高中英語必修7Unit2Fitforlife-Task

1、Unit 2 Fit for life-TaskTask Reporting on short-sightednessSkills building 1: listening for current situationsIn this part, you will learn to listen for a current situation, an explanation of the situation, why it exists, as well as how it can be recognized and the problems solved. You are expected

2、to finish a note sheet with the skills learnt in this part.1. I ' d like to ask you some questions:Do you often watch English news on TV?How much can you understand?What problems do you have in listening to the news about current affairs or situations?Let' s have a discussion about how to im

3、prove your listening ability.2. Read the instructions on page 26. Make sure that you understand how to listen for current situations. You should know that it is important to identify the problem, the explanation, the reasons and the solutions in the report.Step 1: completing notesYou will listen to

4、a TV programme and take notes to report on the current problem of short-sightedness, which is very common among Chinese teenagers today.1. Makea survey of short-sightedness in class. You mayfocus on the following points:number of students who wear glassescomparison of the number to the last year'

5、; s figure reasons for theproblemsolutions to the problem2. Listen to the tape and finish Part A on page 26.TapescriptTV Reporter: Here I amin China, investigating a problem that is commonamong Chinese teenagers today. I am sure that you have noticed an increasing number of eye doctors in the street

6、s. The reason for this is that the number of Chinese teenagers with short sightedness is increasing. According to the result of a national investigation into students ' health, the short sightedness rate for Chinese primary school students is twenty-two point eight percent. Among junior high sch

7、ool students the number increases to fifty-five point two percent, and by the time students get to senior high school, seventy point three percent of them need to wear glasses. Figures in other cities show this increase. Let ' s take Taiyuan in Shanxi Province for example.In two years the number

8、 of junior high school students with short-sightedness in Taiyuan, Sanxi Province increased from sixty-one point three to sixty-four point two percent, and for primary school students, the number increased from twenty-one point five to thirty-two percent. These high figures worry both teachers and d

9、octors. But first, what exactly is short-sightedness? Short-sightedness is caused when the eye is unable to focus on distant objects. This results in an unclearimage. Short-sightedness can usually be corrected with glasses or contact lenses, or, in some cases, with laser eye surgery.Contact lenses,

10、which rest on the eye, and laser eye surgery, which changes the eye itself, both involve directly touching the eye. Therefore, it is recommended to wait until adulthood to get contact lenses or to have laser eye surgery because by then the eyes are less likely to change. The question is, why do so m

11、any children in China suffer from this problem? It is a question that I asked Dr Li, an expert on the problem. He said that many schools encouraged students to do a lot of reading as homework, but this is not actually the problem. The problem is that many students read in bed, and very often their r

12、ooms are not well-lit. He said there is growing concern, among teachers and doctors, at the number of children whoare becoming short-sighted. Teachers and doctors think that parents and students need more information on the problem so that they understand how their eyes can be protected. The problem

13、s is that if the short-sightedness is not discovered and dealt with, then the children ' s education can suffer because students usually fall behind with their school work when they can ' t see things clearly. Besides, being short-sighted also means student are less likely to take part in sp

14、orts and so their health is affected in someways. Nowlet ' s talk to another expert on the situation.AnswersA (1) short-sightedness (2) increasing (3)22.8 (4)55.2 (5)70.3 (6) 21.5(7) 32(8) 61.3(9) 64.2(10) distant (11) image(12) reading(13) bed (14) rooms (15) information (16) protected3. Readth

15、e instructions of Part B on page 27. You will be divided into groups of four and finish the notes by putting the measures under the correct school.You may have a competition.4. Read the instructions in Part B and finish the chart on page 27. You maywork in pairs.AnswersBNo. 1 Secondary SchoolNo. 9 S

16、econdary Schoolf d a h j5. Listen to the radio announcement in Part C and fill in the missing information in the table.TapescriptAnnouncer: No. 9 Secondary School was recently awarded a prize from the local health authority for the ways in which it is helping to protect students ' eyesight. Teac

17、hers have been trained and are looking out for students with eyesight problems. The school has advised students to do eye exercises both at school and at home. He has also introduced adjustable chairs in the library to improve the way that students sit while reading. Less shiny paper has replaced th

18、e type of paper the school has been using so that students' eyes won ' t get tired too easily. Besides these changes, theschool has also published a bookletto help parents see how theytoo can help protect their children' s eyesight. This includesadvice that televisions should be at least

