1、学术英语学术英语 医学医学Academic English for MedicineUnit 5Healthy LivingThe WHO defines health as“a state of complete physical,mental,and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.Accordingly,health is no longer thought of as a state of being disease or illness free or an absence o
2、f symptoms.What people should strive for is wellness rather than just being physically sound.To achieve that,special attention should be paid to not only lifestyles and dietary but also mental activities.Unit 5 Healthy LivingUnit ContentsLead-inText AText BText CListeningSpeakingWritingGet reading f
3、or Unit 6Lead-inIssues to be coveredSuggested answers Unit 5 Healthy LivingLead-inIssues to be covered 1.The concept of HEALTH as defined by WHO2.The knowledge about the importance of wellness 3.The role of lifestyle,dietary choices,and mental activities in achieving wellness4.The relationship betwe
4、en body,mind and spirit in relation to healthUnit 5 Healthy LivingLead-inSuggested answersTask:Watch the flash entitled“My Pyramid has Become My Plate”,and write down the messages it conveys concerning dietary choices.Share your information with a partner.Message 1:balancing diet-enjoy food but eat
5、less,avoid oversized portions Message 2:increasing consumption of certain foods-whole grain,fat-free or low-fat milk,fruits and vegetables Message 3:reducing consumption of certain foods-low-sodium foods,sugary drinksUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Critical reading and thinking Topics for presentation U
6、seful expressions Difficult sentencesLanguage building-up Signpost language Vocabulary testSuggested answersUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Critical reading and thinkingTopics for presentation1 Your personal understanding about the claim that Health is a multidimensional experience of body,mind and spir
7、it.Wellness as a state involving every aspect of our body:body,mind,and spirit Manifestations of a healthy person -Energy and vitality -A certain zip in gait -A warm feeling of peace of heart seen through behaviorUnit 5 Healthy Living2 Clarify the differences between disease and dis-ease.Topics for
8、presentationText A Critical reading and thinking Dis-ease refers to the imbalance arising from -a continuous stress -pain -hardships Disease is a health crisis ascribable to various dis-eases Prompt elimination of dis-eases can alleviate some diseasesUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Useful expressions Im
9、balance can arise from many different sources,such as continuous stress,pain,and hardships.How we eat,work out conflict,and navigate through life can negatively or positively affect our health.We who live consciously and intentionally have an amazing amount of power over our lives and health.Critica
10、l reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Topics for presentation3 Illustrate the relationship between life on automatic pilot and wellness.Critical reading and thinking Constant messages,positive and negative,sent to our mind about the health of our body Physical symptoms suppressed Being w
11、ell equaled to being disease or illness free Wellness confused with an absence of symptomsUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Topics for presentation4 Describe the time of great confusion we live in.Critical reading and thinking Peoples mind infected by spin -half-truth -fearful fictions -blatant deceit:som
12、e as a form of self-deceit Spin as a result of unconscious living Pandemic falsenessUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Useful expressions No profession,religion,or society seems to be completely immune from it.Experts and charlatans alike step up to dazzle the hopeful.Spin-doctored illusions show up on eve
13、ry front in society and the media.No one,it seems,is totally spared from the plague of spin.Critical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Topics for presentation5.Comment on“a culture that values thinking more than feeling and emphasizes reason over intuitive awareness and knowing”Critica
14、l reading and thinking Our body intelligence suppressed and dormant Tremendous amount of stress on a daily basis Limiting,self-defeating,and even self-destructive behaviors that undermines our well-being and keeps them from achieving our full potentialUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Topics for presentat
15、ionCritical reading and thinking5.Comment on“a culture that values thinking more than feeling and emphasizes reason over intuitive awareness and knowing”the awareness and use of bodily sensations in order to 1)support overall health and well-being 2)lessen symptoms of stress and stress-aggravated di
16、seases 3)signal information about safety and comfort and 4)further psychological and spiritual development over your lifetime.They sacrifice our connection with our bodies and its all-knowing voice by running over its vital signals with bad habits.-grab fast food -eat while we drive -chat on the cel
17、l phone between gulpsIt becomes easy for us to simply ignore our bodies for years because of a lack of recreation time.Unit 5 Healthy LivingText A Useful expressions These loops contribute to limiting,self-defeating,and even self-destructive behaviors that undermines our well-being and keeps them fr
