1. 《英语视听说（ 3 ）》 主持教师：沈翠萍 Email: shencp@shtvu.edu.cn

2. Unit 4 Health Topic: Illness, symptoms and treatments Vocabulary: Symptoms and remedies Function: Checking how someone feels Lessons: Lesson A—How do you feel? Lesson B—Getting better

3. Learning Objective In this unit, you: review words of common health problems; study vocabulary related to symptoms and remedies; learn to talk about health problems; learn to give proper medical treatments.

4. Warm-up questions Can you name a few common health problems? (review related vocabulary you’ve learnt in Unit 7 of VC 1) headache, toothache, backache, stomachache, earache, catch/have a cold, flu, fever, cough, sneeze, runny nose, sore throat, rash, allergy, sprain, cramp, asthma, anemia, arthritis, stroke, cancer, heart disease, high/low blood pressure, acne, migraine, baldness, diabetes, insomnia, obesity, diet control, eating disorder, mouth ulcer, hair loss, sleep walking… Can you carry out a conversation at the doctor’s?

5. Lesson A How do you feel? Vocabulary related to symptoms and remedies: faint cough sweat scratchshiver sneeze indigestion lightheaded dizzy exhausted tired

6. Listening Listen to Track 3-4-1 and do Exercise A on P55. Listen again and do Exercise B on P55. Imitate the conversation.

7. Useful expressions Talking about health problems: Checking how someone feels --What’s the matter? --What’s wrong with you? --Are you OK?/Are you all right? --Is anything the matter?/Is something wrong?/Is anything wrong with you? --How do you feel?/How are you feeling? --Are you feeling all right? --How are you today?/How are you feeling today?

8. Useful expressions Describing symptoms: I have a bad headache/a cold/a fever/a sore throat… I’ve got a bit of temperature. I feel unusually tired/exhausted/lightheaded/dizzy/weak /sick/anxious/nauseous… I can’t stop coughing/sneezing/shivering/hiccupping… My head/arm/back hurts. My symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, excessive fatigue, fever and chills.

9. Speaking Listen to Track 3-4-3 and pair work to practice the conversation. Work in pairs to talk about the two pictures. Pair work: follow the model dialogue below to make your own conversation. A: Excuse me. Are you all right? B: I’m not sure. My wrist hurts. A: What happened? B: I had a bicycle accident. A: How do you feel? Are you dizzy or…

10. Communication Group work: one student role as a patient with health problems, others in the group are supposed to give advices. (various kinds of treatments: hypnotism, acupuncture, yoga, physical therapy, aromatherapy, cupping…) Which treatment can really work? Listen to Track 3-4-4 and pay attention to the expressions they use.

11. Lesson B Getting better Part 1 Present new words: trudge, aloe vera, skeptical, gargle, acupuncture… Watch the Video Part 1 and finish the exercises on P65. Watch the Video Part 1 again and imitate the material.

12. Lesson B Getting better Part 2 Preview: look at the pictures and do exercises on P66 Watch the Video Part 2 and finish the exercises on P67-68 Watch the Video Part 2 again and play roles to imitate the scene.

13. Assignment Optional listening(1-4) on P60-63 Oral presentation (100 words): Topics: 1. One health problem that I have 2. How to stay healthy? Second online graded exercises