Unit 6 Caring for your health
Reading: How to lead a balanced life
Exercise Paper
I. A survey (work in pairs).
Do you often sleep well?
A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never
Do you enjoy your meals?
A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never
Do you shout at others when something bad happens to you?
A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never
Do you often lose your temper and cry out?
A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never
Do you often feel out of place among your classmates?
A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never
Do you often feel low before an exam takes place?
A. Always B. Sometimes C. Seldom D. Never
Check your score, and see if you and your partner are leading a balanced life.
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
Total:
15-18: Quite balanced; 11-14: Balanced; Less than 11: Not balanced.
II. Work in pairs: Ask and answer
1. Why are many students under stress?
2. What is a possible result of stress?
3. How to deal with stress and bring balance to your life?
4. What does “positive thinking” mean?
5. What can you do to relax?
6. How can you forget your worries?
7. How can you take care of your body?
8. Why should we laugh when we are low?
III. Read another passage about how to deal with exam stress.
Tips on how to deal with exam stress
1. Be prepared
Make sure you know what you are supposed to have learned and that you have all your notes and homework to hand. Do you know what format（形式） the exam takes and how the marks are allocated（分配）? If not, ask your teacher and/or study the marking scheme（评分方案）, which is often on the exam board’s website.
2. Make a plan
Working out how much time you have to revise and planning how you can use it best by making a timetable is a key factor in how to deal with exam stress. Perhaps you need to spend more time on some subjects than others? Vary（变化调整） the timetable so you don’t get bored. You can always update the plan, if necessary, as you go along.
3. Know when and where you work best
Work when you are most alert（思维敏捷的）. We all have slightly different body clocks – are you a night owl or a dawn（黎明） lark（百灵鸟）? Everyone has different revision styles – maybe you like to sit at a tidy library desk or on the floor with your laptop. Wherever you feel calm and in control is the best place for dealing with exam stress.
4. Sleep well
Tossing and turning the night（难以入眠） before an exam is understandable, and our bodies are able to cope with lack of sleep for a day or so. Worrying about not being able to nod off only makes matters worse but there are many things you can do to help. A hot bath and having somewhere dedicated just to sleeping (and not to watching TV or going on a computer, phone or tablet) will help you switch off. If you really can’t get to sleep, do something repetitive like a jigsaw.
5. Talk about it with someone
Almost everyone finds exams stressful – so you are not alone. Expressing your worries to a good friend, family member, your teacher will help get them out of your system.
6. Reward yourself
Build in treats（款待） to your timetable – anything you can look forward to as a reward for sticking to it. Plan something exciting to celebrate the end of the exams.
7. Keep it in perspective（正确对待，保持乐观）
If you feel you have really messed up an exam, there’s nothing you can do until you get the results. Worrying about it won’t help – and may reduce your chances of doing well in other exams you are taking. Think about what you could do about a disappointing result – that will help you feel in control.
Yes, it’s great to do well in exams. But remember that exams aren’t the only thing that will help you succeed in life. Employers will be equally interested in other things, like your attitude, work-rate or ability to get on with others.
Ⅳ. What’s the advantages and disadvantages of stress?
Stress can be a motivator. For example, if you’re stressed out because you have a big assignment due, this may motivate you to work on it and complete it. The stress can help you to put in your very best effort. If you're afraid of losing your job, stress may encourage you to raise your own standards and make improvements you most likely would not have made without the threat of unemployment.
Stress is a disadvantage because it can potentially raise your heart rate and weaken your immune system. Also, it can be a factor in poor decision making because under stress we may not think logically or consider the consequences of the choices we make.
While we all experience stress frequently in our daily lives, not everyone handles it in positive ways. The key for us all is to learn what strategies and behaviors help us to cope with stress in a positive manner.
Finding a friend or family member who'll listen as you vent about the stresses in your life is a much better way to handle tension than isolating yourself and worrying.
Going for a walk, listening to music or doing something you enjoy are much better ways to clear your mind than drinking, eating, smoking etc.
To me the key is realizing that some of the ways we choose to deal with stress can make our situation worse than just weathering out the hectic time.
Realizing that we always have choices when dealing with stress is the first key to making stress work for us and not against us.
