1、Unit 3 A healthy lifeThe First Period Warming up and ReadingTeaching material: NSEFC Book 6 Unit 3Teaching Aims:Enable the students to grasp and remember the detailed information of the reading material.Teaching Important & Difficult PointsHow to help the students to grasp and remember the detailed
2、information of the reading material.Teaching aids: a tape recorder, a projector, slides and picturesTeaching ProcedureStep1 Warming up1. Whats a healthy person?A truly healthy person is someone who is healthy in both body and mind.2. Whats a healthy life?To be true healthy a person must be well in m
3、ind, body and spirit.Step 2 BrainstormingWhat health issues do you think concern young people the most?cigarette smoking drinking alcohol drug taking diet physical fitness sexual health stress AIDS and infections cancer anxiety Step 3 Lead inT： Look at the following pictures. What are they doing?Can
4、 you tell which activity is healthy and which is unhealthy?Slide show shadow boxingDrinking alcohol physical exercise Singingdancingovereatingcigarette smokingStep 4 Pre-readingHave you ever smoked? If you have, have you ever tried to stop?Why do you think some adolescents start smoking?In what ways
5、 is smoking harmful?What advice would you give to someone who wanted to stop smoking?Where could you get good advice on stopping smoking?Step 5 Fast readingT： Skim the letter and answer the following questions.Slide showHow many parts does the reading text consist of?Two parts. The first part is a l
6、etter and the second part is an internet page.2. Who wrote the letter to whom?A grandfather wrote the letter to his grandson James.3. What is the purpose of the letter?This letter aims to explain how a smoker becomes addicted to cigarettes and why he should give up.Step 6 Detail readingT： Read the l
7、etter carefully, and try to fill in the chart with information from the reading passage.Information from the reading passageDifferent ways people can become addicted to cigarettes1. physically addicted to nicotine2. addicted through habits3. mentally addictedHarmful physical effects for smokers1. do
8、 terrible damage to heart and lungs2. have difficulty in becoming pregnant3. can not run fastEffects that a persons smoking can have on other people1. other people dislike the smell2. The cigarette smoke may do harm to other people near the smoker.Effects that smoking can have on sporting performanc
9、ebe unable to enjoy sports Step 7 summaryRead the article about the advice on stopping smoking on Page 19, then finish the following summary of the passage.Slide showChoose a day that is not _ to quit smoking. Make a list of all the _ you will get from stopping smoking. _ all your cigarettes at the
10、end of the day before you plan to quit._ the list of benefits you wrote when you feel like smoking. Develop some other habits like walking, drinking some water, cleaning the house and so on to keep yourself busy. If you feel nervous or stressed, try to do some _ exercises like deep breathing. You ca
11、n stop smoking with a friend or join a group.If you feel really bad, ask a doctor or _ for help. The most important thing is to keep trying. Dont feel _ if you _ because some people have to try manytimes before they finally quit smoking. Never give up and you will succeed.Keys： Stressful benefits Th
12、row away Reread relaxation chemist ashamed weakenStep 8 Discussion1. What kind of person do you think James grandfather is?He is fit and healthy and leads an active life. He takes an interest in his daughters and his grandsons well-being. He is knowledgeable. He reads the internet. He appears to lov
13、e his grandson.2. Do you think the information and advice on the Internet page that James? grandfather sent is useful for someone who is trying to give up smoking?It is a good summary but a person wanting to give up should probably look for more information than what is presented here.3Can you give
14、some other helpful suggestions?Step 9 DiscussionA: Someone who gets addicted to smoking.B: tries to gives A some helpful advice and persuade him/her to give up smoking.Suppose you（B） are a teacher, how will you persuade your students（A） to quit smoking.Suppose your father（A） is a smoker, how will yo
15、u（B） persuade him to quit smoking.Suppose your teacher（A） is a smoker, how will you（B） persuade him to quit smoking. Slide showUseful expressionsHow to ask for adviceWhat should I do?Could you tell me what to do?Can you give me some advice?How to give adviceYoud betterI think you ought to.Perhaps you shouldI suggest that youStep 10 Homework1. Find out the key points of the text.2Search some more information about the harmful effects of smoking and advice on stopping smoking.