18、om achieving our full potential.Like most ingrained emotional,psychological,and behavioral patterns,spin traps repeat and produce the same old patterns over and over until they are recognized,healed,and changed.Critical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy Living6 Explain the process where we change f
19、rom“playing full-out”to“play it safe,or play not to lose”.Text A Topics for presentationCritical reading and thinking More reluctant to take risks Loss of ability to feel and acknowledge our deepest feelings and the courage to speak our truth Continuing denial and repression of our feeling to protec
20、t themselves An unconscious and self-protective habit/a default response to life:fear,denial,and disconnection from our bodies and feelingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Useful expressions By disconnecting from our bodies and abandoning themselves in this way,we tend to lose a sense of our natural self-
21、confidence.We grow more reluctant to take risks.They lose our ability to feel and acknowledge our deepest feelings and the courage to speak our truth.Critical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy Living7.Everything comes finally down to HOW.Explain how wellness can be established?Text A Topics for pre
22、sentationCritical reading and thinking A multi-faceted process Issues rooted and resolved in different dimensions Building our wellness toolbox slowly Picturing our whole state of being Attention to the little stuff Wellness not a goal but a process Maintenance of a balance of our mind,body,and spir
23、itUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Useful expressions Most of the issues that we face in life,be they physical or emotional,have our roots and resolution in different dimensions.Most of the issues that we face in life,whether they should be physical or emotional,have our roots and resolution in different
24、 dimensions.Critical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy Living8.Make a list of the tips on how to become a fully integrated human being.Text A Topics for presentationCritical reading and thinking Try to awaken and evolve in order to live more consciously Get in touch with our genuine feelings and em
25、otions Come to terms with/Make peace with the toxic emotions.Unit 5 Healthy LivingAwaken and evolve in order to live more consciously Text A Text AnalysisCritical reading and thinkingOne way for us to awaken is to examine some of the blockages to wellness in our bodies that are keeping them emotiona
26、lly and psychologically stuck and in pain.-From the time that we were children,we are trained to mask our difficult feelings and emotions.-We learn quickly that it isnt safe to be angry or sad -Mum screams at them while Dad leaves when anger flares.-Its like we are afraid of pure emotion,pushing the
27、m away.The difficulty is that repressed emotions can get stuck in our body causing anxiety,depression,and other physical manifestations,such as heart disease,a stiff neck or worse.Unit 5 Healthy LivingGet in touch with our genuine feelings and emotions Text A Text AnalysisCritical reading and thinki
28、ng Then things seem to get better all around.Before this can happen,however,we must get in touch with our genuine feelings and emotions.Unless we do so,we wont be able to release our bottled up emotions.tools -journaling -meditation -full-body scanningUnit 5 Healthy LivingCome to terms with/Make pea
29、ce with the toxic emotionsText A Text AnalysisCritical reading and thinking Unfinished business doesnt go away either.It only gets louder and more pressing as time goes on.-If we are resistant to anger,the world will give them reasons to be angry.-If we are repulsed by our feelings of weakness or sa
30、dness,the world will rain down reasons for them to be sad until they crack open and feel the sadness.What we resist usually persists.Unit 5 Healthy LivingCome to terms with/Make peace with the toxic emotionsText A Text AnalysisCritical reading and thinking We need to make peace with our demonsbe the
31、y rage,fear or shame.-People who are in touch with their feelings do not need to manifest physical symptoms because they are already paying attention to what is going on inside.-If a feeling is unconscious,it means that we truly do not know it is there.It is certainly not our fault or a sign of weak
32、ness!However,through self-reflection,we can dramatically increase our chances of healing.Unit 5 Healthy LivingHave a whole picture!Text A Text AnalysisCritical reading and thinkingHealth is a multidimensional experience of body,mind and spirit.(P.111,Para.1,Line1)Wellness is a state involving every
33、aspect of our beingbody,mind,and spirit.(P111,Para2,Line6)We must get to know our bodies,understand our minds,and embrace our spiritual paths.(P112,Para.6,Line9)We must strive to balance our mind,body,and spirit by listening and taking care of our bodies.(P112,Para.7,Line3)Some physiological influen
