some of the pictures about the game competition.

Possible answers:

1. Triathlon refers to long-distance bicycling, running and swimming.

2. Football is one of the most popular games in the world. And my favorite football player is Beckham. He is amazing and he is my idol.

3. Tennis is the sport that I like most.

4. I would like to watch the badminton competition. Sun Ting and Li Tiantian did a very good job in Athens Olympic Games in 2004. They won a gold medal in the women double.

→Step 2 Brainstorming

Encourage the students to think of as many names of sports as possible. (Let the students close their books and present all the sports names they know on the blackboard. )

The following are the suggested answers:

Archery, gymnastics, martial arts, folk dancing, skating, baseball, softball, volleyball, triathlon, fencing, weightlifting, hokey (曲棍球), squash (软式壁球), boxing (拳击), wrestling (摔跤), weightlifting (举重), sit up (仰卧起坐)

→Step 3 Activity: to guess the names of the sports

Let the students guess the names of some sports. The teacher can show the pictures of sports on the blackboard and then ask one student to describe the details of sport and after the

explanation, ask another to name the sport. The teacher can ask the student to go to the front of the class and stand with his or her back facing the picture on the blackboard. Before the game starts, the teacher can give some clues and make it clear to the students that the one who is going to describe the sports can say something like: how many team members there are in the sport; how the sport is played; what its rules are; what instructions a new player has to pay attention to; whether there are some famous Chinese players who are good at the sport. (If possible, the teacher can present these questions on the blackboard, which can help the students to describe the sport. ) When the student guesses the name of the sports, the teacher can give them a present. Usually, it is the boys who are greatly interested in sports and it has been proved that boys take part in the game more actively and successfully.

Sometimes the students may have some difficulty in describing the sports. If so, the teacher can give them some help. Students may also find it hard to figure out the names of the sports. In that case, the teacher should give them more opportunities to have a try.

To make the task easier, the teacher can help the students as follows:

1. Sometimes, the students can describe the sports but do not know the names. The teacher can write the names of the sports on the blackboard which he or she anticipates that the students don’t know, such as sit-up, aerobics(健美操), shooting (射击), Triathlon(铁人三项), Men’s 110 hurdle(跨栏), fencing (击剑).

2. If the picture of the sports is too hard for the students to describe, the teacher can describe himself or herself and all the students can have a try.

For example:

1. Name of the sport: Football

Description: a game played by two teams of eleven players who try to kick a round ball into the other team’s goal.

English people like this sport very much. Also millions of people around the world are crazy for it, especially when the World Cup is held every four years. It takes a lot of energy to play it well. It makes your legs and body very strong. Beckham is a world famous player of this sport.

2. Name of the sport: Sit-up

Description: When you do such exercise, you lie on your back on the floor and raise the top part of the body and in the end you will in a sitting. By means of doing this exercise you will build

3. Name of the sport: Aerobics

Description: It is a very active exercise, which can make your heart strong. When you do the sport, you follow the strong music with fast rhythm in a large room together with a lot of other people. Girls are usually interested in it. Sometimes there is glass around the room so that you can see your image in the glass.

4. Name of the sport: Triathlon

Description: It is a sporting event in which people compete in three different sports, including long-distance swimming,

cycling and running.

5. Name of the sport: Basketball

Description: a game played by two teams. Each team has five players and all the players work together to try to throw a large ball into a basket which is very high. The

Chinese player Yao Ming is now playing the sport in America.

6. Name of the sport: Men’s 110 hurdle:

Description: It belongs to the track and field, which is performed on a running field.

Liu Xiang got the gold medal in the sport in Athens Olympic Games in 2004. He has brought Chinese people great

7. Name of the sport: Fencing

Description: It is a sport of fighting with each of the two players holding a long distant sword and it is played indoors. Both the two players wear a mask.

8. Name of the sport: Weightlifting

Description: The players in the sport lift very heavy metal in round shape, which are connected by a long straight stick; usually the weightlifting players have very strong muscles,

9. Name of the sport: Shooting:

Description: In this sport, the players shoot with a gun at an object and the player who gets the highest mark will get a prize. Chinese player Wang Yifu once did a very good job in the shooting competition in the Athens Olympic Games. The players of this sport are supposed to have excellent eyesight. It is the sport in which Chinese player Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for China in the history.

