Unit 2 Healthy eating
Teaching Aims of this unit
1. Talk about healthy eating
2. Making suggestions or giving advice on diet
3. Distinguish the meanings of Modal verbs
4. Make a balanced menu
5. Vocabulary:
6. fiber,digestion,bean,slim,curiosity,lie,debt,glare,limit,benefit,item,protect
ive get rid of, throw away, get away with, tell lies, earn one’s living in debt ,set
out run one’s business ,carry on
7. Practice talking about your ideas; practice giving suggestions and advice,
8. practice seeing the doctor.
9. The use of ought to
The first period Warming up and reading
Step Ⅰ Warming up
Review the words of foods by showing their pictures. First, ask students to list
the foods they like best. Then tick off 3 of them they eat most often. Second, show
the three groups of foods and see which group their foods belong to. Third, ask the
students to tell us in what ways their foods help them grow.
Step Ⅱ Pre-reading
Get the students to discuss the questions with their partners in this part. Then
ask them to report their work. This part will help the students understand the text.
T: Please look at the slide show and discuss the questions with your partners. Then
I’ll ask you to report your work. Are you clear?
Which food contains more… Examples of foods Answer
Sugar Chocolate or grapes Chocolate
Cakes or bananas Cakes
Fat Cream or rice
Chocolate or chicken
Cream
Chocolate
Fiber Peas or nuts
Pork or cabbage
Nuts
Cabbage
protein Potato crisps or ham
Eggs or cream
Ham
eggs
Step Ⅲ Reading
Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help
the students to form a good habit of reading. Give the students a couple o f minutes
to look through the whole passage. Tell the students to read the text silently and
then ask for the main idea of the text on the slide show with their partners. Encourage
the students to express their ideas.
1. Fast reading
In this part ask the students to read the text quickly for the first time and find
out the main idea of the text. Then ask them to read the text again carefully to
obtain some details. Before reading show the tasks and let the students read the
tasks first. This text will help them have a good understanding of the text.
a. The two restaurants supplied the healthy diet.
b. The reason why Yong Hui’s restaurant was so popular with customers.
c. Wang Peng found out why he had lost his customers and decided to win them back
2. Careful reading
T: Now it is time for us to read the text carefully and decide which sentences are
true. Then correct the false ones. First read the sentences.
a. Usually Wang Peng’s restaurant was full of people. (T )
b. Yong Hui served a balanced diet. ( F)
c. Yong Hui could make people thin in two weeks by giving them a good diet. (F)
d. Wang Peng’s customers often became fat after eating in his restaurant. (T)
e. Yong Hui’s menu gives them energy foods. (F )
f. Wang Peng’s menu gives them foods containing fiber. (F )
g. Wang Peng admired Yong Hui’s restaurant when he saw the menu. (F )
h. Wang Peng decided to copy Yong Hui’s menu. (F )
Step Ⅳ Comprehending
By now, the students have had a further understanding of the text. Let the
students read the text again and find out the differences between the two
restaurant.
T: Now please read the text again and fill in the chart together with your partner.
disadvantages advantages
Wang Peng’s restaurant Not giving enough foods
containing fiber
Provide plenty of energy
foods
Yong Hui’s restaurant Not giving enough energy
foods
Providing plenty of fiber
foods
T: Until now we have known what’s wrong with both restaurant. What does it matter
if you only eat at one of the restaurant?
S1:…
S2:…
S3:…
T: You all have a point here. But what will they do? We will see it next period.
Facing the serious competiton Wang wasn’t lost in sadness and he didn’t quarrel
with his competitor either. He went to the library to learn more about healthy
eating and made his menu better than Yong Hui’s menu. Do you think we should
follow his example?
Ss: Yes.
T: Now let’s deal with some language points. Turn to page 10, let’s look at
the sentences:
a. Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated.
This sentence means that the second action “ feeling very frustrated”
happened together with the main action“sat”. Pay attention to the form (v-ing)
of the second action.
b. Nothing could have been better.
