Unit 3 Looking Unit 3 Looking good, feeling goodgood, feeling good

Unit 3 Looking Unit 3 Looking good, feeling goodgood, feeling good

Welcome to the unitWelcome to the unit

Beautiful? Handsome?

Slim?

•Do you think appearance plays an important part in one’s life? Why?

Free talk

Which do you think is more important, looking good or feeling good ? Why do you think so?

Can you imagine a situation that fits the picture?

Picture Talking

Tonight her parents will hold a party to celebrate her success and achievements. All their friends and relatives are invited to share her happiness.

However, now she is at a loss about the clothes she is going to wear tonight. She is confident about everything except her weight. She always worries about being too fat.

At this moment, she has spent at least half an hour selecting clothes without success.

Example:

Jane is a Senior Three student and she is extremely happy, because she has been admitted to Peking university.

This is really difficult but I feel so strong.

You must get enough sleep to stay healthy.

Eating more fruit makes me feel better.

Jeanne at age 60 Jeanne at age 113

Jeanne Calment (February 21,1875 - August 4 1997) of France, had set the record for the world’s longest confirmed human lifespan.

Jeanne at age 20

Jeanne at age 122

Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman, became a record breaker on 17 October 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days. She became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237days.

Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France, and her husband, her only child and grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being “more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on the 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied, “a very short one.” She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.

So what is the key to keep so healthy and so long? According to some doctors: diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. She has always eaten a healthy diet she used to do exercise every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115.

A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday, Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying, “Sorry, I’m still alive!”

1. How does Jeanne Calment get her good health and long life?

2. What does the last sentence “Sorry, I’m still alive!” mean?

Brainstorming•Some people are overweight,

some are a little fat, and some are slim.

•Why are people fat?Eating

too muchSleeping too much

Drinking too much

Genetic( 遗传的 ) factor( 因素 )

Like father,like son.

Certain medicines / food

original obese( 肥胖的 )

go on a diettake weight-loss pills/tea

Acupuncture针灸

go to the gym to take exercise

? If a person is overweight, how could he lose weight?

receive surgical

treatment

go on a diet ( eat less food )

　 work out in the gym(exercise, do sports)

Reading: Dying to be thin…

Date: From: To: Subject:

2 June

2 July

4 July

Amy

Amy

Zhou Ling

Zhou Ling

Zhou Ling

Amy

Dying to be thin

Recovering

The reply to “Amy’s recovering”

Skimming

Fast reading

1. Where does Amy come from?

Canada.

2. What kind of pills did Amy take?

Weight-loss pills (which are) called

fat-less.

3. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title?

Amy’s experience

of

weight-loss

Reasons:

Ways:

Looking ____________ is important to women in Canada.

She feels____________ of her body.

She is preparing to act ____________________.

She __________ go to the gym to work out ________ times a week.

She has been taking _________________and her goal is to lose at least _______kg.

good/slim

ashamed

in a new TV play

used to3

weight-loss pills 10

Results:

The 1st E-mail

Results:

*She has lost _________kg in the last________months.

*She feels ________________sometimes.

*The harmful chemical in the pill causes________________.

7

two

tired and weak

her liver to fail

=her liver _______ failure

7 kg

Used to go to the gym

now

Take weight-loss pills

Why?

be ashamed of…

How?

Feel …

Mum

dangerous…

priceless

Retelling

Fill in the blanks according to the second

E-mail.

• I’m now in hospital recovering from liver______. I regret taking those ________ weight-loss pills. They caused my liver to fail. The doctor gives me good medical _________. I’m feeling better now and work out every day. _______my mother says is right --- don’t _________your health for a slim and attractive figure.

The 2nd E-mail

failure harmful

treatmentWhat

damage

• One apple a day keeps the doctor away.

• Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy & wise.

• After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

Good living habits:

sorry glad hoping

Zhou Ling’s advice

To Amy:

To many Chinese people:

We shouldn’t be embarrassed about our weight.

Nothing is more important than health.

They should learn from Amy’s story.

The 3rd E-mail

• 1. According to Paragraph 2 in the first e-mail, Amy is an actress, ______. A. who often exercises B. who wanted to lose weight C. who became ill D. who ate little

2. Why did Amy decide to take weight-loss pills?

A. She was overweight.

B. She was having health problems.

C. Her clothes did not fit.

D. She wanted to become slimmer.

B

D

Consolidation: Part C1

• 3. The pills did great harm to Amy’s _______.

A. Heart B. Lungs

C. liver D. eyes

C

• 4. What does Amy do now in order to recover?

A. She goes to the gym every day.

B. She does exercise and eats healthy food.

C. She stays in bed all day.

D. She takes a lot of medicine.

B

• 5. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend, ______.

A. did not want to read Amy’s e-mails

B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s problem

C. thinks Amy should lose weight

D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills are necessary

6. Amy’s experience is ______.

A. an interesting one

B. caused by her family

C. like that of some people in China

D. a problem only for actresses

B

C

Summary: C2

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : RecoveringAmy is recovering from___________. She regrets ______________________and wants to __________________________________________.

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________.

3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”Zhou Lin is ______ to hear about Amy’s problem and ______ Amy, as well as all the others who are not ___________, will value ________.

weight-lossslimmer and slimmer

liver failuretaking the weight-loss pillsfollow … exercise … and eat …

health

sorryhops

overweight

• Fill in the chart according to the text.

Opinion towards weight-loss

Mum’s

1. The pills are____________to Amy’s health.

2. ___________is priceless.

Zhou Ling’s

1. Nothing is more important than__________.

2. It’s often dangerous to take weight-loss pills or go on diet.

Amy’s after operation

Mum’s right. It is not ________ (damage) health for a _______ figure.

dangerous

Health

health

worth damagingslim and attractive

• What is your opinion towards beauty and health?

Discussion

• Do you think beauty only means a good-looking face?

Then, what does real beauty mean?

Offer your seats to the old or the weak

What you can do to show your inner beauty:

Pick up the rubbish

Donate money

Do the voluntary work.Help the disabled people.……

You can’t choose the appearance,

but you can spread your smiling.

你不能选择容貌，　

但你可以展现微笑。

Thank you!

• One apple a day keeps the doctor away.

• Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy & wise.

• After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

• Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick.

Good living habits:

What does the title “Dying to be thin……”

mean?

Amy wants to _______very

much.

She is willing to ____because what

she does to become thin causes great

harm to her health.

be thin die

BrainstormingBrainstorming

have an operation

taking weight-loss pills

taking weight-loss pills

Careful reading

Amy’s experience of taking weight-loss experience.