Making a booklet on keeping fit

Project

Teaching aims & demands

• 1. Understand the meaning of the passage.

• 2. Deal with some exercises about understanding the text.

• 3. Analyze( 分析 ) the usage of some important words.

Talk about the proverbs and decide

how to keep healthy.

One apple a day keeps

the doctor away.

Proverbs

一日一苹果医生远离我

Reading is to the mind

while exercise to the body.

读书健脑，运动强身。

A good laugh and a long sleep are

the best cures in the doctor’s book.医书里说有两样东西 , 是最好的灵丹妙药 : 一个是开心的笑容 , 一个是睡个饱觉 .

Better wear out shoes than sheets.

宁愿把鞋子穿漏 , 不愿把床单磨破。

Fast reading:

What suggestions are given in the

passage about fitness?

healthy eating

regular exercise

a good amount of sleep

Second reading: Second reading:

Read the text again and try to find

out the main idea of each paragraph.

Read the text again and try to find

out the main idea of each paragraph.

Main idea of each paragraph:

Paragraph 1:

Eating the right food and exercising r

egularly will make you feel and look b

etter.

Paragraph 2:

Healthy eating along with regular exe

rcise is probably the only way to beco

me fit.

Paragraph 3:

It is important to give your body the en

ergy and water.

Paragraph 4:

Teenagers should spend at least 30 min

utes exercising, five times a week.

Paragraph 5:

Teenagers need 8 to 10 hours of sleep

each night.

Paragraph 6:

Follow the suggestions above to look a

nd feel much better.

Main idea of the article:

Eating right food, drinking plenty of

water, exercising regularly and having

enough sleep will make a teenager feel and

look better.

Practice

Suggestions the passage gives abo

ut fitness

healthy eating

regular exercise

a good amount of sleep

2. Drinking___________of water a day

Fill in the detailed information according

to the article:

healthy eating

Detailed reading

1. Approximately _____ of teenagers: going on a

diet and skipping meals.

20%

6 to 8 glasses

regular exercise at least__________ a d

ay, _________a week

a good amount of sleep _______________of sleep each night

30 minutes

five times

8 to 10 hours

Fill in the table according to the article.The truth Diet and way of life are often a (1)__________ for teena

gers.

Wrong ideas

Going on a diet to

(2) ____________weight.

Being too busy to do sports.

Facts It only works in the (3) ________term. You need (4) __________________

kinds of food to get enough calories and water to keep your (5)__________ clean.

When exercing, you will feel (6)_________ and relaxed because the chemicals produced by your body can increase your ability to (7) ___________ when you study and they also can improve your (8)________ at night.

General advice

Healthy eating (9) _______________with redular exercise is probably the only way to make you fit and (10)____________.

problem

control/lose

shortdifferent/various

system

peaceful

concentrate

sleep

along/together

energetic

What can you teenagers do to keep energetic and healthy at school ?

Discussion

Don’t eat junk （垃圾） food.Don’t eat junk （垃圾） food.Try and eat a healthy diet.Try and eat a healthy diet.

Go to bed early and get up early.Make sure that you get enough sleep.

Get regular exercise.Go to see a doctor if you’re not feeling well.

(…)

1. 过着繁忙的生活

2. 从长远角度看 3. 不吃饭以 控制体重4. 有助于保持人体 内部系统清洁5. 放弃体育锻炼6. 没有时间剩下

live a busy life/live busy lives

in the long termskip meals to control one’s weight

Useful expressions in the text:

help keep yoursystem cleangive up sport

have no time left

7. 增强注意力

8. 使某人为即将到来的一天做好准备 9. 充足的睡眠 10. 事实上 11. 失眠 12. 遵守以上建议

13. 立刻，很快

a good amount of sleepas a matter of fact

increase one’s abilityto concentrate

prepare sb. for the day to come

loss of sleep follow the suggestions above

in no time

Try to find more ways to keep fit.

Homework