Unit 1 Lifestyles Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?.

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1 Unit 1 Lifestyles Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?

2 sports programmes

3 the news

4 TV series

5 cartoons

6 game shows

7 films

8 talk shows

9 music programmes

10 What are your favorite kinds of TV programme?
sports programmes, the news, TV series, cartoons, game shows, films, talk shows, music programmes

11 Do you ever watch too much TV?
How much time do you spend watching TV every day? How do you feel after watching TV a long time?

12 What kind of lifestyles do you think the men in the pictures have?
boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful

13 Listening Listen to the two texts and:
1. Find out the TV programmes that Brian usually watches. the children’s programmes, news, old movies, TV series, sports, play

14 2. Find out the kinds of work Bob does every day.
meetings and phone calls, urgent matters, do his own paperwork and answer some personal s, look at documents at home, be ready for the next day’s work

15 F T F T Read the text carefully and do the T or F exercise.
Brian is not satisfied with the kind of lifestyle. 2. Brian’s wife goes out to work and supports the family. 3. Bob is poor so he has to work day and night. 4. Bob almost has no time to spend with his family. F T F T

16 5. It seems that Bob prefers doing a lot of things all day to doing nothing.
6. Bob’s wife often quarreled with Bob for him doing nothing. 7. Brian has more than one TV set. 8. Brian’s wife often complains that the money Brian makes is not enough. T F T F

17 Read the two texts and finish the form.
Time Brian Bob Morning Lunch time Afternoon Evening Late at night feelings Watch the children’s programmes and old movies in bed Wake up 5 minutes before…15minutes to… very busy Watch the news Even busier meetings appointments…urgent matters Watch another old film…walk dog Watch soap operas or sport and the main news, a good play on BBC2 … Paperwork … s Look at some documents until… Watch more films until two o’clock Make more money…busy and challenged Not much money but happy

18 Post-reading Answer these questions according to the text. 1. Is Brian a lazy person? Can you find two examples of his lazy behavior? 2. What do you think “You’ve got the world at your feet” means?

19 3. How does Bob spend his morning and evening?
4. Why does Bob’s family complain? 5. Why does Bob work so hard?

20 1. Is Brian a lazy person? Can you
find two examples of his lazy behavior? Yes, Brian is lazy. For example, he watches the children’s programs until about half-past ten. Then gets up. He doesn’t work but his wife works and she makes his meals.

21 2. What do you think “You’ve got the world at your feet” means?
It is used in a humorous way. It means this person feels he has a successful life because he can watch anything he likes on TV.

22 3. How does Bob spend his morning
and evening? Bob’s morning is very busy with very little time to get dressed and have breakfast and he has all kinds of urgent matters. His evening is not easy, either. He has documents to read and never gets to sleep until mid-night.

23 4. Why does Bob’s family complain?
Because he seldom has time for fun and other activities with his family.

24 5. Why does Bob work so hard?
He wants to make more money. Besides, he gets bored if there is nothing to do. He likes being busy.

25 What does a couch potato refer to?
A couch potato is someone who watches lots (some would say too much!) of television. “沙发马铃薯”。它不是马铃薯的变种, 而是现代社会里的产物, 指终日懒散在家的人。

26 A person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things.
workaholic. He is a 醉心于 工作的人 工作迷 工作狂

27 Discussion Which lifestyle do you prefer? Which one is healthier?
What can Bob or Brian do to improve their lifestyles?

