Unit 3

A healthy life

Warming up

1.What health issues do you think concern

young people the most?

Cigarette smoking Drinking alcohol

Drug taking Diet Physical fitness

Sexual health Stress

AIDS and infections Cancer

Anxiety and so on

2.What’s a healthy life?

A healthy person is someone who

is healthy in both body and

mind.

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

Doing Taiji

Healthy

Drinking alcohol

Unhealthy

Eating too much

Unhealthy

obesity

unhealthy

Smoking, coughing

Unhealthy

Pre-reading1.Have you ever smoked? If you have,

have you ever tried to stop?2.Why do you think some adolescents start smoking?3.In what ways is smoking harmful?4.What advice would you give to someone who wanted to stop smoking?5.Where could you get good advice on stopping smoking?

Reading

Read the passage for five minutes

then answer the following questions:

1. What kind of person do you think

James’ grandfather is?

He is fit and healthy and leads an active

life. He takes an interest in his

daughter’s and grandson’s well-being.

He is knowledgeable. He reads the

internet. He appears to love his

grandson.

2. What are the suggestions James’

grandfather gives to quit smoking?

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

3. Do you think the information and

advice on the Internet page that James’

grandfather sent is useful for someone

who is trying to give up smoking?

It’s a good summary but a person

wanting to give up should probably

look for more information than what is

presented here.

4. What else could have been

included?

5. What information could have been

left out?

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

Make a summary of the advice on

how to stop smoking. Be sure to use

your own words and no more than

five sentences.

Homework

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.