1. Unit 3
Reading-Ⅰ
Dying to be thin…

2. Words and Phrases Ⅰ.词汇知识 1. ________ （adj.）羞愧的，惭愧的
2. _______ （v.）复原，恢复健康
3. _______ （vt.）包含，容纳
4. ________ （vt.& n.）损害，伤害
5. ________ （ adj. ）有吸引力的，有魅力的
6. ________ （n.）压力
ashamed
recover
contain
damage
attractive
pressure

3. 受苦，遭受
7.suffer（v.）____________ 8.energetic (adj.)____________ 9.failure (n.)__________________ 10.embarrassed (adj.)________________ 11.chemical (n. &adj.)________________ 12.painful (adj.)________________
精力充沛的
失败；衰退；故障
尴尬的，难为情的
化学物质；化学的
痛苦的

4. Ⅱ. 重点短语 1. ___________ healthy 保持健康 2. work ____ 锻炼 3
Ⅱ.重点短语 1.___________ healthy 保持健康 2.work ____ 锻炼 3.be ashamed ___ 对……感到羞愧 4.insist ___ 坚持 5.___________ one’s advice 接受建议 6.go ___a diet 节食
stay / keep
out of on
follow / take on

5. overweight

6. Group Work Can you give them some advice on how to lose weight ?
advantages :
disadvantages :

7. go on a diet
work out in the gym
receive surgical treatment
take weight-loss pills

8. Prediction
Read the title “Dying to be thin” and predict what might be talked about in the text.
(e.g. who, what, why, ways to use, the results, etc.)

9. Fast reading Skim the text and then answer the following questions:
1.Where does Amy come from?
2.What kind of pills did Amy take?
3.What was the result of taking these pills?
She comes from Canada.
She took weight-loss pills called Fat-Less.
The pills contained a harmful chemical that caused her liver to fail.

10. E-mail 1 True or False work out in a gym to keep
1. Amy used to go on a diet to keep slim.
2. Amy is trying to lose weight because she is ashamed of her body.
3. Most young women want a slim figure.
4. The weight-loss pills Amy took didn’t work.
5. Sometimes Amy feels so energetic.
work out in a gym to keep
(F)
(T)
(T)
did
(F)
doesn’t feel
(F)

11. what the word refer to them (Line12) :
the weight-loss pills
what did Amy’s mother tell her after Amy took the weight-loss pills?
She told Amy not to take the weight-loss pills because they were dangerous. She said health was the most important thing.

12. E-mail 2 Listening Where She is in_________ What
She is _________ from liver_______
Why
The pills contain a harmful ______ that caused her _____ to fail
Who
Her mother ________on sending her to ________
How
She _______the doctor’s advice and __________ for at least half an hour a day and eats a lot of ______ and _________.
hospital
recovering
failure
chemical
liver
insisted
hospital
follows
exercises
fruit
vegetables

13. What did Amy finally realize ?
We shouldn’t damage our health for a slim and attractive figure, because it was more important to keep healthy.

14. E-mail 3 Fill in the blanks:
1. Zhou Ling couldn’t read Amy’s two s until today because of _________
____________________
her
computer problems
2. Zhou Ling knows that the pressure to lose weight is greater to __________.
actresses

15. E-mail 3 what the words refer to
problem (Line33) :
they (Line40) :
liver failure
many people in China who are always going on a diet or taking weight-loss pills

16. Translation
It’s the same in China---many people, some of whom are not overweight at all, are always going on a diet or taking weight-loss pills, which are often dangerous.
这种情况在中国也存在---许多人，其实有一些根本不超重，一直在节食或者吃减肥药，这些做法往往是危险的。

17. Subject
Main point
1. Dying to be thin
2. Recovering
3. Re: Recovering
In order to , Amy takes
and becomes
lose weight
weight-loss pills
slimmer
and slimmer.
Amy is recovering from
liver failure.
Zhou Ling is sorry to
and hopes that
hear about Amy’s
problem
the people
who’d like to lose weight will value the
importance of health.

18. The title has two meanings: Amy wanted to _______very much.
Dying to be thin
died
Amy nearly____because what she did to become thin caused great harm to her health.
Amy wanted to _______very much.
be thin

19. Reading strategy Understanding sentences with ‘however’ or ‘but’.
Example: I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months. _________, sometimes I feel tired and weak.
Example: I’m sorry to hear about your problems, ____ I’m glad you’re feeling better and recovering.
However
but

20. What’s the difference in meaning between the sentences before and after‘however’ and ‘but’?
The feeling before “however” or ”but” and the feeling after them are usually opposite.

21. but和however都可表示语义上的转折，但用法上有区别：

22. Learning the guitar isn’t difficult, ______ you have to practise.
Rick was very successful. ________, the last few years of his life were not happy ones.
My neighbors like loud pop music, ______ I don’t like.
So far I haven’t had any success, _______, I’ll keep trying.
but
However
but
however

23. D
直击高考
8. My name is Robert, ________most of my friends call me Bob for short.
　A. then B. so
　C. however D. but
讲解：but连词表达转折,若选however,其后应当有逗号。

24. Further Discussion
Discussion
What is true beauty ?

25. Offer seats to the old or the weak

26. Return the things to the owners
Pick up the rubbish

27. Donate money
Donate blood

28. We can not judge a person only by his appearance .
Beauty is from our soul. Only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful.

29. 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。

30. Homework 1. Read the text again to get a better understanding.
2. Finish Part A1, A2 on page 94.
3. Write a letter to reply Amy’s first letter.

31. Thank you !