Unit 3 looking good, feeling good

Welcome to my class!

Lead in

What are they like? What are they like?

a slim figure overweight

overweightimportance of health.

Lead in

a slim figureoverweight

She has managed to lose weight. She has managed to lose weight.

If you are a bit overweight, how would you lose weight ？

Pair workPair work

　 work out in the gym

exercise, do sports

go on a diet

( eat less food )

have an operation

( take weight-loss pills )

take some medicine

ways to lose weightgoing on a diet

working out in a gym

receiving surgical treatment/ plastic surgery

taking weight-loss pills

Which method would you prefer?

What are the advantages and d

isadvantages of each of them?

going on a diet

advantages disadvantages

lose weight weak; tired;

exercising in the gym

advantages disadvantages

keep fit;lose weight

waste time;have to pay

receiving surgical treatment

advantages disadvantages

lose weight waste money;feel weak

taking weight-loss pills

advantages disadvantages

lose weight waste money;damage health

ReadingReading

Dying to be thin…

Fast reading

Read the three e-mails quickly and answer the following questions.

1.Where does Amy come from?

2. What kind of method did Amy take to lose weight?

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

Canada

Taking weight-loss pills

The title has two meanings:

Amy _______ to be thin

very much.

Amy nearly ____ because she wanted

to lose weight

wante

d

died

Date: From: To: Subject:

2 May 2003

2 June 2003

4 June 2003

Amy

Amy

Amy

Zhou Ling

Zhou Ling

Zhou Ling

Dying to be thinRecovering

skimming

(Becoming well again)

(reply)

Re:Recovering

Skimming C2 (P44)

Subject Main point

Dying to be thin

Recovering

Re: Recovering

In order to ______________, Amy takes ______________and becomes ___________________.

lose weightweight-loss pills

slimmer and slimmer

Amy is recovering from__________liver failure

Zhou is sorry to hear about Amy’s problem and hopes that the others who’d like to lose weight could learn from her story.

and she realizes the __________importance of health.

Careful reading

1. Listen to the first email

carefully and decide which

sentences below are true (T)

and which ones are false (F).

True or false

1. Amy used to go on a diet to keep

slim. ( ) 2. Amy is trying to lose weight

because she is ashamed of her body.( )

3. The weight-loss pills Amy took didn’t

work .( )

4. Amy’s mother is for her taking weight- loss pills to stay slim.( )

Fgo to the gym

T

1st e-mail

Fdid

F

against

7 kg

Used to go to the gym

now

Take weight-loss

pills

Why?

be ashamed of…

Result?

don’t feel …

Mum

dangerous…

priceless

E-mail 1

Careful reading

2. Listen to the second email

carefully and then fill in the

blanks.

Where Amy is _________

What She is _________ from ___________

Why The pills contain ________________ that caused her liver to fail.

Who ___________ insisted on sending her to hospital.

How She________________________ and __________ for at least half an hour a day and eats lots of_______________.

in hospital.recoverin

gliver failure.a harmful

chemical Her mother

exercises

E-mail 2 Complete the following form

follows her doctor’s advice

fruit and vegetables

Fill in the charts about the three

periods of Amy’s mood.

What is her mood in each period?

And what are the reasons and

results?

What Amy did

Reasons Results Amy’s emotions

take Fat-less pills

an actress; ashamed of being fat.

slimmer; tired and weak

happy

be in hospital

liver failure; dying; regretful

medical treatment recovering hopeful

Careful reading

3. Read the third e-mail carefully and answer the q

uestions.

(1)What did Zhou Ling feel when she read Amy's e-mails?

(2)What does Zhou Ling think of Amy?

(3)Zhou Ling thinks who should learn from Amy's story?

(1)What did Zhou Ling feel when she read Amy’s e-mails?

(2)What does Zhou Ling think of Amy?

(3)Zhou Ling thinks who should learn from Amy's story?

sorry glad

She looks great and she is a wonderful

person.

Many people in China, some of whom are not over-weight at all should learn from Amy’s story.

E-mail 3

Task-based reading

Read the whole text carefully

again

and fill in the blanks.

Dyingto bethin

Amy’s opinion about losing weight

The way tolose weight

Results Amy’s feelings

▼ Looking good isvery important towomen. Everywoman wants a slim(1) ________.

▼She is preparing to act in a new TVplay. She is (2)________ of herbody.

▼ She is takingweight-losspill called fatLess, whichis quite (3)_________among youngwomen.

▼ The pills really(4) ________ !She has lost 7kg inthe last two months,but sometimes shedoesn’t feel so(5) __________.

▼ Reason: The pills (6)__________ aharmful chemicalthat caused her liverto fail.

▼ Don’t damageyour health for aslim and (7)________ figure.

▼ People shouldlook after theirbodies. Weshouldn’t beashamed of the(8) _________ we look.

Mother’sadvice

Health is priceless

ZhouLing’sadvice

We shouldn’t be (9)____________ about our weight. We look great as we are.Nothing is more important than (10) _________.

figure

ashamed

popular

work

energetic

contain

attractive

way

embarrassedhealth

conclusion

Nothing is more important than health.

Discussion

Suppose you are Amy’s best friend, what advice or suggestions would you give to Amy?

Homework

Suppose you are Amy’s best friend, write a reply letter to Amy to give your suggestions.

Homework

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