1. Don’t lose weight without thinking (P2) 福建福州十一中 张永锋 E-mail: baun@tom.com

2. Curriculum focus Health awareness: learning to lose weight in healthy ways Language skills: writing to persuade people to give up bad habits

3. Pre-reading Do you know anything about dieting? What’s your attitude towards diet pills? What’s your opinion of beauty?

4. While reading Skimming: 1. How do youngsters lose weight? 2. What’s the result of eating diet pills? By eating diet pills or by eating nothing. It stunts growth or makes people gain more weight than before after stopping the pills.

5. While reading Scanning: Read the passage again for further understanding and decide whether the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). ( ) 1. Many girls are attracted by the advertisements for diet pills on TV. ( ) 2. Using diet pills is very effective. T F

6. ( ) 3. Diet pills haven’t any side effects. ( ) 4. Looking slim means praise from others for youngsters. ( ) 5. Doing more exercise can help you keep healthy. F T T

7. Choose the best answer: ( ) 1. According to the passage, what’s the right way to keep healthy? A. Eat as many diet pills as possible. B. Only eat one meal a day. C. Skip rope or do other exercises. D. Eat as much as possible. C

8. ( ) 2. What are the side effects of diet pills? A. They stunt youngsters’ growth. B. They make youngsters’ even heavier than before. C. Youngsters may become anorexic or bulimic. D. All of above. D

9. Language focus contain vt. Sea water contains a lot of salt. include vt.The price includes both a suit and a shirt. included There are 3,500 people in our school,177 teachers included. including There are 3,500 people in our school, including 177 teachers.

10. Post-reading Discussion: 1. Which way do you think is the best to keep healthy? 2. Why are you attracted by advertisements for diet pills?