1、Task Writing an e-mails of encouragementSkills building 1: finding informationDiscussion1. How can you find information quickly in a long passage? Read the questions carefully before you begin. Skim the passage, looking for main points and key words. Usually the main points are the first or last sen
2、tence of the first or the last paragraph.2. What do main points and key words mean? Main points are the general ideas of the passage. Key words convey important or useful information such as names, numbers and dates.Look at the letter on page 45, underline the main ideas and circle the key words.Pra
3、cticeStep 1 recommending a gym to a friendPart ARead the advertisement and the web page, underline the main points and circle the key words.The advertisement:Main idea: Build the body youve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!Special offer! 1 month free membership!35 classes every week, including te
4、nnis and swimming. Two branches in the city! Open from 10 a.m. to midnight daily, 365 days a year.Call 5555 4567 for more information.Key words:The web page:Main idea: Build the body youve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!Have some of the best equipment of any gym in the world.Wonderful advice ab
5、out getting into shape. Key words: Part BNow use the information that you have in Part A to complete as much of the note sheet as possible.2. Number of gyms in the city: 1 2 34. What do you get for free if you join now?A T-shirt, 2 free personal training hours, and 1 month free membership.7. Can you
6、 get advice about exercise? Yes No 9. How can you find out more?Call 5555 4567.Listen to the radio commercial for Better Body Gym. Complete the rest of the note sheet in Part B.Part C3. In which roads are the branches?One in Jinshan Road,and the other one is in Hubei Road.6. Is there a health caf at
7、 the gym? Yes No 8. Do you need to be 18 to join? Yes No 5. How big is each branch?3,000 square metres. Tapescript Speaker: Feeling weak? Do you want to lose weight? Do you want to be stronger? Do you want a healthier way of life? Do you want that wonderful body for next summers holiday? Then join B
8、etter Body Gym today! This month we have a special offer for students only five hundred yuan a year. This is three hundred yuan lower thab our regular price.And, for the next two weeks only, we are offering our new members one-month free membership. Yes, thats one month free! We have two branches. O
9、ne is in Jinshan Road and the otherone is in Hubei Road. That meanswe have one on he western side and one on the eastern side of he city. Both of them are 3,000 square metres, so there is space for over 1,000 people at any time. We have exercise rooms an shower rooms at the gym everything youll ever
10、 need to get healthy and look good!We have different tennis classes for old and new members and special days when we have sports stars visit the gym.Membership is open to anyone who is fourteen or over. The number to call is five five five, four five six seven. Dont waitbuild a better body today!Par
11、t D pair work1. Look at the information about Wu Tong and explain why he should join the gym. Use the words in the box to help yoou. I think Wu Tong should join the gym because:1.The membership cost is cheap.2. The gym is close by.3. He can do exercise and get fit.4. He can receive advice on how to
12、become strong. Homework:1. Review how to find information and try to mark the main ideas and key words in the passage on page 47. 2. Prepare a letter to advise one of your classmates to join a gym.Skills building 2: note taking1. What are these ? What do they mean? %; ; ; hes ; Id cm; kg; P. ; cont.
13、 DiscussionThey are symbols, abbreviations and contractions. %= percentage; = less than; more than; hes= he is/ has; Id =I had/ would; cm= centimeter; kg= kilogram; P.= page; cont.= continued2. What can they be used for? To make notes as brief as possible.3. How can we write down information quickly
14、? a. use abbreviations and contractions b. write down only the key words c. use symbolsListen to the recording and write down the information you hear, using the skills you have just learnt. 1._2._3._4._5._Mornings, he swims 2,500m 4/wk.Afternoons,she rides bike 40km 3/wkIts raining, I ran 15 min.ci
15、ty pop. 20Sh.&Bj.HKTapescript 1. In the mornings, he swims 2,500 metres, four times a week.2. In the afternoons, she rides a bike for 40 kilometres, three times a week.3. Because it is raining, I ran for only 15 minutes.4. The population of the city has increased by twenty per cent.5. Shanghai and B
16、eijing are both bigger than Hong Kong. Step 2: interviewing a person about exercise and trainingA reporter is intervrewing Lucy about her troining programme for taking part in amaroathon. Listen to the interview, and complete the notes below.lEach marathon = (1)_(time needed)l Tue =800.m x8 (fast)l1
17、0 miles x3 days/ wk.(slow)l(2)_(marathon speed)lsun = 18 milesl(3)_= restlRuns (4)_mileswk4.5hrs.10 miles 1day/wk.Mon.62Tapescript Reporter: Lucy,at the moment, you are training for a marathon. Can yoou tell us about it?Lucy: Sure. A marathon is a race where you run a little more than twenty-six mil
