Unit 8 Anti-Smoking Role Playing
Ⅰ Objective
 Knowing
more about the hazards of smoking, some valuable
precautions against falling into tobacco abuse.
 Understanding
 Reading
the meaning of “role play”.
Skill: popular magazines
Ⅱ Time Arrangement
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Text: 1 hours
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Discussion: 0.5 hour
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Reading Sill: 1 hour
Ⅲ Related Information
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Sure, You Can Quit!
 The Numbers on Teenage Smoking
4,500,000 -- The estimated number of children and adolescents in
the United States who smoke.
6000 -- The estimated number of people under the age of 18 who try
their first cigarette each day.
70% -- The percent of smokers 12 to 17 years old who wish they had
never started smoking.
(Statistics From the American Lung Association)
 What’s in Tobacco?
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There are more than 4,000 chemicals found in cigaretes (250 are toxic
poisons, 50 cause cancer) Some chemicals found in tobacco include:
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Ammonia (found in toilet bowl cleaner); Aresenic (ingredient in rat
poison); Polonium 210 (nuclear waste); Carbon Monoxide (car exhaust);
Acetone (used in finger nail polish remover)
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Nicotine remains in the body for 8 to 12 hours after a single use of
tobacco.
(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
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Preview Questions
 Why do people smoke?
For they think smoke makes them feel different, relax them, help them cover
up their awkwardness and shyness.
 What are the advantages and disadvantages that are brought by
smoking?
Ⅳ Emphasized Points
 Key
Words
1. words about “smoke” in text:
cigarette; smoker; lighter/match; nicotine
2. branded: marked
3. bait : tempt
4. expose: left unprotected to
5. hook on: addicted to
6. tough up: strengthen the will of
Ⅴ Text Comprehension
 Comprehension Questions
 What is “role-playing”
 Role-playing is an instance or situation in which one deliberately acts out or
assumes a particular character or role.
 Role-playing Stereotype
Okay.. If you've never role-played before, then to properly take this quiz you will
need to pretend the world is suddenly magical, medieval, weird and fantasy-ish.
You can take this quiz for your favorite character, or just try to figure out who
*your* roleplaying stereotype is. But remember... It's a silly test. And sometimes
I'm a cynical bitch. So please have a sense of humor when you take it.
 Role-play electronic games
 Reasons Not to Smoke (You know them...)
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Cancer Risk!!! - Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer every
year in the U.S.
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MONEY! It’s expensive (over $1000 a year for a pack a day, an
estimation, it can be more) “I will treat myself to new books or music
with the money I save from not buying cigarettes.”
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Bad breath -- others do smell it: “I will have better smelling
clothes, hair, breath, home, and car.”
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Stained teeth and fingers
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Cough/sore throat
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Breathing problems
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Fatigue
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Wrinkles (more, sooner than people who don't smoke)
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Arguments with parents, friends who want you to stop smoking.
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Heart disease risk, including heart attack, no you’re not too young.
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Gum disease risk
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It stinks up your clothes, hair, skin, car, pets, it goes on and on...
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Cigarette burns on your clothes or in the house, car, wherever
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Risk of second hand smoke to people around you (and your pets too)
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Nonsmokers don’t like kissing smokers. There is nothing sexy about
smoking.
 Common Concerns About Quitting:
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Will I gain weight when I quit?
?
How will I feel when I quit?
?
What About Nicotine Gum or Patches?
?
Smoking and Pregnancy - Does cigarette smoke get through to the
unborn baby?
 Topic for Discussion
 Cigarettes are believed by some to play an important and effective
role in interpersonal relations. What is your view?
 What is your attitude toward smoking
VI Reading Skill
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Popular Magazines and Magazine Article
Reading popular magazines is a good way to enlarge our vocabulary and
learn a little bit about many topics in English.
 Magazines in Britain
The Economist
The Spectator
New Statement
New Scientist
The Listener
British Weekly
Britain Today
Contemporary Review
London Magazine
Observer Review
Punch
 Magazines in the United States
Time
Newsweek
Life
Fortune
People
The New Yorker
US News & World Report
Reader’s Digest
Business Weekly
Harper’s
American Review
Very often we read magazines while traveling or relaxing anywhere.
Writers of magazine articles do not expect their audience to spend too
much time reading and try to make the main ideas stand out clearly. The
task for the reader is for lacate these main ideas quickly.
Popular magazine writers use various devices to capture a reader’s
attention: clever titles, short paragraphs and compound nouns to
economize on words. Articles in magazines often have characteristics
similar to those found in new stories or articles found in newspapers.
Here are some features of magazines articles:
 An introductory paragraph summarizes the main idea;
 the details are given in the rest of the article;
 the author’s view of the subject is directed to a particular
audience but may interest readers in general.
Ⅶ Homework
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Preview Unit 9: finding whatever materials on “dream”.
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Finish exercises behind the text
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Find an English magazine to read with referring to the skills learned
this time.