基础英语(第二册)PPTunit 9.pptVIP

Unit 9　Health and Body Care (2) 健康与保健（2） Warm-up A. Look up these words in the dictionary and tick those words that you think are diseases. □ laziness □ headache □ AIDS □ flu □ tiredness □ cold □ toothache □ stomach-ache □ idleness □ boredom □ cancer □ malaria B. Answer the following questions. Do people in your hometown live for a very long time? Do you think longevity is good or bad? Why? Do you want to live long and weak or short and healthy? Which person will live longer, a man from mountainous region or a city inhabitant(居民)? Why? What kind of life will make people live for a very long time?  Passage :  The Secrets of a Very Long Life There are several places in the world that are famous for people who live a very long time. These places are usually in mountainous areas, far away from modern cities. Doctors, scientists, and public health experts often travel to these regions to solve the mystery of a long, healthy life. They are eager to know the secrets of longevity and hope to bring it to the modern world. Hunza is high in the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. There, many people over one hundred years of age are still in good physical health. People in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia are also famous for their longevity. In general, people there not only live a long time, but they also live well. They are almost never sick. Vilcabamba, Ecuador, is another area famous for the longevity of its inhabitants. This region is also in high mountains, far away from cities and there is very little serious disease, too. Though the diets of the inhabitants in the three regions are quite different, they are similar in two general ways: (1) the fruits and vegetables that the people of the three areas eat are all natural, that is, they contain no chemicals; (2) the people consume fewe