10. Name of the sport: Table tennis

Description: It is the national sport of China and there have always been a great number of excellent players in this sport. Some players even went to teach foreign players such as European and Korean players. This sport even played a very important role in Chinese and American diplomatic relationship.

11. Name of the sport: Swimming

Description: When you are playing the sport, you should move yourself through the water by using your arms, legs and so on. The sport has different types. Sometimes you move like a frog, while sometimes you move like a butterfly. Chinese player Luo Xuejuan once won the gold medal of the sport for China in the Olympic Games.

→Step 4 Explanations of some other sports

Considering there are some types of sports that students are not familiar with or even know little about, the teacher can show the pictures of these sports and explain the detail to them so that they can understand the sports and keep their names in heart.

1. Hockey (曲棍球)

It is a game played on the grass or ice by two teams of 11 players, with a stick or a ball. It contains ice hockey and field hockey.

2. Diving (跳水)

It is an activity of jumping into the water with your head and arm first. China has excellent players in the sport such as Tian Liang and Fu Mingxia. Chinese players always do very well in the sport because Chinese players are generally smaller in shape than those from western countries.

3. Squash (软式壁球)

It is a game played by two people who use rackets to hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a square court.

4. Equestrian (马术)

You are riding a horse when playing the sport. It has its own grace and rhythm and you should know the temper of the horse you are riding to play it well. Different horses have different personalities.

→Step 5 Reading and speaking Activity 1:

Ask the students to read Part A—Zhou Lin’s letter on page 46 quickly in the text book and find out all the words related to sports. (archery 剑术, gymnastics体操, martial arts 武术, folk dancing 民间舞蹈, skating 滑冰, baseball棒球, softball垒球) And then try to summarize the clubs Zhou Lin has discussed in her diary. The teacher can ask the students what specific things students are required or allowed to do in each of the clubs or what kind of sports club they would like to join.

Possible answers:

1. There is a gymnastics club in our school. There are many kinds of equipment in a gym club. Students can choose whichever they like and do many types of sports to keep fit. Sometimes there are teachers or experienced students in Grade two or Grade three giving some help if you don’t know how to use the equipment.

2. Basketball is my favorite. So without doubt I will join the basketball club. Both outdoor and indoor basketball courts are very good. So I will play basketball outside when it is sunny. I think sweating in the sunshine is really a great pleasure. Also, it is always very exciting to work together with my partners to get the scores. I like the sense of achievement after my team wins. If it is rainy, I can play basketball inside, which is interesting too.

Activity 2:

Ask the students to focus on Part C on page 47, which is a letter from Zhou Lin to Amy. Ask the students to finish it individually first. And then conduct a feedback activity. Or the teacher can design the following questions to check the students’ understanding of the letter.

What does Zhou Lin suggest Amy doing after she gets out of the hospital? Activity 3:

Ask the students to do Part D on page 105 in the workbook, so they can not only practice using some of the words in the unit but also gain knowledge of another sport, jogging, which can help people to stay healthy.

In addition, the teacher can design the following questions to check the students’ understanding.

1. What kind of sport is jogging?

2. Why is jogging so popular? In other words, what are the advantages of jogging?

3. If you decide to start jogging, what should you prepare? Suggested answers:

1. Jogging means running slowly for a long way.

2. More and more people take up jogging because it is such a good form of exercise that it can help you to make your heart strong and control your weight. If you keep jogging regularly, you can stay slim without taking weight-loss pills or skipping meals.

