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Unit 3Looking good, feeling goodWriting an e-mail of encouragementSkills building 1: finding informationDiscussion1. 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 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 contain important or useful information such as names, numbers and dates.Step 1: recommending a gym to a friendPart ARead 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, including tennis and swimming. Two branches in the city! Open from 10 a.m. to midnight, 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. Wonderful advice about getting into shape.Key words: Part BNow use what you have found in Part A to fill in as much information as possible in the notes below.2. Number of branches in the city: 1 2 34. What do you get for free if you join now?A T-shirt, 2 free personal training hours, 1 month free membership.7. Can you get advice about exercise? Yes No 9. How can you find out more?Call 5555 4567.Listen to the radio advertisement for Better Body Gym. Complete the rest of the notes above.Part C3. In which roads are the branches?One is in Jinshan Road, and the other one is in Hubei Road.5. How big is each branches?6. Is there a health caf at the gym? Yes No8. Do you need to be 18 to join? Yes No 3,000 square metres.Making up a dialogueWork in pairs. Suppose one of you wants to know some information about Better Body Gym and the other works at the gym. Making up a dialogue on the phone. The following information must be included in your dialogue.The provided information:Membership feeNumber of gyms in the cityWhat do you get for free?How big is each gym?Activities at the gymsA: Hello, is that 5555 4567?B: Yes. Whos that calling?You may start the conversation like this:Part DYou think your friend Wu Tong should join Better Body Gym. Look at the information below, and explain why he should join the gym. Use the words in the box to help you.Wu TongAge: 15Money in bank: 3,000Home: Hubei Road Hobbies: Exercise and watching footballexpensive far away close byhealthy relax strongcheap body weakadvice tried fit1. The membership cost is cheap.2. The gym is close by.3. He can do exercise and get fit.4. He can receive advice on how to become strong.Skills building 2: note taking1. What are these? What do they mean? %; ; ; shes ; Id m; km; P. ; cont. DiscussionThey are symbols, abbreviations and contractions. %= percentage; = less than; = more than; shes= she is; Id =I had/ would; m= meter; km= kilometres; P.= page; cont.= continued2. What can they be used for? To make notes as brief as possible.3. How can we write down information quickly? a. use abbreviations and contractions b. write down only the key words c. use symbolsListen to the recording and make notes about the words you hear, using the skills you have just learnt.1._2._3._4._5._mornings, he swims 2,500 m4/wk.afternoons, she rides bike 40 km3/wkits raining, I ran 15 min.city pop. 20%.Sh. & Bj. HKA reporter is interviewing Lucy about her training programme for taking part in a marathon. Listen to the interview, and complete the notes below.Step 2: interviewing a personabout exercise and trainingEach marathon = _ (time needed)Tue = 800 m8 (fast)10 miles3 days/wk. (slow)_ (marathon speed)Sun = 18 miles_ = restRuns _ miles/wk4.5 hrs.10 miles 1day/wk.Mon62Part B: Pair workAsk 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/ swimming2. fit/ fun/ healthy/strong3. often/ sometimes/ seldom/ never4. classmates/ family/ friendsSample 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: 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 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 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 figure3. swimming: for 30min after school every day; dance: for two hours on Sat mor 4. swimming with his/her parents; dance aerobics with his/her mother Student B: 1. play basketball; run2. stronger + faster; teamwork3. playing basketball: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afn Running: 15 min every mor4. playing basketball with classmates or students from other schoolsTell your class what exercise your partner does and find out whats the most popular exercise in your class.Part C: PresentationSkills building 3: using punctuation1. What do you know about the common punctuation marks?comma (,); full stop (.) ; question mark (?); exclamation mark(!); colon(:); semi-colon(;); quotation marks ( ); apostrophe();hyphen(-); dash()Here is a letter from Hu Bo asking for advice, but some of the punctuation is wrong. Help him correct the wrong punctuation marks. There is one mistake in each line.Dear Health Expert :Please help me! I am a fat teenager. My classmates laugh at me a lot , I dont do sports, and my favorite meal is a hamburger; chips and soft drinks. Is this really such a problem? I dont enjoy exercise; it makes me tired. Also. Im hungry all the time and love to eat fast food.,What should I do! Do you think I should take some weight-loss pills? What about exercise and food? Please dont tell me to stop eating:Best wishes.Hu Bo!-!Step 3: writing an e-mail encouraging a friendsWhat have you learnt from step 1 and 2 about recommending a gym to someone?information about the gym reasons why he or she should join the gymthe equipment available in the gymRead the e-mail to see how to encourage a friend who has a problem.Write an e-mail encouraging your friend who has weight problems. Writingweight-loss pills going on a diethealthy eating looking good feeling good fast foodequipment sports gymspoints to mention:Dear _,I was so sad to learn that some people laughed at you just for being a little overweight. I think you look great as you are and you are wonderful. I understand that, like anyone else, you want to be healthy and strong and you are worried that you would become too overweight.A sample e-mailI think the best way to become healthy and strong is to take exercise regularly.At the beginning of this year, for some time I couldnt sleep well at night. I then began to run about twenty minutes after school every day and to go swimming twice a week. I have done like this for nearly a year. Now Im feeling quite well.Why not run with me? Or, lets go swimming. I know you want to learn to swim. We can do this together.Please write back and tell me what you think about my plan.Best wishes _1. Make notes about the e-mail by your partner and check the punctuation marks in it. 2. Preview Project.Homework:
