Unit 2　Healthy eating(Period 4　Using language: Listening and speaking)

i have a pain in my chest/shoulder/back/. . .
it hurts when i touch it.
i’ll follow your advice.
2. suppose the situation: in pairs imagine that one of you are worried about being too fat or too thin and have gone to consult the doctor. the other student will be the doctor, who gives advice on how to change his/her diet.
3. give several minutes for students to prepare their dialogue in pairs.
4. ask as many pairs as possible to present their dialogue to the class.
sample dialogue:
(doctor—d; patient—p)
d: now what’s the matter today?
p: i think i am too fat and i would like to be thinner. what should i do, doctor?
d: i think you ought to  eat well and exercise more. you need to do some running every morning before breakfast. then you will be sure to lose weight.
p: thank you, doctor. but what should i eat?
d: every day you should eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. you mustn’t forget to eat some meat and fish and only a little sugar and fat.
p: what about cola and ice-cream?
d: no, they contain a lot of fat, so try and do without them. come back in a week and i hope i shall see you a little thinner!
p: thank you, doctor. i will!
→step 6 listening task on page 51
1. talk with students about mcdonald’s.
2. turn to page 51. ask them to read the directions, think about whether they would like to have such a restaurant or not and give their real opinions and reasons to support their ideas.
i would/would not like to have such a restaurant in our town because
___________________________________.
3. have them share their ideas with the whole class. students give their own answers to the questions whether they would/would not like to have such a restaurant in their town. different opinions are encouraged.
4. tell students: now listen to the tape and see what two other people in your hometown think of this plan. let them go through the chart and make sure they know what to do.
name for or against reasons
tina  
li qian  
5. play the tape for them to listen to and get their answers.
6. two or three minutes for them to discuss and share their answers.
7. play the tape again for them to check and have the correct answers.
8. show them the listening text and let them read it.
listening text: (omitted)
9. let them design a poster to encourage people to come to a meeting to discuss this new restaurant. give two reasons why it should be built and two reasons why it should not. remind them to pay attention to the following:
1)to make a big main heading for the poster;