(共33张PPT)
Unit 6
Caring for your health
Sport and health
Module 3
If you care for someone or something, you look after them and keep them in a good state or condition. 呵护;照顾
Have you ever felt low
Have you ever experienced a lot of stress
How should we treat stress
How should we fight against stress
In this unit, we will learn how to care for our health. Are you ready for the class
Look and think
1. To read and learn how to deal with stress and lead a balanced life
2. To learn the key words and
useful expressions
Objectives
Focus on
Words:
conduct lifestyle quarrel focus
peer pressure whether risk
guard positive cancel bright
force concert private silent
musical instrument enemy regular
cheer low
Phrases:
deal with guard against cancel out
look on the bright side take up
(be) busy with leave ... behind
cheer ... up
Patterns:
You should be aware that stress is a risk to your health.
You may wonder whether stress is a serious matter.
When you are busy with a hobby, you leave all your worries behind.
Getting ready
What do you think they are talking about
low: unhappy
忧郁的,情绪低落的,消沉的
1. Illness of any sort can leave you feeling low.
任何疾病都可能使人情绪低落。
2. He was feeling a bit low, so I did my best to cheer him up.
他情绪有点低落,所以我尽力让他高兴起来。
3. He seemed in low spirits.
他情绪似乎有些低落。
low: unhappy and without much hope for the future
忧郁的,情绪低落的,消沉的
Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.
Where are Hi and Lo
What does Hi mean by “I’m low”
Why does he feel low
Why does Lo say “You’re Hi. I’m Lo!”
They are in the study (n.书房).
He means that he feels depressed.
Because he has a lot of homework to
finish.
Because he thinks that Hi said his name was Lo.
Let’s do a survey!
Do you have a good sleep
Do you enjoy your meals
Do you shout at others when something terrible happens to you
Do you often lose your temper(发脾气) and cry out
Do you have a good memory
Do you often have no desire to do anything
Do you often feel out of place among your classmates
Do you often feel low before an exam takes place
If most of your answers are yes, maybe you are under stress.
Try to think: what causes your stress
A1 Match the words in the box with the pictures below. Write the correct words in the blanks. (P 82)
A What do you know about ...
feeling ashamed
being lonely
quarrels
exams
Have you ever suffered from such stress
How did you deal with it
Let's read the passage and get some suggestions.
Which student(s) in each picture is/are under stress Why
Look at the pictures and discuss the questions in groups of four.
A2 In pairs, discuss the following questions. (P 82)
1. Have you ever suffered from stress
2. What causes you to have stress
3. How does this stress make you feel
4. How to fight against stress
suffer from: to experience the effects of sth bad
经历,经受,遭受(坏事)
Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff.
许多公司正遭受熟练工短缺的严重影响。
你有没有经受过压力带给你的煎熬?
Look and answer the question.
B Before you read
On the Internet.
Where may the article be found
Look at the title and the sub-headings of the online article on page 83. Then tick (√) the ways to deal with stress which are probably mentioned in the article.
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Read the passage and complete the following chart.
_______
_____
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
How to lead a balanced life
_______
______
Be positive
Learn to relax
Take up
a hobby
Take care of your body
Laugh
_____ ways to deal with stress and bring balance to your life.
Five
Complete the following notes (D1 P85).
positive thinking
break
hobby
get enough sleep
Laughter
Read Para. 1 and fill in the blanks.
Cause 1
Cause 2
Cause 3
...
_______
studying
Dealing with
____________
peer pressure
Worrying about
_______________
what others think
Effect
Many students ________________ in their daily lives. They are ____________ because _________________________.
suffer from stress
under stress
their lives are not balanced
stress
Read the part of “Be positive” and judge whether the following thoughts are positive.
· I am the most handsome boy.
· I am stupid. Nobody would make that mistake except me.
· I believe I will win the match.
· Sarah does not like me because I am too fat.
· I will surely have a bright future.
· I failed the English exam again. It seems that I will never pass an English exam.
Examples
Ways to relax
Mary likes reading novels in the afternoon at the weekend.
Tom usually goes to the Shanghai Grand Theatre to enjoy a concert.
Kitty often walks around the garden in her neighbourhood with her family after dinner.
