Reading A Long and Healthy Life教学设计

韩先艳

Ⅰ、Analysis of the teaching material

These two periods are about the second part of this unit. They are reading lessons. The topic is “A Long and Healthy Life”. Such a topic is closely related to students daily life so it can easily raise their learning interest. The words and expressions to be taught in these lessons will be helpful for students to learn the writing part of this unit. The key points of these lessons are how to make the students get the general idea of the passage and master the following words、phrases and the usage of the present tense：die、smoke、stress、alcohol、rarely、vacation、occasionally、learn from、stress out、take the stairs. The difficult point is how to enable the students to use the present tense properly.

Ⅱ、Analysis of the students

The students are freshmen majoring in tourism management. Most of them are outgoing girls. They behave actively in the class. Some students have told me they want to learn English well，because they like travelling and they hope to go abroad as guides several years later. Mastering English especially spoken English is significant to them.

Ⅲ、Teaching aims

（1）Knowledge aims：Students will be able to use the words and phrases in the passage correctly and master the grammar tips of the present tense.

（2）Ability aims：Train the students abilities of working in groups and using the Internet to learn English by themselves.

（3）Emotional aims：Cultivate the students interest in studying English and help them enhance self-confidence;make the students be aware of the importance of both physical and mental health.

Ⅳ、Teaching methods

communicative teaching method、task based teaching method.

Ⅴ、Teaching procedure

Period 1：

Stage 1 Pre-reading

I will have the class brainstorm a list of important things in their life，such as car、house、love、family、work、health and so on. Then Ill ask the students to finish a questionnaire about sub-health. At last of this part，the students asked to have a guess：Do you know in which country people live the longest？

The purposes of my design are to attract the students attention and arouse their interest to talk about their health problems. And by having a guess I can lead them to the topic naturally.

Stage 2 While-reading

Task one：Skim the passage and match the main idea to each paragraph it belongs to. While doing this task，the students are required to do some exercises about each paragraph. Task two：Choose the best answer.

The purpose of my design is to train the students reading ability and make them get a general idea of this passage：the secret of a long and healthy life.

Stage 3 Post-reading

Discussion：What are your living habits？

After the discussion，I will play a video about some other healthy lifestyles，like keeping a good mood、living in good environment、getting close to nature. They belong to physical health styles. We also should pay attention to metal health. Here is an example about Lin Senhao.

The purpose of my design is to educate the students focus on both physical health and mental health.

Stage 4 Assignment

1. Surf online to find more tips to live a long and healthy life.

2. Write a letter to your parents or your friends on how to live long and healthy.

The purpose of my design is to make the students get more information about how to keep healthy and use the information to write a letter.

Period 2：

Stage 1 Revision

Translate the phrases into Chinese：run up the stair、go wrong、under stress、take a

vacation、drink alcohol、have a high fever、be active、be killed、control ones diet.

The purpose of my design is to have a review about the words and phrases the students have learned in the listening and speaking part.

Stage 2 Explanation

Explain each paragraph of this passage. Below are the important language points：

1. Just like in other countries，many people have had bad habits---- they drink alcohol and smoke.

smoke v. / n. 烟

smoker 抽烟的人

Translation：

抽烟多

戒烟

浓烟

一个烟瘾大的人

2. Lonely people die young.

lonely 荒凉的，偏僻的，（指地方荒无人烟，指人孤单寂寞，有伤感色彩）

alone 独自，单独（用作形容词是常作表语。指独自一人，无感情色彩）

alone不可以用very修飾，但可以说very much alone

Translation：

1）听任…..别打扰……

2）The old lady was left ____ in the____ village，and he felt very _____.

A. lonely;lonely;lonely     B. alone;lonely;lonely

C. lonely;alone;alone      D. alone;alone;alone

3. Lonely people die young.

die 死

注意：为短暂性动词，不能和一段时间状语连用

区分die of die from die for die out

4. Eat well，get a lot of exercises，and spend time with family and friends.

spend v. 花费时间或金钱

spend +时间/金钱+on sth.

send +时间/金钱+（in）doing sth.

spend +时间+with sb. 和某人度过时间

5. Japanese people often get stressed out.

stressed out 焦虑不安;心力交瘁

stress：精神压力;心理负担;紧张

Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress .

人在压力之下，办事情就容易出差错。

to suffer from stress

有精神压力

coping with stress

应对压力

stress-related illnesses

与精神压力有关的疾病

emotional/mental stress

感情 / 思想负担

6. 一般现在时：

时间：指动作发生在"现在"的时间段内。

状态：

经常性："经常发生的动作"，比如每天起床、吃饭、上学，一个星期去几次超市或新华书店等。

规律性：在生活中，有的事情是有规律的，有的是偶尔做几次。

习惯性：这个动作经常发生，是一般的情况而不是具体的某一次。

真理性：有些动作或状态是永恒的，比如长江向东流、地球绕着太阳转，比如谚语中举的事例、文学作品中描绘的事例，像“好马不吃回头草”等等。

The purpose of my design is to help the students get a better understanding of the passage.

Stage 3 Practice

Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with a word given below.

suggest kill trouble alcohol vacation diet active stair

1. The children ran up the ______ to the third floor.

2. The ______ with him is that he doesnt really want to study.

3. You look tired—you should take a ________.

4. People are not allowed to drive after drinking _______.

5. I ________ that we go out to eat.

6. Grandpa is still very _______，although he is nearly 80.

7. Three people were ______ in the car accident.

8. You should control your ______ if you want to lose weight.

Exercise 2 Expression translation

They usually walk long hours and _______________.（乘坐擁挤的火车）

2. He often ______________（野餐）with his wife.

3. He often drinks green tea____________________.（每天两到三次）

4. Japanese people often _____________（有外在压力）.

5. Dr. Tanaka also ________________________.（花时间和他人在一起）

Exercise 3 Translate the sentences.

1.房间里充满了烟。（smoke）

2.他已经死了两年了，也就是说他两年前死的。（die）

3.他为国捐躯，而不是死于一种疾病。（die of）

4.他一个人住，但他从不觉得孤单。（lonely）

5.他在垃圾食品上花了很多钱。（spend）

The purpose of my design is to consolidate the usage of words and expressions.

Stage 4 Assignment

1. Have a review about the language points.

2. Do Exercise 4 and 5 on Page 116-117.

The purpose of my design is to have a review about the language points and train the students writing ability.