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　　task inviting your friend to join a gym
　　this section consists of a series of activities which provide you opportunities to learn and practise the language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing. the integrated skills training is pided into three steps, and each step is preceded by a skills building activity. you will learn how to invite your friends to join a gym by writing an e-mail.
　　skills building 1: finding information
　　1. here you will read about how to find the information you want to know in a long passage. please find useful information in the letter on page 45.
　　2. please read the two points on page 52.
　　for reference:
　　the first point tell students that reading questions carefully can help them work out what information they need to find. the second point tells students what main points and key words mean. they will know what to do to find information quickly in a long passage.
　　3. read the letter on page 45. underline the main idea and circle the key words.
　　answers:
　　main idea: i think too many people take weight-loss pills without really knowing that they can damage their health.
　　key words: causes liver failure; worried about her figure; health is priceless; eat properly
　　step 1: recommending a gym to a friend
　　try to find and choose some information about a gym after you read and listen to the ads about it. your listening and reading skills can be improved by finishing this part.
　　1. please read the guidelines and know what information you are to look for. you should look for the information about a gym membership that your friends can apply for. read the two ads carefully in part a on page 52 and underline the main idea and circle the key words.
　　answers
　　the advertisement
　　main idea: build the body you’ve always wanted! get fit! get healthy!
　　key words: special offer! 1 month free membership!
　　35 classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and swimming.
　　two branches in the city!
　　open from 6 a.m. to midnight daily, 365 days a year.
　　call 5555 4567 for more information
　　the web page
　　main idea: build the body you’ve always wanted! get fit! get healthy!
　　key words: have some of the best equipment of any gym in the world, with 3, 000 square meters of equipment, personal trainers, be happy to help you improve your shape.
　　2. use the information you have found to complete the note in part b on page 53. you will get more details after you listen to the tape.
　　answers
　　2. number of gyms in the city:
　　1 2  3
　　4. what do you get for free?
　　a t-shirt, 2 free personal training sessions, 1 month free membership
　　5. how big is each gym?
　　3,000 square meters
　　7. can you get advice from a personal trainer?
　　yes   no
　　10. how can you find out more?
　　call 55555 4567
　　3. do part c by listening to the tape to finish the rest of the not sheet in part b
　　tapescript
　　speaker: feeling weak? do you want to lose weight? do you want to be stronger? do you want a healthier way of life? do you want that wonderful body for next summer’s holiday? then join better body gym today!
　　this month we have a special offer for students --- only five hundred yuan per year. this will be a saving of five hundred yuan on our normal price.
　　and, for the next two weeks only, we are offering our new members one-month free membership. yes, that’s one month free!
　　we have two gyms. one is in jinshan road and the other is near the king hotel. that means we have one on the western side and one on the eastern side of the city. both of them are 3,000 square meters, so there is space for over 1,000 people at any time. we have excellent equipment to help you build a better body.
　　we have shower rooms and an exercise room at the gym---everything you’ll ever need to get healthy and look good!
　　we have different aerobics classes for old and new members and special days when we have a tv star visit the gym.
　　this month the ‘fit for all’ magazine will be visiting the gym and giving out prizes for the best fitness stories. so, if you have an interesting story to tell, then come along and join up. you may be in next month’s ‘fit for all’ magazine. all you need to do is to provide us with your id card number to get your one-month free membership. it’s that simple!
　　membership is open to anyone who is fourteen or over.
　　the number to call is five five five five, four five six seven.
　　don’t wait—build a better body today!
　　answers
　　3. where are the gyms in the city?
　　one in jinshan road; one near the king hotel
　　6. is there a health café at the gym?
　　yes no
　　8. what do you need to do to join?
　　provide with your id number.
　　9. do you need to be 18 to join?
　　yes no
　　4. read the guidelines in part d, work in pairs and discuss why wu tong should join better body gym according to the note in part b and the information about wu tong in this part. then write a letter to wu tong.
　　possible example
　　dear wu tong,
　　how are you? i know you’re thinking of joining a gym. i think you should join better body gym. it is not expensive. it costs just 500 yuan a year for a student. if you join now, you can get one month free membership, which is open to anyone aged 14 or over. one of its branches is near the king hotel, which is not far away from your home. it opens from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. so it is very convenient for you. whenever you are free, you can go there. they have very good equipment and there are 35 classes every week, including yoga, aerobics and swimming. if you want to know more, you may call 5555, 4567.
　　best wishes!
　　yours,
　　(student’s own name)
　　skills building 2: note taking
　　here you will learn how to take notes while listening. in order to make the note as brief as possible, three skills are presented to students.
　　1. read the guidelines and the three points on page 54 to learn how to write down information quickly when taking notes.
　　abbreviations and contractions
　　an abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, for example, cmhs for central manchester high school, wto for world trade organization. un for united nations, nov for november, sat for saturday.
　　sometimes, a dot is used at the end of the abbreviation, such as oct. pron. and so on.
　　a contraction is a word formed by omitting or combining some of the sounds of a longer phrase, for example, won’t from will not, o’clock from of the clock.
　　2. listen to the tape and write down what you’ve heard using the three skills you’ve just learned.
　　tapescript
　　the number seven bus is not on time.
　　our department is increasing the number of teachers.
　　i would like to see the manufacturer.
　　senior high 1 has a bigger class than senior high 2.
　　the people’s republic of china was founded in 1949.
　　answers
　　no. 7 bus isn’t on time.
　　our dept is  the no. of teachers.
　　i’d like to see the mfr.
　　sh1 has a > class than sh2.
　　prc was founded in 1949.
　　step 2: interviewing classmates about exercise
　　try to improve your listening and speaking abilities by listening to an introduction to a gym and asking and answering questions about how to keep fit. take notes while listening.