This sentence tells us that everything has worked out the way you would like. It’s
a sentence that we can use in any situation.
c. He couldn’t have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!
This sentence means that he will punish Yong Hui for her telling lies.
1) lie : something untrue
A white lie isn’t going to hurt anyone .
2) say something which is not true
He lied to his wife so that he could come home late .
Step Ⅴ Homework
1. Try to retell the text.
2. Prepare for the language learning and do Using words and Expressions on WB (Page
49-50)
The second period Language study
Step ⅠRevision
1. Check the students’ homework.
2. Ask some of the students to retell the text.
Step Ⅱ Word study
This part is a consolidation of the words in the text. Ask the students to do the
exercise individually.
T: Now please open your books and turn to page 12. Fill in the chart using the correct
forms of the words which have the same root. Next activity is to match the definitions
with the words we have learnt form the text. I necessary, you can discuss with your
partners.
…
Step Ⅲ Grammar
The students will learn the usage of modal verbs. First try to make the students clear
the functions of modal verbs, Then give them some examples.
T: Please pick out all the sentences containing modal verbs in the text.
a. By lunchtime they would have all be sold---It indicates possibility.
b. His restaurant ought to be full of people. ---It indicates possibility.
c. What could have happened?--- It indicates possibility.
d. Nothing could have been better.--- It indicates possibility.
e. Something terrible must have happened if Maochang was not coming to eat with him
as he always did.---It indicates guessing.
f. He could not believe his eyes. ---It indicates intension.
g. Perhaps he should go to the library to find out ---It indicates duty.
h. He couldn’t have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!---It indicates
intension.
…
Step Ⅳ Homework
1. Review the rules of word formation and the meanings of modal verbs.
2. Prepare the Using Structure on page 50 by making a dialogue in pairs.
The third period Listening
Step Ⅰ Revision
1. Check the using structure on page 50.
2. Ask the students to make a short dialogue in pairs.
Step Ⅱ Listening ( using language)
The purpose of this listening text is to familiarize the students with different kinds
of food and the results of eating an unbalanced diet .
This is a talk between Wang Peng and an expert about what makes a balanced
Diet .
Ask the students to finish the chart and answer the questions.
T: OK. We have studied the text and know neither of the restaurant supplied a balanced
diet. Let’s listen to the tape and see how the story went on. Go through the text
quickly on page 14.
( Play the tape. Students write down the answers and check the answers with their
partners.)
T: Now listen to it again and try to make sure your answers are right.
Answer key for Exercise 2:
Wang Peng is doing research to find out how an unbalanced diet can affect your
health , so you need to eat a balanced diet a balanced diet if you are to stay healthy.
Answer key for Exercise 3:
Scurvy : not enough vitamin C
Rickets : not enough protein and vitamin D
Obesity : too much rice , noodles and sugar
Answer key for Exercise 4:
Owner of restaurant Problems with food offered What food is needed
Wang Peng Too much fat and energy
–giving food
More fruit and
vegetables
Yong Hui Too much fruit and too many
vegetables
More
meat ,fish ,cheese, and
eggs as well as rice and
noodles
Step Ⅲ Listening (WB P48)
The students will heat a conversation between Emma and the doctor. They are asked
to do exercise according to the tape.
T: Doctor knows that there are illnesses you may get if you do not eat properly. In
the following part, we are going to listen to a dialogue. Emma is going to see the
doctor. Let’s see how the doctor gives her some advice. Listen carefully and do the
exercises.
Red foods:
(Only a little every
day )
Orange foods:
( some every day)
Green foods
( some every meal )
butter, cheese, cream,
nuts, cakes, foods
fried in fat
bread, noodles,
spaghetti rice,
meat, fish , eggs,
tofu
All vegetables( potatoes, cabbage,
carrots., tomatoes.)
All fruits (watermelons, apples ,
oranges, pineapples.)
