课件37张PPT。Unit 3 Reading
Dying to be thin...执教:李永芹
What do you do to keep yourself looking good and feeling good?
Free talkDo you think we can change our appearance by wearing difference clothes?Which do you think is more important , eating well or doing exercise?Dying to be thin…Fast readingWhere does Amy come from?
What kind of pills did Amy take?
What caused Amy’s liver to fail?
Canada.
Weight-loss pills called Fat-Less. The weight-loss pills.intensive readingC1(P44) 1. According to Para 2 in the first
e-mail, Amy is an actress, _____.
A. who often exercises
B. who wanted to lose some weight
C. who became ill
D. who ate littleB.2. Why did Amy decide to take weight-loss pills?
A. She was overweight.
B. She was having problems.
C. Her clothes did not fit.
D. She wanted to become slimmer.D.Listen to the tape of the first E-mail1.Figure is important for woman2.Be ashamed of her body3.Prepare to act in a TV play1.Become slimmer and slimmer2.Have lost 7 kg3.Feel tired and weakFill in the form
According to the first e-mail, what will happen?
I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months. However, sometimes I feel tired
and weak.( lines 9-10)however adv.
but conj.The feelings expressed before
and after “however/but” are
opposite.3. At the hospital, the doctors
told Amy she would ______.
A. live for seven days
B. have to donate her liver
C. die without a new liver
D. need her mother’s liverC.4. Li Dong, a young Chinese, _____.
A. saved Amy’s life by donating
money to her
B. saved Amy’s life by giving her
part of his liver
C. told Amy never to take
weight-loss pills again
D. once worked with AmyB.Main ideaIn order to l__________, Amy takes w__________ pills and becomes s_______ and s______Amy was r_________from liver f_________.
Because Li Dong _______ more than half part of his liver to her.ose weighteight-losslimmerlimmerecoveringailuredonatedT or F Exercise
Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( )
Li Dong donated part of his liver to save Amy’s life. ( )
Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym. ( )
Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( )
For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( )
liver failure but seldomcan’tFFFTTChanges of Amy’s emotion1.I’m so ashamed of my body. ( line 6 )
2.The pills really work ! ( line 10 )
3.I regret taking those weight-loss pills.( line 18)
4.I was very lucky, wasn’t I ? ( line 24 ) 5. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend , _____ .
A. did not want to read Amy’s
e-mails
B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s
problems
C. thinks Amy should lose weight
D. thinks diets and weight-loss
pills are necessaryB.6. Amy’s experience is _____.
A. an interesting one
B. forgotten by her family
C. like that of some people in China
D. a problem only for actressesC.Zhou was ____ to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as well as all the others who’d like to ______ ______ could value the importance of _______.sorryloseweighthealthsorrygladamazedtouchedhopingNothing is more important than health.Zhou’s replyPost reading From Amy’s experience, what can we learn ?
1.Health is priceless.2.Don’t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure.
3.Nothing is more important than health.DiscussionWays of losing weightgoing on a diet
exercising in the gym
receiving surgical treatment
taking weight-loss pills
go on a diet( eat less food )going on a dietlose weight
weak;
tired;
work out in the gymexercise, do sportsexercising in the gym fit;
lose weight
waste time;
have to pay
have an operationreceiving surgical treatment lose weight
waste money;
weak
( take weight-loss pills )take some medicinetaking weight-loss pills lose weight
waste money;
damage healthSuppose your classmate tries to lose weight, how will you persuade him or her not to do so?
ConsolidationYou can’t choose the appearance,
but you can spread your smiling.
Health is much more important.Writing减肥越来越流行.
并非所有的人都该减肥.如---
即使那些真正超重的人想减肥也应采取正确的方法.比如,---
4. 健康是第一位的.当今青少年热衷于减肥。请根据以下提示,以”My opinion on losing weight”为题 谈谈你的看法。Homework:
(1) Read the whole text.
(2) Finish the Writing.
(3) Finish the magazine article.
(4) preview some language usageThank you