Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good

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Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good
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Inviting your friend to join a gym
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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.
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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.
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Practice
Look at the following letter and underline the
main ideas and circle the key words.
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Dear Dr Health, I think too many people take
weight-loss pills without really knowing that
they can damage their health. I read about a
Canadian actress who had to go to hospital
because she took some weight-loss pills . She
lost 7kg in two months .However ,the pills
contained something that causes liver failure ,
so she had to get a new liver . A young Chinese
man donated part of his liver to save her
life. Recently ,my cousin read about a new
weight-loss pills and she really wants to try it
.Ive told her the story of the actress ,but she
wont listen . Shes only 12 ,but has become a
girl who is worried about her figure and how
she looks . She often refuses to eat .My aunt
is worried that my cousin will buy the pills in
secret . She says health is priceless . She
thinks that children must eat properly as they
are growing all the time. Guo Xilin
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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.
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The advertisement
Main points
Build the body youve always wanted! Get fit! Get
healthy!
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Key words
Special offer! 1 month free membership! 35
classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and
swimming. Two branches in the city! Open from 6
a.m. to midnight daily, 365 days a year. Call
5555 4567 for more information.
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The web page
Main points
Build the body youve always wanted! Get fit! Get
healthy!
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Key words
Have some of the best equipment of any gym in the
world, with 3,000 square metres of equipment.
Our personal trainers will be happy to help you
improve your shape.
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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?
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a T-shirt, 2 free personal training sessions, 1
month free membership
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5. How big is each gym? 7. Can you get advice
from a personal trainer? Yes
No 10. How can you find out more?
3,000 square metres.
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Call 5555 4567.
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Listening
Listen to the radio commercial for Better Body
Gym. Complete the rest of the note sheet in Part
B.
3. Where are the gyms in the city?
One is in Jinshan Road The other one is near
the King Hotel.
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6. Is there a health café at the gym? Yes
No 8. What do you need to do to join? 9.
Do you need to be 18 to join? Yes
No
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Provide with your ID number.
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Tape script
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 summers holiday? Then join
Better Body Gym today!
This month we have a special
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offer for students only five hundred yuan per
year. This will be a saving of five hundred yuan
on our normal price. And, for the next two weeks
only, we are offering our new members one-month
free membership. Yes, thats one month free! We
have two gyms. One is in Jinshan Road and the
other one is near the King Hotel. That means
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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 excellent equipment
to help you build a better body. We have shower
rooms and an exercise room at the gym
everything youll ever need
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to get healthy and look good! We have different
aerobics classes for old and new members and
special days when we have a TV star visit the
gym. This month the Fit for All magazine will
be visiting the gym and giving out prizes for the
best fitness stories. So, if you have an
interesting story to tell, then come along and
join up. You may be in
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next months Fit for All magazine. All you need
to do is to provide us with your ID card number
to get your one-month free membership. Its that
simple. Membership is open to anyone who is
fourteen or over. The number to call is five five
five, four five six seven. Dont waitbuild a
better body today!
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1. Look at the information about Wu Tong and
discuss why he should join the gym.
Writing

Wu Tong
Age 15 Money in bank ?3,000 Lives Near
the King Hotel Likes Exercise and
watching football
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Why do you think he should join the gym ?
not expensive not far away from home
good equipment for his likes
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Write a letter to Wu Tong, using the words in the
box on Page 53. __________________________________
__________________________________________________
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A Sample Letter
Dear Wu Tong, How are you? I know youre thinking
of joining a gym. I think you should join Better
Body Gym. It is not expensive. It costs just 500
yuan a year for a student. If you join now, you
can get one month free membership, which
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is open to anyone aged 14 or over. One of its
branches is near the King Hotel, which is not far
away from your home. It opens from 6 a.m. to
midnight every day. So it is very convenient for
you. Whenever you are free, you can go there.
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They have very good equipment and there are 35
classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and
swimming. If you want to know more, you may call
5555, 4567. Best wishes!
Yours,
Li ping
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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.

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Goodbye!
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Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good
----Task?
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Skills building 2 note taking
Discussion

• What are these ? What do they mean?
• lt gt hes Id
• cm kg P. cont.

