牛津版高一 Module1 Unit 3

牛津版 高一Module1 Unit 3

Task Inviting your friend to join a gym 江苏丁永华

Skills building 1: finding information Discussion 1. How can you find information quickly in a long passage? Read the questions carefully before you begin.

Skim the passage, looking for main points and key words. Usually the main points are the first or last sentence of the first or the last paragraph.

2. What do main points and key words mean? Main points are the general ideas of the passage. Key words convey important or useful information such as names, numbers and dates.

Practice Look at the letter on page 45, underline the main ideas and circle the key words.

Step 1 recommending a gym to a friend Part A Read the advertisement and the web page, underline the main points and circle the key words.

The advertisement: Main idea: Build the body you’ve always wanted! Get fit! 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 moreinformation.

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 3,000 square metres of equipment. Our personal trainers will be happy to help you improve your shape.

Part B Now use the information that you have in Part A to complete as much of the note sheet as possible. 2. Number of gyms in the city: 1 2 3 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? 7. Can you get advice from a personal trainer? Yes No 10. How can you find out more? 3,000 square metres. √ Call 5555 4567.

Part C Listen to the radio commercial for Better Body Gym. Complete the rest of the note sheet in Part B. 3. Where are the gyms in the city? One in Jinshan Road; one near the King Hotel.

6. Is there a health café at the gym? Yes No 8. What do you need to do to join? 9. Do you need to be 18 to join? Yes No √ Provide with your ID number. √

Part D pair work 1. Look at the information about Wu Tong and discuss why he should join the gym. not expensive not far away from home good equipment for his likes 2. Write a letter to Wu Tong, using the words in the box.

A Sample Letter Dear Wu Tong, How are you? I know you’re thinking of joining a gym. I think you should join Better Body Gym. It is not expensive. It costs just 500 yuan a year for a student. If you join now, you can get one month free membership, which

is open to anyone aged 14 or over. One of its branches is near the King Hotel, which is not far away from your home. It opens from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. So it is very convenient for you. Whenever you are free, you can go there.

They have very good equipment and there are 35 classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and swimming. If you want to know more, you may call 5555, 4567. Best wishes! Yours, Li ping

Homework: 1. Review how to find information and try to mark the main ideas and key words in the passage on page 47. 2. Prepare a letter to advise one of your classmates to join a gym.

Skills building 2: note taking Discussion • What are these ? What do they mean? • %; ＜; ＞ ; he’s ; I’d • cm; kg; P. ; cont.

They are symbols, abbreviations and contractions. %= percentage; ＜= less than; ＞ more than; he’s= he is/ has; I’d =I had/ would; cm= centimeter; kg= kilogram; P.= page; cont.= continued

2. What can they be used for? To make notes as brief as possible. 3. How can we write down information quickly? a. use abbreviations and contractions b. write down only the key words c. use symbols

Listen to the recording and make notes about the words you hear, using the skills you have just learnt. 1.___________________________ 2.___________________________ 3.___________________________ 4.___________________________ 5.___________________________ No. 7 bus isn’t on time. Our dept is ↑the no. of teachers. I’d like to see the mfr. SH1 has a ＞ class than SH2. PRC was founded in 1949.

Step 2: interviewing classmates about exercise You and Wu Tong are now attending an introduction to Better Body Gym. Listen to the speaker and take notes about the equipment available in the gym.

They have a swimming pool to be opened next month. a no. of mchs that can help in workouts. many running mchs + a rowing mch + a skiing mch.

Part B:pair work Ask your partner questions about how he or she keeps fit and take notes about the answers, using the prompt box for ideas: 1. basketball/ dancing/ football/ gym/ running/ swimming 2. fit/ fun/ healthy/strong 3. often/ sometimes/ seldom/ never 4. classmates/ family/ friends

Sample answers: Student A: What do you do to keep fit? Student B: I play basketball. I think it makes me stronger and helps me run faster. Besides, if you want to win, teamwork is very important. What about you?

Student A: I like swimming. It keeps me healthy and strong. There’s a swimming pool near my home, and I go to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. My parents sometimes go swimming with me after work. I also like dancing.

And I think I’ll have agreat figure if I dance often. So every Saturday morning. I go to the gym to practice dance aerobics with my mother. We are there for nearly two hours. Do you often play basketball? Student B: On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, the students in our class play

on our school basketball court. On Saturday we play a game with a team from another school. It’s really fun and interesting. Student A: Besides playing basketball, what else do you do?

Student B: I run every morning for about 15 minutes. My parents also go running with me, but they run slower and for longer. They run for more than 20 minutes.

How your partner keeps fit: Student A: 1. go swimming; dance arbs 2. keep him/her healthy + strong + a fine figure 3. swimming: for> 30min after school every day; dance arbs: for< two hr on Sat mor 4. swimming with his/her parents; dance arbs with his/her mother

Student B: 1. play basketball; run 2. stronger + faster; teamwork 3. playing basketball: Tues, Thur, Sat afn 4. playing basketball with classmates or students from other schools; running with his/her parents

Part C: presentation Tell your class what exercise your partner does and find out what’s the most popular exercise in your class.

Skills building 3: using punctuation 1. What do you know about the common punctuation marks? comma (,); full stop (.) ; question mark (?); exclamation mark(!); colon(:); semi-colon(;); quotation marks (‘ ’); apostrophe(’); hyphen(-); dash(—)……

You are the editor of “Fit for All” magazine and you have received the following email from a new customer at Better Body Gym. It contained a virus which removed some of the punctuation. Add the missing punctuation marks.

Dear Health Expert, Please help me! I am a Grade 1 student in Senior High and I am very fat My friends laugh at me a lot and call me names, just because I’m different from them I don’t do sports and my favorite meal is a hamburger and chips. Is this really such a problem My mum tries to cheer me up. . . , ?

“You’re just big-boned, she says. But I m not sure if I shouldbelieve her. Is there such a thing as being big boned? Is she just being kind? I don’t enjoy exercise It makes me tired. Also, I am hungry all the time and love to eat fast food What should I do Do you think I should take some weight-loss pills? ” ’ - . . ?

What about exercise and food Please don’t tell me stop eating Best wishes, Hu Bo ? .

Step 3: writing an e-mail to your friends What have you learnt from step 1 and 2 about recommending a gym to someone? information about the gym reasons why he or she should join the gym the equipment available in the gym

Writing Talk with your partner about writing a letter to recommend Better Body Gym to your friend.

points to mention: fast food healthy eating membership weight-loss pills exercise equipment dieting safely feeling good looking good fees sports gyms

A sample e-mail Dear Xiao Lin, I want to give you some information about Better Body Gym since you want to keep fit and have a nice figure. One of its branches is near the King Hotel, which is not far away from your home. The equipment there is the best. It just

costs 500 yuan a year for a student. And if you join now, you can get one month free membership. It opens from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. So it is very convenient for you. Whenever you are free, you can go there. They have very good equipment and there

are 35 classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and swimming. These are what you are interested in. And there are personal trainers to give you advice and help you improve your shape. I think if you go there from time to time, you will be

looking good and feeling good soon. If you want to know more, you may call 5555, 4567. Best wishes! Yours, Li Hua

Homework: • Make notes about the e-mail by your partner and check the punctuation marks in it. • 2. Do Part B on page 95. • 3. Preview project.

Thank you

牛津版高一 Module1 Unit 3