3. Jogging doesn’t cost much and what you need is only a comfortable pair of shoes especially made for jogging.

→Step 6 Pair work Activity 1

: Ask the students to discuss in pairs what good they think different sports do to their bodies and fill in the blanks of a list of sports. Ask them to write 1 (a little) to 3 (a lot) for energy level. Write one tick √(a little), two ticks√√, or three ticks (√√√)for how strong and flexible they make you. Sports 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 How much energy do you need? Does it make you: strong Fishing and flexible? √ √√ √ √ √√√ √√√ √√√ √√√ √√√ √ √√ √√√ √ √ √√√ √√√ √ √√ Table tennis Badminton Walking Running Swimming Basketball Climbing Rope skipping Sit-up

Activity 2:

Up till now, by means of different activities, students have known a number of sports. It is time for them to make a summary. Let students discuss with each other about the indoor and outdoor sports and complete C on page 47 putting the names of the following sports into the correct column. (boxing, beach volleyball, judo(柔道), gymnastics, skiing, baseball) Encourage the students to add some more into each category.

(The task can be made more challenging by asking the students to choose one or two indoor or outdoor sports, which are listed on the blackboard and make a description of them to let others guess. The game is similar to what they have done in guessing the names of the sports above. ) Indoors Boxing Fencing Gymnastics Squash Bowling (保龄球) Weightlifting Table tennis Outdoors Beach volleyball Skiing Baseball Rugby Football Track and field Running Aerobics Diving Judo(柔道) . . . Hurdle Tennis . . . . . . Activity 3:Suppose you are a journalist from Wuxi Daily and you want to write a report on teenagers’ problems in losing weight. So you plan to have an interview with Amy. Before the interview, you have already known Amy’s experiences of losing weight. But there is something else you want to know about Amy, for example, what was her feeling when she was told that the harmful chemicals contained in the weight-loss pills had caused her liver to fail, whether she will try to lose weight again in the future or not, if she will, what she will do, and since there are many teenagers, especially girls, who want to lose weight like Amy, what kind of advice Amy can give to them.

Ask the students to work in pairs and do an interview. One is Amy and the other one is a Wuxi Daily journalist.

→Step 7 Homework

Review the vocabulary we have learned and describe one of the sports.

板书设计

Vocabulary related to sports Explanations of some other sports 1. Hockey 2. Diving . . . . . .

Periods 5-6 Grammar and usage

整体设计

教材分析

The grammar section in this unit will first deal with the non-restrictive attributive clauses. Students are expected to learn what the non-restrictive attributive clauses are and in what situation they are used. They will know the differences between the non-restrictive attributive clauses and the restrictive attributive clauses. In this unit the students will learn that a non-restrictive attributive clause is used to add extra information to the main clause of a sentence.

The teacher tell students the rules to form a non-restrictive attributive clause, and the differences between the non-restrictive attributive clauses and the restrictive attributive clauses. After that the students are given some exercises. They should point out the antecedent, relative pronoun and the function of the relative pronoun in the clause in each sentence. Then give them some sentences to translate to consolidate what they have learnt.

The students will learn what question tags are and in what situations they are used. They are also told how to use different intonations at end of the sentences to express different meanings, and how to form question tags.

三维目标

1. Enable the students to use non-restrictive attributive clauses correctly. 2. Enable the students to use question tags correctly. 重点难点

Non-restrictive attributive clauses. Question tags. 教学方法

1. Discussion in pairs or in groups. 2. Task-based in-class activities.

3. Explanations of some rules of the attributive clause and question tags. 教具准备

A computer and some slides.

课前准备

1. Ask the students to go over the attributive clauses introduced by which, that, who, whom, whose and preposition+which and preposition+whom, and relative adverbs: when, where and why. Let them do some exercises about it.

2. Ask the students to find out all the sentences including attributive clauses in reading and try their best to translate them into Chinese.

3. Find out the differences between these attributive clauses and the clauses they learned. 4. Ask the students to make an amazing story using the attributive clauses they have learned.

教学过程

→Step 1 Revision & Lead-in

Ask the students some questions about what they have learned in last period. Have a competition between the different groups.

Ask them to tell the story they have prepared. The teacher judges the stories the students tell and give them different marks according to the attributive clauses they use in their stories.

→Step 2 Non-restrictive attributive clauses

1. Let the students read the five examples in point 1.

2. Tell the students what a non-restrictive attributive clause is.

A non-restrictive attributive clause is a clause that adds extra information to the main clause of a sentence. There is usually a comma (, ) before it.

Ask the students to find the similarities and the differences between the restrictive attributive clauses and the non-restrictive attributive clauses.

