1、Warm-up In this unit you willTalk about your own lifestyle and find out about other peoples.Listen to some interviews, radio programmes and a survey.Read articles about lifestyles and a personal letter.Write a personal letter.Review the present tenses.Warm-up1 Look at the photos. What kind of lifest
2、yle do you think the people have?Use the Key Words to help you.boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful ExampleI think a shepherds life is peaceful and relaxing-but maybe its boring sometimes.Answers1 Shepherds life: lazy/free/dangerous2
3、 Football players life: interesting/exciting/stressful3 Business managers life: busy/exciting/boring4 Students life: interesting/active/stressful2 Listen. Say which of the people in the photos is speaking.Example 1 a football playerAnswers1 a football player 2 a student 3 a shepherd 4 a business man
4、agerTapescript1 Football player: Being famous isnt easy, you know. I travel a lotI 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 lifebut Im not so sure! You kn
5、ow, Ive got lots of work to do and theres 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. Its peaceful, and theres no one to tell me what to do. But its not so good when the weathers bad!4
6、 Business manager: Im very busy, and I dont have time to see my husband and children. Mmmm and my life is very stressful, I suppose. I mean, I have to deal with lots of money. But I find it really exciting.3 Work in pairs. Talk about the lifestyles below.ExampleA: My aunts life is very interesting b
7、ecause sheB: Yes, but its very1 My aunt is a business manager in Shanghai and she travels a lot. She has a young daughter. She works very hard so she hasnt got time for hobbies.2 Fang Ming is a police officer in Chengdu. He is also a member of a basketball team and plays the game once a week. He goe
8、s fishing in his free time.4 Introduce some more lifestyles of other jobs. Let the students learn more.peasants lifestyle miners lifestyle teachers lifestyle doctors lifestyleWriting5 Imagine the lifestyle of your dreams. Write five sentences about it.ExampleI am a professional tennis player. I live
9、 in Beijing but I travel a lot.6 Think bout your own lifestyles. You know, you are students, you are very busy. In other countries, students s lifestyles arent like ours. Whats your opinion about this? Please write them down.students lifestyle singers lifestyle rocksys lifestyle pilots lifestylecoachs lifestyle traffic polices lifestyle drivers lifestyle builders lifestyle