Teaching Plan for Unit 7, Book Two Section A(4 Lecture hours): Lighten your load and save your life Teaching Objectives Health, one of our most precious gifts, should never be taken for granted or abused. In this unit we are given some advice we can use to help us take charge of our reactions to life events. From this unit students can learn how to take charge of their lives and overcome the stress by using the NICe factors from Ben Franklins example to set their priorities in a li suffix ful with the meaning of full of -"), -less/ with the meaning of"without."or"not giving."and suffix-ize(. -ise) to apply the principle of endweight and the structure of making argument by using causes and to write an essay by using cause-and-effect relation to make the argument more convincing the use of the following important words and expressions overwhelm; exterior interior: delegate. recommend attribute sth. to sb /sth. be out of control(be under control; be beyond control); on one's trail Teaching procedures: 1. Pre-reading Activities (The purpose of the pre-reading activities is to help the students focus on the content of the reading passages. For instance, after listening to the following passage, the students would be able to learn that Reading Passage A is about how to control or cope with stress) 1. 1 Please listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions I)What causes stress? Students: fear, uncertainty, doubt and lack of control Educators: for many people, the root of their stress is anger. The anger come from feeling that everything must be perfect and others are angry because they have no compass 2)How do we follow Ben Franklin's example Students: write down the major goals you want to achieve in your life Educators: You have to decide what parts of your life you can control. Experts suggest that you can first make a list of 12 things, then cut it down to 6 which will affect your identity control and self-worth and set your priorities 1. 2 Compound Dictation Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the tape
2-7 1 Teaching Plan for Unit 7, Book Two Section A (4 Lecture hours): Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life Teaching Objectives: Health, one of our most precious gifts, should never be taken for granted or abused. In this unit we are given some advice we can use to help us take charge of our reactions to life events. From this unit students can learn: ⚫ how to take charge of their lives and overcome the stress by using the NICE factors ⚫ from Ben Franklin’s example to set their priorities in a list ⚫ suffix –ful(with the meaning of “full of ~”), -less(with the meaning of “without…”or “not giving…”and suffix –ize (or. -ise) ⚫ to apply the principle of endweight and the structure of making argument by using causes and effects ⚫ to write an essay by using cause-and-effect relation to make the argument more convincing ⚫ the use of the following important words and expressions: overwhelm; exterior, interior; delegate, recommend attribute sth. to sb./sth.; be out of control (be under control; be beyond control); on one’s trail Teaching Procedures: 1. Pre-reading Activities 15’ (The purpose of the pre-reading activities is to help the students focus on the content of the reading passages. For instance, after listening to the following passage, the students would be able to learn that Reading Passage A is about how to control or cope with stress) 1.1 Please listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions: 1) What causes stress? ⚫ Students: fear, uncertainty, doubt and lack of control ⚫ Educators: for many people, the root of their stress is anger. The anger come from a feeling that everything must be perfect and others are angry because they have no compass in life. 2) How do we follow Ben Franklin’s example? ⚫ Students: write down the major goals you want to achieve in your life ⚫ Educators: You have to decide what parts of your life you can control. Experts suggest that you can first make a list of 12 things, then cut it down to 6 which will affect your identity, control and self-worth and set your priorities. 1.2 Compound Dictation Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the tape
Stress can kill you. Being tense can(1)damage your heart so it is wise to take charge for your life and realize you cannot(2)control everything But you can control stress which is caused by ger may be the(4) for hardworking(5) professional women and people with no goals in life. To relax and take control, try the NICe factors:(6)new,interesting. challenging experiences. And follow Ben Franklin's example by writing down the(7) major goals you want to achieve in your life. For the problems over which you have( 8)no control you have to learn to go with the flow 2. While-reading Activities The text has 20 paragraphs that can be divided into 4 parts as follows 2.1 Part 1 (Para. 1-6) Structure and Main Idea Main Idea: If you don't want to break your wn heart ed to learn to take charge of your life where you can. (Para.2) You may be stressed and hurting your Stress is killing "hot reactors. ( Para. 4-6) heart.(Para. 1-3) eff the following analytical chart shows that the writer presents a progressive process of causes and (Para. 5) The argument: Stress leads to death
