1. Looking good, feeling good
Unit 3
Looking good, feeling good

2. Reading
Dying to be thin…

3. Lead-in &pre-reading Fast &careful reading Detailed-reading Discussion
Contents
Lead-in &pre-reading
Fast &careful reading
Detailed-reading
Discussion
Homework

4. Do they look good and feel good?
Lead-in
Do they look good and feel good?

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

6. What’s the man trying to do?

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

8. Ways of losing weight

9. 　work out in the gym
exercise, do sports

10. go on a diet
(eat less food)

11. receive a plastic surgery

12. take some medicine
(take weight-loss pills)

13. 2. Which method would you prefer
2. Which method would you prefer? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them?
Ways of losing weight
Advantages
Disadvantages
going on a diet
exercising in the gym
feel weak and
tired
lose weight
keep fit;
lose weight
spend time
and money

14. 返回目录 Ways of losing weight Advantages Disadvantages
receiving a plastic surgery
taking weight- -loss ills
spend money;
unhealthy
lose weight
spend money;
damage health
lose weight
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15. Fast reading
Read the three s quickly and answer the following questions. 1. Where does Amy come from? Canada 2. What kind of pills did Amy take? Weight-loss pills (which are)called fat-less.

16. 3. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title?
Amy wanted to be thin very much.
b. Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.

17. Careful Reading choose the best answer.
1. According to Paragraph 2 in the first , Amy is an actress, _______.
A. who often exercises
B. who wanted to lose weight
C. who become ill
D. who ate little

18. 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.

19. 3. The pills did great harm to Amy’s ______.
A. heart
B. lungs
C. liver
D. eyes

20. 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.

21. 5. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend, _______.
A. did not want to read Amy’s s
B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s
problem
C. thinks Amy should lose weight
D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills
are necessary

22. 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 actresses

23. Detailed reading
Reread the three s paying attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises.

24. 1
1. Does Amy still go to the gym every day 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.

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

26. Try to retell email 1 according to some pictures.

27. Take weight-loss pills
now
Why?
Used to go to the gym
Take weight-loss pills
The 1st
dangerous …
important
7 kg
results
Mum
be ashamed of…
doesn’t feel …

28. Read Email 2 and fill in the blanks

29. pills contain a harmful chemical
The 2nd
Fill in the blanks
Where?
What?
Why?
Doctor's advice
Mother's words
In hospital
Recover from liver failure.
pills contain a harmful chemical
exercise and eat lots of fruit and vegetables
we shouldn't be ashamed of the way we look

30. 3
Circle the words about Zhou Ling’s feelings and find out her advice
sorry
glad

31. To many Chinese people:
Zhou’s advice
To Amy:
We shouldn’t be embarrassed about our weight.
Nothing is more important than health.
To many Chinese people:
They should learn from Amy’s story.

32. Subject Main point dying to be thin weight-loss pills
Do Part C2 on page 44. and give the main idea of the text
Subject
Main point
In order to lose weight, Amy takes ______ and becomes ______
dying to be thin
weight-loss pills
slimer and slimer

33. Amy is ________from liver ______ Subject Main point recovering failure

34. will value the importance of . Amy's
Subject
Main point
Re: Recovering
Zhou Ling is sorry to hear about problem and hopes that she as well as all the others who’d like to
will value the importance of
Amy's
lose weight
health

35. Health is the most important thing for us.
working out regularly can make you look good and feel good.

36. Reading strategy: ( however ,but )
The feeling before “however” or ”but” and the feeling after them are usually opposite.
We can use a comma (,) after “however”

37. however, but
I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months. _________, sometimes I feel tired and weak.
I’m sorry to hear about your problems, ____ I’m glad you’re feeling better and recovering.
However
but

38. 3. Learning the guitar isn’t difficult, _____ you have to practise.
4. So far I haven’t had any success, _______, I’ll keep trying.
but
however
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39. Discussion
1. what lessons can we learn from Amy's experience?
2.What do you think is the best
way to keep healthy? Why?
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40. Homework
1.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?
2.Finish Part D1,D2,E on page 44 and page45.

41. thank you!