Questions:

3. Questions:

4. Questions: 1 Do you like to be fat ? 2 If you are a little bit overweight,how will you lose weight?

5. go on a diet take weight-loss pills/tea go to the gym to do exercise do an operation (fat extraction抽脂) Receive surgical treatment 手术

7. lose weight

8. lose weight be slim

9. lose weight be slim attractive

10. weak hungry. lose weight be slim attractive

11. weak,hungry tired, a waste of time, money lose weight be slim attractive

12. weak,hungry tired, a waste of time, money lose weight a waste of money, weak,dangerous be slim attractive

13. weak,hungry tired, a waste of time, money lose weight a waste of money, weak,dangerous be slim attractive waste money damage health

14. Reading Dying to be thin

15. task 1: Skimming

16. Find the subject with each e-mail. • Dying to be thin • b Recovering • c The reply to “recovering ” The 1st e-mail: The 2nd e-mail: The 3rd e-mail:

17. The first e- mail • Why did Amy want to lose weight? • How did she lose weight? • Did the pills work?what is the result in the last two months ?

18. The second e-mail • What ’ s wrong with Amy after taking those weight-loss pills ? • Who donated more than half of his liver to save Amy ’ s life ? • Is Amy feeling better now ?

19. The third e - mail • How did Zhouling feel when she heard Amy 's problems? • What did she think of the Chinese boy ‘ s story ? • What did she learn from the story of Amy ?

21. The first e- mail • Why did Amy want to lose weight? • How did she lose weight? • Did the pills work?what was the result in the last two months ? • Yes ,they did .she had lost 7kg in the last two months , however ,sometimes she felt tired and weak. She is ashamed of her body. She took weight-loss pills called Fat-Less.

22. The second e-mail • What ’ s wrong with Amy after taking those weight-loss pills ? • She is in hospital recovering from liver failure . • Who donated more than half of his liver to save Amy ’ s life ? • Li dong • Is Amy feeling better now ? • Yes , she is

23. The third e - mail • How did Zhouling feel when she heard Amy 's problems? • She was sorry to hear about it . • What did she think of the Chinese boy ‘s story ? • It is really touching story . • What did she learn from the story ? • We shouldn't be embarrassed about our weight.

24. Task 2: Scanning

25. Read again , find the main point of each e-mail : 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin 2nd e-mail : Recovering

26. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. 2nd e-mail : Recovering

27. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. weight-loss 2nd e-mail : Recovering

28. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. weight-loss slimmer and slimmer 2nd e-mail : Recovering

29. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. weight-loss slimmer and slimmer 2nd e-mail : Recovering Amy was recovering from___________. She regretted _______________________and wanted to thank Li Dong for__________________________.

30. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. weight-loss slimmer and slimmer 2nd e-mail : Recovering Amy was recovering from___________. She regretted _______________________and wanted to thank Li Dong for__________________________. liver failure

31. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. weight-loss slimmer and slimmer 2nd e-mail : Recovering Amy was recovering from___________. She regretted _______________________and wanted to thank Li Dong for__________________________. liver failure taking the weight-loss pills

32. 1st e-mail : Dying to be thin In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________ pills and becomes___________________. weight-loss slimmer and slimmer 2nd e-mail : Recovering Amy was recovering from___________. She regretted _______________________and wanted to thank Li Dong for__________________________. liver failure taking the weight-loss pills donating part of his liver to her

33. 3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”

34. 3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering” ____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s problem and hoped______, as well as all the other’s who’d like to lose weight , would value________.

35. 3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering” ____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s problem and hoped______, as well as all the other’s who’d like to lose weight , would value________. Zhou Ling

36. 3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering” ____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s problem and hoped______, as well as all the other’s who’d like to lose weight , would value________. Zhou Ling Amy

37. 3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering” ____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s problem and hoped______, as well as all the other’s who’d like to lose weight , would value________. Zhou Ling Amy health

38. What does the title “Dying tobe thin……” mean? She was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills. Amy wanted to be thin very much.

39. What is your opinion towards beauty and health?

40. What is your opinion towards beauty and health? Being healthy is beauty.

41. How to stay healthy?

42. How to stay healthy? • An apple a day keeps the doctor away. • Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick. • Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy & wise. • After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

43. You can’t choose the appearance, but you can spread your smiling. 你不能选择容貌，　 但你可以展现微笑。 Health is much more important.