【課件】Unit5閱讀教程第二冊(cè)-課件

1、【課件】Unit5閱讀教程第二冊(cè)_課件【課件】Unit5閱讀教程第二冊(cè)_課件Pre-readingInterpretation of the quotationspre-reading discussionsExpressions that are likely to be used to talk about healthPre-readingInterpretation of tInterpretation of the quotations1. The measurement of the elements relating to our body involves paying clo

2、se attention to our body and keeping it in a healthy state by eating the right kind of food, getting enough rest and relaxation, and exercising regularly.2. When people are still young, they earn money at the expense of their health When they get old, they spend money in order to restore their healt

3、h.3. Remember that worrying beyond a reasonable limit can affect your health adversely. Those who do not know how to control worry die at an early age.Interpretation of the quotatioExpressions that are likely to be used to talk about healthContribute to death/illnessDo/cause much/great harm to ones

4、health(not) in the best of health, in good/poor healthBe affiliated with anxiety/illnessBe troubled by/with illnessAt the cost/expense of health lifeTo the detriment of ones health/life (resulting in harm or damage to health/life)Expressions that are likely toIncrease/extend/lengthen/shorten the exp

5、ectation of life/the span of lifeExercise is good for your health.He is unable to travel far because of his state of health.The campus of the 1980s is a tenser, more competitive place than ever before, and that can take its toll on student health (have bad effect on student health)Pollution does mor

6、e than degrade the quality of life; it dramatically cripples and shortens the lives of human beings.Increase/extend/lengthen/shortCollocations that are possible to go with the target word “health”:Excellent/full/good/perfect healthBad/declining/delicate/failing/fragile/frail/ill/poor healthEnvironme

7、ntal/occupational health (Occupational health is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of people in their workplace or in relation to their job.)Enjoy/have/look after/maintain/improve/promote/recover healthregain/damage/harm/ruin/undermine/risk healthShe was nursed back to healthHis heal

8、th began to fail/deteriorate/worsen under the heavy pressures of the job.Collocations that are possibleExpressions that may be used to talk about health problems and solutions to the problems:Problems and possible causes:MalnutritionOverweightAging and diseasesMental disordersProblems related to alc

9、ohol or tobacco availabilityExpressions that may be used tSolutions:Dont smoke cigarettes.Drink alcohol only in moderation.Maintain normal weight.Eat a balanced diet.Identify your personal fitness needs and select activities for your personal fitness program.Sleep seven to eight hours each night.Exe

10、rcise at least moderately.Work, study, or pursue personal activities productively and with enjoyment.Understand your emotions and know how to cope with everyday problems and stress.Form food habits for lifelong physical health.Solutions:Reading 1The health-enhancing qualities of Tai Chi are founded

11、in the lore of religious Taoism. Over a period spanning almost two millennia, various sects of Taoism have developed and perfected health exercises as part of their religious cultivation. In Taoism, cultivation of the body was often viewed as an essential part of the religious development of the ind

12、ividual. The Taoist sage, Zhang Sanfeng (A.D. 1127 A. D. 1279), is generally credited with creating the set of movements referred to as Tai Chi or Tai Chi Chuan.Reading 1The health-enhancing Health benefit of Tai Chi recognized by the westBefore tai chis introduction to Western students, the health

13、benefits of tai chi chuan were largely explained through the lens of traditional Chinese medicine, which is based on a view of the body and healing mechanisms not always studied or supported by modern science. Today, tai chi is in the process of being subjected to rigorous scientific studies in the

14、West. Now that the majority of health studies have displayed a tangible benefit in some areas to the practice of tai chi, health professionals have called for more in-depth studies to determine mitigating factors such as the most beneficial style, suggested duration of practice to show the best resu

15、lts, and whether tai chi is as effective as other forms of exercise.Health benefit of Tai Chi recoIn September 2009 the National Institutes of Health will hold its first ever Mind-Body Week, and among the invited keynote speakers is Roger Jahnke (co-founder of the National Qigong Association), and B

16、ill Douglas (Founder of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day), who will speak on the usefulness of tai chi and qigong as part of modern healthcare, and how it may save society huge sums of money in future health costs by spreading the use of tai chi and qigong in modern society at all levels.In September 2009

17、 the NationalMovements 預(yù)備式 preparation起勢(shì) opening攬雀尾 grasp the sparrows tail倒攆猴 step back and repulse the monkey單邊掌 single whip (palm)進(jìn)步搬攔捶 step forward, parry block and punch白鶴亮翅 white crane spreads its wings轉(zhuǎn)身左蹬腳 turn body and left sole kick右野馬分鬃 parting wild horses mane, right抽身下勢(shì) pull out and des

