Unit 3 looking good, feeling good Welcome to my class!

Wanting to be beautiful is human nature

Whom do you like better, the thin or the fat? Why?

What’s the man trying to do?

In history: Tang Dynasty _fat Han Dynasty _thin Today

If you are a bit over-weight, how would you lose weight ？ Pair work

work out in the gym exercise, do sports

go on a diet ( eat less food )

receiving surgical treatment receiving surgical treatment taking weight-loss pills taking weight-loss pills

Reading Dying to be thin…

Guess what “dying to be thin…”means.

Fast reading Read the three s quickly and answer the following questions. Canada weight-loss pills 3.Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title? 1.Where does Amy come from? 2. What kind of pills did Amy take?

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

The title has two meanings: Amy wanted to _______very much. Amy nearly ____because she wanted to lose weight be thin died

Read the first together, paying attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises. Careful reading

1st 1. Does Amy go to gym now to stay slim? How does she lose weight now? No. Now she loses weight by taking pills. 2. Why does Amy want to lose weight? She is ashamed of her body.

3. How does she feel after taking the pills? 4. What did Amy’s mother tell her? She told her not to take the pills because they were dangerous and health was priceless. She is slimmer and slimmer, however she doesn’t feel so energetic.

7 kg Used to go to the gym now Take weight- loss pills Why? be ashamed of… effect don’t feel … Mum dangerous … priceless The 1 st

Read the second by yourselves, paying attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises. Careful reading

2nd True or false 1.Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( ) 2.The pills were going to completely destroy Amy’s liver if she continued taking them.( ) F liver failure T

True or false 3. Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( ) 4. For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( ) T F

What happened to Amy? What does Amy learn? The weight-loss pills caused her liver to fail. How did she survive? Follow the doctor’s advice and exercise for at least half an hour every day. 2nd

Read the third by yourselves, paying attention to some detailed information

sorryglad Zhou’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

Consolidation Amy is an actress and wants to have a slim _____. She feels ______ of her body. She used to go to the ______, but later she didn’t ______ _______ any more. Instead, she took some weight-loss pills. At first, these pills ________ quite well. She became ________________. A month later, however, Amy had to stay in hospital because of liver _________. She __________ taking those pills. Later she received good medical _______, and now is feeling better. gym workout figureashamed worked slimmer and slimmer failure regretted treatment

The ________ to stay slim is a problem, and some people who are not overweight at all are going on ________. Health is the most important thing in our lives. Don’t ________ our health just for looking good. It is not _________ it. We shouldn’t be __________ about our weight. pressure a diet damage worth embarrassed Consolidation

Suppose one of your friends is dying to be thin. She goes on diets and takes weight-loss pills. What suggestions will you give her? You can’t choose the appearance, but you can spread your smiles.

conclusion Beauty is but skin deep. 美貌是肤浅的 Health is important. Handsome is as handsome does.( 内在 美才是真正美）

Life is made up of pieces,we both want to be looking good and feeling good,but if we can’t have both of them, we’d better choose health. Health is priceless!

Discussion There are many people around you whose appearance is common but attractive in some way. Give some examples. What is the real beauty?

Beauty is kindness Beauty is courage Beauty is strength Beauty is devotion Beauty is diligence Beauty is wisdom Beauty is health Beauty is more than skin-deep

Understand sentences with ‘however’ or ‘but’ Reading strategy 1.She says health is the most important thing, and I agree, but then I look so slim at the moment. (P42.)

2. I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months. However, sometimes I don’t feel so energetic. (P 42.) 3. I’m so sorry to hear about your problem, but I’m glad you’re feeling better and are recovering. (P 43.)

but 和 however 都意为 “ 可是，但是 ” 区别： 区别： however 后面需要使用逗号 ，而 but 后一般不得使用逗号

1. Learning the guitar isn’t difficult, ______ you have to practise. 2. Rick was very successful, ________, the last few years of his life were not happy ones. 3. My neighbors like loud pop music, ______ I don’t like. but however but Practice