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Hope English IIUnit 7 HealthPeriod OneTeaching Objectives:1. Ss can understand the importance of health.2. Ss develop research skill s and strategies.3. Ss develop teamwork skills.4. Ss develop competence in questioning.Teaching Procedures:I. Lead in l Ask some questions related to the topic of health and let Ss discuss them.Q1: Have you ever thought of the relationship between your living habits and your health?Q2: What should we do to stay healthy?Q3: Do you think it possible for human being to live for a thousand years?Q4: What could be done to help people live longer?l How can we keep healthy? Health plays an important role in our life. It is the basis of happiness which is the treasure of all, young or old, men or women. Just as a saying goes, where there is health, there is hope.Where there is hope, there is everything.(有健康就有希望，有希望就有一切) How can we get healthy since health is above everything? Can we find ways to get what everyone desire to possess? Of course, we can .By having a healthy life .And as we know, health lies in a good habit. Therefore, we should try to develop some good habits. Here are some suggestions for us to follow. Firstly, regular exercise is a must. It is well-known that sports and games not only build up our body but also relax our mind. Among the popular activities are jogging, dancing, playing badminton, playing tai chi or yoga .They will make us strong and flexible. Examples show that many diseases can be prevented by keeping regular exercise hours, and especially those who move less should remember to do it. Climbing mountain tires one, but it force us to breathe deeply and does good to you lungs. Secondly, If possible, try to have a balanced diet. There is no doubt that appropriate food provides us with needed energy .Doctors advise that we eat more fruit and vegetables as well as rice and noodles.Beef,mutton,pork,eggs and milk are necessary because they add fuel to bones .so it is no wonder that most teenagers have a preferencefor meat. Thirdly, Try to be open and cheerful. A man who has no friends is like a closed society which has no hope. Open your mind to some that you think can become your friends. Share your ideas with them, release your stress (pressure)by having a chat or going out. Finally, Dont forget to read some books. A truly healthy man should be healthy in mind as well as in body while health in mind depends on reading and thinking. A saying goes that books are to the mind what food is to thebody(书籍之于心灵恰如食物之于身体)。Unlike watching TV, reading delights us ,sets us thinking and helps us get realfreedom and liberation in mind. And eventually bring us happiness.II. Speaking Task 1 Look at the pictures on Page 98 and list words or phrases about them. Then share your work with others.1. Ss choose five words about each picture.2. Ss list the words on the Bb.3. Add some the following words to the word list if they are not already there.4. Explain why these words are useful to the theme.5. Suggested answers:Diet, disease, medicine, tablet, brain habit, harm, prevent, examine, doctor, improve, protect, capsule.Task 2 Use the following sentence patterns and the words or phrases from Task 1 to talk about the pictures on Page 98.A: do good / harm to B: be determined to l For example:Too much medicine will do harm to ones health.The doctor is determined to find out the cause of this strange disease.l Ss skip this task and start on the next task in a class with higher English proficiency.Task 3 Work in pairs. Take turns asking their partner the given questions and make notes. Organize their notes and report to the class using the given paragraph as a model.l Model Report Jerry is a young programmer. Sometimes, when he suffers pressure from work, he will lock himself up and sit in front of his computer for days on end living only on fast food he orders online and keeping awake by drinking strong coffee and smoking cigarettes. He is always confident of his physical condition, but in the outbreak of SARS, he was among the first victims. In the hospital, he was shocked to realize that his bad living habits had done great harm to his health, making it easier for the dangerous virus to knock him down. Now, he has quit smoking and is determined to pick up football that he played a lot when he was in college.III. Assignments:1. Write a short essay on health.2. Memorize the listed words.3. Prepare Reading A.Hope English IIUnit 7 HealthPeriod TwoTeaching Objectives:1. Ss can understand the right meaning of health.2. Ss can grasp the main idea of Reading A.3. Ss can master the new words and the phrases.Teaching Procedures：I Global Reading l Ss will be give 10 minutes to read the passage and finish the following task:On the Verge of Major Increases in the Life SpanBefore a major breakthrough occurs, experts go out of their way to deny it will ever happen.Now most scientists_.Basic Ideas About AgingOnce the basic ideas are known, technology advances quickly and dramatically.Scientists Current EffortsSimilar Events in Historyl Ask some questions according to each paragraph in order to help Ss understand the passage deeply.Q1: What do experts often do before a major breakthrough occur in science?Q2: What does