1、Developing ideas Unit 1 Food for thought What food are good for us?But to be honest,what food will you choose?Why?Talk about what you usually eat for dinner and decide who eats more healthily.Junk Food垃垃圾食品圾食品 I used to like junk food very much,but my mother doesnt want me to eat it.Sometimes I woul
2、d go to eat it secretly.I liked to eat the fries with ketchup most,I could eat a lot at one time.我曾经非常喜欢垃圾食品，但是我妈妈不想让我吃。有时候我会偷偷跑去吃。我最喜欢吃薯条配番茄酱，我可以一次吃很多。Once I went to KFC again,I ordered two large fries and a large iced coke.After finishing the meal,I felt ill in my stomach and throat.I was too afra
3、id to tell my mother.有一次我去KFC，点了两份大薯条和一大杯冰可乐。吃完了之后，我感到胃和喉咙很不舒服。我很害怕，不敢告诉妈妈。In the evening I threw up and felt hot all over my body.My mother came to check me and found out I got a fever.She took me to the hospital immediately.Since then,I never touch the junk food again.The junk food is bad for heal
4、th,we shouldnt eat it.当天晚上我就吐了，全身发热。我妈妈过来看我的时候发现我发烧了。她立刻就带我去了医院。从那以后，我绝不再碰垃圾食品了。垃圾食品对健康有害，我们不应该吃它。Whats in your/your familys fridge?There are.in my fridge.Cold Truths冰箱真相冰箱真相 Is there any truth behind the saying“You are what you eat”?俗话说“人如其食”，这是真的吗?We put this to the test by asking five people to o
5、pen their fridge doors and talk about their lifestyles.为了检验这句话，我们邀请五个人打开自己的冰箱，聊聊他们的生活方式。Can you guess which fridge belongs to which person?你能猜出哪个冰箱属于哪个人吗？Maybe you can recognise your own fridge here!也许你能在这里看到自家冰箱的影子哦！Ellie 24 埃莉 24岁Junior doctor 实习医生 Theres not enough room to swing a cat in my small
6、 apartment,so I dont cook very often.我的小公寓连转身的空间都没有，所以我不常做饭。My fridge is usually half empty and Im often too tired to eat much anyway.我的冰箱通常都是半空的，反正我也经常累得吃不下多少。I often end up saving part of my meal for the next day.我经常会把一部分饭菜留到第二天吃。Some evenings,Ill just have something quick,like toast,or even just
7、a yoghurt with honey.有的晚上，我会只吃些速食，比如吐司，或者只是酸奶配蜂蜜。As a doctor,I know I had better change the way I eat,but I just dont have the time or the energy right now.作为医生，我知道我最好改变这种饮食方式，但我现在完全没有时间和精力。Jenny 31 珍妮 31岁Teacher 教师 My husband and I avoid all products that come from animals.我和我的丈夫什么动物制品都不吃。This mean
8、s we dont eat meat,and any milk or cheese had better be dairy-free.这意味着我们不吃肉，牛奶或奶酪也最好不是动物乳制成的。We like cooking at home and make our meals from fresh,seasonal fruit and vegetables.我们喜欢在家做饭，用新鲜的时令水果和蔬菜来做饭。Cooking together gives us a chance to relax and catch up on each others days.一起做饭给了我们放松的机会，也让我们聊聊彼
9、此日常的情况。If we have children,I want to bring them up just like us,but my husband says that everyone should be able to make their own lifestyle choices.如果有了孩子，我想按照我们的生活方式养育他们，但我丈夫说，每个人都应该有权利选择自己的生活方式。Ted 35 特德 35岁 Construction worker 建筑工人 Each day at the construction site is more or less the sametiring
10、!建筑工地上每天都差不多累！When I get back home,theres nothing more satisfying than a big meat dinner.回家后，什么都比不上一顿肉食大餐更让人满意了。I guess lve always been a big meat eater and in this house,no family meal is complete without some form of meat.我想我一直都挺爱吃肉的，在我家没有一顿饭菜是没有肉的。I still dont think that anything can beat my mums
11、 homemade sausages,though.不过，我还是觉得什么也比不得上我妈妈做的香肠。Mike 49 迈克 49岁 Chef 厨师 With five children,were one big family!我们有五个孩子，是一个大家庭！My wife and I both work full-time,so life can get pretty busy!我和妻子都有全职工作，所以日子过得相当忙碌！Like a lot of chefs I know,I dont really do much cooking at home.就像我认识的许多厨师一样，我在家里并不怎么做饭。S
12、ometimes I bring home food from the restaurant where I work.有时我会从上班的餐馆带一些吃的回来。Once a week,we do a big shop and buy a lot of frozen food.我们每周一次大采购，会买很多速冻食品。I know we should eat more fresh fruit and vegetables,but ready meals are so convenient.我知道我们应该多吃新鲜水果和蔬菜，但是即食食品真的非常方便。Max 19 马克斯 19岁 College stude
13、nt 大学生 There are five of us living in our shared student house.我们五个人共住一间学生公寓。My mum says I need to have three healthy meals a day,but Im too busy studying and meeting friends!妈妈常说，一日三餐要吃得健康，但我的学习和社交生活太忙了！We dont really buy fresh food,and I suppose the fridge could be kind of cleaner.I darent let my
