1. Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good

2. Reading: Dying to be thin…
1st period

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

4. Lead-in
Some people are overweight, some are a little fat, and some are slim. Find why people are fat.
Eating/drinking/sleeping too much.

5. Certain medicines
Chunky
Original

6. Genetic(遗传的)
Like father,
like son.

7. Discuss ways of losing weight.

8. go on a diet
( eat less food )

9. 　work out in the gym
exercise, do sports

10. have an operation

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

12. General questions: Where does Amy come from?
What kind of pills did Amy take?
What caused Amy’s liver to fall?
Canada.
Weight-loss pills called Fat-less.
The weight-loss pills.

13. Prediction predict the meaning of the title “Dying to be thin”
a The first is that Amy wanted to be thin very much.
b. The second is that Amy was going to die because she had take some weight-loss pills

14. Careful reading

15. Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( )
T or F Exercise
Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( )
Li Dong donated part of his liver to save Amy’s life. ( )
Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym. ( )
Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( )
For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( )
liver failure F T
, but seldom F T
can’t F

16. Read the first two emails carefully and then choose the best answer.
1 According to Para 2 in the first
, Amy is an actress, _____.
A. who often exercises
B. who wanted to lose some weight
C. who became ill
D. who ate little

17. C1 2 Why did Amy decide to take weight-loss pills?
A. She was overweight.
B. She was having problems.
C. Her clothes did not fit.
D. She wanted to become slimmer.

18. C1 3 At the hospital, the doctors told Amy she would ______.
A. live for seven days
B. have to donate her liver
C. die without a new liver
D. need her mother’s liver

19. C1 4 Li Dong, a young Chinese, _____. A. saved Amy’s life by donating
money to her
B. saved Amy’s life by giving her
part of his liver
C. told Amy never to take
weight-loss pills again
D. once worked with Amy

20. C1
5 According to Para 2 in the first , Amy is an actress, _____.
A. an interesting one
B. forgotten by her family
C. like that of some people in China
D. a problem only for actresses

21. Take weight-loss pills
now
Why?
Used to go to the gym
Take weight-loss pills
dangerous …
priceless
How?
Mum
7 kg
be ashamed of…
Feel …

22. Recover from liver failure
The 2nd
Fill in the blanks
Where is Amy?
Why?
What caused her illness?
How?
In hospital
Recover from liver failure
Pills contain a harmful chemical.
Li Dong donated more than half of his liver to her.

23. C2 Subject Main point Dying to be thin In order to lose weight,
Amy takes weight-loss pills
and becomes slimmer
and slimmer.

24. Amy was recovering from liver failure thanks to Li
Subject
Main point R E C O V I N G
Amy was recovering from
liver failure thanks to Li
Dong, who donated part
of his liver to her.

25. Suppose you are Amy’s best friend
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?

26. To many Chinese people:
The 3rd
sorry
glad
amazed
To Amy:
We shouldn’t be embarrased about our weight.
Nothing is more important than health.
Zhou’s advice
To many Chinese people:
They should learn from Amy’s story.

27. Subject
Main point
Re: Recovering
Zhou was sorry to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as well as all the others who’d like to lose weight could value the importance of health.

28. Reading strategy
Read the text again, find out the sentences
using ‘however’ and ‘but’ and understand
the differences in meaning.
1. I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months.
However, sometimes I feel tired and weak. (P 42.)

29. 2. She says health is priceless, and I agree, but then I look so slim at the moment. (P42.)
3. I’m so sorry to hear about your problems, but I’m glad you’re feeling better and are recovering. (P 43.)

30. 4. I know that the pressure to stay slim is a problem, especially for an actress. However, your mother knows best: nothing is more important than health. (P 43. )

31. Question:
What’s the difference in meaning between the sentences before and after‘however’ and ‘but’?
The two sentences usually express something different and opposite.

32. Language points
I used to go to the gym three times a week, but I don’t work out any more. 我过去每周去体育馆三次，但现在不再锻炼了。
used to 后常接动词原形,表示与现在相反的过去某种习惯，意为“过去常常”。如：

33. It used to be thought that the Earth
was flat, but now everyone knows it is
round.
过去认为地球是平坦的,但现在人人都
知道它是圆的。
Dr Li used to go to the club a lot.
李博士过去常常去俱乐部。 D

34. 句型转换练习
否定句: Dr Li didn’t use to/ used not to/ use (d) n’t to go to the club a lot.
一般疑问句: Did Dr Li use to/ Used Dr Li to go to the club a lot?
反意疑问句: Dr Li used to go to the club a lot, didn’t he/ use (d) n’t he?

35. work out 可译为“进行锻炼、计算出、(情况等)发展……” 。 如：
We didn’t plan it like this but it worked out very well 我们并没计划这样，但结果竟然很好。

36. He keeps fit by working out in the gym every day. 他通过每天在体育馆锻炼来保持健康。
Can you work out the problem for me? 你能为我计算出这个问题吗？

37. The pills really work! (减肥) 药片还真的管用呦！

38. e.g. The present arrangement is working reasonably well. 目前的安排很奏效。
It’s a good idea, but it just won’t work 它是个好主意，但行不通。

39. 类似用法的动词还有：
sell, wash, write，last …
e.g. These storybooks sell well 这些故事书很畅销。
This kind of cloth washes easily.这种布洗起来很容易。
His new pen writes well 他的新钢笔很好用。

40. work 的相关词组：
work at 致力于, 在……上下工夫; work as 充当, 担任……工作; work on 从事 (工作)

41. Practice 1). He worked __ a taxi driver in the north three years ago.
2). For two weeks she worked hard __ her new novel.
3). I want to work __ perfecting my style before trying anything new.
4). It’s a very strange situation and I can’t work it ___. as at on
out

42. 3. I follow my doctor’s advice and exercise for at least half an hour every day, and eat lots of fruit and vegetables 我听从医生的建议,每天锻炼至少半小时,吃很多的水果和蔬菜。

43. 动词follow 可译为“接着、遵循、顺着、理解 ……”
e.g. He stayed at home in the days that followed 在接下来的日子他都呆在家里。
Follow this road and you’ll find the hotel 沿着这条路走,你就会找到那家旅馆。

44. (3) He speaks so fast that we can hardly follow him. 他讲得如此的快以致我们几乎不能听懂。
词组互译：
follow one’s example
follow the instructions
in the following years
as follows
在接下来的几年
遵从指示
追随某人的榜样 如下

45. Good staying with you!
Thank you!