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What may cause people become fat ?
lack of exercise
great pressure
genetic factor
(… …and so on)
Fat America
Unit 1 Cultural focus I
上海市三林中学东校
钟丹
Q:What’s the main idea of the passage?
Introductory part
It talks about the reasons for obesity in America.
obese adj.
obesity n.肥胖
肥胖的
Look at the subtitles and find out how many reasons are mentioned in the passage.
Car culture
Screenagers
Fast food
Supersizing
(Super + size)
Screen
Match
(Screen + teenager)
Super
a
b
c
d
Read paragraph 1 about car culture and answer the questions.
(1) What causes the car culture in America?
(2) What’s the consequence of the car culture in America?
more convenient
safer
(1) What causes the car culture in America?
(2) What’s the consequence of the car culture in America?
Car culture
For _____________
For _________
convenience
safety
Driving a car _______ chances to walk and run.
Obesity
reduces
Phenomenon Evidence/Figures Results
“Screen-agers”
·Have __________in each typical family
·Watch ______________ every week
·Have _________________(average US family)
Kids become extremely ______________.
American teenagers are ________( more / less ) likely to exercise.
Have a greater risk of becoming ________ adults.
three TVs
22 hours of TV
24 electronic gadgets
inactive
less
obese
Read paragraph 2 and fill the blanks.
Phenomenon Reasons Results
Fast food
·50% of meals__________.
· More than three quarters ____________________________________________________________________.
·People are too ______ to cook at home.
·Fast food restaurant is _______ and _______.
Those fast food lovers become overweight.
are eaten outside the home
of American teenagers eat a fast food meal at least once a week
·Fast food with salt, fat and sugar ___________.
busy
quick
cheap
tastes good
Read paragraph 3 and fill the blanks.
Supersizing
What
Why
How
Result
Customers only bought one bag of popcorn because
____________________________________________
Today’s ______ size
______ size in 1970
calorie needed
calorie consumed
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Read paragraph 4 and fill the blanks.
they didn’t want to look greedy.
small
Large
_________ calorie consumption
Increased
Become fat
What does the future hold for America?
Read paragraph 5 and think about this question.
According to Para. 5, suppose you were a doctor and give the patient some advice.
Patient Information Sheet
Name: ___________
Physical condition:
___________________
Doctors’ Suggestions:
____________________
____________________
……
Conchita
Overweight
Do more exercise
Give up fast food
Change your lifestyle
Based on the four phenomena related to American obesity, think about how to improve American people’s lifestyle.
Post-reading— task 1
Phenomenon
Car culture
“Screenagers”
Fast food
Supersizing
How to improve
?
Post-reading—task 2
Presentation. Work in pairs and talk with your partner about your lifestyle, give suggestions to each other on how to get rid of unhealthy lifestyle and keep fit.
You may ask questions like this:
Do you have breakfast regularly?
Do you often stay up late?
Do you think you are a screenager?
How many times do you order take-away food?
What do you think of your lifestyle/habit?
… …
You may give suggestions like this:
I think it would be better to…
I suggest that …
You may … by doing…
I think you should / needs to …so that…
… …
Assignments
1. Finish the task 2 on Page 18 on textbook.
2. Based on your discussion, write an essay about how to change your unhealthy lifestyle.
Self-checklist
Have I known about the reasons for American obesity?
Completely Basically Barely
2. Have I understood the relationship between American lifestyle and obesity?
Completely Basically Barely
3. Can I give some advice on improving lifestyle ?
Completely Basically Barely
Thank you !
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