2-7 2 Stress can kill you. Being tense can (1)_damage your heart_ so it is wise to take charge for your life and realize you cannot (2)_control everything_. But you can control stress which is caused by (3)_fear, uncertainty, doubt and lack of control. Anger may be the (4) root of this stress, especially for hardworking (5)_professional women and people with no goals in life. To relax and take control, try the NICE factors: (6)_new_, _interesting, challenging experiences. And follow Ben Franklin’s example by writing down the (7)_major goals you want to achieve in your life. For the problems over which you have (8)_no control, you have to learn to go with the flow. 2. While-reading Activities 80’ The text has 20 paragraphs that can be divided into 4 parts as follows: 2.1 Part 1 (Para.1-6) 20’ Structure and Main Idea Main Idea: If you don’t want to break your own heart, you need to learn to take charge of your life where you can. (Para.2) ↙ ↘ The following analytical chart shows that the writer presents a progressive process of causes and effects: (Para. 5) The argument: Stress leads to death. ↓ You may be stressed and hurting your heart. (Para.1-3) Stress is killing “hot reactors.(Para.4-6)
Cause and effect one: Cause: stressed people---people who have stress Effect: They have higher cholesterol, among other illnesses Cause and effect two: Cause: excess alarm or stress chemicals Effect: They can literally burst heart muscle fibers Cause and effect three Cause: Your heart muscle fibers are harmed Effect: It creates many short circuits, and that causes crazy heart rhythms. The heart beats like a bag of worms instead of a pump Cause and effect four: Cause: You suffer from crazy heart rhythm Effect: We cant live Para. 5 Difficult sentences 1) If you often feel angry and overwhelmed, like the stress in your life is spinning out of control, en vou m ay be hurting your heart. ( Para. 1) Meaning: If you are often angry and very strongly affected by negative feelings, as if the stress is quickly going out of control, then it is possible that you are doing harm to your heart 2). stressed people have higher cholesterol levels, among other things. Para. 5) Meaning: stressed people usually display a series of traits and having higher cholesterol levels is one of them 3)On the exterior, he was cool, calm and collected, but on the on the interior, stress was killing him.(Para. 6) Meaning: In appearance he was very calm and self-controlled while deep down he could hardly stand any more pressure Important Words and Expressions a)(of feelings)make sb. completely helpless, usu. suddenly The whole nation was overwhelmed with excitement because of its victory in bidding for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games b) defeat They were overwhelmed by the enemy 2)excess
2-7 3 Cause and Effect One: Cause: stressed people ---people who have stress Effect: They have higher cholesterol, among other illnesses. ↓ Cause and Effect Two: Cause: excess alarm or stress chemicals Effect: They can literally burst heart muscle fibers ↓ Cause and Effect Three: Cause: Your heart muscle fibers are harmed. Effect: It creates many short circuits, and that causes crazy heart rhythms. The heart beats like a bag of worms instead of a pump. ↓ Cause and Effect Four: Cause: You suffer from crazy heart rhythms Effect: We can’t live Para.5 Difficult Sentences 1) If you often feel angry and overwhelmed, like the stress in your life is spinning out of control, then you may be hurting your heart.(Para. 1) Meaning: If you are often angry and very strongly affected by negative feelings, as if the stress is quickly going out of control, then it is possible that you are doing harm to your heart 2) …stressed people have higher cholesterol levels, among other things. (Para. 5) Meaning: stressed people usually display a series of traits and having higher cholesterol levels is one of them. 3) On the exterior, he was cool, calm and collected, but on the on the interior, stress was killing him. (Para. 6) Meaning: In appearance he was very calm and self-controlled while deep down he could hardly stand any more pressure. Important Words and Expressions: 1) overwhelm: vt. a) (of feelings) make sb. completely helpless, usu. suddenly The whole nation was overwhelmed with excitement because of its victory in bidding for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. b) defeat They were overwhelmed by the enemy. 2) excess:
dj. Extra or additional The fat man went on a diet to get rid of his excess weight n an amount that is more than what is needed or wanted an act of doing too much of sth He spends too much money; his excesses put him into debt n the appearance or outside surface of sth The exterior of the house is very unattractive You must not judge people by their exteriors 4)interic n. In side This office has a very modern interior Both "exterior"and"interior"can be used as adjective exterior influences on the negotiations interior decorato 5)be out of control: not in ones authority or power The airplane went out of control and crashed The expression beyond control means the same as"out of control The expression"under control "means exactly the opposite of "out of control 6) among other things: used to say that you are only mentioning one or two things out of a much larger group At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Eastern Europe
2-7 4 adj. Extra or additional The fat man went on a diet to get rid of his excess weight. n. an amount that is more than what is needed or wanted; an act of doing too much of sth. He spends too much money; his excesses put him into debt. 3) exterior n. the appearance or outside surface of sth. The exterior of the house is very unattractive. You must not judge people by their exteriors. 4) interior n. inner part; inside This office has a very modern interior. Both “exterior” and “interior” can be used as adjective. exterior influences on the negotiations interior decorator 5) be out of control: not in one’s authority or power The airplane went out of control and crashed. The expression “beyond control” means the same as “out of control”. The expression “under control” means exactly the opposite of “out of control”. 6) among other things: used to say that you are only mentioning one or two things out of a much larger group At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Eastern Europe
2.2 Part2 (Para. 7-12) Structure and main Idea Main Idea: FUD factors cause stress(Para. 7) For many people, the root of their Others are angry because they have stress is anger. and the trick is to find compass in life. ( Para. 10-11) out where the anger is coming from (Para.8-9) Change your attitudes and negative thinking to calm ourself down.(Para. 12) Difficult sentences 1)"What happens is that the hotter people get, physiologically, with mental stress, the more likely they are to blow apart with come heart problem. " (Para. 11) Meaning: The fact is that the more angry people become because of high mental pressure, the more likely they are to come down with some heart disea Important words and ex v. give(part of one's rights, etc. )to sb. Else for a certain time n a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote etc. for them, esp. at a meeting in't do all the jobs yourself- sk to your subordina hey are merely delegates without power to vote 2)together with: along with, as well as, accompanied by Just bring it back to the store, together with your receipt Use the shampoo together with our special conditioner for best results 3)blow one's tops: (slang)explode with anger, lose one's temper My father will blow his top when he sees what happened to the car 3 Part 3 20° Structure and main idea Main Idea: NICe factors can help to take charge of your life (Para. 13)
2-7 5 2.2 Part 2 (Para. 7-12) 20’ Structure and Main Idea Main Idea: FUD factors cause stress (Para. 7) ↙ ↘ . ↘ ↙ Difficult Sentences 1) “What happens is that the hotter people get, physiologically, with mental stress, the more likely they are to blow apart with come heart problem.” (Para. 11) Meaning: “The fact is that the more angry people become because of high mental pressure, the more likely they are to come down with some heart disease.” Important Words and Expressions 1) delegate v. give (part of one’s rights, etc.) to sb. Else for a certain time n. a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote etc. for them, esp. at a meeting You can’t do all the jobs yourself----you can delegate a task to your subordinates. They are merely delegates without power to vote. 2) together with: along with, as well as, accompanied by Just bring it back to the store, together with your receipt. Use the shampoo together with our special conditioner for best results. 3) blow one’s tops: (slang) explode with anger, lose one’s temper My father will blow his top when he sees what happened to the car 2.3 Part 3 (Para. 13-18) 20’ Structure and Main idea Main Idea: NICE factors can help to take charge of your life. (Para.13) ↙ ↘ For many people, the root of their stress is anger, and the trick is to find out where the anger is coming from. (Para.8-9) Others are angry because they have no compass in life. (Para.10-11) Change your attitudes and negative thinking to calm yourself down. (Para.12)