28 go cycling play football read go to gym go jogging

29 go swimming go dancing go for a walk

30 Homework 1.Read the article after class 2. Do the exercise 7, 8 and 9

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32 Language points 1. Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room. switch on = turn on接通, 打开(电器) e.g. First you should switch the machine on. 首先你要接通机器电源。 switch off = turn off 切断(电流等) e.g. He switched it off because he didn’t like the television programmes. 他把电视关了, 因为他不喜欢那些电 视节目。

33 switch over 交换位置, 转换 e.g. You drive first and then we can switch over. 你先开车, 然后我们换着开。 2. Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day. take up 占据（时间、空间） e.g. This table takes up too much room. 这个桌子太占地方。

34 e.g. Her time is fully taken up with writing.
她的时间都用来写作了。 take up还可以表示: 开始学习某项课程;向…...提出; 开始做某项工作; 拿起武器; 打断某人等。 e.g. A few years later I dropped medicine and took up physics. 几年以后我放弃了医学, 开始学习物理。

35 e.g. He said he would take up my
difficulties with the headmaster. 他说他要向校长提出我的困难。 When can you take up your duties, Doctor White? 怀特医生, 您什么时候可以开始工作？

36 e.g. She took me up suddenly when I
suggested that the job be only suitable for a man. 我提出那工作只适合男人做, 她突然 不容分说地把我打断了。 He called on the people to take up arms to defend their freedom. 他号召人民拿起武器保卫自由。

37 take 的常用短语 take off 起飞, 脱掉, 成功, 去除, 拿走 take over 接收, 接管, 借用, 承袭 take on 承担, 呈现, 从事, 开始雇用 take out 取出, 去除, 出发, 发泄; 开始 take care 当心, 注意 take care of 照顾, 照料 take place 发生 take part in 参加 take it easy 别紧张, 放松

38 3. Every minute of the day is filled with urgent matters.
fill vt./vi 使充满；注入 e.g. Flowers filled the garden. 花园里开满鲜花。 The doctor filled the bottle with some medicine. 医生往瓶里装入一些药物。 be filled with 充满 e.g. Her eyes are filled with tears. 她眼里满含泪水。

39 be filled with 侧重于动作和装的东西
be full of 侧重于状态 e.g. The basketball is filled with apples by the old man. This balloon is filled with air. The bottle is full of water. This room is full of people.

40 4. When I get home at about ten, I look at some documents that I bring back from the office so that I can be ready for the next day’s work. 时间状语从句 定语从句 目的状语从句

41 5. My family complains about it.
e.g. You’ve already got everything you want. Why are you still complaining? 你已经得到所有你想要的一切，为什 么你还要抱怨？ She never complains, even though she has to do a lot of work. 她从没有抱怨过，即使有很多的工作 要做。

42 complain 常用的结构有: complain to sb. about sth. 对/向某人投诉或抱怨某事 complain of 申诉, 诉说……的痛苦 make a complaint to sb. about sth. = complain to sb. about sth.向某人投诉某事 have / receive a complaint about sth.收到关于某事的投诉 a letter of complaint 投诉信

43 e.g. The couple complained to the police
about the noise from the neighbourhood. 这对夫妻向警察投诉隔壁邻居的噪音。 The students here complain of being short of reading materials. 这里的学生抱怨缺乏阅读资料。

44 e.g. The pupils make a lot of complaints to
the headmaster about the poor light in their classroom. 学生们因为教室光线暗的问题向校长 投诉很多次。 The restaurant received a letter of complaint about their food and service. 这家饭店收到一封投诉信，投诉他们 的饭菜和服务。

45 6. Besides, I get bored if there’s nothing to do.
be /get bored厌倦, 厌烦 e.g. I’m getting bored and homesick. 我感到厌倦了, 有点想家。 I’m bored with the subject anyway. 不管怎么说我对这个题目有点烦。

46 Sentence explanations
1. I always take my portable TV and I sit on the stone wall while the dog walks round in a circle. 点拨：这是一个并列复合句。and 前边是一个简单句；

47 and后边是一个复合句，while the dog walks round in a circle是一个时间状语从句。
句意：我总是随身携带手提电视，坐在石墙上看，小狗则在我身边绕圈。

48 2. I couldn’t live this lifestyle without a good wife.
句意：没有一个好妻子, 我不可能过上这种日子。

49 3. Thirty-six-year-old Bob Black is sitting at his desk and working his way through his paperwork.
点拨： (1) 这是一个简单句。本句的主语是thirty-six-year-old Bob Black；sitting at his desk 和working his way through his paperwork是由and连接的两个并列谓语动词。

50 (2) work one’s way through sth. 意为“自始至终做（尤指耗费时间或力量的事）”。
句意：36岁的鲍勃·布莱克正坐在写字台前忙着他的案头工作。

51 4. I get to bed around midnight when my wife and children are already asleep.