Maggie goes to a café alone when she has problems with work.
Seeing a film.
Reading a book
Going to a concert
Taking a walk
Sitting in a private place and being silent for a moment
Peter goes to the cinema three times a month.
Read the part of “Learn to relax” and finish the table.
Which of the following can you take up as a hobby
Why should you take up a hobby
Read the part of “Take up a hobby” and answer the following questions.
a b c d
Because when we are busy with a hobby, we leave all our worries behind.
1. What is harmful to our health Why
2. How can we take care of our bodies
3. What is sometimes the best medicine for your stress
4. How does laughter help us
5. What can we do to make ourselves laugh
Read the last two parts —— “Take care of your body” and “Laugh” and then answer the questions.
Stress. Because it is our body’s enemy.
By taking regular exercise, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep.
Laughter.
It cheers us up when we are low.
We can see a funny film or tell jokes with friends.
Why are many students under stress
2. What does “not to have a balanced life” mean
3. What is a possible result of stress
Because their lives are not balanced.
It means focusing too much on studying, dealing with peer pressure and worrying about what others think, and not enough on other things.
It can be a risk to your health.
Check your answer D2 P85
4. What does “positive thinking” mean
5. What can you do to relax
6. How can you forget your worries
It means looking on the bright side of life, and imagining that you will have a happy and successful future.
You can take a walk, read a book, go to a concert or see a film, or just sit in a private place and be silent for a moment.
You can take up a hobby.
(1)有压力;处于压力之下
(2)集中(注意力、精力等)于……上
(3)的风险;……的危害
(4)防止;提防
(5)(对不好的状态)持乐观的态度
(6)强迫;迫使(某人做某事)
(7)(尤指为消遣)学着做;开始做
(8)忙于做……
(9)把……抛在脑后
(10)(使)变得更高兴;(使) 振奋起来
under stress
focus…on…
a risk to sth. ……
guard against
look on the bright side
force sb. to do sth.
take up
be busy with
leave…behind
cheer…up
Translate the following expressions into English
How to lead a balanced life
the reasons why many students are
under stress
the result of stress
five ways to deal with stress
study,
deal with peer pressure,
worry about what others think
a risk to your health
be positive
learn to relax
take up a hobby
take care of your body
laugh
Try to retell the article according to the mind mapping.
For one more practice…
look on a happy and successful future. You should always, and imagine the bright side of life that will you have
Force a break yourself to take from studies your and about exams worries.
Learn skating, take up to paint, or start musical playing instrument a.
Take a healthy exercise, eating diet getting sleep all the things that can help you. regular and enough are
Seeing jokes with friends telling a funny film often cheer up you you low. or when will are
You should always look on the bright side of life, and imagine that you will have a happy and successful future.
Force yourself to take a break from your studies and worries about exams.
Learn to paint, take up skating, or start playing a musical instrument.
Take regular exercise, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are all the things that can help you.
Seeing a funny film or telling jokes with friends will often cheer you up when you are low.
Read the five ways to deal with stress and learn them by heart. The following are mixed, please try to put them in the right order and make sentences.
D3 How do you deal with stress Discuss this with your classmates.
· take a walk
· learn to play the piano
· take regular exercise
· go for a hiking with friends
...
Discussion
Many students ___________ stress in their daily lives. They _____ too much ___ studying, ___________ peer pressure and worrying about _____ others think, etc. Thus, stress becomes _________ their health. Here are five ways to deal with stress:
· Be positive. ____________________ of life.
· Learn to relax. ______ yourself ___ take a break.
· ________ a hobby. Try to _____ worries _______.
· Take care of your body.
· Laugh. Try to ____ yourself ___ when you are low.
suffer from
focus
on
dealing with
what
a risk to
Take up
Look on the bright side
Force to
leave behind
cheer up
risk
guard against
cancelled
silent
low
C Vocabulary
Check your answers. (C1 P84)
Check your answer.(C2 P85)
whether
dealing with
am busy with
risk
guard against
take up
Homework
1. Learn new words and phrases by heart after class.
2. Read the articles in Learning English. The more you read, the faster and better you’ll understand.
3. Preview Listening on page 86.