Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good Reading: dying to be thin

Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good

Reading: dying to be thin

Some people are overweight, some are a little fat, and some are slim.

Which figure do you prefer?

1 2 3

If you are the person who is a little overweight, how would you lose weight?

work out in the gym

(exercise , do sports)take weight –loss pills

have an operation

go on a diet (eat less food)

Ways of losing weight

1

2 3

4

Prediction

Read the title and predict what the passage may be about?

losing-weight

listen and answer• Where does Amy come from?

• What kind of pills did Amy take?

• Who keeps telling Amy not to take those pills?

Canada.

Weight-loss pills called Fat-less.

Amy's mother.

Main point :1 Dying to be thin

2 Recovering

3 Re: Recovering

Amy was recovering from liver failure and regret taking those pills.

Zhou Ling was sorry to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as well as all the others who’d like to lose weight could value the importance of health.

In order to lose weight, Amy takes weight-loss pills and become slimmer and slimmer.

Careful-reading

Read this passage carefully and finish exercises.

Careful

reading ： Read the first e-mail, and fill in the blanks.

Reasons for losing weight

Ways of losing weight

Results

Looking （ ） is important to women in Canada.

She （ ） to go to the gym to work out （ ) times a week.

She is becoming（ ）and has lost （ ） kg in the last months.

She feels （ ）of her body.

She is now taking

（ ） and her goal is to lose at least （ ） kg.

Sometimes she feels

（ ） .

She is preparing to act

（ ） .

Her mother says health is ( ).

good used

three

slimmer and slimmer

7

ashamed

in a new TV play

weight-loss pills

10

not so energetic

most important

Read the second e-mail , do T or F Exercise.

1.Amy is now recovering from a bad cold

in hospital. ( )

2.Zhou Ling donated part of his liver to save Amy’s life. ( )

3.Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym. ( )

4.Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( )

5.For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( )

liver failure

seldom

can’t

F

F

F

F

T

happy

frustrated

hopeful

Moods of Amy

Read the third e-mail, and then answer some questions.

1.Why did Zhou Ling fail to answer Amy’s e-mail in time?

2.How did Zhou Ling feel when she heard about Amy’s problems?

3.How did she feel when she heard Amy was recovering?

4. What does Zhou Ling think of Amy?

5. What's Zhou Ling's hope to some Chinese people?

Her computer was broken.

She was sorry to hear about it.

She was glad.

She looks great and she is a wonderful person.

They should learn from Amy's story.

• Zhou’s reply:

sorry

glad

understanding

hoping

Nothing is more important than health.

Now you are a reporter and you want to interview some students about their opinions on losing weight. Please design some questions to interview them.

Don't sacrifice ( 牺牲 ) your health for good looking!

homework

• Search more information about losing weight online

• Underline the language points in the passage