　　1. do part a by listening to the speech about the facilities available in the gym and take notes while listening. use abbreviations and contractions to write down the information quickly.
　　tapescript
　　speaker: good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to better body gym. i would just like to quickly introduce you to all the equipment we have at the gym. we have a number of activities that you can try such as aerobics, step aerobics and dance aerobics. we have a new swimming pool to be opened next month, which you are welcome to use. we also can help you in your workouts. we have many running machines. we have a rowing machine and a skiing machine. once again i welcome you to come and build a better body.
　　answers
　　a. they have a swimming pool to be opened next month.
　　a no. of mchs that can help in workouts.
　　many running mchs + a rowing mch + a skiing mch.
　　2. work in pairs to go over part b, talking about how to keep fit. take notes while your partner is talking, using the skills you’ve learned on page 54.
　　sample answers
　　b student a: what do you do to keep fit?
　　student b: i play basketball. i think it makes me stronger and helps me run faster. besides, if you want to win, teamwork is very important. what about you?
　　student a: i like swimming. it keeps me healthy and strong. there’s a swimming pool near my home, and i go to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. my parents sometimes go swimming with me after work. i also like dancing. and i think i’ll have a great figure if i dance often. so every saturday morning, i go to the gym to practise dancing aerobics with my mother. we are there for nearly two hours. do you often play basketball?
　　student b: on tuesday, thursday and saturday afternoons, the students in our class play on our school basketball court. on saturday we play a game with a team from another school. it’s really fun and interesting.
　　student a: besides playing basketball, what else do you do?
　　student b: i run every morning for about 15 minutes. my parents also go running with me, but they run slower and longer. they run for more than 20 minutes.
　　how your partner keeps fit:
　　student a: 1. go swimming ; dance arbs
　　2. keep him / her healthy + strong+ a fine figure
　　3. swimming: for >30 min after school every day; dance arbs: for <two hr on sat mor.
　　4. swimming with his / her parents; dance arbs with his / her mother
　　student b: 1. play basketball; run
　　2. stronger + faster; teamwork
　　3. playing basketball: tues, thur, sat afn.
　　running: 15 min every mor
　　4. playing basketball with classmates or students from other schools; running with his / her parents.
　　3.tell us what exercise your partners do according to the notes you have made. ( part c on page 55)
　　sample answers
　　sample 1
　　student a likes swimming because he/ she thinks it will keep him/ her healthy and strong. there’s a swimming pool near his / her home, and he / she goes to swim for more than half an hour almost every day after school. his / her parents sometimes go swimming with him / her after work. he/ she also likes dancing. he/ she thinks he / she will have a great figure if he / she often dances. so every saturday morning, he /she goes to the gym to practise dance aerobics with his / her mother. they stay there for nearly two hours.
　　sample 2
　　student b plays basketball. he/ she thinks it can make him / her stronger and run faster. and the other reason is that he/ she learns teamwork is very important. he/ she plays basketball with his/ her classmates on tuesday and thursday afternoons on the school basketball court. on saturday they usually play a game with a team from another school. he/she finds it’s really fun and interesting. besides playing basketball, he/ she runs every morning for about 15 minutes. his/ her parents also go running together, but they run slower and for longer. they run for more than 20 minutes.
　　skills building 3: using punctuation
　　correct punctuation can make your writing clear and easy to read. read some rules about how to use the most common punctuation marks in an e-mail to check whether you know how to use these marks correctly.
　　1. english words used to refer to the most common punctuation marks:
　　comma(,); full stop (.); question mark (?); exclamation mark (!); colon (: ); semicolon (;); quotation marks (‘’)or (＂＂); apostrophe (’); hyphen (-); dash (--).
　　read skills building 3, including the tip boxes to discover in what different situations these punctuation marks are used. pay special attention to comma because it is not used as often in english as it is in chinese.
　　usually we use a full stop at the end of a sentence. then another sentence begins with a word the first letter of which is capitalized. a colon or a semi-colon can also be used at the end of a statement sentence, but after it another sentence can be used without a capitalized letter at the beginning of it.
　　2. read the e-mail on page 57 and try to add the missing punctuation mark in each line.
　　answers
　　2. i am very fat i am very fat.
　　3. …, just because i’m different from them …,just because i’m different from them.
　　4. i don’t do sports   i don’t do sports.
　　5. is this really such a problem  is this really such a problem?
　　6. ‘you’re just big-boned, she says.   ‘you’re just big-boned,’ she says.
　　7. but i’m not sure if…  but i’m not sure if …
　　8. … such a thing as being big boned?  … such a thing as being big-boned?
　　9. i don’t enjoy exercise it makes me tired.  i don’t enjoy exercise. it makes me tired.
　　10. …and love to eat fast food … and love to eat fast food.
　　11. should i do should i do?
　　12. what about exercise and food  what about exercise and food?
　　13. …stop eating …stop eating.
　　step 3: writing an e-mail
　　read the guidelines in step 3 on page 57 and write an e-mail to a friend recommending better body gym. you should use not only what you have learned in steps 1 and 2 but also the correct punctuation marks to write the e-mail.
　　possible example
　　dear xiao lin,
　　i want to give you some information about better body gym since you want to keep fit and have a nice figure. one of its branches is near the king hotel. it’s not far away from your house. the equipment there is the best. it just costs 500 yuan a year for a student. and if you join now, you can get one month free membership. isn’t it good news! it opens from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. whenever you are free during the day or in the evening, you can go there. they have 35 classes for you to choose from, including yoga, aerobics and swimming. these are what you’re interested in. and there are personal trainers to give you some advice and help you improve your shape. i think if you go there from time to time, you will feel good and more energetic. if you want to know more, you may call 5555, 4567.
　　best wishes.
　　yours