14、mum see this photo!我们不怎么买新鲜的食物，而且我觉得冰箱应该再干净点儿我可不敢让我妈妈看到这张照片！While-readingRead the passage and match the pictures of the fridges to their owners.Visual information,such as photos and illustrations,can support reading and help you identify the theme and content of a text.Make the most of these images
15、to look for clues to help you understand the text.Find out who might say the sentences below.“There is a lot of food from my workplace in our fridge.”“You might find bean products in our fridge,but hamburgers?Never!”“My fridge is a total mess!All I do is party and hit the books.”“There isnt really m
16、uch in my fridge.Im just too busy and tried to cook at home!”“If youre someone who avoids animal products,you wouldnt find anything to eat in my fridge!”1.“You are what you eat”means the food that you eat affects your health,your energy level,your mood,and even your behaviour.Therefore,in order to b
17、e fit and healthy,you need to eat fresh and healthy food.1.What do you think the saying“You are what you eat”means?2.Do you know of any Chinese sayings about food and health?What is your understanding of them?3.Which persons eating habits are most similar to yours?4.What can you do to improve your e
18、ating habits from now on?2.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，医生远离我。A good breakfast makes you healthy.要想身体好，早餐要吃饱。Cold Truths 1It has two meanings:It means the cruel fact.It means the cold food in the fridge can reflect peoples lifestyles.It warns people that its a cruel fact that bad eatin
19、g habits and lifestyles will influence your health.Theres not enough room to swing a cat in my small apartment,so I dont cook very often.2not enough room to swing a cat：used for saying that a room is very small and there is not enough space to live comfortably in it.空间很小；连转身的空间也没有句意：我的小公寓里连个转身的空间都没有
20、，所以我不常做饭。例：例：这么小的厨房里怎么做饭？连个转身的空间都没有。How can you cook in such a small kitchen?Theres _.not enough room to swing a cat My husband and I avoid all products that come from animals.This means we dont eat meat,and any milk or cheese had better be dairy-free.3dairy-free:-free combines with nouns to form ad
21、jectives that indicate that sth.does not have the thing mentioned.Here it means containing no food made from dairy.以-free构成的词还有fat-free,duty-free,trouble-free等。句意：我和我丈夫不吃任何动物制品。这意味着我们不吃肉，任何牛奶或奶酪最好是不含乳制品的。例：例：无乳食谱通常用油代替黄油。_ recipes often use oil instead of butter.Dairy-free Each day at the constructi
22、on site is more or less the same-tiring!4construction:the process or method of building or making sth,especially roads,buildings,bridges,etc.建造；建筑under construction 在建设中construct v.建造；构建constructor n.建造者，建造商constructive adj.建设性的句意：在工地上的每一天都差不多累!例：例：在开始建造之前，先设计出准确的图样。Work out the exact design before
23、you start _.construction A study published recently in the journal Cell Metabolism suggests that eating fatty or sugary snacks alters our brain activity and creates lasting preferences for these less healthy items.近日发表在细胞代谢上的一项研究表明，吃高脂肪或高糖分的零食会改变我们的大脑活动，并使我们对这些不太健康的食物产生持久的偏好。Sugary or fatty snacks c
24、hange your brain activity含糖或脂肪的零食会改变你的大脑含糖或脂肪的零食会改变你的大脑活动活动 For the study,researchers at Yale University and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Germany gave one group of participants a high-fat,high-sugar yogurt twice daily for eight weeks,while another got a low-fat,low-sugar versi
25、on.在这项研究中，耶鲁大学和德国马克斯普朗克代谢研究所的研究人员给一组参与者服用了高脂高糖酸奶，每天两次，持续八周；而另一组参与者则服用了低脂低糖酸奶。Aside from that,both groups continued their normal eating habits.At the end,the groups rated puddings with varying fat concentrations and apple juices with a range of sugar levels.除此之外，两组人都保持着正常的饮食习惯。实验结束后，两组人分别品尝了不同脂肪浓度的布丁
26、和不同含糖量的苹果汁，并做出评价。The participants also underwent MRI scans.The scans showed that the treat increased brain activity in the group that had eaten the high-fat,high-sugar yogurt,but not in the other.参与者还接受了核磁共振扫描。扫描结果显示，食用高脂高糖酸奶的那一组参与者的大脑活动有所增加，而另一组参与者则没有。The researchers concluded that fatty,sugary sna
