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UNIT 2: YOUR BODY AND YOU
GETTING STARTED
Teacher: Tran Hung Cuong
Warm up
BEFORE YOU READ
Bone/skeleton (n)
spine (n)
cancer (n)
boost (v)
Brain (n)
lung (n)
Breathe (v)
vessel (n)
pump (v)
Nerve (n)
intestine (n)
Vocabulary
Xương/ bộ xương
Xương sống
Ung thư
Nâng cao
não
Hít thở
Phổi
Mạch máu
bơm
Dây thần kinh
Ruột
A saying goes:
“ An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
Watch a short video and answer the question:
How old is the old woman in the video?
What does she do everday to live longer?
WHILE YOU READ
1. Activity 1: Listen and read
Look at the picture and listen to the conversation between Nam and Scott about “ an apple a day”
Nam: Hey Scott, have you ever heart the saying, “ An apple a day keeps the doctor away”?
Scott: Of course, why?
Nam: Did you know that it’s really true?
Scott: What do you mean? If I eat one apple a day I will never get sick?
Nam: Not exactly, but it can help you lose weight, build healthy bones, and also prevent diseases like cancer.
Scott: Wow! That’s incredible. I drink apple juice everyday.
Nam: That’s good, it will help keep you from getting Alzheimer’s disease when you get old.
Scott: Is that the disease that affects your memory?
Nam: Yes. Since drinking apple juice helps boost your brain’s memory function, it helps you remember things for a long, long time.
Scott: But Nam!
Nam: Yeah?
Scott: There are a few things I really want to forget.
Nam: Like loosing the footbal match yesterday?
Scott: Exactly!
2. Activity 2:
Read the conversation again and answer the questions
What does “ An apple a day keeps the doctor away” mean?
- Better health, good body condition, stronger…
2.Name three health benefits of eating apples or drinking apple juice
- Lose weight, build healthy bones, prevent diseases like cancer.
3. Which part of the body does Alzheimer’ disease affect?
- Memory or brain.
4. How does Scott feel about drinking apple juice?
- He feels uncertain about the benefits of apple juice.

3. Activity 3: Listen and repeat the words
Which words did you hear in the conversation? Circle them

Prevent nervous disease bones
Balance weight skeleton brain
Boost system lungs healthy

b. Put the words into categories as in the table





Disease bones
Balance weight
Skeleton brain
System lungs
nervous
healthy
Prevent
Balance
Boost
4. Activity 4: WISE WORD
Watching a video and thinhking about the saying:
“ Laughter is the best medicine”
1. Do you agree with the statement “ Laughter is the best medicine”?
2. Can you think of time when laughter was the best medicine for you?( when feeling stressful, tired, sick…)
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN PAIRS:
What should we do to make our body healthier?
WRAP-UP:
Learn the vocabulary by heart.
Read the passage again.
Prepare the next lesson: Language
HOMEWORK
Thank you for joining us!
Vocabulary
Prevent(v): ngăn cản Nervous(a): Thuộc về thần kinh
Disease(n): bệnh tật Bones(n): xương
Balance(v) (n): cân bằng Weight(n): cân nặng
Skeleton(n): bộ xương Brain(n): não
Boost(v): đẩy mạnh System(n): hệ thống
Lungs(n): phổi Healthy(a): khỏe mạnh
Alzheimer’s disease(n): bệnh mất trí nhớ
Lose(v): mất, giảm Memory(n) : trí nhớ
Function(n): chức năng Benefit(n): lợi ích