This unit is intended to help students

1. deepen their awareness of the importance of health;

2. understand and use the language for speaking about health;

3. learn how to speak on a specific topic using these newly-acquired expressions;

4. focus on listening to five short frequently-used oral expressions;

5. improve their listening comprehension in general.

      Today people are growing more health-conscious, which is relected by the fact that an increasing number of people are physically active. The talk of how to stay healthy touches everybody, and thus talking about health has become common in daily conversation. Do you know what to say when you are in good shape or when you’re feeling under the weather? Let’s learn some useful expressions in this unit for talking about health.