Unit 7 Health

Aims

• Understand people talking about health

• Master common expressions about health

• Expose Ss to different kinds of listening material

Contents

• Lead-in: Comics & Jazz chant

• Vocabulary preview

• Listening: I Dialogues, passages

• Flash movie: check up

• Song for this week: blue eyes blue

• Listening: II

• Video activity: Feeling Bad

• Speaking: picture story

• Sum-up & homework assignment

• 10 min

• 5 min

• 30 min

• 10 min

• 10 min

• 25 min

• 20 min

• 20 min

• 5 min

Bird flu comic

Vocabulary• Thesis• Sore• Obviously• Prescription• Chemist’s• Bruise• Limb• Compress• Ease• Apply• Identify • I have a headache

Jazz chantI have a headache

• Head, head, I have a headache. I have a headache, And my eyes hurt! • Stomach, stomach, I have a stomach ache. I have a stomach ache, And I have the flu! • Ear, ear, I have an earache. I have an earache, And I have a fever! • Tooth, tooth, I have a toothache. I have a toothache, And a sore throat!

• Back, back, I have a backache. I have a backache, And my knee hurts! • I have a headache, I have an

earache, A toothache, a backache, And a sore throat. • My eyes hurt, my knee hurts, I

have a stomach ache. I have a fever, And I have the flu! Oh, dear. Next, please!

Listening

• Referred to the textbook

• First listening: multiple choices

• Second listening: spot dictation

• Third listening: comprehension questions

• Explain difficult points

Check up

• What’s checkup?

• What do you do in a checkup?

• Watch, listen & repeat

Blue Eyes BlueI thought that you'd be loving me I thought you were the one who'd stay forever But now forever has _________and gone And I'm still here alone 'Cause you were only playing You were only playing with my _______I was never waiting I was never ________for the tears to start

It was you who put the _____above me It was you who made the _____fall down It was you who broke my heart in pieces It was, it was you who made my blue

_______blue

I never should've trusted

I thought that I'd be all you need In your eyes I thought I saw my ____And now my heaven's gone away And I'm out in the _________'Cause you had me believing You had me ________in a life Guess I couldn't see it Guess I couldn't see it 'til I saw "Good-bye"

It was you who put the _____above me It was you who made the _____fall down It was you who broke my heart in pieces It was, it was you who made my blue ______

_blue

I never should've trusted

cold eyes come heart waiting clouds believing heaven tears

Blue Eyes BlueEric Clapton

I thought that you'd be loving me I thought you were the one who'd stay forever But now forever has come and gone And I'm still here alone 'Cause you were only playing You were only playing with my heart I was never waiting I was never waiting for the tears to start

It was you who put the clouds above me It was you who made the tears fall down It was you who broke my heart in pieces It was, it was you who made my blue eyes

blue

I never should've trusted

I thought that I'd be all you need In your eyes I thought I saw my heaven And now my heaven's gone away And I'm out in the cold 'Cause you had me believing You had me believing in a life Guess I couldn't see it Guess I couldn't see it 'til I saw "Good-bye"

It was you who put the clouds above me It was you who made the tears fall down It was you who broke my heart in pieces It was, it was you who made my blue eyes bl

ue

I never should've trusted

Video activity

• Vocabulary match

• Comprehension questions

• Fill in the blanks

• Listen & repeat

Video: Feeling badSteve receives various home remedies for his cold from his coworkers.

Sandy: How are those papers coming for this afternoon, Steve?Steve: Nearly finished.Sandy: Do you still have that cold?Steve: Yeah, it's still pretty bad, Sandy.Sandy: Listen, I've got just the thing for you. Just a second. . . .

Here.Steve: What's that?Sandy: It's something I picked up at the health-food store. You

just mix it with hot water and drink it.Steve: But what is it?Sandy: I'm not really sure. I think it has ginseng in it

or something like that. Try it.Steve: Are you sure it works?Sandy: Of course it does.Steve: Well, thanks, Sandy. That's really nice. Maybe later.Sanyo. . . . Oh, but don't drive after you take it.Steve: Why not?Sandy: It makes you sleepy.Steve: Sleepy?Sandy: Yeah, it's pretty strong medicine.-------Jim: Hey, Steve. Still feeling bad?Steve: Yes, it's this terrible cold.Jim: No problem. I have something for you.Steve: You do? Great.Jim: Yeah, it's here in my briefcase. My mom makes it

for me when I have a cold.Steve: Really?Jim: Here it is. Try it.Steve: Umm, thanks, Jim. . . . Uh, what is it?Jim: It's garlic juice. Actually, it's garlic, onions, and

carrots.Steve: Great.Jim: Drink a cup of this every two hours. It's really

great for a cold.Steve: I'm sure. Gee, thanks, Jim.Jim: Not at all. . . . Hope you feel better.Steve: Thanks.-------Rebecca: Well, Steve. How are you feeling now?Steve: Oh, about the same, Rebecca.Rebecca: Oh. . . . Listen, don't take any of this stuff.

I have the best cure of all.Steve: You do?Rebecca: That's right. I'm taking you out to lunch to a

place where they make the best chicken soup in the world.

Steve: What a good idea.Rebecca: It is. So, come on, let's go.Steve: You know, that's the best advice I've had all day,

Rebecca. Just give me a minute to clean my desk. I'll meet you downstairs, OK?

Rebecca: OK. See you in a minute.

SpeakingPicture story

• Tell the story according to the pictures

• Give the man some advice

• Make a list of questions in English that he needs next time when he sees the doctor

questions for prompting discussion while eliciting the story:

1. What's the matter with the man? What is his name? What should he do?2. Where is he now? Who is with him? What is the doctor doing? How is t

he man feeling?3. What is the doctor saying? What does the man say? Do you think the m

an understands the doctor? Why not? Why does he say "OK"?4. Now what is the doctor saying? What question does he ask the man? W

hat does the man answer? Is that true?5. Now what does the doctor ask him? What does the man answer?6. Now the man leaves the doctor's office. What is in the picture with him?

What is he thinking? What is the problem with taking the prescriptions?7. Now where is the man? Who is he speaking with? What does she ask hi

m? How is the man feeling now?8. What does the man answer?

Questions to ask the doctor about your medicine

• What is this medicine? • Why am I taking it? • What does this medicine do? • How long do I need to take it? • When will I start feeling better? • What are ok side effects of the medicine? • What are bad side effects of the medicine? • What side effects do I need to call you for? • Is it ok to drink alcohol with this medicine/this condition? • Do I need to come back and have the doctor check my medicine?

(Certain medicines require that the level of the medicine in the blood is regularly monitored.)

• Here are the names and doses of other medicines I'm taking now. Is it ok to take the new medicine with them? (Include over-the-counter medicines, prescriptions, vitamins, and herbs, from the United States and other countries.)