Teaching methods

1. Task-based method to make students interested in what they will learn.

2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the passage.

3. Careful reading to get some detailed information.

Teaching aids:

Multiple-media

Teaching Procedures：

Step 1 Lead-in

　T ：The last period we talked about health issues，as we know, some people think health is better than wealth , health is happiness. Now please look at the following pictures. Which are healthy activities while which are unhealthy activities?

Step 2 Pre-reading

　　 Discuss the following questions：

　　　1）Have you ever smoked ? lf you have, have you ever tried to stop？

2）Why do you think some adolescents start smoking？

灵活运用第一步所学的词汇和词组，通过合作学习，练习口语表达能力。

Step 3 Reading

1) Skimming

Ask students to glance through the text and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.

　　训练学生概括段落大意这一技能，这是阅读的最基本要求，并通过了解课文大意过度到下一步任务。

　　　2) Detail reading

① Ask students to read para.3 carefully and find out the different ways people can become addicted to cigarettes.