1)Both of them are used after a noun.

2)The non-restrictive clause adds extra information to the main clause of a sentence and can be left out without any confusion. For a restrictive clause, it is a necessary part of the sentence, and if it is left out, the meaning of the whole sentence will not be so clear.

3)There is usually a comma before a non-restrictive attributive clause. 4)We can never use “that” to begin a non-restrictive attributive clause.

5)We can use which to refer to the whole of the main clause in the non-restrictive attributive clauses.

3. Ask the students to point out the attributive clauses in reading.

1)Since I’m preparing to act in a new play, I’m taking weight-loss pills called Fat-less, which are quite popular among young women here.

2)My mother, whom you met last year, keeps telling me not to take them because they are dangerous.

3)Then the doctor found that someone in your country, whose name is Li Dong, was an exact match for me.

4)It’s the same in China—many people, some of whom are not overweight at all, are always going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, which are often dangerous.

→Step 3 Practice

Ask the students to translate some sentences into English using the non-restrictive attributive clauses.

1. This is the car which we bought last month. 2. This is the car, which we bought last month.

3. He failed in the math exam, which made his parents very sad.

4. It rained hard yesterday, which prevented me from going to the park. 5. The result of the experiment was very good, which we had expected. 6. He missed the show, which was a great pity.

7. She was awarded a gold medal, which the whole family considered a great honor. 8. She was very patient with the children, which her husband seldom was. →Step 4 Question tags

1. Let the students read the guidelines at he beginning of this part. Ask them to say what different situations question tags are used.

2. The rules of how to form a question tag.

反意疑问句(tag question)又叫附加疑问句, 是在陈述句后, 对陈述句所叙述的事提出的疑问。

其基本结构有两种:

1) “肯定陈述句+简略否定问句”; 2) “否定陈述句+简略肯定问句”。

反意疑问句的前后两部分在时态, 人称和数上都要保持一致。

It looks like rain, doesn’t it?

He doesn’t need to work so late, does he?

3)陈述部分的主语是this, that时, 疑问部分的主语多用it; 陈述部分的主语是these, those时, 疑问部分的主语多用they。

This is a dictionary, isn’t it? Those are shelves, aren’t they?

4)陈述部分是“there be”结构的, 疑问部分用there省略主语代词。 There is something wrong with your watch, isn’t there? There will not be any trouble, will there?

5)陈述句中含有not, no, hardly, neither, never, few, little, too. . . to等否定词或具有否定意义的词时, 疑问部分常用肯定形式。如:

Few people knew the news, did they? Tom has never been to England, has he?

6)如果陈述句的主语是something, nothing, anything, everything 等不定代词时, 反意疑问部分的主语多用it。

7)如果主语是I’m, 后反意部分用aren’t I。 I’m late, aren’t I?

8)附加问句一般与主句的主谓保持一致, 但当陈述部分的主语是 I suppose, I think, I believe, I suspect, I imagine, I guess (主语还可以是we) 等结构时, 附加问句往往与that 从句中的主谓保持一致。

9)当陈述部分带有情态动词must 时, 如表示“必须”, 附加问句用must; 如表示猜测, 附加问句根据具体语境用适当的形式。如:

He must be very tired, isn’t he?

He must have seen the film, hasn’t he?

He must have seen the film last night, didn’t he? 10）祈使句 Imperative sentences: Don’t move the chair, will you? Give me some paper, can you? Let’s go shopping, shall we?

Let us have a look at your book, will you? 11）Attention:

（1）简短问句的否定形式, 要用缩写形式, 不能出现not, 主语要用人称代词不能用名词.

Her mother is a doctor, isn’t she?

There is a book on the desk, isn’t there?

（2）对反意疑问句的回答, 是根据事实, 而不是根据问题的提法。 He isn’t a doctor, is he? (他不是医生, 是吗? ) Yes, he is. (不, 他是医生。)

No, he isn’t. (是的, 他不是医生。)

（3）Since the students have learned how to form a question tag, ask them to finish the exercises on page 42, and Part C2 on page 96 in workbook. If time is limited in class, it can be assigned as their homework.

（4）Ask students to do some exercises ①The boy is Japanese,_____________ he?

