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( For these questions, the teacher may let them have a guess at first, and then they would be so surprised at the huge numbers, which will be helpful for them to know how serious the situation is now. )

T: Now let's have a quiz to see whether your guesses are right or wrong.

( Show the following in the screen and let the students decide on them. They may discuss with their partner so that the numbers may impress them more deeply. The second part of vocabulary can be put before this.

【当堂训练】

Find words in the box which mean:

1. the end of life____________

2. stop living __________

3. two things some people smoke ____________

4. three illnesses _____________

5. hurt. ________________

Bronchitis cancer cigarette death die heart disease injured tobacco 1. death 2. die 3. cigarette, tobacco 4. bronchitis, cancer, heart disease 5. injured

【合作探究】

Read Facts about Smoking. Choose the answers you think are correct.

1. During the 1990s. (21 thousand/21 mullion) people died as a result of smoking cigarettes.

2. A quarter of young people who smoke more than (10/20) cigarettes a day will die prematurely as a result of smoking.

3. In the United Kingdom, smoking causes (12,000/21,000) deaths a year.

4. Thirteen people die every hour/every day from illnesses related to smoking tobacco, such as cancer, bronchitis and heart disease.

5. Every year, about (20/200) people are killed and (200/2,000) are seriously injured in fires caused by smoking.

Answers:

1) 21 million 2) 10 3) 121,000 4) every hour 5) 200, 2, 000

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