19、 two meters away fromwhere their children are sitting, and that the light in theroomshould be on and the TV set should be at or below eye level so that children do not have to look upwards. The booklet also lists signs that suggest a child may have a problem with their eyes.They include rubbing eyes

20、, frequent headaches and falling behind with school work. Well done, No. 9 Secondary School!AnswersCNo. 1 Secondary SchoolNo. 9 Secondary Schooli e b jSkills building 2: interviewing someoneThis part aims to help you conduct an interview. You will learn how to structure and organize your interview a

21、nd questions.1. Go over the instructions on top of page 28. Make sure you understand what each point is about. Makesentences after examples provided. You maydiscuss and suggest more ways to give self-introduction and to start to ask thequestions.2. Listen to an interview and pay attention to the lan

22、guage the interviewerand interviewee use. You will notice there are some sentences that have notbeen covered in this part. Write these sentences on the margin of your bookand then use them in your own interview.Step 2: interviewing a doctorThis part is designed to train your speaking skill. By inter

23、viewing a doctor, you will apply what you have learnt in Skills building 2 to find out more ways to protect eyesight.1. Discuss solutions to protecting eyesight in groups. List as manysolutions as possible.For referenceDo eye exercises twice every day.Do not read in bed or without good lighting.Take

24、 some eyesight supplements such as Vitamins A, C and E.Examine your eyesight regularly.Haveyour eyes relaxed once an hour when working on computers or watching TV.Focus your eyes on green trees or grass often for a rest.2. Go through the sentences structures in the left box and the solutions in the

25、right box on page 28. You should understand each suggestion. Then work in pairs. Oneacts as the doctor and the other as the reporter. Whenyou finish the interview, you should change roles.Possible exampleReporter: Good morning, Dr Zhang. Mynameis Nancy. First, I ' d like to thank you for agreein

26、g to this interview.Doctor: Good morning, Nancy. I amvery glad to be here. What would you like to know about?Reporter: According to our recent survey, we found that more students nowwear glasses. I amdoing this interview to find out someinformation about protecting eyesight.Doctor: Yes. It is a big

27、problem amongstudents nowadays. Wecan not ignorethe fact that the number of Chinese teenagers with short-sightedness is increasing rapidly.Reporter: What can we do to solve the problem?Doctor: I would recommend that students ' eyes be tested every year. This is because we need to identify any pr

28、oblems as early as possible.Reporter: What else would you recommend?Doctor: Apart from this. I suggest that students tell their parents aboutany problems they are having with seeing words on the blackboardor in other places. Parents should make sure that children are not rubbing their eyes, squintin

29、g, frowning or sitting too close to the television.Reporter: Could you tell mesomespecific things that parents can do at home? Doctor: I strongly recommendthat parents make sure that their children do not read in bed. It can do great harm to their eyes. Besides these, make sure that there is enough

30、light when children are reading.Reporter; Thank you for your good suggestions. Goodbye.Doctor: Goodbye.Skills building 3: writing a radio scriptIn this part, you will read about how to write a radio script and how to organize information for a report properly.1. Read the instructions at the top of p

31、age 29. Try to understand what should be included in script.2. Read the points one by one and make a sentence for each point. In thisway, you will know how to write a radio script. For example:who you areThis is (your own name), who will talk about what our school has decided to do in order to prote

32、ct our eyesight the subjectWhat I m going to talk about in this programme is about what should be done at home to protect our eyesight.the openingHi, everyone. It is the news time now.explanation of what the topic isThe topic today is what we can do to protect our eyesight.background information, in

33、cluding the current situationWe can find that more and more teenagers are wearing or need to wear glasses so that they can see clearly. In our school, the number of students who are short-sighted is also increasing.reference to other sourcesThe reporters of our school radio station have interviewed

34、a famous eye doctor in No. 1 People s Hospital. The doctor has given some advice on how to protect our eyesight. They also have talked with the headmaster of our school to ask what the school will do to solve the problem.RecommendationsThe doctor suggests that we should The headmaster says that our

35、school will closingThank you for listening to my report.Step 3: writing a report for the school radio stationIn this part, you are required to write a radio script for a programme onshort-sightedness for the school radio station. The script is based on the information you have collected in Steps 1 a

36、nd 2. You are expected to practice the skills you have learnt in the previous Skills building parts.1. Read the instructions in Step 3. So you can learn that you are going to write a report about short-sightedness with the information you gathered in Steps 1 and 2. Review the results you have collected and the