18、es, or forty two kilometres.Reporter: Twenty-six miles! How long does it usually take for you to run such a race?Lucy: Usually, it takes me about four-and-a-half hours.Reporter: How do you train for such a long race?Lucy: Well, on Tuesdays, I run fast fir eight hundred metres, and I repeat this eigh
19、t times, resting for a few minutes between each time.Reporter: What do you do on the other days of the week?Lucy: Three days a week, I run ten miles, but I do so slowly. Then on the fourth day, I run ten miles, but at the same speed As I run the marathon. On sundays, I run eighteen miles.Reporter: S
20、o you run only six days a week? What do you do on the seventh day?Lucy: On Mondays, I rest. Since resting allows the body to recover,in many ways it is nearly as important as the exercise.Reporter: You really do a lot of running! How many miles do you run in a week?Lucy: In a usual week, I run a tot
21、al of about sixty-two miles.Part B: pair workAsk your partner questions about how he or she keeps fit and take notes about the answers, using the prompt box for ideas:1. basketball/ dancing/ football/ running/ swimming2. fit/ fun/ healthy/strong3. often/ sometimes/ seldom/ never4. classmates/ family
22、/ friendsSample answers:Student A: What do you do to keep fit?Student B: I play basketball. I think it makes me stronger and helps me run faster. Besides, if you want to win, teamwork is very important. What about you?Student A: I like swimming. It keeps me healthy and strong. Theres a swimming pool
23、 near my home, and I go to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. My parents sometimes go swimming with me after work. I also like dancing. And I think Ill have a great figure if I dance often. So every Saturday morning. I go to the gym to practice dance aerobics with my moth
24、er. We are there for nearly two hours. Do you often play basketball?Student B: On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, the students in our class play on our school basketball court. On Saturday we play a game with a team from another school. Its really fun and interesting. Student A: Besides p
25、laying basketball, what else do you do?Student B: I run every morning for about 15 minutes. My parents also go running with me, but they run slower and for longer. They run for more than 20 minutes. How your partner keeps fit:Student A: 1. go swimming; dance2. keep him/her healthy + strong + a fine
26、figure3. swimming: for 30min after school every day; dance: for two hrs on Sat mor4. swimming with his/her parents; dance with his/her mother Student B: 1. play basketball; run2. stronger + faster; teamwork3. playing basketball: Tues, Thur, Sat afn running:15min every mor4. playing basketball with c
27、lassmates or students from other schools; Tell your class what exercise your partner does and find out whats the most popular exercise in your class.Part C: presentationSkills building 3: using punctuation1. What do you know about the common punctuation marks?comma (,); full stop (.) ; question mark
28、 (?); exclamation mark(!); colon(:); semi-colon(;); quotation marks ( ); apostrophe();hyphen(-); dash()You are the editor of “Fit for All” magazine and you have received the following email from a new customer at Better Body Gym. It contained a virus which removed some of the punctuation. Add the mi
29、ssing punctuation marks.Dear Health Expert:Please help me! I am a fat teenager. My classmates laugh at me a lot, I dont dosport, and my favourite meal is a hamburger; chips and soft drinks. Is this really such a problem? I dont enjoy exorcise; it makes me tired. .,Also. Im hungry all thetime and lov
30、e-to eat fast food. What should I do! Do you think I should take some weightloss pills? What about exercise and food? Please dont tell me to stop eating:Best wishes.Hu Bo!,?-！Write an e-mail encouraging your friend who has weight problems. Use the information in steps 1and 2 the sample e-mail above
31、to help you. WritingStep 3: writing an e-mail encouring a friendweight-loss pills going on a diet healthy eating looking good feeling good fast foodequipment sports gymsYou may want to mention:Dear _,I was so sad _A sample e-mailto learn that someone that some people laughted at you just for being a
32、 little overweight. I think you look great as you are and you are wonderful. I understand that, like anyone else, you want to be healthy and strong and you are worried that you would become too overweight. I think the best way to become healthy abd strong is to take exercise regularly.At the beginni
33、ng of this year, for some time I couldnt sleep well at night. I then began to run about twenty minutes after school every day and to go swimming twice a week. I have done like this for nearly a year.Now Im feeling quite well. Why not run with me? Or, lets go swimming. I know you want to learn to swim. We can do this together.Please write back and tell me what you think about my plan.Best wishes_(students own name)1. Make notes about the e-mail by your partner and check the punctuation marks in it. 2. Preview project.Homework:
