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Lesson 6 NO SMOKING, PLEASE!. I am a cigarette . I am harmful to your health. A female smoker. A male smoker. Fast Reading. 1. What is the main idea of the article? ( ) A. China produces one third of the world’s cigarettes.
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Lesson 6 NO SMOKING, PLEASE! I am a cigarette. I am harmful to your health.
A female smoker A male smoker
Fast Reading • 1. What is the main idea of the article? ( ) A. China produces one third of the world’s cigarettes. B. The Chinese government makes a lot of money from sales of tobacco every year. C. Smoking cigarettes is bad for people’s health. D. More women than men in Britain smoke cigarettes. 2. T&F ( ) a. Chinese people smoke more than Britain people. ( ) b. In Britain more women smoke than men. C T T
Careful reading 1. How many people in China smoke at present? 2. Are most of the smokers in China male or female? 3. Why does cigarette smoking cost the Chinese government more money? 4. How many packets of cigarettes are smoked each day by Chinese? 5. In Britain, are sales of cigarettes rising or falling? Why?
Language points 1. die from, die of 两者都表示“因…死亡”,指“疾病”或“病名”前可互换。但die from常指死于衰弱,负伤,过度劳累等,多指突发性的原因或意外事故;而die of常指死于疾病,饥饿,年迈,寒冷,情感等。 die of illness/hunger/cold/old age/ die from the habit /smoking/floods
2. population 人口, 全体居民 /人们 1) 作主语时谓语动词用单数,但被分数或百分数修饰时 常用复数,有时也可用单数. The population of the city has increased to over 2 million. One third of the population here are working. 2) 说一个国家或地方有多少人口用has a population of 3) 问一个国家或地方人口多少用what 4) 表示人口的多少用small或large来修饰 5) population也可以表示动物的数目
3. persuade sb. to do sth. 劝/说服某人做…(意思是成功了) advise sb. to do sth.=try to persuade sb. to do sth. (不一定成功) encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做… 我劝他戒烟,但他不肯接受. I advised him to give up smoking. But he refused. 我说服他买那种新的字典,他第二天就买了一本. I persuaded him to buy the new kind of dictionary, and he bought it the next day.
4. This/That is because…表达的是前面所说内容的原因 This/That is why…表达的是前面所说内容的结果 • He always fails the exams. • That is because he never works hard. 2) The Chinese eat less sugar than many other countries. That’s why lots of people in China have healthy white teeth.
5. Compare 比较; 比作, 比为 • compared to /with 与…相比 在句中往往作状语 Compared to /with many girls, she was indeed lucky. It was a small place then compared to what it is now. 2)compare…with… 把…和…进行比较 compare… to… 把…比作… Let’s compare China with India in population. Books can be compared to friends.
6. remainlink.v. (继续)保持, 仍然处于(某种状态) 后接形容词, 名词, 不定式, 分词或介词短语作表语 1). He remained silent at the meeting. =He remained in silence at the meeting.. 2) Jack remained a poor man as before. 3) The result remains to be seen. 4) The window remains closed.
Exercises remain in public burn down reduce persuade ban compared to therefore get into the habit of give up therefore • Ronaldo injured his leg and _________ could not play in the World Cup. • 2. Once you ____________________ smoking, it’s very hard for you to give it up. • 3. Production in the coal mine rose by 30% ___________ the first 6 months of last year. • 4. The supermarket will ______ open until very late in the evening. • 5. People will often say things in their own houses which they will not say _______. get into the habit of compared to remain in public
remain in public burn down reduce persuade ban compared to therefore get into the habit of give up 6. Smoking should be ______ in all public places because it makes non-smokers suffer a lot. 7. Sometimes efficient advertisements can _______ customers to buy things they don’t need at all. 8. The US embassy was __________ by the terrorists. 9. Because of his failure in exams his allowance will be _______ from 10 yuan a week to 6 yuan. 10. All the girls managed to swim across the lake except two who ________ halfway. banned persuade burnt down reduced gave up
Discussion Smoking: pros and cons Smoking is a bad habit Smoking is not a bad habit VS Try to make his/her argument logical,powerful and persuasive
writing • 吸烟有害健康,中国每年有数百万计人死于吸烟引起的疾病。 • 2. 吸烟是一种浪费.吸烟者要花很多钱来买烟,而用来治疗由于吸烟而致的疾病的钱更多.吸烟很危险, 它可能导致火灾,许多火灾都是由于吸烟者粗心大意所致,因此要让所有吸烟的人戒烟.
Key to the writing Smoking is really harmful. First of all, smoking is bad for health. In China, million of smokers die of illness which are caused by smoking every year. Second, smoking is a waste of money. Smokers spend a lot of money on tobacco. Even more money is spent on the treatment of the illness of smokers. Third, smoking is dangerous. It may cause fire. Most of the fires are caused by careless smokers. Therefore, all the smokers should be encouraged to give up smoking.