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Nothing is more precious than health.

Watch the following video and get some information about food. 1. We eat food to _______. 2. The healthiest food in the world is _______, which contains ______________. 3. Most western food contains ______ and _____, the result of which is that people can _______ easily and have ______.

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The information from the movie: get energy 1. We eat food to _______. 2. The healthiest food in the world is Chinese food _______, which contains ______________. lots of fruit and vegetables fat 3. Most western food contains ______ sugar and _____, the result of which is put on weight easily that people can _______ bad teeth and have ______.

l Vocabulary Competition Listen to the tape and write down the words you hear as many as you can! l Each group choose one representing your group to write them down on the blackboard. l The top three will be the winner. l

1 balance 2 benefit 3 health 4 healthy 5 comfortable 6 diet 7 curiosity 8 strength 9 ill 10 ingredient 11 slim 12 raw 13 smelly 14 discount 15 vitamin 16 limit 17 customer 18 nutrition 19 energy 20 fiber

Share the sentences you have written in groups and choose two of the most beautiful sentences. （2 m) l l l l 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. balance vt. /n. balanced adj. curious adj. curiosity n. curiously adv. benefit vt. /n. beneficial adj. weakly adv. weakness n. strong adj. strongly adv. strength n. strengthen v. 6. combine vt. /vi. combination n.

l Discussion (5 m) Discuss the topic about health and then give your opinion about the topic with the help of the questions. l Topic 1 Food and Health l Topic 2 Sport and Health l Topic 3 Smoking and Health l Topic 4 Mental Health l

l Sample Health and … __________________ A brief introduction ____________________ In my opinion, it’s very important/essential _______ to …. for the reason that… _______________________________________ Suggestions /measures (by listing) ____________________ In order to keep healthy, we should. . . ____________ because…, what’s more, …. __________________ Conclusion All in all, I strongly suggest that….

Group Task(口头展示） G 1 Topic 1 Food and Health G 2 Topic 2 Sport and Health G 3 小结G 1 and G 2的展示并进行补充 G 4 小结G 5 and G 6的展示并进行补充 G 5 Topic 3 Smoking and Health G 6 Topic 4 Mental Health

Assessment(评价) 1. They speak in a loud voice. 2. The ideas are attractive, creative, imaginative. 3. The expressions are logical. 4. They use many expressions of this unit. 5. Their pronunciation and intonation are good.

l l l Task 5 Presentation Express your idea of health on different subtopics In my opinion, it’s very important/essential to …. for the reason that… In order to keep healthy, we should. . . because…, what’s more, …. All in all, I strongly suggest that….

l l Topic 1 Food and Health 1 To keep healthy what kinds of food should we eat according to the passage? 2 Can you list some bad eating habits? 3 What kinds of food are rich in fiber? What kinds of food are rich in fat and sugar? What food is beneficial to our health?

Topic 2 Sport and Health l 1 Why is it necessary to have a healthy body according to the passage? l 2 What benefits can we get from doing sports? l 3 What kind of sports do you usually do in your daily life to keep healthy? l

Topic 3 Smoking and Health l 1. How many people die from smoking every year? l 2 Why are so many young people addicted into smoking? What harm does smoking cause? l 3. What advice can we give to people so that they can give up smoking? l

l l l Topic 4 Mental Health 1 Why are many middle school students mentally unhealthy? 2 What does the author suggest you doing to keep mentally healthy? Can you give more advice on how to stay mentally healthy?

l l l l Useful expressions Words and phrases: be of importance to be of benefit to ; healthy diet; be rich in; be low in; be harmful to; eat properly ; exercise regularly; put on weight form a good living habit ; get rid of bad habits; mentally and physically healthy; in my opinion; it’s my opinion that. . . I suggest that Conjunctions: first of all ; what’s more important; last but not the least

A proposal of keeping healthy __________________ A brief introduction ____________________ E. g. background, importance, attitudes _________________________ Suggestions /measures (by listing) _______________________________________ Focus on things we students can ____________ do. __________________ Conclusion

l Summary

l Wang Peng felt veryfrustrated 1 (frustrate) when he saw none of his customers would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion, nothing could be 2_______ better (good) than his fried rice, mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his 3 sugary(sugar) cola. When 4_______ following follow) one of his best friends into Yong Hui’s 5 newly (new) opened restaurant, he was amazed at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. In order to win his customers 6 back, he went to the library to do some research, which 7 showed Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. In fact, there was 8____ weakness (weak) in Wang Peng’s menu as well. So the only 9________(solve) is to combine the two solution menus together to get 10 a balanced menu.

l “Mental health” is how people think of themselves, their lives, and the other people in their lives; evaluate their challenges and problems; and explore choices. This includes handling stress, relating to other people, and making decisions.