1、Unit 1 Lifestyles,Lesson 1 A Perfect Day? Sept., 2008,Content of Unit 1,Warm-up Lesson 1: A Perfect Day? Lesson 2: Relaxing Lesson 3: A Volunteer Teacher Lesson 4: City and Country Communication workshop Culture corner Bulletin board Language power,In this class we will do the Warm-up and read the t
2、wo texts in Lesson 1- A Couch Potato, A workaholic. You are expected to make predictions of the texts and understand the gist of them overcoming the likely difficult words. Finally, voice your opinions.,Warm-up,What is the meaning of lifestyle?The way a person or group of people live, including the
3、place they live in, the things they own, the kind of job they do, and the activities they enjoy.,Task 1: Find the proper adjs. to describe the lifestyles of the following people,a/an lifestyle,dangerous,a/an lifestyle,boring,W,a/an lifestyle,relaxing,easy,free,lazy,E,L,W,a/an lifestyle,peaceful,quie
4、t,Q,L,lonely,W,a/an lifestyle,exciting,happy,E,H,W,I,interesting,A,active,a/an lifestyle,busy,tiring,T,B,W,S,stressful,Task 2: Listening, Listen to the short passage introducing 4 different kinds of people and their lifestyles. Find out what they are ( their professions) and what sort of lifestyles
5、they have. Example:I think a s life is ( adj. ),What are they? Lifestyles s life is .s life is .s life is .s life is .,A football player,A student,A shepherd,A business manager,exciting / interesting,stressful / tiring / busy,free / peaceful,busy / exciting / stressful,Task 3: writing,Here are some
6、different professions. Talk about their lifestyles with your partners and then write a short passage like this: I think a s life is ,but sometimes it s .pilot / policeman / teacher / dancer / firefighter / nurse / move star / worker / boxer,Leisure-time activities,Brainstorming - your favorite TV pr
7、ograms? Sports programmesThe newsTV seriesCartoons Game shows Talk showMusic programmes,TV programmes,Leisure-time activities,(Pair work) Briefly describe the two pictures in this lesson and make the prediction by looking at the pictures and titles for this question - What kind of lifestyles do you
8、think the men in the pictures have.,While-reading,Scan the texts 1. underline the TV programs that Brian usually watches. 2. underline the kinds of jobs that Bob does every day. 3. some new words or expressions?,While-Reading,Skim the texts and check your predictions.,Answer the questions:,1. Is Bri
9、an a lazy person? Can you find two examples of his lazy behavior? 2. how does Bob spend his morning and evening? 3. Why does Bobs family complain? 5. Why does Bob work so hard?,Key to the questions.,2. how does Bob spend his morning and evening? - Bobs morning is very busy with every little time to
10、get dressed and have breakfast and he has all kinds of urgent matters to deal with. His evening is not easy, either. He has documents to read and never gets to sleep until mid-night.,3. Why does Bobs family complain? - Because he seldom has time for fun and other activities with his family.4. Why do
11、es Bob work so hard? - Because he wants to make more money for his family and he likes being busy.,Voice your opinions!,1. A brief discussion about the two kinds of lifestyles. Are Brians and Bobs lifestyles healthy? What can they do to improve their lifestyles?,2. Guess the meaning of these sentenc
12、es: I couldnt live this lifestyle without a good wife. Youve got the world at your feet.,3. In your opinion, what should a perfect day be like? Can you create your own perfect day?,All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.,Homework,Underline the words and phrases which you think are most important. Vocabulary exercise on page 9; exercise 6 on Page 55. Recite the new words on P106 Design your own perfect day.,
