Looking good,feeling good Unit 3 Looking good,feeling good Reading 1 Dying to be thin...
teenagers who pay more attention to their good looking Welcome to the unit teenagers who pay more attention to their good looking teenagers who focus on their good feeling
Q1:What problems may the overweight people have in their life? Q2:What are the usual ways of losing weight?
01 Problems Be ashamed of… Feel embarrassed about… Cause health problems Get tired easily Hard to find jobs …
02 Ways of losing weight Go on a diet Work out in a gym Receive surgical operations Take weight-loss pills … 外科手术,整容手术
receiving surgical treatment taking weight-loss pills Ways of losing weight Advantages Disadvantages going on a diet working out in a gym receiving surgical treatment taking weight-loss pills weak;hungry lose weight be slim be attractive tired;cost money waste money; weak;dangerous waste money; damage health
Dying to be thin what's the meaning of this title?
skimming Date: From: To: Subject: 2 June Dying to be thin Amy 2 July 4 July Dying to be thin Amy Zhou Ling Recovering Amy Zhou Ling (Becoming well again) Re:Recovering Amy Zhou Ling (reply)
Take weight-loss pills E-mail 1 now Why? Used to go to the gym Take weight-loss pills dangerous … priceless How? 7 kg Mum Be ashamed of… Feel …
2nd e-mail what in hospital recover from liver failure where what why in hospital recover from liver failure weight-loss pills contain a harmful chemical
1st & 2nd e-mail Happy Regretful feel better (in the first e-mail) Period One Happy Period Two (in the second e-mail) Regretful Period Three (in hospital) feel better
Q:What's the meaning of the title “dying to be thin”? There are two points: 1. Amy really wanted to be thin very much. 2. Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills
3rd e-mail Suppose you are Amy's best friend.If you are going to write a letter to her, what will you say to her? And what advice would you give to Amy? You should/must...... You must make sure that...... Why not...... It is better to...... I'd like to suggest that...... I strongly recommend...... If I were you,I would......
3rd e-mail Q: What advice does Zhou Ling give to Amy? To Amy: Nothing is more important than health. To Chinese people : They should learn from Amy's story.
Reading Strategy but & however different opposite The meaning before “however” and “but” and the meaning after “however”and “but” is and different opposite We can use a comma after “however” “However” is an adv. and “but” is a conj.
What do you learn from Amy's story? Health is the most important thing. Don't damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. It is not worth it. We shouldn't be ashamed of the way we look. Being healthy is beauty.