Personal Health

Adapted from High Impact(By Rod Ellis & Mark Helgesen, Lingual House)

St. John’s & St. Mary’s Institute of Technology新埔工商專科學校

by Josephine Huang

Unit 2 Personal Health

• Following directions, giving advice

• healthy and unhealthy habit• imperatives

Warm up

What products do people use to stay healthy? What activities do people do? Work with a partner. How many can you list?

Example:

exercise, drinking juice, massage

What do you do for a headache?

What do you do to get more energy?

Unhealthy Behavior

Drinking too much alcohol.Drinking too much alcohol.

Breathing dirty air.Skipping meals.Skipping meals.

Being under stress.

Eating too many snacks.Eating too many snacks.

smoking

Can you name some more?

 Exercising too little.

 Eating too many sweet foods.

 Listening to extremely loud

 music.

Vocabulary

� hallway

� grass� back and forth

� bowel

� take a big bite

� imagine

� yoga

� relax

� let go of

� stress/stressful

� take a deep breath

� breath in/out

Listening for key wordsListen. Check(V) the words and phrases you hear.

� relax� let go� take a deep breath� close your eyes� open the red door� a beautiful garden� tress� grass� river� water� move your hand

� An orange door� a large kitchen� bright and warm� fresh bread� take a deep breath� a bowl of fruit� take a big bite� bright blue� go through the blue

door

Listening for key wordsListen. Check(V) the words and phrases you hear.� Relax � let go � take a deep breath � close your eyes � open the red door � a beautiful garden � tress � grass � river � water � move your hand

� An orange door � a large kitchen � bright and warm � fresh bread � take a deep breath � a bowl of fruit � take a big bite � bright blue � go through the blue

door

Listen again. with your eyes closed. When the tape stops, write or draw what you imagine.

ScriptYoga teacher: Let’s relax our minds now. We are going to let go of our 1___________. Let’s begin. Sit in a comfortable position. Relax your legs, hang your arms down at your side, and relax your arms.

2.__________________. Breathe in, in….and breathe out. 3_______________ and relax.

Now you’re in a hallway, and ahead of you, you see a red door. Open the red door and go through. Inside the door is a 4 ________________. The garden is so quite. The trees are tall green and the grass is

5.__________________.There’s a small river,

stress

Take a deep breath

Close your eyes

beautiful garden

soft and deep

with clear water and small fish. Put your hand in the water. 6._______________slowly back and forth in the cool water.

Now, up ahead you see an orange door. It’s a beautiful bright orange. 7_____________________. Inside is a large kitchen. It’s bright and warm, and you can smell

8________________. Hold the bread in your hand and take a deep breath. There’s a bowl of fruit on the table--apples. Oranges,pears. Pick one up.

9_________________.

And now you see a blue door, bright blue. Put your hand up and open the door. Go through the blue door.

Now imagine. 10__________________?

Move your hand

Go through the door

fresh bread

Take a big bite

What do you see

Conversation Topic: stress

Argue with people

listen to music

see a movie

take a nap

take crowded trains

take my dog for a walk

work too hard

read a book

Exercise outdoors

do yoga

take hot baths

take a day off

take long walks

call a friend

play video games

stress

Worry often caused by the pressures of work, school or living problems.

argue

Fight with words.

Video games

An electronic game; players push buttons

that control the actions of characters on a

screen. Also called computer games.

(Note that they are not called TV games in

English.)

How do you deal with stress

I like to take long walks.

Anything else?

I avoid arguing with people! How about you? Whatdo you do to deal

with stress?

I listen to music.

That’s a good idea too.

A: What classes are you taking this year?B: I’ve got an ____ class and a ____ class.A: How do you like them?B: The ___ class is ___. But the ___ class is

_____.A: What are you taking? B: ____ and ___. ___ is _____. But ____

is _____.

The doctor is giving advice in the imperative. That is, she is giving orders.Imperatives normally start with a verb.Eg. Try to relax. Don’t smoke.

Imperatives don’t usually have a subject unless itis necessary to make it clear who is being giventhe command.Eg. Jordan, shut the door.The word you in front of an imperative can showanger:eg. You be quiet!

Negative Imperatives start with don’t (Don’t smoke.)Do at the beginning.(Do give me a call.) makes the request soundmore polite. However, this is rarelyused in North American English.

Vocabulary

� Red meat� take more time

� wild

� worry

� affect

� pay the bills

� take it easy

� Unbelievable

� cigarettes

� danger

� alcohol

� beer

� be good for

� health

Dave is talking with his doctor. Listen. What areDave’s health habits? Check true or false.

T F 1. He doesn’t smoke cigarettes.

T F 2. He doesn’t drink a lot of alcohol.

T F 3. He doesn’t eat a lot of red meat.

T F 4. He doesn’t worry about things.

T F 5. He doesn’t work too hard.

1. False ( He still smokes a little.)2. True ( Sometimes a beer.)3. False( Fast food hamburgers.)4. False( He worries about his son.)5. False ( He has to pay bills.)

The doctor suggests several ways to stayhealth. What are they? Complete the table.

positive Negative

smoke

drink

eat

take

worry

work

Don’t smoke any cigarettes.

Try drinking more fruit juice. Don’t drink too much alcohol.

Eat more fish and fresh vegetables. Don’t eat too much red meat.

Take more time to eat a good meal.

Don’t worry too much.

Don’t work too hard.

Doctor: Seems like you’re having a lot of stress

recently, Dave.

Dave: Yeah, it’s been unbelievable.

Doctor: Mmm. 1.___________________?

Dave: I don’t smoke as many cigarettes as I used to,

but I still smoke a little.

Doctor: Don’t 2.____________________. You know

the dangers. What about alcohol.

Dave: Well, sometimes I have a beer in the evening.

Doctor: Well, that’s sounds OK. That’s not a lot.

Just don’t drink too much alcohol.

3.____________________________.

Do you still smoke

Smoke any cigarettes

It’s not good for your health

Try drinking more fruit juice and water, especially

when you are under stress.

Dave: Fruit juice.

Doctor: What about your 4.______________. Do

you eat a lot of red meat?

Dave: Well, I do eat a lot of fast food hamburgers,

just because I am always 5_______________.

Doctor: Oh, be careful. Don’t eat too much red

meat. It’s very bad for your heart. Eat

more fish and fresh vegetables.And take more

time to 6_________________________.

diet

in a hurry

eat a good meal

Doctor: Dave., do you worry about things a lot?

Dave: um, yes. Well, yes, I try not to, but it’s difficult.

My son is in college and he is a little bit

7. ___________. And well, my wife and I worry

about him.

Doctor: Well, I see, don’t worry too much. It will

8.___________________.What about work?

Do you still work very hard?

Dave: I have to. I have to 9____________________,

including yours.

Doctor: Mm, you have a point. But don’t work too hard.

You really need to 10__________________.

wild

affect your health

pay your bills

take it easy