18、cend金雞獨(dú)立 golden rooster stands on one leg高探馬 high pat on horse十字手 cross hands左/右云手 left/right cloud hands收勢(shì) （合太極）gather energy (joint Taiji)Movements 預(yù)備式 preparationUnderstandingdo you have to be fit to start doing Tai Chi? Explain. Who can benefit most from Tai Chi? In the light of this article, wh

19、at are the distinctive features of Tai Chi as a health enhancing exercise? Understandingdo you have to beStructureThe main feature of Tai Chi (para.1) Tai Chi offers the greatest benefit to the elderly (para.2) No matter you choose how-to books or classes, you should not overdo it. (para.3) Tai Chi

20、takes effect slowly but it helps you be more active and reduce stress (para.4&5) the best thing about Tai Chi (para.6)StructureThe main feature of TLanguage ExplanationPara. 1Folks: people from a particular country or region, or who have a particular way of lifeCross: a mixture of two different thin

21、gs, breeds of animal, etc. e.g. The play was a cross between a farce and a tragedy. 這出戲把鬧劇和悲劇交織為一體。 Language ExplanationPara. 1Para. 2Practitioner: a person who regularly does a particular activity, especially one that requires skill“In many ways, researchers are just catching up to what tens of mil

22、lions of people in China and Chinatowns around the rest of the world already know about Tai Chi.”In many ways: from different perspectivesCatch up to sth.: reach the same standard, stage, or level of sth.Whole: While many people in China and Chinatowns in other parts of the world have already known

23、a lot about Tai Chi, the western researchers are just coming up from behind to reach the level of knowledge about Tai Chi from different perspectives.Para. 2Para. 3How-to books: books that teaches how to do Tai ChiHow-to: n. A how-to or a how to is an informal, often short, description of how to acc

24、omplish some specific task.“Either way, the goal is to move at your own pace.”You can learn Tai Chi by following an instruction book or attending a Tai Chi class. Either way the aim is to practice it in accordance with your physical health.“Pain is no gain.”(guess from “move at you own pace” which m

25、eans dont move too fast.)Tai Chi is a mixture of relaxation and safety. If pain is experienced, it means you are overdoing it and getting nothing.Para. 3Para. 4Kick in: to begin to take effecte.g. Reforms will kick in later this year. 改革將于今年下半年開始見效。Family practice: medical practice that provides hea

26、lth care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unitPara. 5End-all: the ultimate goale.g. Human beings are not the end-all of evolution.Para. 4Reading 21. How did the authors the legs go numb2. Whatre the changes that occur to the authors body since the incident on the tennis

27、court? 3. How did the doctor find what wrong is with the authors legs? Whats the cause of the leg disease? 4. Why didnt the author receive a operation? 5. Why can walk cure the artery problem? 6. How did the author restart to walk when he felt hard to persist? 7. What kind of lifestyle did the autho

28、r transform into in Florida? Reading 21. How did the authorHow to deal with technical terms Infer the meaning from the context. e.g. para.5 “ no sign of spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spine that compresses the nerves and can affect the legs.”Para.6 “Indeed, atherosclerosis, or hardening of the

29、arteries”Para.9 “making new arteries called collaterals”Theres no need to figure out the exact meaningCT scan and MRI test (you only need to know that they are the measures to test the problems in the authors legs)How to deal with technical terLanguage ExplanationPara.2One quart = 0.946 litersGatora

30、de: Gatorade is a brand of flavored non-carbonated sports drinks manufactured by the Quaker Oats Company, now a division of PepsiCo.“My tennis days were over, I feared, as simply as that.”Im afraid that I can not play tennis any more simply because of the pain in legs.Language ExplanationPara.2Para.

31、3“I thought I was immune to the gradual physical decline that age seems to inflict on others.”Immune: that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illnessExtended meaning: not affected by sthe.g. Youll eventually become immune to criticism. 你終究會(huì)變得不在乎批評(píng)了。Physical decline: weakening of

32、the bodyInflict: to make sb/sth suffer sth unpleasante.g. They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm. 他們調(diào)查了暴風(fēng)雨造成的損失。Whole: I thought I could not be affected by the gradual weakening of the body that other people seemed to be afflicted with when getting old.Para.3Para.6Be prone to: likely to suf

33、fer from sth or to do sth bad 易于遭受；有做（壞事）的傾向e.g. prone to infection/injury 容易受感染受傷 e.g.連續(xù)工作不停歇使人更容易出錯(cuò)Working without a break makes you more prone to error. 。 e.g.據(jù)調(diào)查，疲勞駕車時(shí)特別容易忽視警示標(biāo)志。 Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs. Para.6Para.7Set in: of rain, bad weather,

