Unit 3 Health and foodUnit 3 Health and food

Reading A Very vegetarianReading A Very vegetarian

Before-reading: Cartoon talk

What is a veggie?

A person who doesn’t eat meat.

Vegetarian

I’ve turned veggie.

Why don’t you eat meat these days?

Lead-in What is your daily food and drink?

List what you had in the latest 3 days.

Is your diet healthy or not?

What is different foods rich in?

rice, noodles, bread:

meat and fish:

vegetables and fruit:

Do you feel sorry for the animals you eat?

protein

vitaminsminerals

Discuss in groups What does a vegetarian prefer to eat?

mixed grill(including steak, pork, chops etc.)

sausage cheeseburger

saladnut soybean

1. Do you like eating meat more than

vegetables?

2. Do you feel sorry for the animals you eat?3. What do you think of the idea of eating

only vegetables?4. What kinds of problems are there with

meat and vegetables？

What do we call the person who doesn’teat meat or other animal products for moral, religious, or health reasons?

First-reading

The 1st reading: Read carefully and do A3.

Keys:

1 T

2 T (According to the text, in the restaurant)

3 F (a programme on the meat industry.)

4 T (He said, “We should use land to grow food for hungry people instead of animals.)

5 F (Besides, vegetables are dangerous, too.)

6 F (I’ll never lose my appetite for meat.)

The 2nd reading Read the text and finish A4.

I can give three reasons for becoming a vegetarian:

First, I feel sorry for the animals. They (1) ________________________________________________________________________________.

Second, the animals have to (2) ________________________________________________________________________________.

Third, we should (3) ________________________________________________________________________________.

In short, eating meat is cruel, dangerous and wasteful.

Please offer your opinions about vegetarian diets.

spend their lives living in tiny spaces and then they are killed.

be given drugs to stay healthy. These drugs may remain in the meat and can be very dangerous

use land to grow food for hungry people instead of animals.

Third-reading : Read and fill in the blanks.

Simon became a vegetarian because he _____ ______ ____ a TV programme. He ate salad ____ ____ mixed grill. He __ __ ____ the animals he eats. _______(What’s more), he thinks people use drugs to keep the animals healthy and the drugs will r_____ in the meat. That is very dangerous.But Debbie will never ___ __ ____ ____ meat. So they have to ______ _____ ___ at last.

was influenced byinstead of feels sorry for

Besides

emain

lose her appetite forchange the topic

Students can act out the conversation made byDebbie and Simon.

Post-reading: Let’s have a debate:

We should be vegetarians VSWe shouldn’t be vegetarians

1 More practice C1

2 More practice C2

3 List more reasons of being /not being a vegetarian.

4 Begin to debate between groups.

vegetarianmixed grillsausagebe influenced bydrugremainlose appetite forvitaminmineralbesidesburgercancer

素食主义者混合烤扒香肠被影响药保持 ; 剩余失去……的胃口维他命矿物除此以外汉堡包癌症

1.How does that sound to you?

2.I saw a programme on TV.

3.The animals you eat spend

their lives living in tiny spaces.

4.You ought to eat some salad

instead.

5. I’ll lose my appetite for meat.

You don’t realize what you are

eating (宾语从句 ).

Language points

A v_________ lives on fruit and vegetables.

This d______ should only be taken under the supervision of a doctor..

Your teaspoon should r_______ on the plate, not in the cup.

The quality is good. B___________, the price is reasonable.

A b_________ diet provides nutrition for your body.

egetarian

rug

emain

esides

alanced

同步练习

You’re always influenced by TV programmes.

A. moved B. disturbed C. affected

I’ll never lose my appetite for meat.

A. desire B. dislike C. habit

Besides, vegetables are dangerous.

A. Except B. Beside C. What’s more

Choose the best meaning for the underlined words.

1. 看到动物被杀死，许多人一定会失去吃肉的胃口。Seeing the animals killed, many people will _____

________ _____ meat.2. 当我遇到困难时，我总是不知道如何保持冷静。 I don’t know ______ ________ ________ calm when I

am in trouble.3. 均衡的饮食是身体健康的关键。 A _________ _________ is the key to our health.4. 为了保持健康，妈妈经常劝爸爸戒烟。In order to stay healthy, my mother often _______ my

father ____ ______ _____ smoking.5. 别人怎样想对我们多半会产生很大影响。

We may probably____ __________ ____ other's mind.6. 我想要你代替我去参加那个会议。I want you to go to the meeting i________ _______ me.

loseappetite for

how to remain

balanced diet

suggestsshould give up

be influenced by

Instead of