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单元话题
单元核心素养
“生活抉择”是课程标准中“人与自我”的主题语境。“对生活方式的选择”是每一个学生需要面临的话题,他们对生活方式的认知决定了他们的生活健康与否。学生通过学习本单元的相关内容去了解自我、选择生活。
思维品质:锻炼学生的总结概括能力。
学习能力:运用总结主题句的方法提炼文章主旨大意。
文化意识:理解不同生活方式的差异。
语言能力:能用得体的英语表达自己的生活方式、个人情感和未来期望;能正确识别动词不定式在句中的成分并准确使用。
不只是吃什么影响健康,吃的速度也影响健康。
Watching what you eat can be easier said than done,but a recent study shows it might not just be about what's on your plate—it could be about how quickly it disappears.
Japanese researchers followed 1,083 adults for five years,dividing them into three categories based on how quickly they ate:slow,normal,and fast.They also answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the study,sharing their diet,physical activity,and medical history.
When the participants reported back five years later,84 had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome—and their eating speed was a major predictor,according to the results in the journal Circulation.The fast eaters were 89 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome than slow and normal eaters.Just 2.3 percent of slow eaters received the diagnosis,compared to 11.6 percent of fast eaters.But that's not all.Fast eaters also saw more weight gain,larger waistlines,and higher blood sugar levels than slow eaters.
The researchers say eating fast makes it easier not to take notice of fullness before your body has a chance to signal you to stop.“So when people eat fast they are more likely to overeat,”said Takayuki Yamaji,MD,study author and cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan in a statement.
【词海淘宝】
1.category n. 类别;种类
2.metabolic syndrome 代谢综合征
3.diagnosis n. 诊断;判断
【语篇理解】
Which may be the result of the study?
A.Fast eaters are 4 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome.
B.Normal and slow eaters don't have metabolic illness.
C.89% of fast eaters have higher blood pressure.
D.Slow eaters are healthier than fast eaters.
答案:D
Section Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1 LIFESTYLES
Ⅰ.重点单词
(一)词义匹配
1.secondary A.time that is spent doing what you enjoy when you are not working
2.previous B.the way