Unit 7

Emotions and

Health

Part I Preparation

I. Who is who.Directions: look at the different pictures which illustrate three 35-year-old men. Match the pictures to the captions and the descriptions.

• Man 1 eats more than man 3, but he does aerobic exercises 5 days a week. He is fit, carries little body fat, and his body weight is stable and balanced.

• Man 2 takes no exercise at all, and eats much more than he should. As a result, he is overweight, unhealthy and unfit.

• Man 3 plays tennis three times a week for a couple hours, and thinks he is pretty fit. But he is also trying to diet. Aerobically, he is also more unhealthy than he realizes. He has less muscle than Man 1

Healthy Emotions.Directions: read the passage carefully and fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word from the list. Change the form if necessary. After you finish, compare your answer with your partner.

In a crowd at a football game, people (1 experience) many different emotions. Depending on how the game is going, some will feel happy, some angry, and some disappointed. The way people express their emotions is (2 different). Some express themselves easily and harmlessly by cheering or yelling comments. Others may not be able to deal with their emotions (3 healthily). They may pick fights in the crowd or feel (4 sad) for hours if a game is (5 lost).

feelings about your own life are much more (6 complex) than those about a game. Your emotions can affect you (7 physically). For example, they can make your heart beat faster or your palms feel sweaty. Often it is (8 hard) to handle your emotions, especially painful ones. Knowing appropriate ways to handle emotions is an important part of (9 mental) health.

Different, mental, healthy, sad, hard, experience, physically, complex, lost

Part II Listening-centered

activities

Listening I

Exercise I.Directions:look at the pictures. Then work in pairs to match each picture with the corresponding illness.

• Illnesses: a stomachache, a fever, a sore throat, a cold, a headache, a cough, the flu, an earache

awful, sore, throat, earache, stomachache, flu, prescribe, prescription

Exercise IIDirections: listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks with the words you hear on the tape. Write one word in each blank.

• Linda was (1 sick/ill) because she had a (an) (2 sore) (3 throat) and a (an) (4 headache) and it was a few days before her (5 wedding). She went to see Dr. Harris for a (an) (6 examination). Dr. Harris (7 took) her temperature, (8 examined) her throat and listened to her (9 chest). Then he (10 prescribed) some pills for her. He told Linda to take one pill (11 four) times a day for (12 ten) days.

Listen II

Exercise 1.Directions: listen to the story and decide whether the following statements are true and false. Writhe “T” for true and “F” for false in the space provided.

• 1. Biology is Mary’s best subject. F

• 2. She had a biology exam on Monday morning. F

• 3. Mary pretended to be sick because she did not want to take the exam. F

• 4. Mary’s friend went to the doctor’s with her. F

• 5. The doctor told her to take her exam. T

• The tone of the doctor is ironic. T

Grade, biology, memorize, epidemic, exam-itis

Exercise II.Directions: listen to the story again and discuss in groups the following questions.

• 1. Why did Mary get sick?

that’s because she was very nervous about her biology exam.• 2. How did the doctor know that Mary had an exam in the afternoon?

Since the doctor was the campus doctor, he must have seen a lot the same “symptoms” which was quite common during an exam week. So it was very easy for him to recognize and find out the reason behind it.

• 3. What did the doctor mean by “exam-it is”?

He meant that her body was showing the signs of nervousness. Exam-it is is not a physical disease.

• 4. Have you ever had an experience like this? Have you ever pretended to be sick when, in fact, you just did not want to go to school?

Part III Reading-centered

activities

Structure and outline of the passage.

1. Introduction(para.1) peace of mind is an important aspect to staying healthy apart from exercise.

2. A two-way connection between mind and body(para.2-6)

A. the relationship between negative emotions and health: Negative emotions can encourage poor health.

a. Supporting evidence: the study involving newlywed couples.

b. Reasons” Negative emotions can cause the production of substances that damage or weaken our immune cells and can cause our bodies to produce fewer immuno-transmitters.

B. The relationship between positive emotions and health: Positive emotions can be valuable in fighting diseases.

a. supporting evidence: Cancer patients can live longer by employing certain mind-body techniques; patients with chronic pain visited their doctors less frequently by using relaxation therapies and other behavioral techniques to manage discomfort.

b. Reasons: Relaxation decreases blood pressure, rate rate and respiration and increases one’s sense of well-being.

3. Mind-body techniques (para.7-9)a. Writing about negative, unpleasant events.b. Talking about a stressful experience with a friend.c. Asking for support from family, friends, co-worker, etc.d. Belly breathing.e. Taking a slow walk.f. Dancing.

4. Conclusion (para.10) to keep health, you must combine mind-body techniques with other

methods like exercise, good nutrition and proper medical care.