34、infection, etc to begin and seem likely to continue 到來；開始e.g. The rain seemed to have set in for the day. 這雨好像要下一天了。Para.8“I want people like you to work me out of my job.”I hope doctors like me will be out of work because old people like you are healthy.Para.7Para.10even/much/still less: and certai

35、nly not 更不用說；更何況e.g. 連個(gè)解釋都不給，就更不用說道歉了。 No explanation was offered, still less an apology. Para.13An even mile: emphasize the distance is as long as a mile “Now as I set out to walk my mile in struggling, two block increments, it took an hour.”Now as I began to walk the distance painstakingly, walkin

36、g only two street blocks took me an hour.Para.10Para.14“seven months after I was first stricken （by the disease）”Para.15A parade of: a series of things/peoplee.g. Each generation passes through a similar parade of events. Para.14Para.16Red meat: meat that is dark brown in colour when it has been coo

37、ked, such as beef and lamb White meat: meat that is pale in colour when it has been cooked, such as chicken, fish and shrimp Para.18“I can give younger players a run for their money.”Give sb. a run for the money: to compete with sb.Para.19Healing powders: 藥粉Para.16Reading 3Why is crying rarely encou

38、raged by society? Why can we assume that crying has some functions? Why is tear a good material for research? What are the differences between men and women on the issue of crying? Researchers at both Tulane University and Columbia University are doing studies on tears. What are the different goals

39、of their research? Reading 3Why is crying rarely StructurePara.1-2 Crying is not encouraged by society, but the results of the recent studies contradict the bias.Para.3-6 The chemical composition of emotional tears decides their relieving effects.Para.7-13 The usefulness of tears to diagnose ills an

40、d cleanse the eyes.Para.14-17 Tears relieve stress.Para.18 people should change the attitude toward crying.StructurePara.1-2 Crying is noLanguage ExplanationPara.1 “Crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society.”Crying is rarely encouraged by society.“Tears, be they of, typically make Americans

41、 feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.”Be they of : no matter they are of “well have lost his bid”Well: thoroughly and completelyLanguage ExplanationPara.1 Weep-wept-wept: burst into tears突然哭shed tears落淚sob: 抽泣to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths / to say sth while you are cryinge.g. He sobbed

42、 out his troubles. 他哭著述說了自己的煩惱。Howling嚎哭Whine: to complain in an annoying, crying voice 哭哭啼啼；哭嚷 Whimper: to make low, weak crying noises; to speak in this way 抽泣；嗚咽；啜泣；泣訴；抽搭著說e.g. Dont leave me alone, he whimpered.Weep-wept-wept: Para.2“both those responses”: the behaviors of shedder and observerPar

43、a.3“Since evolution has given rise to few if any purposeless physiological responses”Since if therere any purposeless physiological responses, theres almost no evolution happeningPara.2Para.4“the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help” (consider from the previous content and that behind)T

44、hough tears have the function to elicit help from others, it is not the typical function of it, because those without tears can gain more attention than tears.Para.8Parallelism: “they can use tears to to to”Please calculate how many usages can tears offer. Para.10A film of tears: a thin layer of tea

45、rs, A film of dustPara.4Para.11Please find several words which refer to the same thingCanal-duct-gutter (a channel at the edge of a road where water collects and is carried away to drains)Tears-downpour“Tears shed down the face represent an overflow of the lachrymal ducts, as might happen to gutters

46、 during a downpour.”The lachrymal ducts are not large enough to contain the liquid, so tears go down. During the cry, the ducts play the roles of gutters.Para.11【課件】Unit5閱讀教程第二冊(cè)_課件Para.17Account for: If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it. e.g

47、. He could not account for his foolish mistake. “the loss of a child to a new spouse”: after the marriage, the child will have his own family and the parents will feel the sense of loss.Para.17Reading 4CancerCancer develops when cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Although ther

48、e are many kinds of cancer, they all start because of out-of-control growth of abnormal cells.Reading 4CancerCancer usually forms as a tumor. Some cancers, like leukemia, do not form tumors. Instead, these cancer cells involve the blood and blood-forming organs, and circulate through other tissues w

49、here they grow. Cancer cells often travel to other parts of the body where they begin to grow and replace normal tissue. Not all tumors are cancerous. Benign (良性的) tumors do not spread to other parts of the body (metastasize轉(zhuǎn)移) and, with very rare exceptions, are not life-threatening.Skin cancer is a disease in which cancer cells are found in the outer layers of your skin. Melanoma黑色素瘤 is a disease of the skin in which cancer (