34、ces affect the emotions because the mind,body,and spirit are all interconnected.(P113,Para.9,Line8)Unit 5 Healthy LivingText A Difficult Sentences However,some people go through life on automatic pilot.(Para.2)然而，有些人的生活是走一步，算一步。Critical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingPeoples minds are infe
35、cted by spin a contagion of half-truths,fearful fictions,and blatant deceit.(Para.3)人心被蛊惑，受各种歪理邪说的感染，有半真半假的报道、有恐怖骇人的杜撰、还有赤裸无耻的欺骗。Text A Difficult SentencesCritical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Difficult SentencesSpin occurs when we live unconsciously,pushed and pulled in so many d
36、irections that they loose a grip of our inner and outer realities.(Para.3)我们受蛊惑是因为我们活得浑浑噩噩，被逼得东奔西撞、晕头转向，以至于无法把握我们的内心真实和身外现实。Critical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Difficult SentencesThey work long hours and schedule our time to the hilt.(Para.4)他们（那些需求）长期存在，把我们的时间挤得满满当当。Critical re
37、ading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Additional Activity Watch the video clip and sum up the messages that both the text and video clip endeavor to convey what are lifestyle changesCritical reading and thinkingUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Language Building-up Signpost LanguageCause and effec
38、twhen developing a cause and effect essay,authors often use some signals and clue words to indicate a cause or an effect.Here are some of them.CauseEffectbecausethe reason(s)the cause(s)is due tois caused bysince resulted fromlead tothereforeconsequentlythusas a consequencelead tocausethe resultsas
39、a resultthe effect wasresult in the outcomeon that accountUnit 5 Healthy Livinga health_(健康危机)physical_(身体症状)energy and_(能量和活力)be completely _ from sth.(完全免疫)_of falseness(虚假的病毒)stressful_(有压力的生活方式)_emotion(健全的感情)_health(脆弱的健康)to _ our mind,body,and spirit(平衡心理，身体和精神)_life(精神生活)the _to wellness(通向身心
40、健康的“路障”)_emotions(被压抑的感情)_feelings and emotions(真情实感)_influences(心理影响)fully _human beings(十全十美的人)Text A Language Building-up Vocabulary Testcrisis symptoms vitalityimmuneviruslifestylerobustfragilebalancespiritualblockagesrepressedgenuineintegratedphysiologicalUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Suggested a
41、nswersTask 1 Overview:Complete the following outline according to the text.Critical reading and thinkingThesis Statement:Health is a multidimensional experience of body,mind and spirit.I.Cultural Features of Dis-EaseA.a time of great confusionB.a culture that values thinking more than feeling and em
42、phasizes reason over intuitive awareness and knowingC.loss of a sense of our natural self-confidenceUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Suggested answersTask 1 Overview:Complete the following outline according to the text.Critical reading and thinkingThesis Statement:Health is a multidimensional experience
43、of body,mind and spirit.II.WellnessA.a multi-faceted processB.beginning of wellness:attention to the little stuffUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Suggested answersTask 1 Overview:Complete the following outline according to the text.Critical reading and thinkingThesis Statement:Health is a multidimensiona
44、l experience of body,mind and spirit.III.Becoming More Conscious and AwareA.a tendency among human beings to live an autopilot existencea).repressed emotionb).a mostly reactionary lifeB.living more consciouslyC.tools that can be used to become increasingly aware of these emotionsD.making peace with
45、our demonsUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Task 1/Medical terminology Match each definition with its corresponding English term and Chinese equivalent.EnglishChinese Definition1an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning2the state of being in good physical and mental health3a lack of b
46、alance4the condition of feeling unhappy and anxious for long periods5of,relating to,or having several dimensionsdisease疾病身心健康wellness不平衡imbalancedepression抑郁multidimensional多面的，多维的Suggested answersLanguage building-up2Unit 5 Healthy LivingText A EnglishChinese Definition6not conscious7something that
47、 stops something else passing through,or when something does this8great energy or enthusiasm9easily broken or damaged10three times as much in size,strength,number,or amoutfragile虚弱的，脆弱的unconscious无意识的blockage障碍物vitality生机，活力triple增至三倍Task1/Medical terminologyMatch each definition with its correspond
48、ing English term and Chinese equivalent.Suggested answers2Language building-upUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Task 2/Signpost language The following sentences are taken from the Text A,and all the signpost languages indicating cause and effect have been removed.Complete the sentences and then compare yo
49、ur answers with the original sentences in the texts.1 it becomes easy for us to simply ignore our bodies for years_ a lack of recreation time.(Para.4)2 And we continue to deny and repress our feelings to protect ourselves.Pain,shame,fear,sadness,confusion,and aloneness are_.(Para.5)3 The habit can a
50、lso _ a mostly reactionary life.(Para.8)4 People who are in touch with their feelings do not need to manifest physical symptoms _they are already paying attention to what is going on inside.(Para.11)Language building-upSuggested answersbecause ofthe resultcausebecauseUnit 5 Healthy LivingText A Task