In-Class Reading

The Secrets of Good HealthI. Words to learn1. decrease v. (cause sth. to) become smaller or fewer; diminish （使某物）变小或变少；减少

e.g. a. Student numbers have decreased by 500. b. Interest in the sport is decreasing. c. She decreased her speed to 40 kilometers per hour as she approached the bend.n. amount by which sth decreases, decreasing, reductio

n 减少的量；降低e.g. a. This year they have a decrease of 3% in the rate of inflation.

b. There has been a decrease in imports. c. Is crime on the decrease?

辩异： decrease 和 reduce 都有“减少”的含义， decrease 指某物在数量，程度等方面变得少些，如： The population began to decrease. ； reduce 指在数量上，尺寸上，速度上或等级上人为地减少或降低，多作及物动词，如： You must reduce your expenses.

2. release v. allow (a person or an animal) to go; set free or liberate sb or sth 放走 ; 释放或解放

e.g. a. The boy released the rat from the trap

b. The hunter released the horse into the paddock

v. allow (news, etc) to be made known 发布（新闻等）

e.g. a. The latest developments have just been released to the media.

b. The new model has now been released for sale. (to export market)

n. releasing or being released 放走；投掷；放松；（新发行的书；新发行的影片 ）

e.g. a. an order for sb’s release form prison / captive

b. a feeling of release.

c. the lastest releases of a film, records, book, newsflash, etc. d. The film is on general release, it is being shown widely at local cinemas.

3.strain v. stretch sth tightly by pulling; make the greatest possible effort 拉紧；竭力

e.g. a. The children strained the rope to breaking-point. b. They are just teenagers straining at the leash to escape parental control.

（他们只是一群想摆脱父母控制的十几岁的孩子。）

e.g. c. She looked very strained （ a. 十分憔悴的） when I last saw her.

n. condition of being stretch or pulled tightly ; state of anxiety, tension or exhaustion caused by this. 拉紧；绷紧；因有压力而产生的紧张焦虑

e.g. a. What is the breaking strain of his cable? i.e. how much strain would break it?

b. She is suffering from mental strain

c. She’s been under terrible strain since her husband became ill.

4. reverse a. contrary or opposite to what is expected （与预期的事）相反的；未料到的

e.g. a. Statistics showed a reverse trend to that recorded in other countries.

b. Count down in reverse order. n. thing that is the contrary or opposite 相反的事物

e.g. a. You were the very reverse of polite, i.e. you were rude. b. The superpowers are putting the arms race into reverse.

v. turn (sth) the other way round or up, or inside out 使某物反转；翻转

e.g. a. Writing is reversed in a mirror. b. The garage is open, so you can reverse in. c. Their situations are now reversed as employee has become employer. d. He made a reversed-charge call to Now York.

5. chronic v. (esp. of a disease) lasting for a long time; very bad 长期的；慢性的；极坏的

e.g. a. It is about the country’s chronic unemployment problem.

b. He has got chronic bronchitis.

c. The film was absolutely chronic.

6. hostile a. showing strong dislike or enmity; very unfriendly 显示极厌恶的；含敌意的；极不友好的

e.g. a. She found his manner towards her distinctly hostile.

b. Some statesmen are hostile to reform.

7. loosen v. become or make looser 变松；放松

e.g. a. Can you loosen the lid of this jar?

b. This knot keeps loosening.

c. That is the medicine to loosen a cough, i.e. help bring up the phlegm.

d. Don’t be so nervous — loosen up a bit.

II. Important structures:

1. It is not just stress that can do damage. (l. 6)

2. they reduced their visits to the doctor by 36 percent (l. 30 ~ 31)

3. which in turn gives them more understanding of the situation (l. 40)

4. This helps make more sense of it. (l. 45)

5. Another interesting study … than those with fewer. (l. 52 ~ 54)

III. Paraphrase the following sentences:

1. Think about how your heart races while you are waiting to be called into the doctor’s office….(L. 4 )

( You may imagine how fast your heart beats while waiting to be called into the doctor’s office. )

2. There is a two-way connection between mind and body.(L.5)

(mind and body has a connection in both directions.)

3. …, how the immune system is affected by stress has been well documented.(L.12)

(…, it has been proved with documents how stress affects the immune system.)

4. If stress, depression, anger and other negative feelings can make you more likely to get sick, can the reverse be true? (L23)

(Since stress, depression, anger and other negative feelings can probably make one get sick, can positive feelings be valuable in fighting disease?)

5. When some of the tension is taken out of the body, the strain is taken off the entire system. (L32)

(when you get rid off the tense state, you’ll find that you have removed your anxiety and have a feeling of release.)

6. That is important because a body that is constantly tense will eventually give out. (L.34)

(It is important that if you’re always worried about something, this constant tense will finally make you exhausted.)

7. The key is to find one you’re comfortable with and then do it regularly. (L.34)

(It is very important that you should choose a mind-body technique which is suitable for you and must keep on employing it at regular intervals.)

8. This helps make more sense of it. (L.45)

(What is said above helps people have an understandable meaning about this problem. )