unit 5 Time off

Class Summary
Tell your body, never stop listening to him! Take up sports.
Assignments
1. Review Memorize the new words and expressions in vocabulary band. 2. Reading Read the text again and find more sentences constructed in irony. 3. Critical Thinking Prepare a presentation on the topic “what influences you in your choice of what you do in your free time?”
Unit 5 Time off
Time off---leisure time
When you hear the word leisure, what can you think of?
Can you tell the class about the strangest, silliest or most impressive leisure activity or hobby you have come across in your lives? I saw someone who was interested in making copies of the world’s most famous buildings out of potato chips. They looked good. It seems strange, but is definitely impressive.
Active Reading: Leisure Inactivities – or How to Relax and Doing Nothing
The art of doing nothing; Learn how to become a couch potato;
Teaching Objectives
Skimming Practice
3. What is an art form for couch potato ? Being idle is an art form.
4. What should be avoided when watching TV? Watching TV without a remote control.
evolutionary (adj.) 进化的
练习
达尔文认为人类是由猿进化而来的。 Darwin believed that we evolved from apes .
翻译
Pre-reading Activity
commitment
释义 n. state of being dedicated or devoted to something致 力于，献身于
1. to familiarize yourselves with the exact techniques employed in reading practice; 2. to get aware of the writing tone of the text; 3. to form a general understanding of what the author mainly meant to convey in the text.
Teaching Schedule
Warming up Pre-reading Activity Skimming Practice
Text Structure Analysis Text Summary
Warming up
Question: What do you usually use computer for?
Skimming Practice
5. What is a highly fashionable style known as muffin top ? Wearing a telly belly proudly over the top of trousers.
6. What is the new version of the couch potato in the 21st century ?
Skimming Practice
Answer the following questions. 1. What did British people do to relax themselves in the 19th century ? They played football and cricket, and also took up birdwatching and gardening or even watch a sport. 2. What is the most popular inactivity in the 1990s ? Lying on the sofa watching sport or DVDs on the television.
翻译
Pre-reading Activity
evolve
释义 vi. when a type of animal or plant evolves, its physical form changes over a long period of time (生物) 进化 ；演变
evolution (n.) 进化
Thank You!
Text Structure Analysis
Part One: (Paras. 1-2) Leisure inactivities began in 19th century. Part Two: (Paras. 3-10) Couch potatoes have their own features. Part Three: (Paras. 11-12) Mouse potatoes have their own features. Part Four: (Para. 13) The author gives his own views on leisure inacitivities.
Text Summary
Group Work Discuss with your group members and try to generate a summary of the text n below.
irony 19th century 20th century telly belly modern leisure inactivity more gentle activities 21st century lack of social skills
How can we conduct skimming practice? Step 1: Key words Key words are those special terms, numerals, comparative degree, superlative degree, topic words, quotations, etc. Step 2: Retrieval Spot the key words in the text and find out the sentence. Step 3: Checking Check whether the meaning conveyed by the sentence is the answer to the target question.
Skimming Practice
What is the writing tone of the author? Irony. Examples: 1. Every activity is too much trouble, and being idle is an art form. 2. Watching TV without a remote control becomes dangerously like physical exercise, and probably should be avoided. 3. Remember that you also have the attention span of a potato.
Text Structure Analysis
1. What did British People do to relax themselves in the 19th century? 2. What is the most popular inactivity in 1990s. 3. What is an art form for couch potato? 4. What should be avoided when watching TV? 5. What is a highly fashionable style known as muffin top? 6. What is the new version of the couch potato in the 21st century? 7. According to the author, what may mouse miles be exchanged for? 8. What is the author’s suggestion at the end of the text?
Mouse potato.
Skimming Practice
7. What may ill-formed and badly spelt opinions bring?
They may cause offence or insulting one’s intelligence.
8. What is the author’s suggestion at the end of the text ? Become a couch potato and earn that telly belly; and become a mouse potato and earn mouse miles.
commit oneself to something 投身于，献身于
committed 尽忠的，坚定的
练习
我们在寻找对此工作真正能尽职尽责的人。 We are looking for someone with a real sense of commitment to the job.
翻译
Skimming Practice
Warming up
Pre-reading Activity
take up
释义 to start doing something as a habit, job, or interest 开 始养成……的习惯；开始从事；开始对……感兴趣
to occupy 占据
练习
我已决定放弃学医，开始学物理。 I've settled that I' ll drop medicine and take up physics.