辽宁省沈阳市第二十一中学高中英语 Module 1 Our Body and Healthy Hab

Period 2 Vocabulary and Reading

Teaching Goals：

1．To get Ss to master the reading skills of scanning and skimming．

2．To let Ss master the language points in the textbook．

3．To let Ss master the grammar rule一一nouns used as verbs．

Teaching Procedures：

Step 1．Revision

Purpose：To let Ss review what had learnt in the last period and lead them to the new content．

1．Ask Ss the following question：

Do you still remember the words and expressions connected with illness?

For your reference：

flu，get／catch a cold，toothache，unhealthy，etc．

2．Ask Ss to discuss “How to make ourselves healthy?”in groups of four．

For your reference：

(1)Do a lot of exercise．

(2)Have a healthy diet．

(3)Don’t eat too much fat．

(4)Early to bed and early to rise．

Step 2．Leading-in

1．Word study

T：Today we are going to learn an interesting article．The main character is Zhou Kai，who is a student in senior high sch001．Let’s see how healthy he is． Before we read the passage，let’s study some new words·

(1)anxious耐焦急的，迫切的

※[固定搭配]

①be anxious about对……感到焦虑，着急

E.g. He seemed anxious about the meeting．

②be anxious for sb为某人担忧

E.g. Parents are naturally anxious for their children·

(2)captain n首领，领导者

E.g. He was captain of the basketball team at school·

(3)injure vt伤害，使受伤

E.g. Tom injured his knee when playing football．

※[相关]injury n伤害

E.g. Two players are out of the team because of injury·

(4)pain

①n疼痛

E.g. You get more aches and pains as you get older·

②vt使痛苦，使苦恼

E.g. It pains me to see you like this．

(5)normal 正常的

E.g. It’s normal to feel tired after such a long trip．

2．Exercise

Ask Ss to finish the exercises in Activity l on P2．

Suggested Answers：

(1)sweets (2)break(all arm)，fever，injure，injury，pain，painful

(3)normal (4)captain (5)anxious

Step 3．Reading

Purpose：To develop Ss’ reading skills．

1．Skimming

Purpose：To get a brief understanding of the text．

(I)Ask Ss to read Part 1 and try to answer the questions in Activity 2 on P2．Suggested Answers：

①Because he is going out to play football in the rain．

②She thinks he will catch a bad cold．

③She asks him to at least wear a jacket．

(2)Ask Ss to go through Part 2 quickly，and then answer the questions in Activity

3 on P2．

Suggested Answers：

①They are connected because they both talk about the Way Zhou Kai’s mother looks after him．and because they both mention the time he got ill through playing football in the rain．

②Various answers are acceptable．One possible answer is：

Yes，Zhou Kai has a healthy lifestyle because his mother gives him lots of fresh fruit and vegetables．He eats fish，not fatty meat or sugar and sweets．He also exercises regularly．playing a lot of football．

2．Scanning

Purpose：To get Ss to have some details in the text．

(1)Read Part 2 and then finish Activity 4 and 5 on P3．

Suggested Answers to Activity 4：

①a ②b ③a ④b ⑤b

Suggested Answers to Activity 5：

①broken ②cold ③diets ④injury ⑤nu(Influenza) ⑥healthy

(2)Ask Ss to find the key sentence of each paragraph in Part 2．

Suggested Answers：

Paragraph 1：My mother has always made sure we eat very healthily，and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet．

Paragraph 2：I’m quite healthy．

Paragraph 3：I’m crazy about football．

Step 4．Language Points

Purpose：To train Ss’ language capacity．

Ask Ss to read the text again and then discuss the important words，phrases and sentences．

1．sweet

(1)adj 甜的；香的；悦耳的；令人愉快的