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They are symbols, abbreviations and contractions.
percentage lt less than gt more than
hes he is/ has Id I had/ would
cm centimeter kg kilogram P. page
cont. continued
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2. 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 symbols

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Listen to the recording and make notes about the
words you hear, using the skills you have just
learnt.
1.___________________________ 2.__________________
_________ 3.___________________________ 4.________
___________________ 5.___________________________
No. 7 bus isnt on time.
Our dept is ?the no. of teachers.
Id like to see the mfr.
SH1 has a gt class than SH2.
PRC was founded in 1949.
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Tapescript
1. The number seven bus is not on time. 2. Our
department is increasing the number of
teachers. 3. I would like to see the
manufacturer. 4. Senior High 1 has a bigger class
than Senior High 2. 5. The Peoples Republic
of China was founded in 1949.
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Step 2 interviewing classmates about
exercise You and Wu Tong are now attending an
introduction to Better Body Gym. Listen to the
speaker and take notes about the equipment
available in the gym.
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They have a swimming pool to be opened next
month. a no. of mchs that can help in
workouts. many running mchs a rowing mch a
skiing mch.
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Tapescript
Speaker Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen. Welcome to Better
Body Gym. I would just like to
quickly introduce you to all the
equipment we have at the gym. We
have a number of activities
that you can try such as
aerobics, step aerobics and
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dance aerobics. We have a new swimming pool to be
opened next month, which you are welcome to use.
We also have a number of machines that can help
you in your workouts. We have many running
machines. We have a rowing machine and a skiing
machine. Once again I welcome you to come and
build a better body.
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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/ gym/ running/
swimming 2. fit/ fun/ healthy/strong 3. often/
sometimes/ seldom/ never 4. classmates/ family/
friends
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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?
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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How your partner keeps fit Student A 1. go
swimming dance arbs 2. keep him/her healthy
strong a fine figure 3. swimming forgt
30min after school every day dance arbs
forlt two hr on Sat mor 4. swimming with
his/her parents dance arbs with his/her
mother
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Student B 1. play basketball run 2. stronger
faster teamwork 3. playing basketball Tues,
Thur, Sat afn 4. playing basketball with
classmates or students from other schools
running with his/her parents
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Part C presentation
Tell your class what exercise your partner does
and find out whats the most popular exercise in
your class.
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Skills building 3 using punctuation
1. What do you know about the common punctuation
marks?
comma (,) full stop (.)
question mark (?) exclamation mark(!)
colon() semi-colon() quotation
marks ( ) apostrophe() hyphen(-)
dash()
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You are the editor of Fit for All magazine and
you have received the following email from a new
customer at Better Body Gym. It contained a virus
which removed some of the punctuation. Add the
missing punctuation marks.
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Dear Health Expert, Please help me! I am a Grade
1 student in Senior High and I am very fat My
friends laugh at me a lot and call me names, just
because Im different from them I dont do
sports and my favorite meal is a hamburger and
chips. Is this really such a problem My mum
tries to cheer me up.
.
.
,
?
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Youre just big-boned, she says. But I m not
sure if I should believe her. Is there such a
thing as being big boned? Is she just being kind?
I dont enjoy exercise It makes me tired. Also,
I am hungry all the time and love to eat fast
food What should I do Do you think I should
take some weight-loss pills?


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.
.
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What about exercise and food Please dont tell
me stop eating Best wishes, Hu Bo
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.
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Step 3 writing an e-mail to your friends
What 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 gym the equipment
available in the gym
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Writing
Talk with your partner about writing a letter to
recommend Better Body Gym to your friend.

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points to mention
fast food healthy eating
membership weight-loss pills
exercise equipment dieting safely
feeling good looking
good fees sports gyms
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A sample e-mail
Dear Xiao Lin, I want to give you some
information about Better Body Gym since you want
to keep fit and have a nice figure. One of its
branches is near the King Hotel, which is not far
away from your home. The equipment there is the
best. It just
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costs 500 yuan a year for a student. And if you
join now, you can get one month free membership.
It opens from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. So it
is very convenient for you. Whenever you are
free, you can go there. They have very good
equipment and there
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are 35 classes every week, including yoga,
aerobics and swimming. These are what you are
interested in. And there are personal trainers to
give you advice and help you improve your shape.
I think if you go there from time to time, you
will be
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looking good and feeling good soon. If you want
to know more, you may call 5555, 4567. Best
wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
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Homework

• Make notes about the e-mail by your partner and
  check the punctuation marks in it.
• 2. Do Part B on page 95.
• 3. Preview project.

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Thank you