1、Unit 3 Protecting ourselves,Welcome to the unit,Many people die or get ill every day for various reasons. Can you name some?,diseases, natural disasters, traffic accidents, environment pollution, heavy work pressure, lack of exercises and so on.,Among all these reasons, aids, drinking, drugs and smo
2、king are four main killers.,Objectives,To learn to describe four posters and find out what you should and should not doTo think about how to protect yourselves from getting into bad habits,1. What do you think are good habits in ones daily life? What are bad habits? 2. What do you think good and bad
3、 habits can lead to respectively? Can you provide some examples? 3. Do you think it is very important for one to have good habits? Why or why not? 4. What do you think we can do to form some good habits?,Discussion,Good habits: Putting on sunscreen when going out in sun Drinking plenty of water Cycl
4、ing to school or walking rather than taking a bus or taxi Getting up early and going to bed early Eating enough vegetables and fruit Exercising regularly,Bad habits: Watching too much TV or staring at a computer screen for too long Smoking Spitting in the street Getting up too late or staying up at
5、night Drinking too many fizzy drinks and eating too much deep-fried food Not doing enough exercise,Now lets study the pictures!,Picture 1 This poster is about Aids. It shows a poster of people holding a big picture that is covered in handprints. I think that they choose this picture because the hand
6、prints are different colours, and this shows that Aids can affect everyone, no matter what their skin color is or what country they are from. This tells us that Aids is an international problem that we have to fight together.,The words Stop the China of Aids can be seen on the poster. The poster enc
7、ourages us to stop spreading this disease. We need to make sure that we do not become infected by Aids. Getting to Zero is the theme selected by the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) to commemorate 2011 World AIDS Day on 1st December. The new theme will be used until 2015.,Picture 2 Everyone knows smoking c
8、auses great harm to ones health, but many smokers just keep on smoking. This poster wants to persuade them to give up cigarettes. The human skull with a cigarette between its lips shows that the result of smoking is death.,Smoking can cause various deadly diseases, such as lung cancer, heart trouble
9、 and high blood pressure. Smoking is one of the biggest killers in the world. Although most people know the dangers of smoking, many find it very hard to stop smoking because cigarettes are so addictive.,The last day of May every year is World No Tobacco Day, and there is a theme for that day in eac
10、h year. 31 May 2011 is the 24th World No Tobacco Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) selected The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as the theme of World No Tobacco Day 2011.,Picture 3 The warning Say No to drugs! tells us that we must not take drugs. Drug abuse is a global problem, s
11、o the whole world is paying special attention to this problem. 26 June is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.,Picture 4 This poster shows a damaged car that has obviously been in an accident. From the words Dont drink and drive! we can learn what caused the accident. The dr
12、iver was probably drinking alcohol before driving. In many countries, drunk driving after drinking is the main cause of traffic accidents every year.,Especially in recent years, with the rapid increase in the number of cars on the road, more traffic accidents have taken place because of driving afte
13、r drinking. Looking at the poster, every one of us must remember that no one should drive drunk. We should consider both our own lives and the lives of others, and drive safely.,1. Why do you think people do things that are harmful to their health and lives? 2. What do you know about Aids? 3. Can yo
14、u think of some other bad habits that harm peoples health and lives?,Preview,To preview Reading on Pages 34-35To think about how to identify links between paragraphs when readingTo read the new words in this unit,1. Collect more information about Aids after class. 2. Write a short passage based on the information you collected.,Homework,