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Unit 8: Lifestyle
Unit opener page Be aware of, and arouse interest in, the topics for the unit
Draw students’ attention to the main photo. Ask: What are these people doing? (They’re riding bicycles.) Why do they look happy? (They’re having fun/doing something healthy.) Then ask: What other things can people do to stay healthy? Accept any reasonable answers at this stage, as the idea is to invite interest in the unit.
Get students to look at the Wordle. Ask how many words they know, but do not give feedback at this stage.
21st -century health
Improve understanding of 21st lifestyle and health
Introduction Focus on the title: 21st
-century illnesses,
what this refers to? This phrase refers to the general health condition of people living in the 21st
-century health. Do students realize century.
Explain that our century has developed a series of unique diseases that didn’t occur at the scale they do now in the past. Before you start the lesson, you could elicit names for conditions that students feel belong to our time. Don’t approve or correct, but list them on the board or another visual medium.
A
Set for pairwork. Get students to cover the photos. Feed back, eliciting ideas without confirming until most pairs have had a chance to contribute. Give the answers.
Answers
1. eight. 2. working in an office without fresh air 3. bad food and not keeping fit 4. using computers too much
B
1. Get students to cover the text. Set for individual work, then pairwork for comparison, followed by whole-class discussion and feedback.
2. Do this as a whole-class discussion. Refer students to the text to find examples of and discuss syndrome. Ask: What contributes to a syndrome? (e.g., headaches, or we feel bad – for sick building syndrome). Elicit: a number of symptoms. Ask: How is this different from a disorder? – again, referring to the text. (A disorder describes something not working well.) What are the causes of anxiety disorder? (Worries about work, school, relationships.) Work through the other words. Elicit answers and examples.
3. Students match the words to the photographs. 106
Answers
1. The photographs illustrate eight illnesses/conditions that occur a lot in the 21st
century.
2. Syndrome: a group of symptoms which consistently occur together (e.g., They had a child with Down’s syndrome). Disorder: a disturbance in physical or mental health or function (e.g., She is suffering from a personality disorder/ an eating disorder). Illness: poor health, sickness, not referring to a specific condition; refers to feelings (e.g., There is serious illness in his family). Condition: the physical or mental state of a person (e.g., His condition is very poor). Disease: is a pathological process, most often physical (e.g., Cancer is a terrible disease, but it can often be treated). Sometimes these words are used interchangeably and the distinctions are not always very clear – but it is good for students to be aware of the general distinctions between them. 3. Photo 1: anxiety disorder Photo 2: burnout Photo 3: computer vision syndrome Photo 4: depression Photo 5: sick building syndrome Photo 6: obesity Photo 7: hearing loss Photo 8: repetitive stress injury
C
1. In pairs, students finish the sentences, initially by themselves, without looking at the box. Discuss, but don’t confirm immediately until several people have had a chance to answer, or the whole class agrees.
2. Students check, using the phrases from the box, whether their answers were correct.
Answers
a. get burnout b. get headaches c. eat junk food d. on computers e. spend too long typing f. have earphones in all the time g. have to go into therapy
D
Challenge students, in groups, to think about the conditions mentioned in this lesson. Let groups present their ideas, using information from the previous exercise, and compare. Monitor and assist with vocabulary.
Answers Students’ own answers.
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