Period 1 Warming up and reading

2012 .12.21 课件制作：苏翠云

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

2. Good health is over wealth.

3. Health is happiness.

Is he a healthy person?

A healthy person is someone who

is healthy in both body and mind.

What may do harm to our health?

health issues

staying up late ,playing

cigarette smokingdrinking

alcohol drug taking

physical fitness

stress

AIDS and infections

anxiety

dietcancer

What may do good to our health?

health things

helpful

regular exercise

A healthy diet caring or loving

physical activity

active; thankful

happyenthusiastic

Can you tell which activity is healthy and which is unhealthy?

Singing

Healthy

Dancing

Healthy

Swimming

Healthy

Playing tennis

Healthy

Drinking alcohol

Unhealthy

Eating too much

Unhealthy

Unhealthy

cigarette smoking

Smoking means committing progressive suicide

ReadinReadingg Advice from Grandad

A grandfather wrote the letter to his grandson James.

This letter aims to explain how a smoker becomes addicted to cigarettes and why he should give up.

Two parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an internet page.

1. How many parts does the reading text consist of?

2. Who wrote the letter to whom?

3. What is the purpose of the letter?

Fast reading

• A. The writer leads to the topic of the letter by talking about James’ problem of smoking.

• B. Introducing some different ways of becoming addicted.

• C. Telling the writer’s hope for his grandson and advice on stopping smoking.

• D. Telling the harmful effects of smoking.• E. From the life the writer is leading now,

we can know the importance of healthy life.

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5

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Fill in the chart on the next

page with information from

the reading passage.

Information from the

reading passage.

Different ways

people can become

addicted to

cigarettes

1. physically addicted to

nicotine

2. addicted through

habits

3. mentally addicted

Harmful

physical effects

for smokers

1. do terrible damage

to heart and lungs

2. have difficulty in

becoming pregnant

3. can not run fast

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

Effects that smoking can have on sporting performance

1. other people dislike the smell

2. The cigarette smoke may do harm to other people near the smoker.

be unable to enjoy sport

1)______________2)______________3)______________4)______________5)______________6)______________

Prepare yourselfBe determinedBreak the habitRelax

Get help if you need itKeep trying

Suggestions on how to _______ smoking:quit

• 1.The first sentence of the letter shows James’ grandad ______

• A. Lives a healthy life

• B. has nothing to do at home.

• C. is addicted to sitting in the garden

2.In what way did the old man try to persuade his grandson to give up smoking?

A. Using scientific theory

B. His failure in love

C. His sports activity

D. His own experience

• 3.According to the letter, James’ grandad ___

• 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

• 4. _____ forced James’ grandad to give up smoking.

• A. That he ran too slow

• B. his girlfriend

• C. That he was taken off the school football team

• 5.What does the underlined word mean in the sentence “If you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do it automatically.”

A.

A: Someone who gets addicted to smoking.

B: One of A’s family members or friends or

classmates, etc.

B tries to gives A some helpful advice and persuade him/her to give up smoking.

How to ask for advice

What should I do?

Could you tell me what to do?

Can you give me some advise?

How to give advice

You’d better…

I think you ought to..

Perhaps you should…

I suggest that you…

Consolidation

1. Make sentences with the following words and phrases:

due to addicted to accustomed to automatically mentally manage pregnant quit decide on eventually

2. Search on the Internet or other sources for information about how to stop smoking.

Homework