Unit 11. Keep fit, stay healthy

The common cold Unit 11:... We call the cold “common” because every year millions of people catch it.. The symptoms of the common cold are a runny nose, a light fever, coughing and sn

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The common cold

Unit 11:

I New words :

- catch (v) : mắc / nhiễm (bệnh) -cough (v)

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True / False prediction:

1 We call the cold “common” because

every year millions of people catch it.

2 The symptoms of the common cold

are a runny nose, a light fever,

coughing and sneezing.

3 Everybody knows a cure.

4 We can prevent a cold by eating

well, keeping fit, staying healthy and doing exercises.

True / False:

1 We call the cold “common”

because every year millions of people catch it.

2 The symptoms of the common

cold are a runny nose, a light fever,

coughing and sneezing.

3 Everybody knows a cure.

4 We can prevent a cold by

eating well, keeping fit and staying

healthy, doing exercises.

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F Nobody

Questions :

a Why do we call the common cold?

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 can you help prevent a cold ?

Group A Group B

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Lucky

Numbers!

How can you help

prevent a cold ?

Eat well

Do exercise

Drink much water

Wear hat

Wear warm clothes

Symptoms of the common

cold

coughing

sneezin g

a runny nose

a slight fever

“Prevention is better than cure”

“Phòng bệnh hơn chữa

bệnh”

Preview the new words and structures from unit 9 to unit 11 for test

No, there isn’t.

c Is there a cure for the common cold?

a Why do we call the common cold?

Because every year, millions of people catch it.

b What are the symptoms of the common cold?

They are a runny nose, a slight fever,

coughing and sneezing.

d Do cold cures work?

What do they do?

No, they don’t

They relieve the symptoms.

Lucky N N umber!

Lucky N N umber!

e How can you help prevent a cold ?

We can prevent a cold by eating

well, doing exercise, keeping fit

and staying healthy