27、cks activate the brains dopamine system,which gives people a feeling of motivation or reward.研究人员因此得出结论，高脂高糖的零食会激活大脑的多巴胺系统，给人一种收获动力或受到奖励的感觉。Lets say a new bakery opens up next to your work and you start stopping in and having a scone every morning.That alone can rewire your basic fundamental dopamin
28、e learning circuits.比方说，在你工作的地方旁开了一家新的面包店，你开始每天早上去买烤饼。仅这一个小小的饮食习惯会重新连接你的多巴胺学习回路。Small said diet has such a strong effect on brain activity that dopamine signals can fire even when someone anticipates eating fatty or sugary food,like when they pass by a bakery or smell a pastry.斯莫尔说，饮食对大脑活动有如此强烈的影响，以
29、至于多巴胺信号即使在人们预期吃高脂或高糖食物时也会被激发，比如经过面包店或闻到糕点的味道时。It just tells us how sensitive we are to the food environment,and how the food environment can actually change our behavior.这表明大脑对食物环境有多敏感，以及食物环境是如何改变我们的行为的。1.dopamine dopmin n.多巴胺e.g.Dopamine is released during arousal.多巴胺是在兴奋时释放的。2.pastry pestr n.油酥面团；
30、油酥点心e.g.The bread,pastry and mayonnaise are homemade.面包、糕点和蛋黄酱都是自家做的。After-readingMake comments and suggestions about the lifestyles of each person in the passage.1 Discuss the lifestyle of each person.Use the table to make notes.NameLifestyle2 Organize your ideas following the steps below.Describe
31、the lifestyle of each person in the passage.Explain the possible problems with their lifestyles.Make suggestions about how they can improve their lifestles.3 Share your ideas with the class.Healthy lifestyle 健康的生活方式健康的生活方式 1.What do you think we should do to maintain healthy food habits?你认为我们应该做什么来保
32、持你认为我们应该做什么来保持好的饮食习惯？好的饮食习惯？1,Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.The more colorful you make your plate,the more likely you are to get the vitamins,minerals,and fiber your body needs to be healthy.2,Drink water instead of sugary drinks.3,Eat seventy percent full.1，使你盘子里一半是水果和蔬菜。你做的菜越五颜六色，你就越有
33、可能获得身体健康所需的维生素、矿物质和纤维。2、喝水而不是含糖饮料。3、吃7成饱。2.Do you think organic foods are becoming more popular?Is eating healthy a lifestyle or a trend?你认为有机食品现在越来越受欢迎了吗？吃得你认为有机食品现在越来越受欢迎了吗？吃得健康是一种生活方式还是趋势呢？健康是一种生活方式还是趋势呢？I think so,organic foods are becoming more and more popular.In my opinion eating healthy is b
34、oth a lifestyle and a trend.You know,because of unhealthy diet,many people have diabetes and high blood pressure.it is necessary for us to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep it long.我想是的，有机食品正变得越来越受欢迎。在我看来，健康饮食既是一种生活方式，也是一种潮流。你知道，因为不健康的饮食，很多人得了糖尿病和高血压。我们有必要保持健康的生活方式并长久保持。3.How would you get someo
35、ne to stop smoking?What advice would you give them?你如何让别人戒你如何让别人戒烟？你会给他们什么建议？烟？你会给他们什么建议？I think its hard to get people to quit smoking.you know,my father likes smoking very much.I often tell him that smoking is bad and smoke less every day,but I dont know how to get him to quit smoking.This has bee
36、n his habit for decades.If you have some good advice,please share with me.我认为让人们戒烟很难。你知道，我父亲非常喜欢抽烟。我经常跟他说抽烟不好，每天少抽烟，但我不知道怎么让他戒烟。这是他几十年来的习惯。如果你有什么好建议，请与我分享。4.What is your opinion about the statement“thinner is better?”你对你对“越瘦越好越瘦越好”这种说法这种说法有什么看法？有什么看法？I dont think“thinner is better”,because everyone
37、has his or her own body size,some people have large skeletons and some people have small skeletons,and it is not healthy to be too thin,health comes first.我觉得不是越瘦越好，因为每个人都有自己的体型，有的人骨骼大，有的人骨骼小，太瘦是不健康的，健康是第一位的。5.Do you often stay up late?How do you think staying up late affects your brain and body?你经你
38、经常熬夜吗？你觉得熬夜会对大脑和身体有何影常熬夜吗？你觉得熬夜会对大脑和身体有何影响？响？I dont want to stay up late,and I often try to go to bed early,but sometimes it is difficult for me to fall asleep.I think staying up late can lead to memory loss,slow reaction,and physical fatigue during the day.It is really bad.I will try to adjust my m
39、indset and sleeping time.我不想熬夜，我经常试着早点睡觉，但有时我很难入睡。我认为熬夜会导致记忆力减退、反应迟钝和白天身体疲劳。这真的很糟糕。我会努力调整我的心态和睡眠时间。6.How do you adjust your mindset when something unpleasant happens to you?在你碰在你碰到一些烦心事的时候如何调整你的心态？到一些烦心事的时候如何调整你的心态？First of all,I will take a deep breath and calm myself down.Then,try to look on the positive side,ask myself what is the best thing that could get from this?finally,face and solve this annoyance.首先，我要深吸一口气，让自己平静下来。然后，试着看积极的一面，问问自己，这能获得什么最好的东西？最后，面对并解决这个烦恼。