②The book isn’t interesting,_____________ it?

③He knows a lot about English names,_____________ he? ④The girl doesn’t like apples,_____________ she? ⑤There are two birds in the tree,_____________ there? ⑥The man came to China last month,_____________ he? →Step 5 Homework

1. Finish the exercises below on the paper. 2. Review Grammar and usage of this unit

板书设计

1. 陈述部分的主语是this, that时, 疑问部分的主语多用it; 陈述部分的主语是these, those时, 疑问部分的主语多用they。

This is a dictionary, isn’t it? Those are shelves, aren’t they?

2. 陈述部分是“there be”结构的, 疑问部分用there省略主语代词。 There is something wrong with your watch, isn’t there? There will not be any trouble, will there?

3. 陈述句中含有not, no, hardly, neither, never, few, little, too. . . to等否定词或具有否定意义的词时, 疑问部分常用肯定形式。如:

Few people knew the news, did they? Tom has never been to England, has he?

4. 如果陈述句的主语是something, nothing, anything, everything 等不定代词时, 反意疑问部分的主语多用it。

5. 如果主语是I’m, 后反意部分用aren’t I I’ m late, aren’t I?

6. 附加问句一般与主句的主谓保持一致, 但当陈述部分的主语是 I suppose, I think, I believe, I suspect, I imagine, I guess (主语还可以是we) 等结构时, 附加问句往往与that 从句中的主谓保持一致。

7. 当陈述部分带有情态动词must 时, 如表示“必须”, 附加问句用must; 如表示猜测, 附加问句根据具体语境用适当的形式:

He must be very tired, isn’t he?

He must have seen the film, hasn’t he?

He must have seen the film last night, didn’t he? 8. 祈使句 Imperative sentence: Don’t move the chair, will you? Give me some paper, can you? Let’s go shopping, shall we?

Let us have a look at your book, will you? Attention:

1. 简短问句的否定形式, 要用缩写形式, 不能出现not, 主语要用人称代词不能用名词。 Her mother is a doctor, isn’t she?

There is a book on the desk, isn’t there?

2. 对反意疑问句的回答, 是根据事实, 而不是根据问题的提法。 He isn’t a doctor, is he? (他不是医生, 是吗? ) Yes, he is. (不, 他是医生。)

No, he isn’t. (是的, 他不是医生。)

Periods 7-8 Task

整体设计

教材分析

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.

This section consists of a series of activities, which provide students opportunities to learn and practice their language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing.

三维目标

1. Learn some important words and expressions

gym, recommend, personal, membership, yoga, aerobics, muscles, close up, join a gym, what’s more, make the most of

2. Learn some important sentence patterns

1)What’s more, for the next two weeks we are offering 1 month free membership. 2)Write a letter to him, explaining why you think he should join the gym. 3)He is trying to find a gym membership he can afford.

3. Help students learn how to find the information they want to know quickly in a long passage and take notes.

4. Enable students to write a letter to recommend a gym to a friend. 重点难点

Help the students to find information quickly and writing a letter to recommend a gym to a friend.

Guide the students to take notes and use punctuation. Encourage the students to find information quickly. 教学方法

Learn the skill of note taking. Practice the skill of note taking. Design a poster for a gym. Put the skills into practice. 教具准备

A tape recorder; a projector and some slides.

课前准备

1. Ask the students to read a long passage given by the teacher before this period. And ask the students to find out the important information as quickly as possible.

2. Let the students review punctuation marks in the Chinese language.

3. Encourage the students to go to the library or surf the Internet to get some information

d into several groups to get some information

about how to make ads for a gym.

4. Ask the students to preview this period—task on pages 52 to 57.

教学过程

→Step 1 Revision and Lead-in

Do some grammar exercises to review what we have learned in the last period.

1. We are going to spend the Spring Festival in Guangzhou,_____________ live my

grandparents and some relatives.

