Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good

1. Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good 湟里高级中学 赵明亮

3. slim

4. overweight

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

6. Reading Dying to be thin…

7. Skimming: Amy Dying to be thin Zhou Ling Amy Zhou Ling Recovering Re: Recovering Amy Zhou Ling (reply)

8. Main point : A：Amy is recovering from liver failure. 1 Dying to be thin B：Zhou Ling is sorry to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as well as all the others who’d like to lose weight will value the importance of health. 2 Recovering C：In order tolose weight, Amy takes weight-losspills and become slimmer and slimmer. 3 Re: Recovering

9. Careful reading Read the first email，paying attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises.

10. 1st e-mail 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 mothertell her?

11. 1st e-mail 1. Does Amy go to gym now 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.

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

13. 7 kg now Why? Used to go to the gym Take weight-loss pills The 1st E-mail dangerous … important How? Mum don’t feel … be ashamed of…

14. 2nde-mail True or false 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.( ) F liver failure T

15. True or false 3. Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( ) 4. For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( ) T F

16. Read the third email，then tell me what are Zhou Ling's feeling and advice.

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

18. Dying Title: 1.______ to be thin ashamed of taking weight-loss pills losing 7kg Results energetic Before regretful Opinions damage your health

19. What does the title ‘Dying to be thin…’ mean? Amy wanted to be _______very much. Amy nearly(几乎) ____in order to lose weight. died thin

20. Reading strategy Understand sentences with ‘however’ or ‘but’ 1.She says health is the most important thing, and I agree, butthen I look so slim at the moment. (P42.)

21. 2. I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months. However, sometimes I don’t feel so energetic. (P 42.) 3. I’m so sorry to hear about your problem, but I’m glad you’re feeling better and are recovering. (P 43.)

22. but 和 however 都意为“可是，但是” when you see these two words, you can guess that the following sentence will say something different to what has just been expressed. 区别：however后面需要使用逗号 ，而but 后一般不得使用逗号

23. Practice 1. Learning the guitar isn’t difficult, ______ you have to practise. 2. Rick was very successful, ________ , the last few years of his life were not happy ones. 3. My neighbors like loud pop music, ______ I don’t like. but however but

24. Discussion: 1.What have you learnt from Amy's story? 2.What will you do to keep healthy?

25. Keep healthy ( look good + feel good ) exercise ( work out) healthy diets

26. If you are confident of yourself, you are beautiful. Remember

27. 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 the most important.

28. Homework Retell the story to others Finish the exersise on page 44 and 45

29. Thank you ！