Unit 11 keep fit stay healthy

THE COMMON COLDThere is only one disease called common: the common cold.. We call it the common cold because every year millions of people catch it.. Everybody knows the symptoms: a runn

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KEEP FIT, STAY HEALTH

UNIT 11

Teacher: Le Viet Phu

WHAT WRONG WITH YOU?

Part B:

UNIT11: KEEP FIT, STAY HEATHY

Lesson 5: B4

Ex: The medicines don’t cure cold, but they relieve the symptoms

9 (to) relieve: Làm dịu đi…

10 prevent (v):

 How can you help prevent a cold?

8 cure (v,n) : (việc) chữa bệnh

Ngăn chặn, phòng ngừa

Match the words with the right pictures:

Cough Runny nose Slight fever Sneeze

THE COMMON COLD

There is only one disease called common: the common cold We call it the common cold because every year millions of people catch it.

Everybody knows the symptoms: a runny nose, a slight fever, coughing and sneezing It is very unpleasant, but nobody knows a cure.

At the drugstore, there are usually shelves with cold 'cures' These medicines don't cure a cold, but they do relieve the symptoms Whatever you do, your cold will last for a few days and then disappear.

How can you help prevent a cold? Eat well, exercise and you will be fit and healthy.

4 Read Then answer the questions.

- What are the symptoms of the common cold ?

-They are: a runny nose,

a slight fever,coughing and sneezing.

True / False statements:

a. We call the cold “common” because every year millions of people catch it.

b The symptoms of the common cold are a runny nose, a slight fever,coughing

and sneezing.

c Everybody knows a cure.

d We can prevent a cold by eating well, doing exercises and staying healthy.

a Why do we call the cold “common”?

b What are the symptoms of the common cold?

c Is there a cure for the common cold?

d Do cold cures work? What do they do?

e How long will the cold last?

Answer the questions:

relieve the symptoms

eating well

doing exercise keeping fit staying healthy

The common

cold

The common

cold

Answer the question:

1 What do you do when you have a common cold?

2 How can you help prevent a cold?

I go to the doctor and take some medicine.

I stay in bed and keep warm.

We can prevent a cold by eating well, doing exercises, keeping warm and staying healthy.

Hold your nose and read this poem.

I have a cold, a horrible cold.

I cough, I sneeze, and then I blow.

Here comes another sneeze — oh no!

Ah choo!

I have a cold, a terrible cold.

My face is white, my nose is red.

And I have a pain in my head.

Ah choo!

5 Play with words.

What was wrong with you?

I had a bad cold.

Did your Mom write a sick note for you?

No, she didn't.

Remember.

Homework

- Learn the new words by heart.

- Review the words and the structures from Unit 9 to Unit 11.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

LUCKY NUMBER!

We call it the common cold because every year millions of people catch it.

2 Why do we call the cold “common” ?

 They are a runny nose, a slight fever, coughing and sneezing.

3 What are the symptoms of the common cold?

 No, there isn’t.

4 Is there a cure for the common cold?

 No, they don’t

They relieve the symptoms.

5 Do cold cures work?

What do they do?

 The cold will last for a few days.

6 How long will the cold last ?

GROUP A is the winner