1. Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good
Reading

2. Learning aims to know the main ideas of the three e-mails
to be able to retell the story
to make a judgment about ways of losing weight

3. Do they look good and feel good?
Step 1: Lead-in
Do they look good and feel good?

4. Who do you like better? Why?
Fat
Slim

5. What’s the woman trying to do?

6. Discussion
If you are a bit over-weight, how would you lose weight?

7. Ways of losing weight

8. work out in the gym
(exercise, do sports)

9. go on a diet
(eat less food)

10. receive surgical treatment
(have an operation)

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

12. ??? Dying to be thin... Reading:
Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title?

13. Read the three e-mails (P42) one by one and finish some exercises.
Step2: Careful reading
Read the three s (P42) one by one and finish some exercises.

14. The 1 st E-mail Read the first e-mail and answer the questions:
1. Does Amy go to gym now to stay slim? How does she lose weight now?
2. Why does Amy want to lose weight?
3. How does she feel after taking the pills?
4. What does Amy’s mother tell her?

15. The 1 st
1. Does Amy go to gym now to stay slim? How does she lose weight now?
No. Now she loses weight by taking pills called Fat-less.
2. Why does Amy want to lose weight?
Because she is ashamed of her body.

16. 3. How does she feel after taking the pills?
4. What does Amy’s mother tell her?
She is becoming slimmer and slimmer, however she doesn’t feel so energetic.
Amy’s mother tells her not to take the pills because they were dangerous and health is the most important thing.

17. What happened to Amy? 7 kg now Why? now Mum used to… taking…
dangerous …
important
7 kg
now
Mum
be ashamed of…
doesn’t feel …

18. The 2nd E-mail Answer True or False questions:
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. ( )
3. Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym. ( )
4. Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( )
5. For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( )
liver failure F T
but seldom F T
can’t F

19. The 2nd E-mail Fill in the blanks Where? What?
recover from liver failure
Why?
Doctor's advice
Mother's words
in hospital
pills contain a harmful chemical
exercise and eat lots of fruit and vegetables
don't damage your health for a slim and attractive figure

20. The 3 rd E-mail Read the third e-mail and answer the questions:
1. Why didn't Zhou Ling write to Amy until today?
2. How did she feel when she heard Amy was recovering?
3. What’s Zhou Ling’s advice to some of Chinese people who are not overweight?

21. The 3 rd E-mail 1. Why didn't Zhou Ling write to Amy until today?
Because her computer was broken.
2. How did she feel when she heard Amy was recovering?
3. What’s Zhou Ling’s advice to some of Chinese people who are not overweight?
She was glad.
She hopes they can learn from Amy’s story.

22. Zhou Ling’s reply to Amy:
be ______ to hear about her problems
sorry
Zhou Ling’s
feelings
but feel glad at her recovery
shouldn’t be __________ about our weight
embarrassed
Zhou Ling’s
suggestions
follow her mother’s advice: ________________________________
nothing is more important than health

23. Conclusion: liver to fail treatment health lose weight-loss
1.Dying to be thin
a. Weight–loss pills caused Amy’s ___________ and she received good medical __________ in hospital.
2.Recovering
b. Zhou Ling was surprised at Amy’s problems and she thinks that ________ is the most important.
3.Re: Recovering
c. In order to ______ weight, Amy took ___________ pills and became ______________________.
liver to fail
treatment
health
lose
weight-loss
slimmer and slimmer

24. Dying to be thin... Amy wanted to be thin very much.
Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.

25. Step3: Post reading
Further discussion:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the ways of losing weight?

26. Ways of losing weight
Advantages
Disadvantages
spend time
waste money
Work out in the gym
Go on a diet
Receive surgical treatment
Take weight-loss pills
lose weight
keep fit
feel weak
and tired
lose weight save money
lose weight
quick
waste money
dangerous
waste money
unhealthy
lose weight
convenient

27. 1. Prepare a role play Step4: Homework Background information:
Suppose you are Amy and you get sick because of taking weight-loss pills. And then your mother takes you to the hospital to see the doctor. The doctor gives you some advice…

28. 2. Write an
Reply an to Amy and give her some advice to keep healthy.

29. Homework Read and finish part E on p.45.
Underline the new words and phrases in the reading.