课件30张PPT。Caring for your healthReadingUnit
6Module 3 Sport and healthA surveyDo you lead a balanced life? Do you often sleep well?
Always B. Sometimes
C. Seldom D. Never
2. Do you enjoy your meals?
Always B. Sometimes
C. Seldom D. Never
3. Do you shout at others when something
bad happens to you?
Always B. Sometimes
C. Seldom D. Never
SurveyDo you lead a balanced life?4. Do you often lose your temper and cry
out?
Always B. Sometimes
C. Seldom D. Never
5. Do you often feel out of place among
your classmates?
Always B. Sometimes
C. Seldom D. Never
6. Do you often feel low before an exam
takes place?
Always B. Sometimes
C. Seldom D. Never
SurveyDo you lead a balanced life?A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
CHECK YOUR SCORE Do you lead a balanced life?15-18: Quite balanced
11-14: Balanced
Less than 11: Not balanced
a balanced lifeDo?exercise regularly.Get sufficient?rest.?Eat a healthier diet.?Pick a hobby.?…Find time to?relax.??Maintain a positive mental attitude.Brainstorming: how to lead a balanced life?To lead a balanced life, I think we should do the following things.First, we need to do exercise regularly.
Second, we should have a healthier diet.
Besides, we have to find more time to relax.
Also, it’s strongly recommended that we should pick a hobby.
Finally, it’s really necessary for us to maintain a positive attitude towards life.How many suggestions does the writer give?
What are they?Five. Listening and Note-takingUnderline the words or sentences
you don’t understand.Listen and copy the soundsRead aloudPair work: ask and answerWhy are many students under stress?
2. What is a possible result of stress?
3. How to deal with stress and bring
balance to your life?
4. What does “positive thinking” mean?
5. What can you do to relax?
6. How can you forget your worries?
7. How can you take care of your body?
8. Why should we laugh when we are low ?
Why are many students under stress?
Because their lives are not balanced.
2. What is a possible result of stress?
It can be a risk to your health.
3. How to deal with stress and bring
balance to your life?
★Be positive
★Learn to relax
★Take up a hobby
★Take care of your body
★Laugh4. What does “positive thinking” mean?
It means that you should always look
on the bright side of life and imagine
you will have a happy and successful
future.
5. What can you do to relax?
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.
6. How can you forget your worries?
You can take up a hobby.
7. How can you take care of your body?
Take regular exercise, eat a healthy
diet and get enough sleep.
8. Why should we laugh sometimes when
we are low ?
Sometimes laughter is the best
medicine for stress.Quick answer From the passage, what is the biggest cause of losing balance of life?
1.As a Grade 9 student, what causes
you to have too much stress?
2.How can you deal with it?ZHONG KAO Only 78 days leftDiscuss and ShareWhat makes you so stressed?Discussion: 10 Ways to Beat Exam Stress1. Listen to Classical Music
2. Take a Quick Walk
3. Plan your Study Routine
4. Play with Bubble Wrap & Puppies
5. Try to Get Enough Sleep
10 Ways to Beat Exam Stress6. Use the Internet to get useful resources
7. Give Your Mind Space
8. Eating Dark Chocolate
9. Let it All Out
10. Keep away from Distractions
Critical thinking:Most of us think of stress as a bad thing. Can stress be good for you?
In fact, moderate, short-lived stress can?improve alertness and performance and boost memory.
Write your own articleYou can begin like this:
The Senior High School Entrance Examination is coming. In order to make a success in the exam, I think it’s high time for us to lead a balanced life.
……
Life is a balance
of holding on and
letting go.Life is really simple, but we insist on
making it complicated.No matter what happens, enjoy life…How to lead a balanced life?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.Be positive
Learn to relax
Take up a hobby
Take care of your body
LaughSummary:10 Ways to Beat Exam Stress1. Listen to Classical Music
2. Take a Quick Walk
3. Plan your Study Routine
4. Play with Bubble Wrap & Puppies
5. Try to Get Enough Sleep
6. Use the Internet to get useful resources
7. Give Your Mind Space
8. Eating Dark Chocolate
9. Let it All Out
10. Keep away from DistractionsEnjoy your life!AssignmentWrite a short passage about how to
deal with stress before Zhongkao.
Requirements:
About 80 words.
At least three pieces of
advice together with
examples.
