1、Unit 4 Looking good,feeling goodWelcome to the unit&Reading(I)To be aware of high school students lifestyles To learn to tell good habits from bad ones To learn how to improve the unhealthy lifestyles Brainstormingv Which is more important,looking good or feeling good?BrainstormingDo you think appea
2、rance plays an important part in your life?BrainstormingDo you think appearance determine everything?Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself on the inside and out.1.Whats the outside?2.Whats the inside?Physical appearance Individuality Virtue Values Achievements.Real beauty comes from
3、the confidence and that you have.Extended readingWhat are healthy ways of losing weight?Ways of losing weightHealthy dietProper exerciseMore vegetablesLess junk foodCarol and Tom are two senior high school students who have very different lifestyles.Read their lists of habits below and discuss the f
4、ollowing questions in pairs.1.What good habits do Carol and Tom have?Tick the boxes below.2.How can Carol and Tom improve their lifestyles?3.What is your lifestyle like?How can you improve it?Carol goes to sleep at 10 p.m.and gets up at 6:30 a.m.often skips breakfast likes eating fruit and vegetable
5、s likes drinking milk tea does not like outdoor activitiesTomstays up until 11:30 p.m.and gets up at 6:30 a.m.has breakfast every day likes eating hamburgers likes drinking fresh juice and yogurt enjoys playing sport in his spare timeProjectPredictingA news report.What kind of writing is the passage
6、?It is a thing that is very common in our life.it informs us of whats happening at home and abroad.It is the 7:00 p.m.routine program on CCTV 1.What will be talked about in the news report?Who is the news about?What happened?Why?What do you think of the news title?Teen Faints after skipping mealsA t
7、eenager.She fainted.She was skipping meals.Its direct and to the point.When a dog bites a man,is it news?When a man bites a dog,is it news?What kind of event is worthwhile to be reported?What kind of information should be put at the very top?Why?Read the top paragraph to check prediction.An effectiv
8、e lead tells the reader the most important information about an event,like who,what,when,where and why.Remember to use as few words as possible in a lead.The top paragraph is called Lead.A news report usually starts with a lead.It gives the most important information about an event.Then the followin
9、g paragraphs give more detailed information about the event.Some news reports go on to provide background or supporting information.24567 The girl skipped meals to get slim.She is now recovering in hospital.A survey shows many teenagers are using extreme methods to lose weight.The experts gives advi
10、ce on how to lose weight properly.leaddetailed informationbackground informationThe structure where the most important information is presented first.The who,what,when,where and why appear at the start of a story,followed by supporting details and background information.The leadThe bodyThe tailPara.
11、1Paras.24Paras.57 Helps readers get the key information quickly Helps editors when they need to cut a piece at a certain length to fit a publicationClose readingPart 1(Para.1)What is the function of the first paragraph?1.What is the relationship between the first and the second paragraph?The second
12、paragraph further illustrates the lead.2.Why was Jennifer rushed to hospital?Because she fainted in her morning PE lesson.Apart from lead,main story and background information,what else should be included in a news report?Peoples comments.Part 2(Paras.24)Jennifer has struggled with eating problems f
13、or a long time.She has not eaten breakfast for the last few months and had trouble concentrating in class.Jennifer missed breakfast that day and hardly touched her dinner the night before.Jennifer said she was feeling unwell.Jennifer passed out and was rushed to hospital.Jennifer was found to have d
14、angerously low blood sugar levels and was treated immediately.Jennifer is out of danger and will recover in one or two days.3.Can you paraphrase“They say that she has struggled with eating problems for a long time.”?She has been trying for a long time to lose weight through skipping meals.4.What did
15、 Laura do when she found out Jennifer was skipping meals?She warned Jennifer that it was unhealthy.Part 3(Paras.57)1.What are some of the dangerous methods teenagers use to lose weight?Skipping meals,over-exercising and taking weight-loss medicine.2.What numbers are given in para.5?Whats the purpose
16、 of giving these numbers?Almost one fifth of teenagers regularly skip meals,one in ten over-exercise and four per cent even take weight-loss medicine.Giving these numbers can help support the topic sentence of the paragraph.3.What lifestyle tips did the expert give?Having a healthy balanced diet,kee
17、ping regular hours and getting plenty of exercise.Critical readingDo you think the title is attractive enough?Do you have a better version?Price of skipping meals.Dying to be thin.Do you think senior high school students should pay much attention to their weight?Yes.Because being overweight will eve
18、ntually lead to bigger and more dangerous diseases and conditions.No.Slightly overweight teenagers neednt pay much attention to their weight,because teenagers are still growing and their bodies need a lot of nutrition to function well.Why do some teenagers care so much about their weight?What are th
19、e possible causes?Being overweight are the only cause of weight problems?l Improper weight-loss habitsl Considering being thin as being beautiful;l Following popular beauty blindly.If you were Jennifers classmate,how would you persuade her not to skip meals?Thinking and sharingIf you were an expert
20、on health and were invited to give a lecture on losing weight,what would you present to your audience?Prepare with your group members to deliver a speech.HomeworkContinue the news report within 150 words.When Jennifer came back to her class,all the classmates were very glad to see her back._ Jennifers mom was delighted that Jennifer could recover so quickly._