A. which B. that C. who D. where

2. The hotel_____________ during our holidays stands by the seaside. A. we stayed at

B. where we stayed at C. we stayed

D. in that we stayed

3. I have bought the same dress_____________ she is wearing. A. as B. that C. which D. than

4. He is not_____________ a fool_____________ . A. such; as he is looked B. such; as he looks C. as; as he is looked D. so; as he looks

5. Is that the reason_____________ you are in favor of the proposal? A. which B. what C. why D. for that

6. Some of the roads were flooded,_____________ made our journey more difficult. A. which B. it C. what D. that

7. He must be from Africa,_____________ can be seen from his skin. A. that B. as C. who D. what

8. He has two sons,_____________ work as chemists. A. two of whom B. both of whom C. both of which D. all of whom

9. The buses,_____________ were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd. A. most of that B. which most C. most of which

D. that most

10. My glasses,_____________ I was like a blind man, fell to the ground and broke. A. which B. with which C. without which D. that

11. Mr. Wu,_____________ everybody likes, is going to give us a talk on chemistry. A. whom B. that C. which D. /

12. This is Mr. Smith,_____________ I think has something interesting to tell us. A. who B. whom C. that D. /

13._____________ , the compass was first made in China. A. It is know to all B. It is known that C. We all know D. As is known to all

14. I,_____________ your good friend, will try my best to help you out. A. who is B. who am C. that is D. what is

15. He is a man of great experience,_____________ much can be learned. A. who B. that

C. from which D. from whom

Suggested answers: 1～5 DAABC 6～10 ABBCC 11～15 AADBD

In this period, the teacher helps students learn how to find information they want to know quickly in a long passage.

Firstly, show the students many letter objects, and then let them find some of them to make some words. Or show the students two pictures, and let them find out the differences between the two pictures of the 2008 Olympic Games’ five mascot dolls by asking the students to tell the differences between the two pictures. This requires our finding ability.

Secondly, show the students a short passage about the two pictures. And ask the students to find out the most important information.

Instead of the original name of the Games’ five mascot dolls “Friendlies”, last week the COC(中国奥委会) started to use “Fuwa”, which is a pinyin translation of its Chinese name. “Firstly, friendly is somewhat an ambiguous(有歧义的) name, which could refer both to friendly

people and friendly matches,”a famous professor said on the site. “Secondly, the term “Friendlies” has a similar pronunciation to ‘friendless’ and thirdly, the spelling of Friendlies is made up of ‘friend’ and ‘lies’. ”

→Step 2 Skills building 1: Finding information

Our aim of reading is to get information. In fact, in our daily life, it often happens. Then teacher shows the students how to find information in a long passage. (Show the two points on the screen. )

Activity 1 Introduction

Two guidelines to help you find information quickly:

1. Reading the questions carefully before you begin can give you a good idea of the information you are looking for.

2. Skim the passage, and look for main points and key words. Main points are the general ideas of the passage. And Key words can tell you the important and useful information such as who, when, where, how

The teacher may tell the students to highlight main points by underlining them and key words by circling them to find them easily later.

Activity 2 Practice

Let the students practice finding the information from a long passage using the above guidelines.

Show the following on the screen.

Read the following two passages. Underline the main ideas and circle the key words. Passage 1

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝). Hiccups are so mysterious. We really don’t know why they start and why they stop.

Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups. Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well. Others eat a teaspoon of sugar. Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it. An American man named Jack O’Leary claimed to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years. He tried 60 000 cures, but none of them worked. Finally he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately. It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well. He tried them all, but the hiccups continued. Finally, he drank a “secret” mixture someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.

Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure. Passage 2

President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on August 19, 1946. But his name was not Bill Clinton. It was William Jefferson Blythe. His mother named his for his father, who had been killed in a car accident a few months before he was born. When Bill was four years old, his mother married Roger Clinton who then legally became Bill’s father. Roger Clinton and Bill’s mother had a son, Roger Jr.

Bill Clinton studies international affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. He won a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University in Britain. There, he met other students with whom he has continued life-long friendships. One of them is Robert Reich, who was just nominated to be Secretary of Labor. After Oxford, Bill Clinton earned a law degree at Yale University.

In 1973, Bill Clinton became a law professor at the University of Arkansas, but he was too interested in politics to stay at the university. He campaigned for the House of Representatives but was defeated. In 1976, he was elected General for the state of Arkansas, the state government’s chief lawyer.

