内容正文:
XB 3,Unit 2 Period 1 Reading and Thinking
Habit for a healthy lifestyle
Learning objectives:
By the end of the class, you will be able...
1.to explore the topic, structure and main ideas of this text;
2.to understand how the habit cycle works;
3.to build up the confidence and ability to develop good health habits.
Step 1. Lead-in (导)
1. As teenagers, what bad habits do you have?
Step 2.Thinking(思)
Ⅰ.Fast reading
Skim the title and the passage quickly and then answer the following questions:
①. What's the genre (体裁)of the text ?
A. Narration(记叙文)
B. Exposition(说明文)
C. Argumentation(议论文)
②. What is the text mainly about?
A. How teenagers make a choice.
B. How teenagers feel relaxed.
C. How teenagers change their bad habits.
D. How teenagers become more independent.
2.Read for the main idea
Para.1 A. How to change a bad habit and create good ones
Para.2 B. The cycle of how habits are formed
Para.3 C. Changing habits gradually
Para.4 D. No easy way to change bad habits
Para.5 E. What a habit is
Para.6 F. Why bad teenage habits should be changed
Ⅱ.Careful reading
Para 1
Q1:Why bad teenage habits should be changed?
Q2:What should they do to make changes?
Para 2
1.How can a choice lead to a habit?
choice habit
2.What does the word“automatic”in para.2 mean?
A.natural B. strange C. unclear D. difficult
3.What does “We are what we repeatedly do.” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.The choice often repeats again. B.Repeated choices make up a habit.
C.We can't change a habit. D.Choices work repeatedly.
Para 3
1.What is the habit cycle?
A.Routine→cue→reward.
B.Reward→cue→routine.
C.Cue→routine→reward.
D.Cue→reward→routine.
2.Which of the follow is considered as “reward ”?
A. You take a walk around the school in the morning.
B. You find yourself excited after a talk with your friend.
C. You decide to borrow two books from the city library.
D. You're willing to volunteer in your community this weekend.
Para 3&4
How did the author explain his idea?
Para 5
1.What should we do to change a bad habit and create a good one?
Para 6
1.How did the author explain his idea?
2.What do “magic pill” and “delete button” refer to?
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards changing bad habits?
A.Negative. B.Sad. C.Doubtful. D.Positive.
Step 3.Discussion(议)
Please discuss your answer with your partners.
Step 4.presentation(展)&Step 5 Comment(评)
Invite some students to give your answer and the teacher organizes students to judge their answers.
Step 6. Practice(实)
As teenagers grow up, they become more independent and start making their own decisions. However, during this period, it can be easy for some of them 1. ____________(form) bad habits. These bad habits, if 2. ______(leave) unchecked, could lead to more serious ones when they become adults. 3. ____________(change) bad habits is never easy, even with many attempts. The good news is that we can change our bad habits, if we understand 4. ______ habits work. To facilitate 5. ______ positive change in our bad habits, we must first examine our bad habit cycles and then try to adapt them. We can do this by 6. ____________(combine) the information from our habit cycles with our own positive ideas. We can also use the habit cycle 7. ____________(create) good habits. Many of us try to change bad habits quickly, and if we are not successful straight away, we often become pessimistic and give up. In fact, the most successful way to change is not suddenly, 8. ______ over a period of time. To reach the goal of change, a person must 9. ____________(repeat) take many small steps. Young people have the power 10. ____________(build) a happy and healthy life full of good habits!
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