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Reading Plus
Time to Relax!
Unit1
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Master the relevant vocabulary and expressions: lower stress, improve memory, emotional well-being, screen time, eye strain and so on.
Distinguish facts from opinions, extract the main idea and specific details from a text.
Recognize the importance of hobbies, learn to balance studies, daily life, and personal interests, and cultivate a positive and healthy lifestyle.
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Activity 1 Project Reflection.
From the survey on popular free-time activities in our class.
Which is the most popular free-time activity?
Which is the second most popular free-time
activity?
How often do you do it? Why do you like it?
When you are busy, how do you balance your work and hobby?
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Stand up if you have a hobby that makes you sweat(使你大汗淋漓).
Stand up if you have a hobby that you do with friends.
Stand up if you have a hobby about creating something.
Stand up if you sometimes think hobbies are a waste of time.
Stand up if...
Game time
We may have different opinions about hobbies. Do you think hobbies are important? Why or why not?
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Activity 2 Think and share.
What’s the writer’s idea about work and hobby?
What’s your understanding of the sentence?
What do you think the passage will
talk about?
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Activity 3 Read for the main idea.
Which sentences may the writer agree with?
Hobbies are a way to avoid facing the real challenges in life.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Rest and hobbies support long-term learning, not hinder it.
I use short hobby breaks to refresh my mind.
Are the statements facts or opinions?
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Prediction
What might the article talk about?
What do you think “Work Hard, Play Hard” means?
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Skimming
What’s the structure of this passage?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1
4
3
2
5
1
4
3
2
5
1
4
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A B C
What’s the main idea of body part?
The benefits of physical and creative hobbies
The problems and how to find the right balance.
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Activity 4 Read the text. Write F for facts and O for opinions.
Hobbies might be more important than you think.
Going hiking can lower stress and improve
your memory.
3. Playing the guitar is a great way to stay healthy.
4. Most of the participants in one study reported
feeling more confident after creating art.
5. Too much screen time can cause eye strain and
poor sleep.
6. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
O
F
O
F
F
O
(Subjective judgment)
(Can be tested)
(Personal preference)
(Can be tested)
(Can be tested)
(Subjective judgment)
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Scanning
Read and answer
What are the two main ways in which hobbies be good for us?
help you to stay healthy
be good for your emotional well-being.(情绪健康)
Why might some people think that “playing the guitar is a waste of time”?
Because they don’t know that making music can lower our blood pressure and make our body stronger.
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Scanning
Read and answer
What does the writer mean by “it is importatnt to find the right balance”?
Because hobbies have many benefits but some of them could also cause problems.
What do you think “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”?
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Activity 5 Read for the benefits of hobbies.
What are the types of hobbies mentioned in the text?
Types of hobbies
Physical
hobbies
Creative
hobbies
Examples
What are the examples of these hobbies?
hiking,
playing tennis
painting, writing
Music
making
playing the guitar
Benefits
What are the two main ways in which hobbies can be good for us?
Physical Health
Emotional Well-being
What are the detailed benefits of the two ways?
can even lower stress and improve your memory and concentration.
lower our blood pressure
make our body stronger
make it harder to...
keeps our brain young
can help you deal with...
make you feel good
feel more confident in...
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Let’s learn
Jack is a common first name for boys.
“Dull” can mean “not bright”, “not clever” or “not lively and alert”.
It’s a proverb. It means that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring.
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Further thinking
What is your favourite hobby?
How does it help you?
Useful expressions
It can lower stress and improve youe memory and concentration.
This makes it hard for us to fall sick.
It can not only make me feel good about myself, but also ...
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Activity 7 Hobby Talk: share your hobby based on the mind map.
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请阅读教材P81的短文,完成下列任务。
查词典并写出下列单词的意思。
1.lower /ˈləʊə(r)/ v. ____________________
2.concentration /ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn/ n. ____________
3.brain /breɪn/ n. ______
4.negative /ˈneɡətɪv/ adj. ________________
5.participant /pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpənt/ n. ________________
6.involve /ɪnˈvɒlv/ v. __________________
降低;减少;使降下
专注;专心
大脑
负面的;消极的
参与者;参加者
包含;需要;牵涉
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从文章中找出下列短语并写出相应的中文或英文。
1.保持健康 ____________
stay healthy
2.浪费时间 _______________
a waste of time
3.对……有好处 ____________
be good for
4.网上聊天 ___________
chat online
5.闲逛 _________
hang out
6.毕竟 ________
after all
7.blood pressure ______
血压
8.deal with ____________
处理;对付
9.regardless of ______
不管
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根据教材原句仿写句子。
1.【教材原句】This makes it harder for us to fall sick.
这使我们更不容易生病。
【亮点】“make it +形容词(或比较级)+(for sb.)to do sth.”意为
“(对某人来说)使做某事变得……(状态)”,其中it 是形式宾语,真正
的宾语是后面的不定式短语。
【仿写】团队合作让我们的课堂项目完成得更快。
_________________________________________________________
Working in teams makes it quicker to finish our class projects.
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2.【教材原句】Creative hobbies like painting or writing can help you deal
with negative emotions by giving you a way to express how you feel.
富有创意的爱好,比如绘画或写作,能通过给你表达自身感受的途径,帮助
你应对负面情绪。
【亮点】“by +动名词(短语)”是方式状语的结构,意为“通过做某事”。
【仿写】我通过看英文电影学英语。
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I learn English by watching English movies.
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3.【教材原句】Why not choose an outdoor hobby instead?
为什么不选择一个户外爱好来代替呢?
【亮点】“Why not +动词原形+其他?”是提出建议的常用句型,意为“为什
么不……呢?”,相当于“Why don’t you +动词原形+其他?”。
【仿写】为什么不加入音乐俱乐部来结交更多的朋友呢?
_______________________________________________
Why not join the music club to make more friends?
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4.【教材原句】Hanging out with friends reduces loneliness and can be a
good way to build relationships.
和朋友闲逛能减轻孤独感,也是建立人际关系的好方法。
【亮点】a good way to do sth.意为“做某事的好方法”,动词不定式to do
sth.作后置定语,修饰名词way。
【仿写】经常微笑是交朋友的好方法。
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Smiling often is a good way to make friends.
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根据短文信息,完成下面的结构图。(每空一词)
important
healthy
music
emotional
balance
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Must-do 必做
1.Share your opinions on hobbies and tell us the facts about how hobbies have influenced you.
Choose to do 选做
1. Collect more sayings about hobbies.
Homework
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