1、Lesson 1 A Perfect Day? Teaching aims:To discuss favorite TV programmes and daily activities.To revise Present Simple and Present Continuous.To read two texts in order to check predictions.To read two texts for specific information.Teaching difficulties: To revise Present Simple and Present Continuo
2、us.Teaching Aids: computer and cassetteTeaching procedures: . Warming up T: I think most of us like watching TV. Watching TV is part of our life, do you think so?S:T: We know about all kinds of things from TV. What are your favorite kinds of TV programme? Tell the class. Use the Key Words to help yo
3、u. (show some slides about TV programmes)S:T: Why do you like the programmes?S:T: Do you ever watch too much TV? How much time do you spend watching TV every day?S:T: The way a person lives and works is different. Can you imagine an adult does nothing except watch TV all day? Or he only thinks of wo
4、rking and never has time to watch TV? What kind of lifestyle do you think the men in the picture have?S:T: In reality few people like do that, but some people like that lifestyle and think it is a perfect day. Now lets read the text “A Perfect Day?” really? ReadingDo the exercise true or false to se
5、e how much students understand.1. Brian is not satisfied with the kind of lifestyle.2. Brians 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 spent with his family.5. It seems that Bob prefers doing a lot of things all day to
6、doing nothing.6. Bobs wife often quarreled with Bob for him doing nothing.7. Brian has more than a TV set.8. Brian s wife often complains the money that Brian makes is not enough.Answers: 1. F 2.T 3. F 4. T 5. T 6.F 7.T 8.F T: What does a couch potato refer to?S:T: A couch potato is someone who watc
7、hes lots (some would say too much!) of television. “沙发马铃薯 ”。它不是马铃薯的变种，而是现代社会里的产物，指浪费太多时间看电视的人。T: What is workaholic?S: T: A person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things. What is different between a workaholic and a couch potato?S:T: They are too different. On
8、e is lazy and doing nothing, the other like being busy Read aloudDo the exercise 3 to let students understand the text.Read the two texts quickly and underline the TV programmes that Brain usually watches.the childrens programs, news, old movies, TV series, sports games Underline the kinds of work B
9、ob does every day.meetings and phone calls, urgent matters, do my own paperwork and answer some personal e-mails, look at documents at home, be ready for the next days workDo the exercise 4. Read the two text again and answer these questions: DiscussWhich lifestyle do you prefer? Which one is health
10、ier?What can Bob or Brian do to improve their lifestyle?Possible answers: Do you work too hard? You may need more time to enjoy your life with your family.You are too lazy! Your life is too boring only at home .You should go out for work and do some exercise. Language points1. switch on=turn on 接通，
11、打开（电器）First you should switch the machine on.switch off =turn off 切断（电流等）He switched it off because he didnt like the television programme.他把电视关了， 因为他不喜欢那些电视节目。switch over 交换位置， 转换You drive first and then we can switch over.你先开车， 然后我们换着开。2. take up 占据（时间、空间）This table takes up too much room.这个桌子太占地方
12、。Her time is fully taken up with writing.她的时间都用来写作了。take up 还可以表示： 开始学习某项课程；向提出；开始做某项工作； 拿起武器；打断某人等。A few years later I dropped medicine and took up physics.几年以后我放弃了医学， 开始学习物理。He said he would take up my difficulties with the headmaster.他说他要向校长提出我的困难。When can you take up your duties, Doctor White?怀特
13、医生， 您什么时候可以开始工作？She took me up suddenly when I suggested that the job was only suitable for a man.我提出那工作只适合男人做， 她突然不容分说地把我打断了。He called on the people to take up arms to defend their freedom.他号召人民拿起武器保卫自由。3. fill vt./vi 使充满；注入Flowers filled the garden.花园里开满鲜花。The doctor filled the bottle with some me
14、dicine.医生往瓶里装入一些药物。be filled with 充满Her eyes are filled with tears.她眼里满含泪水。4. When I get home at about ten, I look at some documents that I bring back from the office so that I can be ready for the next days work. (分析句子成分)5. be /get bored 厌倦, 厌烦Im getting bored and homesick.我感到厌倦了，有点想家。Im bored with the subject anyway.不管怎么说我对这个题目有点烦。 Vocabulary and GrammarDo the exercise 7, 8 and 9. HomeworkKeep a diary about your weekend. Words about 100.
