1、Task,Writing an e-mails of encouragement,Skills building 1: finding information,Discussion 1. How can you find information quickly in a long passage? Read the questions carefully before you begin.,Skim the passage, looking for main points and key words. Usually the main points are the first or last
2、sentence of the first or the last paragraph.,2. What do main points and key words mean? Main points are the general ideas of the passage.Key words convey important or useful information such as names, numbers and dates.,Look at the letter on page 45, underline the main ideas and circle the key words
3、.,Practice,Step 1 recommending a gym to a friend,Part A Read the advertisement and the web page, underline the main points and circle the key words.,The advertisement:,Main idea:,Build the body youve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!,Special offer! 1 month free membership! 35 classes every week,
4、including tennis and swimming. Two branches in the city! Open from 10 a.m. to midnight daily, 365 days a year. Call 5555 4567 for more information.,Key words:,The web page:,Main idea:,Build the body youve always wanted! Get fit! Get healthy!,Have some of the best equipment of any gym in the world. W
5、onderful advice about getting into shape.,Key words:,Part B,Now use the information that you have in Part A to complete as much of the note sheet as possible.,2. Number of gyms in the city:1 2 3 4. What do you get for free if you join now?,A T-shirt, 2 free personal training hours, and 1 month free
6、membership.,7. Can you get advice about exercise? Yes No 9. How can you find out more?,Call 5555 4567.,Listen to the radio commercial for Better Body Gym. Complete the rest of the note sheet in Part B.,Part C,3. In which roads are the branches?,One in Jinshan Road,and the other one is in Hubei Road.
7、,6. Is there a health caf at the gym?Yes No 8. Do you need to be 18 to join?Yes No,5. How big is each branch?,3,000 square metres.,Tapescript,Speaker: Feeling weak? Do you want to lose weight? Do you want to be stronger? Do you want a healthier way of life? Do you want that wonderful body for next s
8、ummers holiday? Then join Better Body Gym today! This month we have a special,offer for students only five hundred yuan a year. This is three hundred yuan lower thab our regular price. And, for the next two weeks only, we are offering our new members one-month free membership. Yes, thats one month f
9、ree! We have two branches. One is in Jinshan Road and the other one is in Hubei Road. That means,we have one on he western side and one on the eastern side of he city. Both of them are 3,000 square metres, so there is space for over 1,000 people at any time. We have exercise rooms an shower rooms at
10、 the gym everything youll ever need to get healthy and look good!,We have different tennis classes for old and new members and special days when we have sports stars visit the gym. Membership is open to anyone who is fourteen or over. The number to call is five five five, four five six seven. Dont w
11、aitbuild a better body today!,Part D pair work,1. Look at the information about Wu Tong and explain why he should join the gym. Use the words in the box to help yoou.,I think Wu Tong should join the gymbecause:,The membership cost is cheap. 2. The gym is close by. 3. He can do exercise and get fit.
12、4. He can receive advice on how to become strong.,Homework:,1. Review how to find information and try to mark the main ideas and key words in the passage on page 47. 2. Prepare a letter to advise one of your classmates to join a gym.,Skills building 2: note taking,What are these ? What do they mean?
13、%; ; ; hes ; Idcm; kg; P. ; cont.,Discussion,They are symbols, abbreviations and contractions. %= percentage; = less than; more than; hes= he is/ has; Id =I had/ would; cm= centimeter; kg= kilogram; P.= page; cont.= continued,2. What can they be used for? To make notes as brief as possible. 3. How c
14、an we write down information quickly? a. use abbreviations and contractionsb. write down only the key wordsc. use symbols,Listen to the recording and write down the information you hear, using the skills you have just learnt.,1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._,Mornings, he swims 2,500m 4/wk.,Afternoons,she rides b
15、ike 40km 3/wk,Its raining, I ran 15 min.,city pop. 20,Sh.&Bj.HK,Tapescript,1. In the mornings, he swims 2,500 metres, four times a week. 2. In the afternoons, she rides a bike for 40 kilometres, three times a week 3. Because it is raining, I ran for only 15 minutes.,4. The population of the city has
16、 increased by twenty per cent. 5. Shanghai and Beijing are both bigger than Hong Kong.,Step 2: interviewing a person about exercise and training A reporter is intervrewing Lucy about her troining programme for taking part in a maroathon. Listen to the interview, and complete the notes below.,Each ma
17、rathon = (1)_(time needed)Tue =800.m x8 (fast) 10 miles x3 days/ wk.(slow) (2)_(marathon speed) sun = 18 miles (3)_= rest Runs (4)_mileswk,4.5hrs.,10 miles 1day/wk.,Mon.,62,Tapescript,Reporter: Lucy,at the moment, you are training for a marathon. Can yoou tell us about it? Lucy: Sure. A marathon is
18、a race where you run a little more than twenty-six miles, or forty two kilometres.,Reporter: Twenty-six miles! How long does it usually take for you to run such a race? Lucy: Usually, it takes me about four-and-a-half hours. Reporter: How do you train for such a long race? Lucy: Well, on Tuesdays, I
19、 run fast fir eight hundred metres,and I repeat this eight times, resting for a few minutes between each time. Reporter: What do you do on the other days of the week? Lucy: Three days a week, I run ten miles, but I do so slowly. Then on the fourth day, I run ten miles, but at the same speed,As I run
20、 the marathon. On sundays, I run eighteen miles. Reporter: So you run only six days a week? What do you do on the seventh day? Lucy: On Mondays, I rest. Since resting allows the body to recover,in many ways it is nearly as important as the exercise.,Reporter: You really do a lot of running! How many
21、 miles do you run in a week? Lucy: In a usual week, I run a total of about sixty-two miles.,Part B: pair work Ask your partner questions about how he or she keeps fit and take notes about the answers, using the prompt box for ideas:,1. basketball/ dancing/ football/ running/ swimming 2. fit/ fun/ he
22、althy/strong 3. often/ sometimes/ seldom/ never 4. classmates/ family/ friends,Sample answers:,Student A: What do you do to keep fit? Student B: I play basketball. I think it makes me stronger and helps me run faster. Besides, if you want to win, teamwork is very important. What about you?,Student A
23、: I like swimming. It keeps me healthy and strong. Theres a swimming pool near my home, and I go to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. My parents sometimes go swimming with me after work. I also like dancing.,And I think Ill have a great figure if I dance often. So every
24、Saturday morning. I go to the gym to practice dance aerobics with my mother. We are there for nearly two hours. Do you often play basketball? Student B: On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, the students in our class play,on our school basketball court. On Saturday we play a game with a team
25、 from another school. Its really fun and interesting. Student A: Besides playing basketball, what else do you do?,Student B: I run every morning for about 15 minutes. My parents also go running with me, but they run slower and for longer. They run for more than 20 minutes.,How your partner keeps fit: Student A: 1. go swimming; dance 2. keep him/her healthy + strong + a fine figure 3. swimming: for 30min after school every day; dance: for two hrs on Sat mor 4. swimming with his/her parents; dance with his/her mother,