Two years later, Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas. He was defeated for re-election after his first two-year term. But he was elected Governor again in 1982. He has been re-elected to that office every two years since then.

Bill Clinton married lawyer Hillary Rodham Rodham in 1975. She kept Rodham as her last name until it became an issue during her husband’s 1980 campaign for governor. Since then, she has been known as Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Clintons have a daughter, Chelsea.

Sample answers: Passage 1

Main idea: Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.

Key words: a good scare; eat a teaspoon of sugar; water with a knife; Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.

1._____________ might be the best cure for hiccups. A. Special pills

B. A spoonful of salt C. Cold water

D. What you believe in

2. The plumber spent_____________ in stopping his hiccups. A. 4 hours B. 2 days C. 8 months D. 8 years

3. A cure for hiccups will help them_____________ , according to this article. A. become worse B. last longer C. become louder D. go away

4. What is the main idea of this article? A. Different ways to stop hiccups B. What makes hiccups happen C. How to get hiccups D. Jack O’Leary’s hiccups

Suggested answers: 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A Passage 2

Main idea: Something about Bill Clinton: born; study; career; marriage; daughter

Key words: President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on

August 19, 1946, in 1973, in 1976 General, two years later, Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton married lawyer Hillary Rodham Rodham in 1975, the Clintons have a daughter, Chelsea.

1. We learn that Bill Clinton’s father_____________ . A. died before Bill Clinton was born

B. died when Bill Clinton was a few months old C. left his wife after Bill Clinton was born D. was his mother’s second husband

2. Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in_____________ . A. 1976 B. 1978 C. 1980 D. 1973

3. Hillary Rodham did not change her last name until_____________ . A. she married Clinton

B. she gave birth to their daughter C. Clinton campaigned for President

D. Clinton was defeated in his campaign for governor Suggested answers: 1. A 2. B 3. D

Activity 3 Recommend a gym to a friend

Part A: One of your friends is thinking of joining a gym. He is trying to find a gym membership he can afford. You have found an advertisement and a web page about a gym. Underline the main points and circle the key words for him.

In this part students are asked to find and choose some information about a gym after they read and listen to the ads about it. Their listening and reading skills can be improved by finishing this part.

Let the students read the guidelines and know what information they are going to look for. They should look for the information about a gym membership that their friends can apply for. Have the students read the two ads carefully in Part A on page 52. Ask them to underline the main idea and circle the key words.

Answers: The ads

Main idea: Build the body you’ve always wanted! Get it! Get healthy! Key words: Special offer! 1 month free membership!

35 classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and swimming. Two branches in the city!

Open from 6 a. m. to midnight daily, 365 days a year. Call 5555 4567 for more information. The web page

Main idea: Build the body you’ve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!

Key words: Have some of the best equipment of any gym in the world, with 3000 square meters of equipment.

Our personal trainers will be happy to help you improve your shape. Making up a dialogue (Work in pairs)

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

Provided information: 1. Membership fee 2. Number of gyms in the city 3. What do you get for free? 4. How big is each gym?

You may start the conversation like this: A: Hello, is that 5555 4567? B: Yes. Who’s that calling? A: . . . B: . . .

Part B Ask the students to use the information they have found to complete the note in Part B on page 53. They will not be able to finish the whole part. They will get more details after they listen to the tape.

Answers:

2 Numbers of gyms in the city 2

4 What do you get for free? A T-shirt, 2 free personal training sessions, 1 month free membership.

5 How big is each gym? 3000 square meters.

7 Can you get advice from a personal trainer? Yes. 10 How can you find out more? Call 5555 4567.

Part C Let the students do Part C by listening to the tape to finish the rest of the note sheet in Part B.

Answers:

3 Where are the gyms in the city? One in Jinshan Road; one near the King Hotel. 6 Is there a health cafe at the gym? No.

8 What do you need to do to join? Provide with your ID number. 9 Do you need to be 18 to join? No. →Step 3 Writing

Ask the students to write a letter recommending a gym to a friend.

You think that Wu Dong, your friend should join Better Body Gym. Try to write him a letter, explaining why you think he should join the gym. Ten minutes will be given to finish writing.

