Leading healthier lives (P34-35)
江苏省扬州中学  顾霞

Lead-in
1. If you were sick during the COVID-19 pandemic, would you dare to go see a doctor at a hospital?
2. How do you feel when you’re isolated at home during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Title prediction
Read the title and predict what the text might talk about.
 

Fast reading
Which of the following points are discussed in the text?
   A. Weaknesses in visiting hospitals.
   B. Benefits of seeing doctors online.
   C. Free movies release online.
   D. Disadvantages of watching movies at home.
   E. VR headsets is a must when people watch movies at home.

Key: ABD

Detail reading
Para 1
What is the function of the first paragraph?
Para 1: To briefly introduce the topic.
Going through this hard time, we are aiming to make our lives healthy and interesting.

What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
   A. The importance of staying healthy.
   B. The necessity of seeing a doctor when necessary.
   C. The disadvantages of the traditional way of seeing a doctor.
   D. The difficulty of seeing a doctor during the epidemic.

Key: C

List the disadvantages of the traditional way of seeing a doctor.
 

Para 3
Wang’s words were quoted in Paragraph 3 in order to prove that online medical care is ____.
   A. convenient
   B. unreliable
   C. cheap and saves time
   D. not very efficient

Key: A

Para 4
What is the function of Para 4?
While physical health is important, enriching our lives has also become a top issue.

Para 4 serves as 
___________________.

Key： a transitional paragraph

Para 5-8: Comparison
 

What can be used to compensate for the deficiency in watching movies at home?
virtual reality (VR) headsets

Critical thinking
1. What do you think of online medical care? Will you continue to use this method of consulting doctors when the pandemic is over?
2. What do you think of some production firms releasing their latest movies online, during such a special occasion?

Talk and share
Have you innovated some ways at home to make your life healthier and more interesting?

Homework
Writing:
    假如你是李华，请向你的笔友Mike介绍一下你因疫情宅家，如何充分利用时间过好一个健康、快乐、有意义的超长寒假的。
    词数：不超过150。
    超长寒假：prolonged winter vocation