unit 3 looking good, feeling good welcome to my class!
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Unit 3 looking good, feeling good
Welcome to my class!
Lead in
What are they like? What are they like?
a slim figure overweight
overweightimportance of health.
Lead in
a slim figureoverweight
She has managed to lose weight. She has managed to lose weight.
If you are a bit overweight, how would you lose weight ?
Pair workPair work
work out in the gym
exercise, do sports
go on a diet
( eat less food )
have an operation
( take weight-loss pills )
take some medicine
ways to lose weightgoing on a diet
working out in a gym
receiving surgical treatment/ plastic surgery
taking weight-loss pills
Which method would you prefer?
What are the advantages and d
isadvantages of each of them?
going on a diet
advantages disadvantages
lose weight weak; tired;
exercising in the gym
advantages disadvantages
keep fit;lose weight
waste time;have to pay
receiving surgical treatment
advantages disadvantages
lose weight waste money;feel weak
taking weight-loss pills
advantages disadvantages
lose weight waste money;damage health
ReadingReading
Dying to be thin…
Fast reading
Read the three e-mails quickly and answer the following questions.
1.Where does Amy come from?
2. What kind of method did Amy take to lose weight?
3. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title?
Canada
Taking weight-loss pills
The title has two meanings:
Amy _______ to be thin
very much.
Amy nearly ____ because she wanted
to lose weight
wante
d
died
Date: From: To: Subject:
2 May 2003
2 June 2003
4 June 2003
Amy
Amy
Amy
Zhou Ling
Zhou Ling
Zhou Ling
Dying to be thinRecovering
skimming
(Becoming well again)
(reply)
Re:Recovering
Skimming C2 (P44)
Subject Main point
Dying to be thin
Recovering
Re: Recovering
In order to ______________, Amy takes ______________and becomes ___________________.
lose weightweight-loss pills
slimmer and slimmer
Amy is recovering from__________liver failure
Zhou is sorry to hear about Amy’s problem and hopes that the others who’d like to lose weight could learn from her story.
and she realizes the __________importance of health.
Careful reading
1. Listen to the first email
carefully and decide which
sentences below are true (T)
and which ones are false (F).
True or false
1. Amy used to go on a diet to keep
slim. ( ) 2. Amy is trying to lose weight
because she is ashamed of her body.( )
3. The weight-loss pills Amy took didn’t
work .( )
4. Amy’s mother is for her taking weight- loss pills to stay slim.( )
Fgo to the gym
T
1st e-mail
Fdid
F
against
7 kg
Used to go to the gym
now
Take weight-loss
pills
Why?
be ashamed of…
Result?
don’t feel …
Mum
dangerous…
priceless
E-mail 1
Careful reading
2. Listen to the second email
carefully and then fill in the
blanks.
Where Amy is _________
What She is _________ from ___________
Why The pills contain ________________ that caused her liver to fail.
Who ___________ insisted on sending her to hospital.
How She________________________ and __________ for at least half an hour a day and eats lots of_______________.
in hospital.recoverin
gliver failure.a harmful
chemical Her mother
exercises
E-mail 2 Complete the following form
follows her doctor’s advice
fruit and vegetables
Fill in the charts about the three
periods of Amy’s mood.
What is her mood in each period?
And what are the reasons and
results?
What Amy did
Reasons Results Amy’s emotions
take Fat-less pills
an actress; ashamed of being fat.
slimmer; tired and weak
happy
be in hospital
liver failure; dying; regretful
medical treatment recovering hopeful
Careful reading
3. Read the third e-mail carefully and answer the q
uestions.
(1)What did Zhou Ling feel when she read Amy's e-mails?
(2)What does Zhou Ling think of Amy?
(3)Zhou Ling thinks who should learn from Amy's story?
(1)What did Zhou Ling feel when she read Amy’s e-mails?
(2)What does Zhou Ling think of Amy?
(3)Zhou Ling thinks who should learn from Amy's story?
sorry glad
She looks great and she is a wonderful
person.
Many people in China, some of whom are not over-weight at all should learn from Amy’s story.
E-mail 3
Task-based reading
Read the whole text carefully
again
and fill in the blanks.
Dyingto bethin
Amy’s opinion about losing weight
The way tolose weight
Results Amy’s feelings
▼ Looking good isvery important towomen. Everywoman wants a slim(1) ________.
▼She is preparing to act in a new TVplay. She is (2)________ of herbody.
▼ She is takingweight-losspill called fatLess, whichis quite (3)_________among youngwomen.
▼ The pills really(4) ________ !She has lost 7kg inthe last two months,but sometimes shedoesn’t feel so(5) __________.
▼ Reason: The pills (6)__________ aharmful chemicalthat caused her liverto fail.
▼ Don’t damageyour health for aslim and (7)________ figure.
▼ People shouldlook after theirbodies. Weshouldn’t beashamed of the(8) _________ we look.
Mother’sadvice
Health is priceless
ZhouLing’sadvice
We shouldn’t be (9)____________ about our weight. We look great as we are.Nothing is more important than (10) _________.
figure
ashamed
popular
work
energetic
contain
attractive
way
embarrassedhealth
conclusion
Nothing is more important than health.
Discussion
Suppose you are Amy’s best friend, what advice or suggestions would you give to Amy?
Homework
Suppose you are Amy’s best friend, write a reply letter to Amy to give your suggestions.
Homework
Writing 小伟减肥以后,感到身体疲倦、虚弱,不知如何是好 ,于是他写了一封电子邮件向健康专家求教。 请根据下面内容,以小伟的名义写一封邮件。词数 100 左右。 原因:觉得自己太胖,体重不断增加,担心形象不美,有同
学骂他。 过程: 1. 去健身房,两三次就放弃了,感觉太累也没时间。 2. 节食,坚持了大约一个星期,经常饿得不能继续他的学习。 3. 悄悄服用减肥药,一开始有效果,体重迅速下降,但减肥
药对他产生副作用。