(共42张PPT)
What’s a healthy person?
2. What’s a healthy life?
What’s a healthy person?
A truly healthy person is someone who is healthy in both body and mind.
What do you think is a truly healthy life?
Give your body the energy it needs.
Stay physically active.
A healthy mind is a part of healthy body.
Keep your mind and body free of
harmful drugs and alcohol.
5. Practice safe living habits.
6. Get regular health care.
What health issues do you think concern young people the most? Work with a partner to make a list of important health issues. Here are a few to start you off.
cigarette smoking drinking alcohol drug abuse diet physical fitness
sexual health stress obesity
anxiety
stress / pressure
depressive
obesity
Looking at the following pictures. What are they doing? Which are healthy activities and which are unhealthy activities?
Singing
Healthy
Dancing
Healthy
Playing basketball
Healthy
Doing Taiji
Healthy
Drinking alcohol
Unhealthy
Eating too much
Unhealthy
Smoking, coughing
Unhealthy
In your group, choose one health issue you think is particularly important. List five things you would like to tell other people about this issue.
1. Why do you think some adolescents start smoking? Have you ever smoked?
2. Can you tell any harmful effects of smoking?
3. Do you think smoking should be banned?
4. Where could you get good advice on stopping smoking?
cause fire
a bad example to children
cause lung cancer
affects the health of
the nonsmokers
harmful
effects
of
smoking
Can you give them some advice to quit smoking?
Useful expressions:
You’d better…
I think you ought to..
Perhaps you should…
I suggest that you…
Look at the titles of the two texts and tell your partner what you think this reading will be about. Then skim it quickly to see if you are right.
1. What is James’ problem?
Fast reading
He has started smoking and is finding it difficult to give up.
2. How many parts does the reading text consist of?
3. Who wrote the letter to whom?
4. What is the purpose of the letter?
Two parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an Internet page.
A grandad wrote the letter to his grandson.
This letter aims to explain how a smoker becomes addicted to cigarettes and why he should give up.
Advice from
Grandad
(in two parts)
a letter from__________________
to _______ to help ______ quit _________.
a page on the Internet: about some
______ to quit________.
Read for general idea
James’ granddad
James
advice
smoking
James
1. Go through the passage and figure out
the structure of the passage.
smoking
2.Match the paragraphs with the main ideas.
2
3
5
4
1
A. James’ problem of smoking.
B. Telling three ways of becoming addicted to
smoking.
C. The writer’s hope for his grandson and
advice on stopping smoking.
D. Tell us the harmful effects of smoking.
E. From the life the writer is living ,we know
the importance of a healthy life.
Read again and choose the best answers to the questions.
Careful reading
C
1. Why did James’grandad write to James?
A. Because he wanted to tell James his
experience.
B. Because he wanted to tell James the harmful
effects of smoking.
C. Because he wanted to help James give up
smoking.
D. Because he wanted to help James get some
information.
2. From Para. 3, we can learn that______.
A. a person can be addicted to nicotine
because nicotine is one of the hundreds of
chemicals in cigarettes
B. a person will be addicted to smoking if he
treats it as a habit
C. a person will feel sick if his body gets used
to having nicotine
D. a person will really feel relaxed when
having a cigarette
B
3. Which is NOT the effect of smoking?
A. Causing terrible damage to heart and
lungs.
B. Affecting the health of non-smokers.
C. Having the clothes turn yellow.
D. Not enjoying sport.
4. What is NOT included in the article about stop smoking on the Internet?
A. Relax B. Determination
C. Courage D. Get help from others.
C
C
5. The following statements are true EXCEPT _____.
A. James’ grandad was tired when
returning from a long bike trip
B. there are three ways a person can become
addicted to smoking
C. keeping your hands busy will help stop
smoking
D. some people have to try several times before
quitting smoking
A
6. 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
A
7. 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
8. _____ 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
B
C
Exercise contributed to James’ grandad’s
continued good health. ( )
2. James’ grandad wanted to persuade James to give up smoking. ( )
3. James’ grandad wrote to tell James the difficulty of quitting smoking using an
example from his own life. ( )
4. The reason why different people become
addicted to smoking may be different
from person to person. ( )
T
T
F
T
True or false
5. James’ grandad knew the harmful ???? effects of smoking when he began smoking.
( )
6. Smoking may not only harm your body but
it can also harm your relationships with
other people. ( )
7. There is information on the Internet that
might be helpful to James. ( )
8. James’ grandad was able to quit
smoking because he was not a heavy
smoker. ( )
F
T
T
F
What kind of person do you think James' granddad is?
What do you think can be done to protect non-smokers (especially women and babies) from those who smoke?
1. What kind of person do you think James’ grandad is?
He is fit and healthy and leads an active life. He takes an interest in his daughter’s and his grandson’s well-being. He is knowledgeable. He reads the Internet. He appears to love his grandson.
2. What do you think can be done to protect non-smokers (especially women and babies) from those who smoke?
Possible solutions:
A no-smoking policy in public places such as buses, trains, restaurants, cinemas, etc
Separate smoking and non-smoking areas in public places.
A campaign to highlight the dangers
of smoking for smokers and
non-smoking people.
Make a summary of the passage.
James’ grandfather writes him a letter to advise him to ______ smoking. James’ grandfather says that there are three different ways you can become ________ to cigarettes. You can become _________ addicted to nicotine. This means that after a while your body becomes ___________ to having nicotine in it. You can also become addicted _______ habit.
quit
addicted
physically
accustomed
through
Lastly, you can become ________ addicted. It is difficult to give up but if you try, you can __________. Smoking does ______ to smokers and ____________. James’ grandfather also offers some ___________. Such as __________ yourself, be determined, _______ and keep trying.
mentally
manage
harm
nonsmokers
suggestions
prepare
relax
For smokers
For non-smokers
1. terrible damage to heart and lungs
2. difficulty in becoming pregnant
3. yellow fingers ends and terrible smell
4. unable to enjoy sports as much
1. Other people dislike the smell
2. Secondhand smoke affects the health of
non-smokers
Tips
the harmful effects of 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
Do you think smoking should be
banned in all public places?
Suppose your father is a smoker, how will you persuade him to quit smoking?
Some words you may use in your composition
healthy cause lung cancer
cough badly heavy smoker
be harmful to smell terrible
be addicted to It’s no good (doing)
a waste of money cause fire
Do you know these sayings?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
每天一只苹果，健康有保障。
A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
音乐是医治心灵创伤的好药。
Heath is not valued till sickness comes.
有疾病方知健康的可贵。
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
读书养心，锻炼健身。