the author think of the major breakthrough in genetic engineering?Q3: What are scientists doing?Q4: What does current evidence suggest?Q5: Is there any other technology to lead to extend the healthy life span indefinitely?II. New words and Phrases:1. life span : the longest period of time that a typical individual can be expected to live.e.g. Men often have a shorter life span than women.2. breakthrough: n. important development or discovery, esp. in scientific knowledge.e.g. Scientists have made a breakthrough in their treatment of that disease.3. go out of the / ones way ( to do): to take the trouble to do; to make a special effort, esp. in spite of difficulties.e.g. Although he was busy, he went out of his way to help me.4. open up: to make possible the development of something; to start.e.g. His stories opened up new worlds of imagination.5. extend: v. to make something longer or larger in space or timee.g. Youll have to go to Beijing to extend your visa.6. in turn: in proper sequence or succession.e.g. I told Frank and he in turn told Sheila.7. in progress: being done or made e.g. An inquiry now in progress.8. fund: v. to provide money fore.g. The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.9. speed up: to cause to move or go fastere.g. Theyve speeded up production of the new car.10. in sight: in view; visiblee.g. No car is in sight because of the dense frog.11. on the verge of : very near to e.g. she tried to hide her grief, but she was on the verge of tears.12. figure out: to come to understand or discover by thinkinge.g. we still havent figured out how to do it.13. turn into: to pass from one condition or state to another onee.g. The witch turned the prince into a frog.III. Assignments:1. Learn the new words and phrases by heart.2. Read the passage again after class.Hope English IIUnit 7 HealthPeriod ThreeTeaching Objectives:1. Grasp the main idea of each paragraph.2. Master the important language points in Reading A.3. Understand the main sentence structures.Teaching Procedures:IReview the new words and the phrases by reading them and having a dictation.(1) approach (2) aviation (3) bacteria (4) benefit (5) breakthrough (6）current (7) dramatically (8) engineering (9) enormous （10）extend (11) fundamental(12) genetic (13) immortal (14) indefinitely (15) infectious (16) promise (17) reverse (18) revolutionary (19) go out of ones way (20) on the verge ofII. Reading A l Ss will be asked to read each paragraph, and find the difficult language points or sentence structures：Para. 1 1. Though they also admit the fact thatThat 引导的同位语从句。 the human life span has been greatly improved over the past century.u 同位语从句同位语从句是名词性从句（主语从句、表语从句、宾语从句、同位语从句,介宾从句）中的主要从句之一，从句作同位语表示与之同位的名词（短语）的实际内容，它的作用相当于名词，对前面的名词（短语）加以补充说明或进一步解释，相当于一个表语从句，它们之间的关系是同位关系，即主表关系。同位语部分是个句子，就是同位语从句，这种用法比较固定 一、在复合句中用作同位语的从句叫同位语从句。它一般跟在某些名词后面，用以说明该名词表示的具体内容。 I heard the news that our team had won我听到了我们队获胜的消息。 二、可以跟同位语从句的名词通常有news，idea，fact，promise，question，doubt，thought，hope，message，suggestion，words（消息），possibility等（一般的“抽象”名词都可用）。 Ive come from Mr. Wang with a message that he wont be able to see you this afternoon 我从王先生那里来，他让我告诉你他今天下午不能来看你了。 三、英语中引导同位语从句的词通有连词that，whether，连接代词what，who。连接副词how,when,where等。（注：if,which 不能引导同位语从句。） He must answer the question whether he agrees to it or not. 他必须回答他是否同意这样一个问题。 四、有时同位语从句可以不紧跟在说明的名词后面，而被别的词隔开。 The thought came to him that maybe the enemy had fled the city 他突然想起可能敌人已经逃出城了。Para.31. The program uses “gene chips “to compare the effects of drugs and therapies on genes in normal aging with those in slowed aging.u Compare with / compare to compare .with.有时相当于compare .and.当涉及考察两个相象的事物以辨别他们的相似或差别时，它取with ： The police compared the forged signature with the original. 警察将伪造的签名与原来的作比较。You should only compare like with like. 只应在同类事物中作比较。 You just cant compare Tom and Bryan. 你无法比较汤姆和布莱恩。You just cant compare Hawaii and Alaska. 你压根儿没法把夏威夷同阿拉斯加相比。 This one cannot compare with that one. 这个与那个无比较。 Walking cant compare with flying. 走路比不上飞 当它涉及描述不同事物相似性的活动时，Compare 常用介词 to ： He compared her to a summer day. 他将她比为夏天。Scientists sometimes compare the human brain to a computer. 科学家有时将人脑比作电脑。Para. 4Some of these genes may become active at some point in the human life span, thus causing cells to go wrong and die.分词结构作状语。u 分词短语在句中表示方式或伴随情况分词短语表示方式或伴随情况是比较常见的。它用来说明动作发生的背景或情况。一般情况下，现在分词所表示的动作与谓语所表示的动作同时发生，它的逻辑主语就是句中的主语，谓语动词作为主要动作，而现在分词表示一个陪衬动作，它没有相应的状语从句可以转换，但可以用并列句来转换。过去分词可以说明谓语动作的背景。过去分词与其逻辑主语之间有动宾关系。如：The children ran out of the room, laughing and talking merrily.The children laughed and talked merrily, and they ran out of the room. 那些孩子们跑出房间，愉快地笑着、说着。Helped by their teacher, the students finished the task successfully.在老师的帮助下，学生们成功地完成了任务。