北师版英语必修1U1 Life Styles--Warm-up Lifestyles(ppt).ppt

* Warm-up In this unit you will… Talk about your own lifestyle and find out about other people’s. Listen to some interviews, radio programmes and a survey. Read articles about lifestyles and a personal letter. Write a personal letter. Review the present tenses. Warm-up 1. Look at the photos. What kind of lifestyle do you think the people have? I think a shepherd’s life is peaceful and relaxing ---- but maybe it’s boring sometimes. boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful Use the Key Words to help you. Example Business manager busy/exciting /boring Shepherd lazy/free/dangerous Football player interesting/exciting /stressful Student interesting/active /stressful 2. Listen. Say which of the people in the photos is speaking. Example 1 a football player Answers 1. a football player 2. a student 3. a shepherd 4. a business manager Tapescript 1. Football player: Being famous isn’t easy, you know. I travel a lot—I have matches in different countries. But my job is exciting, very exciting! I love the matches, the people cheering, know what I mean? 2. Student: My dad says these are the best days of my life—but I’m not so sure! You know, I’ve got lots of work to do and there’s not much time really. I also play football for the school team and we have to do training three nights a week. 3. Shepherd: I love the animals and I love nature. It’s peaceful, and there’s no one to tell me what to do. But it’s not so good when the weather’s bad! 4. Business manager: I’m very busy, and I don’t have time to see my husband and children. Mmmm and my life is very stressful, I suppose. I mean, I have to deal with lots of money. But I find it really exciting. 3. Work in pairs. Talk about the lifestyles below. Example A: My aunt’s life is very interesting because she… B: Yes, but it’s very… 1) My aunt is a business manager in Shanghai and she travels a lot. She has a young daughter. She works very hard so she hasn’t