Look at the following pictures on the screen. 1.What are they doing ? 2.Can you tell which activity is healthy and which is unhealthy?

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Drinking alcohol

physical exercise

Singing

dancing

overeating

cigarette smoking

Free disscussion: From the pictures, can you tell me what kind of life is healthy?... A healthy life should include physical and mental health. A healthy life should include physical and mental health.

Unit 3 A healthy life

Pre-reading 1.Why do you think some adolescents start smoking? 2.What advice would you give to someone who wanted to stop smoking?

1. 1.How many parts does the reading text consist of? 2. Who wrote the letter to whom? 3. What are the suggestions James’ Grandfather gives to quit smoking? Two parts. The first part is a letter and the second part is an internet page. A grandfather wrote the letter to his grandson James. Fast reading Skim the letter and answer the following questions.

Suggestions to quit smoking 1. Prepare yourself 2. Be determined 3. Break the habit 4. Relax 5. Get help if you need it 6. Keep trying

Read the letter carefully, and try to get some specific information and do the true or false questions. Detail reading

1 James is addicted to smoking now and couldn ’ t give it up. 2 James ’ grandad is also addicted to cigarettes now. 3 Smoking doesn ’ t affect the health of non-smokers. 4 Grandad quitted smoking at last. 5 James ’ grandad knew much about the harmful effects of smoking when he was young. TT FF FF TT FF

Read the article about the advice on stopping smoking on Page 19, then finish the following summary of the passage. summary

Choose 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 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 can 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. Don't feel ___ if you ___ because some people have to try many times before they finally quit smoking. Never give up and you will succeed.

Discussion What kind of person do you think James’ grandfather is? He is fit and healthy and leads an active life. He is knowledgeable. He reads the internet. He appears to love his grandson.

1. Find out the key points of the text. 2.Search some more information about the harmful effects of smoking and advice on stopping smoking. Homework

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