Unit 4 Reading

What we eat and how we liveJiangyin Enjoy International School

Linda

A word-guessing game

Group competition

Group 1 Group 2

carrots

vegetables

hamburger

rice

fruit

chicken

meat

Coke

juice

milk

sweet snacks

Game is over!

She often dances.

She is a .dancer

She has good health.She is Healthy.

（健康的）

• They are very

They have no They have no ..

tired./aiə/

They have no

energyenergy

/au/power to do things.

Not very oftenseldom （很少，不常）

He goes home once a month.

He doesn’t go home very often.

He goes home.seldom

The food you usually eat

diet （日常饮食） /aiə/

exercisesports activities

the way you livethe way you live

lliifestfestyylele /ai/ /ai/

How I live

Please open your books at page 61, finish Exercise B1 .

After that , check your answers with your partner.

Chant

• ‘dancer ‘dancer a ‘person who ‘dances

• ‘healthy ‘healthy ‘having good ‘health

• ‘diet ‘diet the ‘food you ‘eat

• ‘energy ‘energy ‘power to do ‘things

• ‘seldom ‘seldom ‘not very ‘often

• ‘top ‘top you are the ‘best ‘lifestyle ‘lifestyle the ‘way you ‘live

• ‘exercise ‘exercise ‘sports ac‘tivities

What we eat and how we live

Kitty

Daniel

2. Are Daniel’ diet and lifestyle healthy?

No, they aren’t.

Listen and answer

1. Does Kitty have a healthy diet and lifestyle?

Yes, she does.

True or False

1.Kitty wants to be a singer. ( )

2.Kitty is careful( 小心 ) with her diet because she wants to be healthy. ( )

3.Sweet snacks are healthy because they give people energy. ( ) 4.Daniel is good at studying his lessons. ( ) 5.Daniel always has rice for his lunch. ( ) 6.Kitty and Daniel have healthy diets and lifestyles. ( )

Fdancer

T

Thamburgers

F

F

F

not healthy because there’s too much

sugar in them

Daniel doesn’t have a

Hot chair!Hot chair!

Fast reading:

1.Is Kitty 12 years old?

2.Does Kitty like dancing?3.Does Kitty need much sugar?

4.Does Kitty always eat an apple for breakfast?

5.Does Kitty often eat snacks between meals?6.Is Daniel a top student?

7.Does Daniel like playing computer games?

8. Can Daniel run fast? 9.Is there a swimming pool near Daniel’s home?

10.Does he do any exercise?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

NoYes

Yes

NoYes

No

Careful reading:Read Part A loudly and quickly together with your partner.

After that, ask and answer the following questions with your partner.

1. How long does Kitty dance every day?

2. Why does Kitty need lots of energy to dance?

4. What does Kitty sometimes have after dinner?

3. What does Kitty usually eat for dinner?

She dances for two hours.

Because it’s very easy for her to get tired when she dances.

She sometimes has an orange or a banana after dinner.

For dinner, she usually eats meat and vegetables.

Careful reading:Read Part B together.

After that, ask and answer the following questions with your partner.

1. What does Daniel always eat for lunch?

2. What does Daniel plan to eat for breakfast?

4. How often does Daniel plan to go swimming?

3. What does Daniel plan to eat for lunch and dinner?

He always eats hamburgers for lunch.

He plans to eat juice and bread for breakfast.

He plans to eat fish and vegetables for lunch and dinner.

He plans to go swimming twice a week.

What we eat and how we live• Compare:

1.What does Kitty/Daniel have?

Kitty has---

Daniel has---

2.How does Kitty/Daniel live?

Kitty---

Daniel---

an apple, milk, bread, meat and vegetables, an orange or a banana.

Coke and hamburgers.

dances for two hours.

plays computer games and chats with friends on the Internet, never does any exercise.

Make an interview ( 采访 )

Hello! I’m from the ‘Get Fit ClubGet Fit Club’.

May I ask you some questions about your

diet and lifestyle?

a reporter 记者

What do you eat and how do you live? 1. What do you usually have for breakfast/lunch/supper?2. How often do you eat snacks?3. How much TV do you watch every day?4. How long do you sleep every day?5. How often do you exercise?6. Do you want to change your diet ? Why? 7. How do you keep fit?

Make an interview( 采访 )

A: Good morning!B: Good morning!A: I’m from the ‘Get Fit Club’. May I ask you some questions about your diet and lifestyle?B: Yes, of course.A: ......

Give suggestions

Many people want to live to 100. But they don’t know how to live to 100. Can you give them some suggestions?

1. You should seldom eat snacks.

3. You should not always have fast food like Coke and hamburgers for meals.

2. You should often do some exercise.

5. You should not watch TV or play computer games for hours. 6. You should have enough sleeping hours every day.

4. You should eat more fruit and vegetables.

If you want to live longer…

7. You should be happy every day. … …

Suggestions from me

Summary

Today we have learned Kitty’s and Daniel’s different diets and lifestyles.

And we have known something about what is a healthy diet and what is a healthy lifestyle by reading the text.

Remember: An apple a day keeps a doctor away .

1.1. Retell the text in pairs.Retell the text in pairs.

2.2. Write an article about Write an article about your diet and lifestyle.your diet and lifestyle.

HomeworHomeworkk

Goodbye!

Homework:A friend of mine is often ill. He often goes to see the doctor. Now, he is in hospital again. Would you like to write a letter to him to tell him how to keep healthy?( what to eat and what to do ?)8th December, 2008

Dear friendI’m sorry to hear that you are ill again. I’d like to tell you how to keep healthy. I think you should_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lots of love, Linda