1、Unit 2 Get off the sofa!【教学目标】Knowledge objectiveKey vocabularyexpect, require, physical, effort, harmKey expressionthanks to, health care, once in a whileAbility objectiveTo get information about five rules for a healthy life.Moral objectiveTo know about the meaning of a healthy life.To make yourse
2、lf have a healthy life habit.【教学重点】To learn some expressions in the passage.【教学难点】To get information from the article.【教学方法】PWP method, task-based method 【教学手段】A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures【教学过程】Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Warming up Look at the pictures and answer the questions.Step
3、2 New wordsThe teachers shows the new words and expressions, then let the students to say as quickly as possible.Step 3 Look and say Look at the pictures on pages 42-43, then answer “What do the pictures tell you?”.Step 4 Listening Listen to the passage and answer the following questions. 1. Do peop
4、le live longer than before? 2. Is eating fruit and vegetables good for your health?Step 5 Reading1. Read the passage and match with the rules with the pictures.2. Read the passage and answer the questions. 1) What are the five rules for a healthy life according to the writer? 2) Are people today get
5、ting the same amount of exercise as they did in the past? Why? 3) Why is it sometimes difficult to be a teenager? 4) Who do you think the passage is written for?Step 6 Language points 1. Thanks to better health care, most people are living healthier and longer lives. 多亏了更好的医疗服务，现在大多数人都能生活地更健康，寿命更长。
6、thanks to+名词/动词ing, 表示“多亏，归功于”。 e.g. I made much progress thanks to his help. 多亏有他的帮助，我才有这么大的进步。 health care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务。 2. Someone who is born today can expect to live about thirty-five years longer than someone who was bo
7、rn in the nineteenth century. 今天出生的人期望能比19世纪出生的人多活大约35年。expect to do sth.表示“预料做某事，预计做某事”。e.g. We expect to get more gold medals in the coming Olympic Games. 在下一届的奥运会上我们预期要拿更多的金牌。3. To keep fit, you have to walk at least 10,000 steps every day. 为了保持健康，你每天必须要走至少10000步。 keep fit表示“保持健康”。 e.g. She tries
8、 to keep fit by jogging everyday. 她每天慢跑以保持健康。4. In the past, peoples jobs required more physical effort. 在过去，人们的工作需要更多的体力。 require表示“需要，要求”。 require + n./ to do sth./doing sth./that 从句 e.g. Theses pets require a lot of care. 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。5. You sho
9、uld only have it once in a while.你可以偶尔吃一次。once in a while表示“偶尔，有时，间或”。e.g. He went to see them once in a while. 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。 harm v./n. 表示“损害，伤害”。 do harm to 表示“对造成伤害”。e.g. Be careful, or the sharp stone may harm your foot. 当
10、心点，否则那尖锐的石头会伤到你的脚。7. Say no to smoking! 拒绝吸烟。 say no/yes (to) “(向说) 不/行”。e.g. Their offer was so good that I couldnt say no. 他们提出的条件太好，我无法拒绝。 Did you say yes to her invitation? 你接受她的邀请了吗？Step 7 Summary Let Ss read the passage first and then fill in the blanks with the words in the box on page 43.Ste
11、p 8 Writing1. Read the passage in Activity 2 again. Think of one more example of what you should or should not do for each rule.2. Think of more rules and examples of your own.3. Write a passage called My rules for a healthy life. Include the rules and examples you have written in Activity 5 and 6.S
12、tep 9 Exercises1. His life was saved _ better medical technology. A. thank to B. thanks to C. thank for D. thanks for2. Our parents _ us to get higher education. A. worry B. believe C. expect D. harm3. We face the same difficulty _ everyone does in the beginning of the business. A. for B. to C. as D. with4. Everybody should _ drinking when driving. A. say no to B. say yes to C. say hello to D. say thanks to Step 10 HomeworkFinish the written task.