Unit 3 Looking good,

Felling good. Welcome to the unit & Reading

By Wang Yanran Sunny

lead Do you know any proverbs about "HEALTH" ?In

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

lead Do you know any proverbs about "HEALTH" ?In

lead Do you know any proverbs about "HEALTH" ?In

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

lead Do you know any proverbs about "HEALTH" ?In

Exercise is to the body what reading is to the mind .

Discuss with your partner:Is it necessary for one to lose weight? Why?

• Yes, it is normal for people to care about their appearance and find some ways to improve it.....

• No, I don't think so. One should be confident and appreciate the way they are......

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Fast Reading ： Answer the questions in breif words

•1. Where does Amy come from?

•2. What kind of pills did Amy take? •3. What happended to Amy after taking

those pills?

•4. Why did Zhou Ling fail to answer Amy’s e-mails in time?

Canada.

Weight-loss pills called Fat-less.

Because Zhou’s computer was broken.

The liver failure/ Her liver was completely destroyed/damaged.

Word study : Guess the meaning and do the matching!

1 work out L4

2 figure L5

3 treatment L19

4 recover L18

5 diet L39

6 embarrassed L34

a body shape

b become well again

c exercise

d sth. that is done to make a patient feel better

e ashamed

f a prescribed selection of foods

Careful Reading ： E-mail 1

Amy was trying to lose weight because

she was ashamed of her body.

True or Flase ？

Amy used to go on a diet to keep slim.

The weight-loss pills Amy took didn’t have any effect on her.

Amy found herself active and full of life after taking the pills.

(F)

(F)

(F)

(T)

Read the first e-mail, and fill in the blanks.

Reasons Ways Results

（ ） is important to women in Canada.

She （ ） go to the gym to （ ） 3 times a week.

She is becoming（ ） and has lost （ ） kg in the last months.

She feels （ ） her body.

She is now taking

（ ） and her goal is to lose（ ） 10 kg.

Sometimes she feels herself lack of

（ ） .

She is preparing to （ ） .

Her mother says health is ( ).

Looking good

ashamed of

act in a new TV show

used to

work out

weight-loss pills

at least

slimmer and slimmer

7

energy

the most important

Careful Reading E-mail2:

1.Amy is now recovering from a liver failure

in hospital.

2.It was the side effect of the weight-loss pills that caused her liver to fall.

3.Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym.

4.Now Amy eats lots of fruits and vegetables because she become an vegetarian.

5.For a thin and attractive figure, it is worthwhile to sacrifice our health.

True or Flase ？

(T)

(T)

(F)

(F)

(F)

Zhou’s feeling:

sorry

glad

touched

hoping

Nothing is more important than health.

Careful Reading: E-mail 3

Attitudes towards losing weight:

Take the risk of ___________her health for a

slim and attractive figure.Amy

Taking pills is __________.Nothing is more _________tha

n health.

Mom

You look great ______________. We shouldn’t be _______________

our weight.

Zhou Ling

damaging

dangerous

important

as you areembarrassed about

Amy wanted to be thin

so much!1Amy was dying because she h

ad taken too many harmful w

eight-loss pills.2

What does the author mean by “Dying to be thin” ？

Activity: Role play

Background ： There is a radio program named "Your moon, my heart" that would like to invite Amy, Amy's mom and Zhou Ling to share their stories.

Requirements: -Work in group of 6 to design an outline of their conversations in the radio broadcast. -4 persons(Amy/Mom/Zhou/Host) from each group will have to perform it in front of class.Time for preparation: 10 minites

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Beauty is the way people act and the little things they do rather than how they look.

You can’t choose the appearance, but you can spread your smile:)

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