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课件网) Unit 2 Healthy lifestyle Using Language(1)—Listening and Speaking By the end of this period, you will be able to: gain information about two students’ bad habits and doctor’s advice through listening; distinguish “facts” from “opinions” to understand the context and speakers better; present a short-play or a conversation to show the bad habits and advice to help get rid of them. Pre-Listening Look at each of the pictures and answer the following questions. 1. What’s the person doing 2. What’s his/her problem 3. What’s the possible cause of her bad habit 4. What advice would you suggest to her You are going to listen to a conversation. The main speaker is a doctor who just gave a talk to a class and now he is going to answer some questions from the students. Listening Strategy How to solve the details of listening Locate and memorize key details and take notes. 1. Try to screen out all the details that appear behind the logic; 2. The comparative relationship may be the test site; 3. Make good use of your notes and recall important details through various logical symbols. While-Listening Listen to the conversation and complete the chart below. Student 1 Student 2 Problem Cue Routine Reward \ \ Has trouble sleeping because of using the phone before going to sleep. Feels depressed about being a little overweight. Going to bed Finishing dinner Don’t keep the phone in the room, so you won’t pick it up before bed. Walk outside for just 5 minutes Old habit cycle cue routine reward going to bed using the phone feel happy Suggesting habit cycle Don’t keep the phone in the room Old habit cycle cue routine reward finishing the dinner picking up the phone feel happy Suggesting habit cycle walking outside for 5 minutes Listen again and answer the questions. 1. Why is a good night’s sleep important for the first student A good night’s sleep is important because it will help with their schoolwork. 2. Why does the second student never exercise Because he always picks up his phone instead of exercising. 3. What is the expert’s bad habit The expert drinks too much coffee. 4. What would you advise the expert to do to control this habit I would suggest that the expert change the habit slowly by drinking smaller cups of weaker coffee, and then try to change coffee for another drink. Later he should do more exercise as this can stimulate the body like coffee does but has more positive benefits. Listening text Teacher: Thank you so much for speaking to the class, Doctor. It was a really interesting talk. Doctor: That’s very kind of you. Teacher: Could you answer some questions about habits and lifestyles from the students Doctor: Sure, I’d love to. Student 1: Hello. I have trouble sleeping. It often takes me a long time to fall asleep at night. It’s affecting my schoolwork because I’m always tired in the daytime. Doctor: I see. What do you do just before you go to sleep Student 1: I usu ... ...
