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Unit Seven Green Life Warm-up Questions 预热提问 1. A healthy life is very important to everyone, but how to live a healthy life? 2. Do you think crying is good for your health? Why or why not? Section A Read Fast 一睹为快 Passage A Topic-oriented Lead-in 抛砖引玉 There is an old Chinese saying which goes like this: big boys don’t cry. We are told from a young age that crying is seen as being weak. However, when we hold back our tears and suffer from the bitterness and sadness, we give up a healthy way to release our stress. Nowadays, with the increase of stress in daily life, more and more people have realized the benefits of crying. Many people have the similar experience: they feel totally relaxed after crying. Psychologically speaking, crying can help us reduce stress and anxiety, which is good for our health. It’s OK to Be a Crybaby: Why Crying is Good for Your Health Bank of New Words 词库宝典 1. sob / s?b / v. to cry noisily, taking in deep breaths 抽泣，呜咽We could hear the child sobbing in the other room. 我们听到那间屋子里的小孩在抽抽搭搭地哭着She sobbed into her handkerchief. 她用手绢掩面啜泣reveal / rivi:l / v. make (facts, etc.) known 露出；透露A writer cant help but reveal himself. 一个作家在作品中,总不免要显露出一些自身的影子。 It was discreet of him not to reveal the secret. 他没有泄露秘密,真是谨慎。 stiff / stif / adj. firm or hard 不易弯曲的，硬的The furniture was stiff and uncomfortable. 家具又硬又不舒服。 Im stiff all over right now — I hope I can recover for tomorrows race. 我现在全身酸痛——希望明天比赛时能恢复过来。 deepen / di:p?n / v. become stronger or greater 使加深；使强烈Her wrinkles deepen with age. 她的皱纹随着年龄增长而加深。 Well have to deepen the well if we want more water. 想获得更多的水,我们必须把井加深。 suppress / s?pres / v. stop yourself from showing your feelings; to end something by force 压制；止住；镇压Even the grave old gentleman could not suppress a laugh. 连那位严肃的老绅士都禁不住笑了。 A prime goal was to suppress all media opposed to the government. 他的一个主要目标是镇压一切反政府的新闻机构。 stifle / staifl / v. restrain; to stop something from happening or developing 镇压；遏制Regulations on child