III. Assignments:1. Learn the language points by heart.2. Try to retell this passage.3. Prepare the exercises followed.Hope English IIUnit 7 HealthPeriod FourTeaching Objectives:1. Ss can practice the vocabulary in Reading A.2. Ss can master the sentence patterns.3. Ss can grasp the grammar tips.Teaching Procedures:I. Review the passage.1. Some students will be asked to read each paragraph.2. Ss will retell the passage.3. Translate some sentences: History has often shown that, before a major breakthrough occurs, experts go out of their way to deny that it will ever happen. One major breakthrough in genetic engineering could lead to control of the aging process. Scientists are trying to discover the genes that control aging. Genetic engineering is just one technology that could produce a healthy human life span of thousands of years, with no end in sight. Similar events in history can provide a basis for saying that human beings may be on the verge of major increases in the life span.II. Vocabulary and StructuresTask4 Fill in the blanks with word or phrases from the reading on Page 101 according to the meaning in the column on the right. The first letters are already given. Then compare with your partner.l Ss do it individually.l Teacher checks the answers.l Comment briefly.Task 5 Complete the following sentences with words or phrases from Task 4.l Ask Ss to work individually.l Check the answers.Task 6 Complete the sentences using the given words or phrases plus some words or phrases of their own.l Ss make sentences individually.l Ss share their sentences with each other.l Check the answers.Task 7 Rewrite the sentences after the models:Model 1:If they are asked this question now, most scientists will probably give you the answer “ No”. - If asked this question now, most scientists will probably give you the answer “ No”. e.g. When in trouble, Mary always turns to her parents for help. While there, they were thinking of you all the time. I am to go by way of Beijing as planned in advance. Old clocks are very valuable when in good condition. My method is at least as good as yours, if not better.Model 2: Mankind spent hundreds of years figuring out how to build a heavier-than-air vehicle that could achieve a long flight.- It took mankind hundreds of years to figure out how to build a heavier-than-air vehicle that could achieve a long flight.III. Grammar Tips:1. 某些动词如escape, avoid, enjoy, resist, risk, keep, mind, deny, consider, quit 习惯上接动名词作直接宾语。2. 形容词busy, hard和名词difficulty, problem, trouble 等词后常接动名词。3. 某些句子结构中常用动名词，如：spend time doing, it is no use/good/point doing, be worth doing, cannot help doing.4. 动名词可以修饰另一个名词表示功能、用途、类别等。5. go + 动名词， 用来表示去做某事。l Task 2 Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the words below.1. The whole family went _( camp) on the beach last weekend.2. There is no _ (smoke ) area in the office building.3. She couldnt help _ ( laugh ) when she was told the funny story.4. Missing the last bus might mean _( return) to the hotel on foot.5. She was busy _ (prepare ) for dinner.Task 3 Translate the following into English.1. 你常去溜冰吗？2. 这篇小说值得一读。3. 她读英语有困难。4. 她厌恶抽烟。5. 医生建议他戒酒。IV. Assignments:1. Task 8 will be homework.2. Prepare Reading B &C. Hope English IIUnit 7 HealthPeriod FiveTeaching Objectives:1. Grasp the main idea of Reading2. Master the important language points.3. Ss can tell good definitions from bad ones.Teaching Procedures:I. Review the grammar tips by translating some sentences:1. The whole family went camping on the beach last weekend.2. There is no smoking area in the office building.3. She couldnt help laughing when she was told the funny story.4. Missing the last bus might mean returning to the hotel on foot.5. She was busy preparing for dinner.II. Reading B Unproven Treatmentl Ss will be given 5 minutes to scan this passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. More people are affected by cancer than by AIDS.2. Nowadays most types of cancers can be cured.3. The reason why people fear cancer is that the disease tends to return after the surgery.4. It is quite ordinary for people to try some untested treatments when they face a life threatening problem.5. “Natural” anti-cancer treatments have contributed a lot of fighting cancer.6. According to the passage, the author is optimistic about the future of cancer treatment.l Language points:1. life-threatening: a. causing harm or threat to life; bringing death e.g. A mistake, they say, could be life-threatening.2. It is little (no) wonder that: It is not surprising that e.g. Pollution in that city is very serious. It is little wonder that most citizens there are considering leaving.3. turn to: to direct ones interest or attention towards; to go into e.g. Young kids are likely to turn to their parents for help when faced with difficulties.4. in this respect; in this aspect; at this point e.g. Therefore we must learn some experience in this respect.5. Practitioner: n. someone who practices a particular profession e.g. A practitioner shall wear the chest card for inspection when working.6. take advantage of: to benefit by using something. e.g. Manufacturers in China are expanding to take advantage of further economies of scale.7. curable: a capable of being cured. e.g. Some types of cancer are curable.III. Reading C Teen Smokingl Background InformationThe American Cancer SocietyThe American Cancer Society is a nationwide community-based voluntary health organization aiming to eliminate cancer as a major health problem through research, education, advocacy and service. The society is organized into 13 geographical divisions operating in more than 3400 offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Its home office is located in the American Cancer Society Center in Atlanta, Georgia.l Read the following passage and fill in eac