Step Ⅳ Homework
1. Pre-view the reading (2) and reading task on Page 52. See how the story ended.
2. Find some information about healthy eating on the Internet.
The fourth period Extensive reading
Step ⅠRevision
1. Check the homework
2. Share the information the students have got form the Internet.
Step Ⅱ Pre-reading
Ask the students to read some proverbs and translate them into Chinese.
T: Today we are going to see the end of the story. First, please look at the blackboard
and try to translate the proverbs into Chinese.
a. You are what you eat.
b. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
c. First wealth is health.
The students discuss with their partners.
a. 人如其食.
b. 一天一个苹果,医生不来找我.
c. 健康是人生的第一财富.
Step Ⅲ Reading
The purpose of this reading is to complete the story of Wang Peng and Yong Hui and
show the students that it is never too late to change bad eating habits and begin
afresh. After the fast reading, let the students do the exercises on page 14. Then
let them match the words with their definitions.
T: Eating healthily means that no food in itself is good or bad. Eating properly depends
on eating the right variety of foods in the right amount. Let’s read the passage
quickly and say what they did with their menu.
Ask the students to report their work.
What did they do? Result
Combine their menu and provide a
balanced one
1. raw vegetables with
hamburgers
2. the boiled potatoes, not
fried
3. fresh fruit with ice cream
1. cut down the fat
2. increase the fibre
3. a big success
Then find the words from the text to match the definitions.
Definitions words
Stare angrily or fiercely Glare
Take a long deep breath Sigh
Keep alive in a certain style Earn one’s living
Advantage or profit Benefit
Join or mix together to form a
whole
Combine
Owe a lot of money In debt
Step Ⅳ Homework
1. Collect eating attitudes from the Internet
2. Practice presenting reasons to support your ideas.
The fifth period Speaking
Step ⅠRevision
Check the students’ homework.
Step Ⅱ Warming up
T: Work in pairs to act out the dialogue on page 13. One plays as the role of Jane
and the other plays the role of Susan. You are shopping in a supermarket.
First let the students make a good preparation themselves. Then ask several pairs
to act out the dialogue before the class. In this part, try to make the class get
active.
Step Ⅲ Talking
If young people are too thin or too fat, it shows that they are not eating a balanced
diet. So this exercise is to encourage the students to discuss how their diets may
affect their quality of life.
( Divide the class into two groups: team A and team B.)
T: Now team A will take the role o f the patient who is worried about being too fat
and has gone to the doctor for advice. Team B will take the role of the doctor and
advise the patient how to change his or her diet. Here are some useful expressions.
Imagine what you will say to the doctor or patient. Discuss with your group members.
Doctor Patient
What’s the matter? What should I do ?
How long have you been like this? What seem to be the trouble?
I think you ought to.. Do you think you could give me
some advice?
Perhaps you should…
I suppose you had better…
Step Ⅳ Speaking task
This is the opportunity for the students to discuss their reaction to the information
they have received. It allows students to have their own point of view and to practice
explaining why they think as they do.
T: In the reading task we have read two speakers’ arguments. Now it is your turn
to discuss what you have heard at the meeting in groups of four. The following is
useful to you. Please look at the table.
I don’t agree That’s a good idea.
I’m afraid not Certainly/ Sure.
Of course not. All right.
I don’t think so. No problem.
Yes, I think so.
Step Ⅴ Homework
1. Review the sentence structures, new words and expressions.
2. Imagine the old local restaurant has gone. What do you think should be built there.
Present the advantages of your idea.
The sixth period Writing
Step ⅠRevision
Check the homework and take a dictation.
Step Ⅱ Writing
This is an opportunity for students to practice their persuasive writing skills and
try to encourage others to support their point of view. The idea of a new restaurant
is chosen because it would be very useful in a town.
Your writing should :
Explain what kind of food will be offered in your restaurant
Describe their ingredients ,flavour ,smell and appearance
Explain how they will provide a balanced diet
Explain why your restaurant will provide the best food in the area
Explain how customers will be served