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1、Unit 3,Writing an e-mail of encouragement,Task,Skills building 1: finding information,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. Usually the main points are the first or

2、 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 friend,Part A Read the advertisement and

3、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 midni

4、ght, 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 B,Now use what you have found i

5、n Part A to fill in as much information as possible in the notes below.,2. Number of branches in the city: 1 2 3 4. 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?

6、,Call 5555 4567.,Listen to the radio advertisement for Better Body Gym. Complete the rest of the notes above.,Part C,3. 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 No 8. Do you need

7、 to be 18 to join? Yes No,3,000 square metres.,Making up a dialogue,Work 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 info

8、rmation:,Membership fee Number of gyms in the city What do you get for free? How big is each gym? Activities at the gyms,A: Hello, is that 5555 4567? B: Yes. Whos that calling?,You may start the conversation like this:,Part D,You think your friend Wu Tong should join Better Body Gym. Look at the inf

9、ormation below, and explain why he should join the gym. Use the words in the box to help you.,Wu Tong Age: 15 Money in bank: 3,000 Home: Hubei Road Hobbies: Exercise and watching football,expensive far away close by healthy relax strong cheap body weak advice tried fit,The membership cost is cheap.

10、The gym is close by. He can do exercise and get fit. 4. He can receive advice on how to become strong.,Skills building 2: note taking,What are these? What do they mean? %; ; ; shes ; Id m; km; P. ; cont.,Discussion,They are symbols, abbreviations and contractions. %= percentage; = less than; = more

11、than; shes= she is; Id =I had/ would; m= meter; km= kilometres; P.= page; cont.= continued,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,Listen to t

12、he 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/wk,its raining, I ran 15 min.,city pop. 20%.,Sh. dance 2. keep him/her healthy + strong + a fine figure 3. swimming: for

13、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; run 2. stronger + faster; teamwork 3. playing basketball: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afn Running: 15 min every mor 4. playing basketball

14、with classmates or students from other schools,Tell your class what exercise your partner does and find out whats the most popular exercise in your class.,Part C: presentation,Skills building 3: using punctuation,1. What do you know about the common punctuation marks?,comma (,); full stop (.) ; ques

15、tion 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 :

16、 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! D

17、o 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 friends,What have you learnt from step 1 and 2 about recommending a gym to someone?,information about the gym reasons wh

18、y he or she should join the gym the equipment available in the gym,Read 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.,Writing,weight-loss pills going on a diet healthy eating looking good feeling good fast food equipme

19、nt sports gyms,points 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-mail