英语课件 牛津版 高一模块一 Unit 3

Writing an e-mail of encouragement Task Writing an e-mail of encouragement

Skills building 1: finding information Discussion 1. How can you find information quickly in a long passage? Read the questions carefully before you begin.

Skim the passage, looking for main points and key words. Usually the main points are the first or last sentence of the first or the last paragraph.

2. What do main points and key words mean? Main points are the general ideas of the passage. Key words contain important or useful information such as names, numbers and dates.

Step 1 recommending a gym to a friend Part A Read the advertisement and the web page, underline the main points and circle the key words.

The advertisement: Main idea: Build the body you’ve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!

Key words: Special offer! 1 month free membership! 35 classes every week, including tennis and swimming. Two branches in the city! Open from 10 a.m. to midnight, 365 days a year. Call 5555 4567 for more information.

The web page: Main idea: Build the body you’ve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!

Key words: Have some of the best equipment of any gym in the world. Wonderful advice about getting into shape.

Part B Now use what you have found in Part A to fill in as much information as possible in the notes below. 2. Number of branches in the city: 1 2 3 4. What do you get for free if you join now? √ A T-shirt, 2 free personal training hours, 1 month free membership.

7. Can you get advice about exercise? Yes No 9. How can you find out more? √ Call 5555 4567.

Part C Listen to the radio advertisement for Better Body Gym. Complete the rest of the notes above. 3. In which roads are the branches? One is in Jinshan Road, and the other one is in Hubei Road.

5. How big is each branches? 6. Is there a health café at the gym? Yes No 9. Do you need to be 18 to join? 3,000 square metres. √ √

Hobbies: Exercise and watching football Part D You think your friend Wu Tong should join Better Body Gym. Look at the information below, and explain why he should join the gym. Use the words in the box to help you. Wu Tong Age: 15 Money in bank: 3,000 Home: Hubei Road Hobbies: Exercise and watching football

expensive far away close by healthy relax strong cheap body weak advice tried fit The membership cost is cheap. The gym is close by. He can do exercise and get fit. 4. He can receive advice on how to become strong.

Skills building 2: note taking Discussion What are these? What do they mean? %; ＜; ＞ ; she’s ; I’d m; km; P. ; cont.

They are symbols, abbreviations and contractions. %= percentage; ＜= less than; ＞= more than; she’s= she is; I’d =I had/ would; m= meter; km= kilometres; P.= page; cont.= continued

2. What can they be used for? To make notes as brief as possible. 3. How can we write down information quickly? a. use abbreviations and contractions b. write down only the key words c. use symbols

1.___________________________ 2.____________________________ Listen to the recording and make notes about the words you hear, using the skills you have just learnt. 1.___________________________ 2.____________________________ 3.___________________________ 4.___________________________ 5.___________________________ Mornings, he swims 2,500 m×4/wk. Afternoons, she rides bike 40 km×3/wk ∵it’s raining, I ran 15 min. City pop. ↑ 20%. Sh. & Bj. > HK

Step 2: interviewing a person about exercise and training A reporter is interviewing Lucy about her training programme for taking part in a marathon. Listen to the interview, and complete the notes below.

Each marathon = ________ (time needed) Tue = 800 m×8 (fast) 10 miles×3 days/wk. (slow) __________________ (marathon speed) Sun = 18 miles ______ = rest Runs ____ miles/wk 4.5 hrs. 10 miles × 1day/wk. Mon 62

Part B: pair work Ask your partner questions about how he or she keeps fit and take notes about the answers, using the prompt box for ideas: 1. basketball/ dancing/ football/ running/ swimming 2. fit/ fun/ healthy/strong 3. often/ sometimes/ seldom/ never 4. classmates/ family/ friends

Sample answers: Student A: What do you do to keep fit? Student B: I play basketball. I think it makes me stronger and helps me run faster. Besides, if you want to win, teamwork is very important. What about you?

Student A: I like swimming. It keeps me healthy and strong. There’s a swimming pool near my home, and I go to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. My parents sometimes go swimming with me after work. I also like dancing.

And I think I’ll have a great figure if I dance often And I think I’ll have a great figure if I dance often. So every Saturday morning. I go to the gym to practice dance aerobics with my mother. We are there for nearly two hours. Do you often play basketball? Student B: On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, the students in our class play

on our school basketball court. On Saturday we play a game with a team from another school. It’s really fun and interesting. Student A: Besides playing basketball, what else do you do?

Student B: I run every morning for about 15 minutes. My parents also go running with me, but they run slower and for longer. They run for more than 20 minutes.

How your partner keeps fit: Student A: go swimming; dance 2. keep him/her healthy + strong + a fine figure 3. swimming: for> 30min after school every day; dance: for< two hours on Sat mor 4. swimming with his/her parents; dance aerobics with his/her mother

Student B: 1. play basketball; run 2. stronger + faster; teamwork 3. playing basketball: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afn Running: 15 min every mor 4. playing basketball with classmates or students from other schools

Part C: presentation Tell your class what exercise your partner does and find out what’s the most popular exercise in your class.

Skills building 3: using punctuation 1. What do you know about the common punctuation marks? comma (,); full stop (.) ; question mark (?); exclamation mark(!); colon(:); semi-colon(;); quotation marks (‘ ’); apostrophe(’); hyphen(-); dash(—)……

Here is a letter from Hu Bo asking for advice, but some of the punctuation is wrong. Help him correct the wrong punctuation marks. There is one mistake in each line.

Dear Health Expert : Please help me! I am a fat teenager. My classmates laugh at me a lot , I don’t do sports, and my favorite meal is a hamburger; chips and soft drinks. Is this really such a problem? I don’t enjoy exercise; it makes me tired. Also. I’m hungry all the time and love to eat fast food. . , ,

What should I do. Do you think I should take some weight---loss pills What should I do! Do you think I should take some weight---loss pills? What about exercise and food? Please don’t tell me to stop eating: Best wishes. Hu Bo! - !

Step 3: writing an e-mail encouraging a friends What have you learnt from step 1 and 2 about recommending a gym to someone? information about the gym reasons why he or she should join the gym the equipment available in the gym

Read the e-mail to see how to encourage a friend who has a problem.

Writing Write an e-mail encouraging your friend who has weight problems.

points to mention: weight-loss pills going on a diet healthy eating looking good feeling good fast food equipment sports gyms

A sample e-mail Dear _______, I was so sad to learn that some people laughed at you just for being a little overweight. I think you look great as you are and you are wonderful. I understand that, like anyone else, you want to be healthy and strong and you are worried that you would become too overweight.

I think the best way to become healthy and strong is to take exercise regularly. At the beginning of this year, for some time I couldn’t sleep well at night. I then began to run about twenty minutes after school every day and to go swimming twice a week. I have done like this for nearly a year. Now I’m feeling quite well.

Why not run with me. Or, let’s go swimming Why not run with me? Or, let’s go swimming. I know you want to learn to swim. We can do this together. Please write back and tell me what you think about my plan. Best wishes ___________

Homework: Make notes about the e-mail by your partner and check the punctuation marks in it. 2. Preview project.

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