Looking good, feeling good

Project

Making a booklet on keeping fit

Skim the passage to find out the main factors to keep fit.

The following pistures will help you

Eat right, exercise regularly

Healthy eating , regular

exercise

energy energy and and waterwater

Doing shadowboxingTai-chi

A good amount of sleep

• eating the right food

• exercising regularly

• having lots of water

• having enough sleep

Read the passage quickly and summarize the main idea of each paragraph.

paragraph key words & phrases main idea

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

the diet and way of life, a problem for teenagers, feel better, look better, have more energy, eat the right food, exercise regularly

Eating the right food and exercising regularly will make you feel and look better.

20%, going on a diet and skipping meals, control their weight, eat properly, exercise regularly, lose weight, keep fit, feel great

Healthy eating along with regular exercise is probably the only way to become fit.

the energy it needs, eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit, drink a lot of water, keep your system clean

Give your body the energy and water. For a healthy diet, you should eat rice, bread, vegetables and fruit.

Para 4

Para 5

Para 6

walking, riding, do school sports, give up sport, produce chemicals in your body, make you feel peaceful and relaxed, increase your ability to concentrate when you study, sleep better at night

Teenagers should spend at least 30 minutes exercising, five times a week.

a good amount of sleep, loss of sleep, make you look tired, cause you to gain weight

Teenagers need 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night.

follow the suggestions above Follow the suggestions above and you will look and feel much better.

Important phrases• live busy lives• exercise regularly• the only way to become fit• in the long term• try going on a diet• skip meals• control weight• keep your system clean• improve your skin• give you healthy hair• five times a week• give up sport

• produce some chemicals• increase your ability to

concentrate• a good amount of sleep• prepare you for the day to

come• as a matter of fact• loss of sleep• cause sb. to do sth.• follow the suggestions

above• in no time

Language points

• Healthy eating along with regular exercise is probably the only way to become fit.

along with 连接两个并列主语时，谓语动词的单复数取决于前一个主语。如：

Pan Xingyu along with Xia Pan is attending the English class now.

类似的用法还有： as well as, (together) with 等

Long Tu as well as Lei Hao is a boy ．

The teacher together with her students is in the classroom now.

知识拓展

• Diets are useless in the long term, yet approximately 20% of teenagers say they …

in the long term 从长远来看

In the long term we hope to make large profits on it.

in the short term 从眼前来看； 短期内

Experts suggest that teenagers spend at least 30 minutes exercising……

Suggest: 建议；用虚拟语气【（ should ） + 动词原形】

Experts suggest that teenagers should spend at least 30 minutes exercising……

• Walking and riding your bike count.

count 在这句话里的意思是“计算在内”

See how many plates we have, but don't count in the broken ones.count 还有 计算 , 数 之意count on 依靠 , 指望count down 倒着数，倒计时

倒装结构定义：说明前面所说的情况同样适用于后面

的人和物，谓语部分通常用 do/does/did/is am/are/was/were/can/could 等。

John is very energetic, and so is his elder brother Tom.

Many students like playing computer games, so do students at TSH school.

• Often, teenagers give up sport, saying they have no time left after their studies.

give up 放弃，停止

Never give up learning no matter what happens.

You ought to give up smoking.

give in 投降，屈服，让步give off 送出或发出某物 ; 放出某种气体give sth./ sb. away 赠送 , 背叛 , 泄露give out 用完，消耗尽

知识拓展

• A good amount of sleep every night is also important for your health.

a good amount of 大量、许多…… ( 修饰不可数名词 )

amount n. 数量；总额

We need a good amount of sleep.

Can you tell me the amount of your tuition fee?

• When you sleep, your body prepares you for the day to come.

•prepare sb. for sth. 使某人为…做好准备

You should prepare well for your college entrance examination.

prepare sth. 准备某物

prepare for sth. 为某事做准备

prepare to do sth. 准备做某事

• As a matter of fact, loss of sleep can make you look tired, and even cause you to gain weight.

As a matter of fact=in fact

gain v. 增加；获得，赢得Her talent and hard work gained her success as an artist.

1.每天早上散步是有效的 , 对吧？ (count) They are effective. Walking every morning __

________, _______________?2. 我们试着给他打电话 , 但没有人接电话。 (tr

y doing) We ____________ him, but no one

     answered the phone.3. 当你在日本的时候 , 你应该知道怎样适当地

使用肢体语。 (properly) When you are in Japan, you should know h

ow to ____________________________.

Translate the sentences into English.

counts doesn’t it

tried calling

use body language properly

4. 在他的晚年 , 孩子们一直是他的一个巨大安慰。 (comfort)

The children have been _____________ to him during my elderly years.

5. 你们一定很饿了 , 我马上给你们弄点吃的。(in no time)

You must be hungry. I’ll get you something ___________________.

6. 旅游是获得人生宝贵经历的一个途径。 (gain)

Travelling is ________________ valuable life experiences.

a great comfort

to eat in no time

a way to gain