1. Unit 1 Warm up and Lesson 1

2. Warm-up 1. Look at the photos. What kind of lifestyle do you think the people have?

3. I think a shepherd’s life is peaceful and relaxing ---- but maybe it’s boring sometimes. boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful Use the Key Words to help you. Example positive negative

4. bore, excite, interest, relax His story never bores me. (vt.) His story is never boring. I am never bored with his stories. The football match excites all the crazy fans. The football match is exciting. All the crazy fans are excited by/about the football match. To their excitement, the national football team won the match!

5. What he described interested all of us. (vt) What he described was__________. We were all _________in what he described. ______________, what he described was about the situation in the Middle East. Can you think of other verbs having the same use pattern( 用法 )? surprise, shock, astonish, amaze, amuse, delight, please, disappoint, satisfy, encourage, scare, terrify interesting interested To our interest

6. Business manager busy/exciting /boring

7. Shepherd lazy/free/dangerous

8. Football player interesting/exciting /stressful

9. Student interesting/active /stressful

10. 2. Listen. Say which of the people in the photos is speaking. Example 1 a football player Answers 1. a football player 2. a student 3. a shepherd 4. a business manager Try to catch the main idea

11. Tapescript 1. Football player: Being famous isn’t easy, you know. I travel a lot—I have matches in different countries. But my job is exciting, very exciting! I love the matches, the people cheering, know what I mean?

12. 2. Student: My dad says these are the best days of my life—but I’m not so sure! You know, I’ve got lots of work to do and there’s not much time really. I also play football for the school team and we have to do training three nights a week.

13. 3. Shepherd: I love the animals and I love nature. It’s peaceful, and there’s no one to tell me what to do. But it’s not so good when the weather’s bad!

14. 4. Business manager: I’m very busy, and I don’t have time to see my husband and children. Mmmm and my life is very stressful, I suppose. I mean, I have to deal with lots of money. But I find it really exciting.

15. 4. Introduce some more lifestyles of other jobs.

16. peasant’s lifestyle miner’s lifestyle

17. teacher’s lifestyle doctor’s lifestyle

18. pilot’s lifestyle traffic police’s lifestyle

19. What kind of lifestyle do you think the men in the picture have? boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful

20. couch potato ： the lifestyle is peaceful, lazy, free, relaxing

21. A couch potato is a person who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television. mouse potato? A mouse potato is a person who spends a lot of time using computers.

22. workaholic is a person who is addicted to workaddicted Despite spending an extra amount of hours and sacrificing ( 牺牲 )their health and loved ones for their jobs, workaholics are frequently ineffective employees alcohol 酒精 alcoholic busy, tiring, boring and stressful

23. UNIT 1 Lesson 1 A perfect day ?

24. What are your favorite kinds of TV program? sports programmes, the news, TV series, cartoons, game shows, films, talk shows, music programmes

25. sports games

26. TV series

27. film

28. news game shows

29. True or false 1.Brian is not satisfied with the kind of lifestyle. 2. Brian’s wife goes out to work and supports the family. 3. Bob is poor so he has to work day and night. 4. Bob almost has no time to spend with his family. T F F T

30. 5. It seems that Bob prefers doing a lot of things all day to doing nothing. 6. Bob’s wife often quarreled with Bob for him doing nothing. 7. Brian has more than one TV set. 8. Brian’s wife often complains that the money Brian makes is not enough. F F T T

31. Read the two texts again and answer these questions: 1. Is Brian a lazy person? Can you find two examples of his lazy behavior? 2. What do you think “You’ve got the world at your feet” means?

32. 3. How does Bob spend his morning and evening? 4. Why does Bob’s family complain? 5. Why does Bob work so hard?

33. Homework Keep a diary about your weekend. Words about 100.