Active_reading_2.ppt

1、Active reading 2,Nouns,leisure inactivity sin rugby cricket bird watching gardening trainspotting draw spectator non-event interaction couch potato laziness art form reclining chair beanbag channel hopper attention span removal belly dedication muffin tuber,Adjectives and adverbs: peculiar perfectly

2、 fulfilled understandable dangerously inherent inherently interestingly specially pointless extensive ill-informed badly virtual adventurous Verbs: fulfil chill insult,Text organisation,P1 Victorian view,P2 cricket a case,centuries ago,the 1990s,P3 couch potato,P4 who,Ps 5-7 how,P8 reaction of the B

3、ritish farmers,Ps 9-10 inherent risks,the 21st century,P11 mouse potato,P12 behaviour,conclusion,Earn telly belly or mouse mile if you choose to be a cp or mp.,sin n. an action, thought, or way of behaving that is wrong according to religious laws,seven sins of religion Envy, Gluttony (eating too mu

4、ch), Greed, Lust, Sloth (laziness), Pride, Wrath (anger),Maris Piper,one of the best known and popular potato varieties across the UK a great favourite with fish and chip shops Its white to yellow in colour,Muffin top,A generally slang term used to describe the overhanging flesh when it spills over

5、the waist-line of pants or skirt in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing. It originated as Australian slang in mid-2003, but has since become popular.,Ironic writing style,Lets together underline the sentences in the passage where irony is used.,Summarising,Duri

6、ng the _ Era, relaxing and doing nothing was a _. To resist temptation, the British invented some of the ball sports and watching them became a leisure _. Later on in the 1990s, a leisure inactivity came into being, involving lying on the couch watching television. Such a new leisure _ is known as c

7、ouch potato. Equiped with a channel hopper, with the freedom to change channel without moving from the couch, a couch potato is _ of the name. Despite the risk of getting a telly belly, a couch potato views it as a mark of their dedication to their leisure inactivity.,Victorian,sin,inactivity,creatu

8、re,worthy,More,Summarising,With time moving on to the 21st century, there comes mouse potato, a _ of the couch potato specially for the online activities on the computer. For time off, they usually perform _ Internet searches or participate in online chat rooms, leaving ill-informed and badly spelt

9、opinions around the _ world, and generally _ ones intelligence. So be a couch potato, and earn muffin top! Be a mouse potato, and earn mouse miles. Have a go now!,version,extensive,virtual,insulting,Useful expressions,1. 有较多的闲暇 2. 避免诱惑 3. 从事更温和的休闲活动 4. 感到心满意足 5. 闲暇无为 6. 事实上 7. 可理解的理由 8. 躺椅 9. 配得上这个称

10、呼 10. 体育锻炼,1. have more time off 2. avoid temptation 3. take up more gentle leisure activities 4. feel fulfilled 5. a leisure inactivity 6. as a matter of fact 7. understandable reasons 8. a reclining chair 9. be worthy of the name 10. physical exercise,More,Useful expressions,11. 注意力持续时间 12. 毁了形象 1

11、3. 天然有益于健康的 14. 起因于缺乏锻炼 15. 花费太多的时间 16. 痴迷于在线游戏 17. 加入在线聊天室 18. 缺乏见识和拼写 拙劣的意见 19. 虚拟世界 20. 对某人智力的侮辱,11. the attention span 12. damage the image 13. inherently healthy 14. result from the lack of exercise 15. spend excessive amounts of time 16. be addicted to online gaming 17. participate in online c

12、hat rooms 18. ill-informed and badly spelt opinions 19. virtual world 20. insult ones intelligence,Vegetable idioms,1. full of beans 2. know ones onions 3. red as a beetroot 4. use a carrot and stick 5. hot potato,(a) use reward and punishment to achieve an aim (b) dangerous issue (c) be well-inform

13、ed on a topic (d) embarrassed (e) energetic and lively,1 Match the idioms with their meanings.,1-(e) 2-(c) 3-(d) 4-(a) 5-(b),More,Vegetable idioms,6. big potato 7. as cool as a cucumber 8. as like as two peas in a pod 9. corny 10. salad days,(f) youth (g) old fashioned, too often repeated (h) calm a

14、nd unworried (i) very similar (j) important person/VIP,6-(j) 7-(h) 8-(i) 9-(g) 10-(f),More,Vegetable idioms,as like as two peas in a pod as cool as a cucumber as red as a beet root big potato carrot stick corny full of beans hot potato knows his onions salad days,2 Complete the sentences with words

15、or expressions in the box.,beet root,More,Vegetable idioms,1. Those jokes are so _. Think of some new ones. 2. Dont upset her. Shes a _ here in the club. 3. I thought they were brothers. They are _. 4. The _ is a fine and the _ is a prize for the best record. 5. When he knew Sandy had seen the pictu

16、re he drew of her he went _.,corny,big potato,as like as two peas in a pod,stick,carrot,as red as a beetroot,More,Vegetable idioms,6. I wish you had not mentioned that it has become a real _ in the university. 7. No, shes not ill I just saw her and she was _. 8. You are so brave you were _ as you pu

17、t out that fire. 9. In my _ I could have done it, but not now. 10. No, Terry would not make a mistake. He really _.,hot potato,full of beans,as cool as a cucumber,salad days,knows his onions,Talking point,1. Work in groups of three or four. Make a list of your 4 favourite leisure (in)activities. 2.

18、Give each activity a score from 1(couch potato) to 10 (hyperactive). 3. Add up the scores for your activities. Who is the couch potato?,More,Talking point,Tips for rating the (in)activities: Consider mental as well as physical activity. Sitting on a couch does not itself make you a couch-potato if y

19、ou are solving difficult mathematical equations or reading classical poetry that is a lot more demanding than flicking through an entertainment magazine. Watching music videos on television is a leisure inactivity; going singing karaoke is better; playing an instrument yourself even better, and givi

20、ng public performances tops them all.,整天把自己埋在书本里是没有用的。要培养一些业余爱好，每隔一段时间参加一些体育锻炼或课外活动。劳逸结合才是健康的学习习惯。(its no use doing sth; take up; at intervals; extracurricular activities) Its no use burying yourselves in books all day. Youd better take up some hobbies and take part in sports or extracurricular acti

21、vities at intervals. A healthy study habit is to keep a balance between work and rest.,2.工作选对了，不但是可以维持生计的手段，还可以帮助你摆脱无聊，使你不用担心接受了多年高等教育之后会虚度人生。(a means of sustenance; banish sth from ones mind) If your job is rightly chosen, it will not only give you a means of sustenance, but also help you escape from the boredom and banish from your mind th