52 when my wife and children are already asleep 是定语从句，修饰先行词midnight。
句意：我一般半夜才上床睡觉。那时妻子和孩子们都早已进入梦乡。

53 Use the following phrasal verbs in the correct form to complete the sentences below.
switch on, switch off, switch over, take up, fill with, complain about, bring back As the mother of four children, my days are _________ coking and cleaning! filled with

54 2. Doing research and writing reports ______ a large part of my day.
3. I don’t enjoy watching TV with my brother as he always ____________ to the programmes that he wants to watch. 4. Please ________ the TV when you go to bed. take up switches over switch off

55 5. ________ the light. It’s really dark in here!
6. I try to do the homework that I __________ from school as soon as I get home. 7. Mona is never happy. Listen, she’s now ________________ her lunch! Switch on bring back complaining about

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57 Match the sentences with the rules
Match the sentences with the rules. Find more examples in the texts for each use. For lunch, I have biscuits and a glass of milk. I like the main news at six o’clock. a) b) The Present Simple tense describes: a) an activity that is repeated regularly. b) a present state, a feeling or opinion.

58 More examples My brother likes playing computer games.
I play football twice a week. They have no money but they are happy. He speaks English very well. Water boils at 100 centigrade.

59 What tense is used in the following sentences? Complete the rule.
Brian Blakey is sitting on his sofa. Brian’s wife is working as a secretary. The Present ___________ describes: a) an activity happening now. b) a present activity that happens regularly but only during a short period of time. Continuous

60 More examples 1. The phone is ringing. Please answer it.
2. Look! Your baby is smiling. 3. Listen! Somebody is singing in the next room. 4. The woman is writing a novel these days.

61 高考链接 Every few years, the coal workers ______ their lungs X-rayed to ensure their health. （2010上海） A. are having B. have C. have had D. had had B

62 Barbara is easy to recognize as she’s
the only one of the women who ________ evening dress. （2010全国Ⅱ） A. wear B. wears C. has worn D. have worn B

63 --I'm not finished with my dinner yet.
--But our friends ______ for us. （2010北京） A. will wait B. wait C. have waited D. are waiting D

64 Planning so far ahead ______ no sense — so many things will have changed by next year. （2011全国I）
A. made B. is making C. makes D. has made C

65 That piece of music sounds quite familiar
That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who _______ the piano upstairs? (2011重庆) A. has played B. played C. plays D. is playing D

66 Look at the pride on Tom’s face
Look at the pride on Tom’s face. He ______ to have been praised by the manager just now. (2011重庆) A. seemed B. seems C. had seemed D. is seeming B

67 Practice Choose the best answers. Reading and writing ______ a large part of her free time, so she doesn’t have enough time to play. A. take up B. had taken up C. took up      D. will take up A

68 2. In the morning when the alarm clock
______, I will immediately get up in order to get to school on time. A. goes off B. went off C. has gone off D. is going off A

69 3. For breakfast, usually, he ______ an  egg and a glass of milk, doesn’t he?
A. had B. is having C. has D. will have C

70 4. —How ______ with your new classmates?
—Quite well. I like them very much. A. are you getting along B. did you get along C. will you get along  D. were you getting along A

71 5. — Do you like the silk dress I sent
you?     — Yes, it ______ very soft. A. is feeling B. feels      C. has felt D. is felt B

72 6. Listen to the two boys behind the
door. What ______? A. did they talk about B. were they talking about C. are they talking about      D. will they talk about C

73 7. Ladies and gentlemen, please turn
off your cell phones. The plane _____. A. takes off B. is taking off C. has taken off D. took off B

74 8. My father told me that time _____      for no man, so I always value
every minute of study time. A. waited B. is waiting C. waits     D. will wait C