Unit3 A healthy life pre-reading and reading

Looking at the following pictures. What are they doing ?

Which are healthy activities while which are unhealthy activities?

Singing

Healthy

Dancing

Healthy

Playing basketball

Healthy

Eating too much

Unhealthy

Drinking too much

Unhealthy

Smoking

Unhealthy

1.Have you ever smoked?

2. What advice would you give to them?

1. Who wrote the letter?

Task 1 Fast reading

2. What is the purpose of the letter?

Please read the title of the text and the headings within it, and find out:

1. Who wrote the letter?

2. What is the purpose of the letter?

James’ grandad wrote the letter.

To help James give up smoking .

So the main idea of the text is :

James’ grandad wrote the letter to help him give up smoking.

How to give up smoking.

3. Listen to the tape, then put the following sentences in the right order according to the structure of the letter.

1. The writer leads to the topic of the letter by talking about James’ problem of smoking.2. Introducing some different ways of becoming addicted.3.Telling the writer’s hope for his grandson and advice on stopping smoking.4. Telling the harmful effects of smoking.5. From the life the writer is leading now, we can know the importance of healthy life.

A

B

C

D

E

1.List the details under the following subtitles.

Task 2 Reading for details

The ways to become addicted to cigarettes

The harmful effects of smoking

Suggestions to quit smoking

The ways to become addicted to cigarettes

1.Become physically addicted to nicotine

2.Become addicted through habit

3.Become mentally addicted

6. Be unable to run fast

The harmful effects of smoking

1. Do terrible damage to your heart and lungs2. Have difficulty in becoming pregnant3. Affect the health of non-smokers

4. Smell terrible5. Have the ends of the fingers turn yellow

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

2. Try to finish the following chart on page 20.

Information from the reading passage

Different ways people can become addicted to cigarettes

1.____________ addicted to nicotine.

2.addicted through __________

3. ___________ addicted

Harmful physical effects for smokers

1.do terrible damage to ________________________ .

2.have difficulty in _________________________ .

3.can not _______________ .

physically

habits

mentally

heart and lungs

becoming pregnant

run fast

Effects that a person’s smoking can have on other people

1.other people _________________ .

2. The cigarette smoke may do harm to

__________________________ . .

Effects that smoking can have on sporting performance

be unable to ______________ .

dislike the smell

non-smoker or other people near the smoker

enjoy sport

Here are some situations. Each group chooses one to discuss. Every member should give at least one idea. The reporter writes down all the ideas. I will ask some groups to give a report.

Discussion

Situation 1: Suppose you are a teacher, how will you persuade your students to quit smoking. Situation 2: Suppose you are a boss, how will you persuade your employees( 职员） to quit smoking. Situation 3: Suppose your father is a smoker, how will you persuade him to quit smoking. Situation 4: Suppose your teacher is a smoker, how will you persuade him to quit smoking.

Homework

Exercises 1 and 2 on page 20 and 21