This is the first teaching period of this unit.The central part of this period is two sections in the reading passage titled Advice from Grandad and How Can You Stop Smoking?

Warming Up presents issues about health for students to discuss.

Pre£­reading provides some questions to help students focus on the topic of the reading passage and get the students to realize the harm of smoking.Teachers may provide students some advice on how to give up smoking.

Reading is in two parts.The first part is a letter from a grandad to his grandson.Grandad lives a long and healthy life£¬but he has ever been addicted to nicotine£¬so he lists reasons for being addicted and the harm of smoking.The second part gives advice about how to stop smoking.