Dying to be thin…Dying to be thin…

Unit 3

授课老师：胡君 授课班级： 300

班 2013.10.31

Important words and phrases1. adj. 惭愧的，羞愧的2. n. 千克，公斤3. adj. 精力充沛的，充满活力的4. n. 化学物质 adj. 化学的5. vt. &n. 损害；伤害6. adj. 有吸引力的，有魅力的7. adj. 尴尬的，不好意思的，难

为情的8. n. 压力9. n. 节食；日常饮食 vi. 节食，

控制饮食10. vt.&vi. 受苦；遭受（磨难）

ashamedkilogramenergeticchemicaldamageattractiveembarrassed

pressurediet

suffer

1. work 锻炼；设计；解决2. at the 目前，此刻，此时3. be of 感到羞愧4. lose 减肥5. not …any 不再6. insist 坚持7. secret 秘密地8. go on a 节食9. effect 副作用 10.as you 像你现在的样子

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Lead-in:What problems are they facing?

What problems are they facing?

fat / overweight

Can you give them some advice on how to lose weight ？

Pair 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

Read the first two e-mails

quickly and answer the

following questions.

The 1st e-mail

1. Where does Amy come from?Canada.

2. Why did Amy want to lose weight?

Because she was ashamed of

her body.3.What kind of pills did Amy take?

Weight-loss pills called Fat-Less.

7 kg

Used to go to the gym

now

Take weight-loss pills

Why?

be ashamed of…

result

don’t feel …

Mum

dangerous…

priceless

The 1st E-mail

The 2nd E-mail----T or F 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. ( )

liver failure

but seldom F

F

T

4. Now Amy eats lots of fruit and

vegetables. ( )

5. For a slim and attractive figure, we

can damage our health. ( )can’t F

T

2.Suppose you are

Amy’s best friend.

If you are going to

write a letter to her,

what will you say to

her? And what

advice would you

give to Amy?

sorry glad

Zhou’s advice

To Amy:

To many Chinese people:

• We shouldn’t be embarrassed about out weight.• Nothing is more important than health.

•They should learn from Amy’s story.

The 3rd e-mail

Read the three e-mails again

carefully and then choose the

best answers.

1. According to Paragraph 2 in the

first email, Amy is an actress,

_______.

A. who often exercises

B. who wanted to lose weight

C. who become ill

D. who ate little

2. The pills did great harm to

Amy’s ______.

A. heart

B. lungs

C. liver

D. eyes

3. What does Amy do now in order

to recover?

A. She goes to the gym every day.

B. She does exercise and eats healthy

food.

C. She stays in bed all day.

D. She takes a lot of medicine.

4. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend,

_______.

A. did not want to read Amy’s emails

B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s

problem

C. thinks Amy should lose weight

D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills

are necessary

5. Amy’s experience is _______.

A. an interesting one

B. caused by her family

C. like that of some people in China

D. a problem only for actresses

6. From the passage, we know “Dying to be thin” means _______.

A. Amy died.B. Amy wanted to be thin very

muchC. Amy was going to die because she

had taken some weight-loss pillsD. Both B and C

The title has two meanings:

Amy wanted to _______very

much.

Amy nearly____

because she wanted to lose weight.

be thindied

Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.

1.______ actress called Amy is 2.________to be thin. In her letter to Zhou Ling, Amy said that she didn’t work 3.______in the gym as usual. She was taking weight-loss pills for a role in a new TV show. The pills worked, 4._____her mother warned her not to take them. She refused. Soon, she was in hospital, recovering 5._____liver failure. She realized that 6.______ wasn’t worth damaging her health for a slim and attractive figure. Zhou Ling replied that Amy looked great 7.______ she was and8.______was no need to be embarrassed about

weight. Nothing is more important than health.

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What lessons can we learn from Amy’s story?

Health is the most important thing. (Nothing is more important than health.)

Don’t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. It isn’t worth it.

We shouldn’t be ashamed of the way we look.

好马不在鞍，人美不在衫。 4. Clothes don’t make the man.

1. Health is happiness.

健康就是幸福。2. Good health is over wealth.

健康是最大的财富。3. He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, has everything.

身体好就有希望，有希望就有一切。

Sayings( 谚语 )

1. Read the text again to get

a better understanding.

2. Finish D1, D2, E on P45.

Homework