1、Do you like sitting on the sofa and watching TV? Do you like doing exercise every day? Do you often eat fast food? Do you often eat fruit and vegetables? Do you have eight hours sleep a night? Do you talk to your parents or your teacher when you are in trouble? require v. 需要需要 physical adj. 身体的身体的;
2、体力的体力的 effort n. 力气力气; 精力精力 harm v. 损害损害; 伤害伤害 expect v. 预料预料; 预计预计 thanks to 多亏多亏; 归功于归功于 health care 医疗保健医疗保健(服务服务) once in a while 偶尔偶尔; 有时有时; 间或间或 1. Do people live longer than before? Yes, they did. 2. Is eating fruit and vegetables good for your health? Yes, it is. 1 2 3 4 5 1. What are the fi
3、ve rules for a healthy life according to the writer? Get off the sofa! Eat healthy food! Rest while you can! Do not worry. Be happy! Say no to smoking! 2. Are people today getting the same amount of exercise as they did in the past? Why? No, they arent. Because in the past, peoples jobs required mor
4、e physical effort. 3. Why is it sometimes difficult to be a teenager? Because of the difficulties of school, exams or friendships. 4. Who do you think the passage is written for? It is written for teenagers. 1. Thanks to better health care, most people are living healthier and longer lives. 多亏了更好的医疗
5、服务多亏了更好的医疗服务, 现在大多数人都现在大多数人都 能生活地更健康能生活地更健康, 寿命更长。寿命更长。 thanks to+名词名词/动词动词ing, 表示“多亏表示“多亏, 归归 功于”。功于”。 e.g. I made much progress thanks to his help. 多亏有他的帮助多亏有他的帮助, 我才有这么大的进我才有这么大的进 步。步。 health care表示“医疗服务”。表示“医疗服务”。 e.g. Old people can get good health care in our neighbourhood. 我们小区的老人能得到好的医疗服我们小区
6、的老人能得到好的医疗服 务。务。 2. Someone who is born today can expect to live about thirty-five years longer than someone who was born in the nineteenth century. 今天出生的人期望能比今天出生的人期望能比19世纪出生的人世纪出生的人 多活大约多活大约35年。年。 expect to do sth.表示“预料做某事表示“预料做某事, 预计预计 做某事”。做某事”。 e.g. We expect to get more gold medals in the comi
7、ng Olympic Games. 在下一届的奥运会上我们预期要拿在下一届的奥运会上我们预期要拿 更多的金牌。更多的金牌。 3. To keep fit, you have to walk at least 10,000 steps every day. 为了保持健康为了保持健康, 你每天必须要走至少你每天必须要走至少 10000步。步。 keep fit 表示“保持健康”。表示“保持健康”。 e.g. She tries to keep fit by jogging everyday. 她每天慢跑以保持健康。她每天慢跑以保持健康。 4. In the past, peoples jobs r
8、equired more physical effort. 在过去在过去, 人们的工作需要更多的体力。人们的工作需要更多的体力。 require表示“需要”。表示“需要”。 require + n./ to do sth./doing sth./that从句从句 e.g. Theses pets require a lot of care. 这些宠物需要悉心照顾。这些宠物需要悉心照顾。 The situation requires that he be present. 这种情形需要他在场。这种情形需要他在场。 5. You should only have it once in a whil
9、e. 你可以偶尔吃一次。你可以偶尔吃一次。 once in a while表示“偶尔表示“偶尔, 有时有时, 间间 或”。或”。 e.g. He went to see them once in a while. 他偶尔去探望他们。他偶尔去探望他们。 6. Eating too much of the wrong food will harm your health. 吃太多不合适的食物会损害你的健康。吃太多不合适的食物会损害你的健康。 harm v./n. 表示“损害表示“损害, 伤害”。伤害”。 do harm to 表示“对表示“对造成伤害”。造成伤害”。 e.g. Be careful
10、, or the sharp stone may harm your foot. 当心点当心点, 否则那尖锐的石头会伤到你否则那尖锐的石头会伤到你 的脚。的脚。 7. Say no to smoking! 拒绝吸烟！拒绝吸烟！ say no/yes (to) “(向向说说) 不不/行”。行”。 e.g. Their offer was so good that I couldnt say no. 他们提出的条件太好他们提出的条件太好, 我无法拒绝。我无法拒绝。 Did you say yes to her invitation? 你接受她的邀请了吗？你接受她的邀请了吗？ effort expe
11、ct harm health sofa Exercise is very important. If you make a(n) (1) _ to do exercise for thirty minutes a day, you can (2) _ to be in good (3) _. However, if you are always sitting on the (4) _ and do no exercise at all, you will put on weight and (5) _ your health. effort expect health sofa harm C
12、omplete the passage with the words in the box. Doctors say you should exercise for at least half an hour each day. 5. Read the passage again. Think of one more example of what you should or should not do for each rule. 6. Think of more rules and examples of your own. Eat more vegetables and fruit an
13、d less meat or fat Drink more water instead of coke or other unhealthy drinks Learn to relax ourselves Sleep early at night and get up early in the morning Do regular exercises, such as running or playing badminton 7. Write a passage called My rules for a healthy life. Include the rules and examples
14、 you have written in Activity 5 and 6. 1. His life was saved _ better medical technology. A. thank to B. thanks to C. thank for D. thanks for 2. Our parents _ us to get higher education. A. worry B. believe C. expect D. harm B C 3. We face the same difficulty _ everyone does in the beginning of the business. A. for B. to C. as D. with 4. Everyone should _ drinking when driving. A. say no to B. say yes to C. say hello to D. say thanks to A C Finish the written task.Finish the written task.
