(共21张PPT)
Vs.
Lesson 1
A Perfect Day
1. To discuss favorite TV programmes and daily activities.
2. To summarize and remember the main
idea of the passage — A Perfect Day.
3. To know more about the lifestyles of A
Couch Potato and A Workaholic.
4. To learn to use the following expressions: sports programmes, TV series, cartoons, game shows, talk shows, switch on/off/over, go off, take up, be filled with, complain about.
Objectives
Unhealthy
Running
Healthy
Playing computer games
· What are they doing
· Are those healthy lifestyles or
unhealthy lifestyles
Lead-in 1
Playing basketball
Healthy
Drinking alcohol
Unhealthy
Doing Taiji
Healthy
Smoking
Unhealthy
Sports programmes
TV series
films
music programmes
Lead-in 1
· How much time do you spend watching TV everyday
· Look at the following pictures and then tell us which are your favourite TV programmes
cartoons
the news
talk shows
the news
sports programmes
TV series
cartoons
music programmes
films
talk shows
game shows
Guess the signs
Reading strategy
skimming
scanning
a general
idea
certain
information
titles and headings
the first and last
sentences of paragraphs
the first and last paragraphs
pictures and charts
Scan the text for
key words and phrases, dates, etc.
Do not need to
read the whole
text.
Skimming
for
general ideas
The two passages tell about______.
two typical persons in modern society.
2. A couch potato refers to _______.
a person who spends most of his/her time sitting or lying, watching TV.
3. A workaholic refers to ______.
a person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things.
4. Are Brain and Bob satisfied with their lifestyles
Yes.
Scanning
for
specific information
1. What TV programmes does Brian usually watch
in the morning
at lunch
in the afternoon
in the evenings
at 9:30
at night
children’s programmes; old movies
the news
another old film
TV series;
sport;
the news;
good play on BBC 2
more films
2. What kinds of work does Bob do every day
a large part of the day
every minute of the day
around 8pm
at about 10pm
meetings and phone calls
urgent matters
do his own paperwork; answer some personal e-mails
look at some documents at home
Brian is a _____person, or a ____________. He turns on the TV as soon as he ________ and watches TV programmes _____ about 10:30. Then he gets up and keeps on watching TV. He watches TV for _____ hours a day. He’s _____ with his leisurely life and perfect wife as well. He thinks a remote control and a TV set is enough for him to know _______________.
wakes up
until
16-17
happy
lazy
the whole world
couch potato
3. Complete the passage. (part1)
Bob is a _____ person, or a __________. He always wakes up on time and gets ready for work quickly. He’s always the _____ person to get to the office, and _____with meetings and phone calls and endless _______ matters the whole day! When he gets home at about 10pm, he brings back documents to read to _________ for the next day’s work and stays up _____ midnight. His family __________ while he likes being busy.
first
busy
urgent
get ready
busy
complains
workaholic
until
(part2)
4. True or false
1. Brian watches the news at half past ten.
2. Brian’s wife goes out to work and supports the family.
3. Bob is poor so he has to work day and night.
4. Bob almost has no time to spend with his family.
5. It seems that Bob prefers doing a lot of things all
day to doing nothing.
6. Bob’s wife often quarreled with Bob for him doing nothing.
7. Brian takes the dog for a walk every morning.
8. Brian’s wife often complains that the money Brian makes is not enough.
Post-reading activities
What can Bob or Brian do to improve their lifestyles
Discussion
Eat more fruit
Eat low-fat or fat-free dairy.
Exercise more:
go cycling
play football
go jogging
go travelling
Eating well:
2. What is Present Simple and Present
Continuous What’s their differences
3. Try to find out sentences relate to
Present Simple and Present Continuous
Homework
1. Design a healthy lifestyle for yourself. Write an article about your perfect day. (130 words)
Thank you!