Uni 3 HEALTHY LIVING FOR TEENS
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LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

Advice from a School Counsellor

1

WARM-UP

RULES

I.N.I.T.I.A.L GAME

 Work in 2 teams.
 Look at 10 pictures.
 Find the word for each picture, then
take the first letter from each picture
to form the mystery word. 
 Which team finds the mystery word
first will become the winner.

WARM-UP

Congestion

Noise

I.N.I.T.I.A.L GAME

Overcrowded Underground

Sky train

Electrician

WARM-UP

Leftovers

I.N.I.T.I.A.L GAME

Lake

Old

Rush hour

WARM-UP

I.N.I.T.I.A.L GAME

• Does your secondary school
have a school counsellor?
• What does a school
counsellor do in a secondary
school?

PRESENTATION

maintain (v)
/meɪnˈteɪn/
duy trì

.

PRESENTATION

advice (n)
/ədˈvaɪs/
lời khuyên

PRESENTATION

bring about (ph. v)
/brɪŋ əˈbaʊt/
đem lại, gây ra

PRESENTATION

balance (v)
/ˈbæləns/
cân bằng

PRESENTATION

manage (v)
/ˈmænɪdʒ/
quản lý

.

PRESENTATION

priority (n)
/praɪˈɔːr.ə.t̬ i/
sự ưu tiên

PRESENTATION
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

/meɪnˈteɪn/

duy trì

/ədˈvaɪs/

lời khuyên

/brɪŋ əˈbaʊt/

đem lại, gây ra

4. balance (n)

/ˈbæləns/

cân bằng

5. manage (v)

/ˈmænɪdʒ/

quản lý

6. priority (n)

/praɪˈɔːrət/

sự ưu tiên

1. maintain (v)
2. advice (n)
3. bring about (ph.v)

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read.
School Counsellor: Good morning, class. Welcome
to our “Tips for Good Physical and Mental Health”.
In this session, feel free to ask any questions.
Nick: How can we maintain good physical health?
School Counsellor: You should get enough sleep,
eat a healthy diet, and do physical exercise
regularly.
Mai: My parents say students of our age need to
sleep at least eight hours a day. Is that right?
School Counsellor: Yes, it is.
Phong: But we often find it difficult to get a good
night's sleep, especially before exams. Could you
offer us any advice?

School Counsellor: I understand that exams bring about
lots of stress. You can reduce this stress by studying
long before the exam, not waiting until the night before
it.
Phong: Thank you. Do you have any tips about looking
after our mental health?
School Counsellor: If you want to have good mental
health, you should have a well-balanced life. I mean you
should balance your study and life.
Nick: But how can we balance them? School
Counsellor: Well, you have to manage your time by
planning your schedule and giving priority to your work.
And you should keep a balance between study and play.

PRACTICE

2 Read the conversation again and write T (true) or F (False).
1. The counsellor is giving advice on how to maintain good
physical and mental health.
2. According to Mai's parents, students shouldn't sleep
more than eight hours a day.
3. Many students find it easy to get a good night's sleep
before exams.
4. Nick doesn't know how to have a well-balanced life.
5. The school counsellor advises the students to balance
their study and play time.

TRUE (T) FALSE (F)

PRACTICE

3 Match the words with their definitions.
1. physical

a. a person whose job is to help and support
people with problems

2. mental

b. connected with a person's body rather than
their mind

3. wellbalanced

c. something that you think is more important
than other things and should be dealt with
first

4. priority

d. connected with the state of health of the
mind

5.
counsellor

e. having the right amounts of all the different
parts that make up something

1. b
2. d
3. e
4. c
5. a

PRACTICE

4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
physical

counsellor

well-balanced

priority

mental

priority
1. You should make a list of all the jobs you have to do and give _________
to them.
well-balanced life often means making time for the
2. Maintaining a ______________
things you have to do, as well as the things you want to do in a suitable way.
physical appearance.
3. The police asked them to describe his ___________
4. You need to maintain your physical and ___________
health.
mental

counsellor
5. The ______________
is willing to listen to the students to help them
solve their problems.

PRODUCTION

5 Work in pairs. Interview each other about how healthy you are.
Give each other advice.

Example:
A: How healthy are you?
B: I'm tired.
A: You should take a break and
do some physical exercise

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Identify the topic of the unit;
 Use lexical items related to Healthy living for teens;
 Identify the language features that are covered in the unit.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
 Do exercises in the workbook.
 Start preparing for the Project of the
unit.

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