Useful words and expressions

1. Student A: Why should he choose this gym?

not expensive, cost, get one month free membership, near the King hotel, not far, convenient, good e

relax your muscles, build strong body, keep fit, not so tired, healthy way of losing weight Dear Wu Dong,

_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Best wishes,

xxx

Ten minutes later, ask some students to read out their letters. →Step 4 Skills building 2: note taking

In this period, the teacher can help the students to learn how to make notes while listening as quickly as possible.

In order to make notes as brief as possible, three skills are presented to students. Then they are asked to use the skills to take notes while listening to the tape.

Activity 1 Introduction

Show the students the guidelines and the three points so that they will know how to write down information quickly when taking notes.

1. Use abbreviation & contractions (P54): Guess the meaning: Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun.

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. mor afn min sec hr

WTO=the World Trade Organization WHO=the World Health Organization What is an abbreviation and contraction?

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form. And a contraction is a word formed by omitting or combining some of the sounds of a longer phrase.

PRC=People’s Republic of China Dept=department

SH1=Senior High One Art Fest=Art Festival mfr=manufacturer No. =number e. g. =example I’d=I would/I had won’t=will not shan’t=shall not

2. Write down only the key words

Eating fruit every day is good for you. =Fruit good

You should do lots of exercise to stay fit. =Lots exercise fit

Gym memberships can sometimes be very expensive. =Gym can be expensive

3. Use symbols ﹥ more than

﹤ nearly/less than ↑ increase ↓ decrease ∵ because ∴ therefore → mean/lead to + and/also = equal

Guess the meaning of the following emot: -) = : - ( =

: -o = surprise : -D = great joy : -P = make a face : ～-( = crying

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

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

Turn to page 54. Look at the TIP. Students must remember these symbols and meanings they express.

Activity 2 Listening

Have the students listen to the tape and write down what they have heard using the three skills they have just learned.

Play the tape and check the answer. 1. The number seven bus is not on time.

2 Our department is increasing the number of teachers. 3. I’d like to see the manufacturer.

4 Senior High 1 has a bigger class than Senior High 2. 5 The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. Interviewing classmates about exercise

In this part, the students will improve their listening and speaking abilities by listening to an introduction to a gym and asking and answering questions about how to keep fit. At the same time, they should take notes on what they are hearing and what they are talking about. Lastly they should be able to tell the class what exercise their partner does according to the notes they have taken.

1. Part A

Ask the students to do Part A by listening to the speech about the facilities available in the

gym and take notes while listening. Tell them to use abbreviations and contractions to write down the information quickly.

Answer:

They have a swimming pool to be a no. of mchs that can help workouts. Many running mchs+ a rowing mch+a skiing mch. *****machine=mch***** 2. Part B

Ask the students to work in pairs and ask the partners questions about how he or she keeps fit. Then make a dialogue about it and take notes about the partners’ answers as well. Students can refer to the words in the box. And try to use the note taking skills they have learnt. Five minutes later, the teacher will ask some pairs to act out their dialogues.

Ask some students to say what exercise their partners do according to the notes they have made. Then let them try to find what the most popular exercise is in the class.

Answers: What basketball/dancing/football/gym/running/swimming Why fit/fun/healthy/strong When often/sometimes/seldom/never Whom classmates/family/friends

. . . . . .

→Step 5 In-class activities Activity 1 Poster design

After all the exercises, the teacher may ask the students to have a poster design competition. Directions:

1. Find information about the gym from the web page. To make your poster interesting and attractive, you can use your imagination to add something that will attract more people (e. g. giving special offer). Don’t forget to give a name to your gym.

2. Follow the outlines below to design a poster.

Planning: The name of your gym is _____________. Group leader _____________ Find information _____________

Present the poster__________________

Preparing: All the group members have a discussion on how to make your poster attractive. Producing: Make a poster based on all the ideas from your previous research and discussion. Make changes to your poster until the whole group approves the poster.

Presenting: It’s time to present your poster to the class. Tell the class what is special about your gym.

3. We will vote (投票) to decide who is the final winner of this game after each group present their posters.

Design 1

City Gym

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