Unit 1

Warm up and Lesson 1

Warm-up

1. Look at the photos. What kind

of lifestyle do you think the

people have?

I think a shepherd’s life is peaceful and relaxing ---- but maybe it’s boring sometimes.

boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful

Use the Key Words to help you.

Example

positive negative

bore, excite, interest, relax His story never bores me. (vt.) His story is never boring. I am never bored with his stories. The football match excites all the crazy fa

ns. The football match is exciting. All the crazy fans are excited by/about the

football match. To their excitement, the national football t

eam won the match!

What he described interested all of us. (vt) What he described was__________. We were all _________in what he described. ______________, what he described was abou

t the situation in the Middle East. Can you think of other verbs having the same

use pattern(用法 )? surprise, shock, astonish, amaze, amuse, deli

ght, please, disappoint, satisfy, encourage, scare, terrify

interesting

interestedTo our interest

Business manager

busy/exciting

/boring

Shepherd

lazy/free/dangerous

Football player

interesting/exciting

/stressful

Student

interesting/active

/stressful

2. Listen. Say which of the people in

the photos is speaking.

Example 1 a football player

Answers

1. a football player

2. a student

3. a shepherd

4. a business manager

Try to catch the main idea

Tapescript

1. Football player: Being famous isn’t

easy, you know. I travel a lot—I

have matches in different countries.

But my job is exciting, very

exciting! I love the matches, the

people cheering, know what I

mean?

2. Student: My dad says these are the

best days of my life—but I’m not so

sure! You know, I’ve got lots of

work to do and there’s not much

time really. I also play football for

the school team and we have to do

training three nights a week.

3. Shepherd: I love the animals and I

love nature. It’s peaceful, and

there’s no one to tell me what to do.

But it’s not so good when the

weather’s bad!

4. Business manager: I’m very busy, a

nd I don’t have time to see my husb

and and children. Mmmm and my l

ife is very stressful, I suppose. I mea

n, I have to deal with lots of money.

But I find it really exciting.

4. Introduce some more lifestyles

of other jobs.

peasant’s

lifestyle

miner’s

lifestyle

teacher’s

lifestyle

doctor’s lifestyle

pilot’s lifestyle

traffic police’s lifestyle

What kind of lifestyle

do you think the men

in the picture have?

boring, busy,

dangerous, active, easy,

lazy, exciting, free,

interesting, peaceful,

relaxing, stressful

couch potato：the lifestyle is peaceful, lazy, free, relaxing

A couch potato is a person who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television.

mouse potato? A mouse potato is a person who

spends a lot of time using computers.

workaholic is a person who is addicted to work

Despite spending an extra amount of hours and sacrificing (牺牲 )their health and loved ones for their jobs, workaholics are frequently ineffective employees

alcohol 酒精 alcoholic

busy, tiring, boring and stressful

UNIT 1 Lesson 1

A perfect day ?

What are your favorite kinds

of TV program?

sports programmes, the news , TV series, ca

rtoons, game shows, films, talk shows, mu

sic programmes

sports games

TV series

film

newsgame shows

True or false

1. 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.

T

F

F

T

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.

F

F

T

T

Read the two texts again and answer

these questions:

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?

3. How does Bob spend his morning

and evening?

4. Why does Bob’s family complain?

5. Why does Bob work so hard?

Homework

Keep a diary about your weekend.

Words about 100.