Warming up and reading

1. Unit 3 Warming up and reading

2. Free talk • What’s a healthy person? • 2. What’s a healthy life?

3. What’s a healthy person? A truly healthy person is someone who is healthy in both body and mind.

4. What do you think is a truly healthy life? • Give your body the energy it needs. • Stay physically active. • A healthy mind is a part of healthy body. • Keep your mind and body free of • harmful drugs and alcohol. • 5. Practice safe living habits. • 6. Get regular health care.

5. What health issues do you think concern young people the most? Work with a partner to make a list of important health issues. Here are a few to start you off. cigarette smoking drinking alcohol drug abuse diet physical fitness sexual health stress obesity

6. depressive stress / pressure anxiety obesity

7. Looking at the following pictures. What are they doing? Which are healthy activities and which are unhealthy activities?

8. Singing Healthy

9. Dancing Healthy

10. Playing basketball Healthy

11. Doing Taiji Healthy

12. Drinking alcohol Unhealthy

13. Eating too much Unhealthy

14. Smoking, coughing Unhealthy

15. In your group, choose one health issue you think is particularly important. List five things you would like to tell other people about this issue.

16. 1. Why do you think some adolescents start smoking? Have you ever smoked? 2. Can you tell any harmful effects of smoking? 3. Do you think smoking should be banned? 4. Where could you get good advice on stopping smoking?

17. cause fire cause lung cancer harmful effects of smoking affects the health of the nonsmokers a bad example to children

18. Can you give them some advice to quit smoking? Useful expressions: You’d better… I think you ought to.. Perhaps you should… I suggest that you…

19. Look at the titles of the two texts and tell your partner what you think this reading will be about. Then skim it quickly to see if you are right.

20. Fast reading 1. What is James’ problem? He has started smoking and is finding it difficult to give up.

21. 2. How many parts does the reading text consist of? • 3. Who wrote the letter to whom? • 4. What is the purpose of the letter? Two parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an Internet page. A granddad wrote the letter to his grandson. This letter aims to explain how a smoker becomes addicted to cigarettes and why he should give up.

22. Read for general idea 1. Go through the passage and figure out the structure of the passage. a letter from__________________ to _______ to help ______ quit _________. James’ granddad James James Advice from Granddad (in two parts) smoking a page on the Internet: about some ______ to quit________. advice smoking

23. 2.Match the paragraphs with the main ideas. 2 3 5 4 1

24. Read again and choose the best answers to the questions. Careful reading 1. Why did James’granddad write to James? A. Because he wanted to tell James his experience. B. Because he wanted to tell James the harmful effects of smoking. C. Because he wanted to help James give up smoking. D. Because he wanted to help James get some information. C

25. 2. From Para. 3, we can learn that______. A. a person can be addicted to nicotine because nicotine is one of the hundreds of chemicals in cigarettes B. a person will be addicted to smoking if he treats it as a habit C. a person will feel sick if his body gets used to having nicotine D. a person will really feel relaxed when having a cigarette B

26. 3. Which is NOT the effect of smoking? A. Causing terrible damage to heart and lungs. B. Affecting the health of non-smokers. C. Having the clothes turn yellow. D. Not enjoying sport. 4. What is NOT included in the article about stop smoking on the Internet? A. Relax B. Determination C. Courage D. Get help from others. C C

27. 5. The following statements are true EXCEPT _____. A. James’ granddad was tired when returning from a long bike trip B. there are three ways a person can become addicted to smoking C. keeping your hands busy will help stop smoking D. some people have to try several times before quitting smoking A

28. 6. The first sentence of the letter shows James’ granddad ______. A. lives a healthy life B. has nothing to do at home C. is addicted to sitting in the garden A

29. 7. According to the letter, James’ granddad ___. A. didn’t give up smoking B. used to be a member of the school football team C. wrote down the advice from his experience 8. _____ forced James’ granddad to give up smoking. A. That he ran too slow B. His girlfriend C. That he was taken off the school football team B C

30. True or false • Exercise contributed to James’ granddad’s • continued good health. ( ) • 2. James’ granddad wanted to persuade James to give up smoking. ( ) • 3. James’ granddad wrote to tell James the difficulty of quitting smoking using an • example from his own life. ( ) • 4. The reason why different people become • addicted to smoking may be different • from person to person.( ) T T F T

31. 5. James’ granddad knew the harmful      effects of smoking when he began smoking. ( ) 6. Smoking may not only harm your body but it can also harm your relationships with other people. ( ) 7. There is information on the Internet that might be helpful to James. ( ) 8. James’ granddad was able to quit smoking because he was not a heavy smoker. ( ) F T T F

32. Discussion What kind of person do you think James' granddad is? What do you think can be done to protect non-smokers (especially women and babies) from those who smoke?

33. 1. What kind of person do you think James' granddad is? He is fit and healthy and leads an active life. He takes an interest in his daughter’s and his grandson’s well-being. He is knowledgeable. He reads the Internet. He appears to love his grandson.

34. 2. What do you think can be done to protect non-smokers (especially women and babies) from those who smoke? • Possible solutions: • A no-smoking policy in public places such as buses, trains, restaurants, cinemas, etc • Separate smoking and non-smoking areas in public places. • A campaign to highlight the dangers • of smoking for smokers and • non-smoking people.

35. Make a summary of the passage. James’ grandfather writes him a letter to advise him to ______ smoking. James’ grandfather says that there are three different ways you can become ________ to cigarettes. You can become _________ addicted to nicotine. This means that after a while your body becomes ___________ to having nicotine in it. You can also become addicted _______ habit. quit addicted physically accustomed through

36. Lastly, you can become ________ addicted. It is difficult to give up but if you try, you can__________. Smoking does ______ to smokers and ____________. James’ grandfather also offers some ___________. Such as __________ yourself, be determined, _______ and keep trying. mentally manage harm nonsmokers suggestions prepare relax

37. Tips the harmful effects of smoking For smokers For non-smokers 1.terrible damage to heart and lungs 2. difficulty in becoming pregnant 3. yellow fingers ends and terrible smell 4. unable to enjoy sports as much 1. Other people dislike the smell 2. Secondhand smoke affects the health of non-smokers

38. Suggestions to quit smoking 1. Prepare yourself 2. Be determined 3. Break the habit 4. Relax 5. Get help if you need it 6. Keep trying

39. Discussion Do you think smoking should be banned in all public places?

41. Writing Suppose your father is a smoker, how will you persuade him to quit smoking? Some words you may use in your composition healthy cause lung cancer cough badly heavy smoker be harmful to smell terrible be addicted to It’s no good (doing) a waste of money cause fire

42. Do you know these sayings? An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 每天一只苹果，健康有保障. A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入 Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. 音乐是医治心灵创伤的好药。 Heath is not valued till sickness comes. 有疾病方知健康的可贵。 Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 读书养心，锻炼健身。