1. Unit 3 Reading Dying to be thin…

2. a little fat overweight slim
attractive

3. 1.Why do people become fat?
Questions:
1.Why do people become fat?
Genetic(遗传的)
eating too much
sleeping too much
pressure

4. 2.What can be done to lose weight? taking weight-loss pills
Questions:
2.What can be done to lose weight?
taking weight-loss pills
working out
surgical treatment
going on a diet

5. Dying to be thin…
Amy
Zhou Ling

6. New words slim figure --- thin shape work out --- do exercise
weight-loss
--- lose weight
energetic
--- be full of life
ashamed
--- feel sorry for mistakes
embarrassed
recover
---become well again

7. 1. According to Para 2 in the first
, Amy is an actress, _____.
A. who often exercises
B. who wanted to lose some weight
C. who became ill
D. who ate little

8. 2. Why did Amy decide to take weight-loss pills?
A. She was overweight.
B. She was having
health problems.
C. Her clothes did not fit.
D. She wanted to
become slimmer.

9. Subject
Main point
Dying to be
thin
In order to lose weight,
Amy takes _____________and becomes slimmer
and slimmer.
weight-loss pills

10. 3. The pills did great harm to Amy’s ______.
A. heart
B. lungs
C. liver
D. eyes

11. What does Amy do now in order to recover?
A. She goes to 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.

12. Subject
Main point
Amy was recovering from
___________.
Recover-ing
liver failure

13. 5. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend _____.
A. did not want to read Amy’s s
B. is sorry to hear about Amy’s
problems
C. thinks Amy should lose weight
D. thinks diets and weight-loss
pills are necessary

14. 6. 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

15. Subject
Main point
Zhou Ling was ________
Amy’s problems
and hoped that she and those in China who’d
like to lose weight could
value the importance
of health.
sorry for
Re: Recover-ing

16. take weight-loss pills The most important thing is health.
Greetings
Recent condition
job
reasons
look good;slim figure
be ashamed of
take weight-loss pills
measures
hope
become slimmer
results
feel less energetic
pills---dangerous
mother’s advice
The most important thing is health.

17. Pills have bad effects on Amy.
regret
Pills have bad effects on Amy.
in hospital
liver failure
a harmful chemical
eat fruit and vegetables
follow the doctor’s advice
do exercise

18. take weight-loss pills
reply
Zhou’s attitudes
feel sorry
towards Amy
feel glad
be embarrassed about
towards weight
health:
the most important
go on a diet
towards cases
in China
take weight-loss pills
hope

19. Summary
Zhou Ling and Amy are pen friends. Amy is a C_______ actress. She is p________ for a role in a TV play. Just like others, she wants an a________ and s___ figure, so she takes some w_________ pills. The pills really w____. However,they c_____ a harmful chemical which d_______ her liver. Thankfully, she is r_________ from the disease. Zhou Ling feels s_____for Amy’s experience. She says that we shouldn’t be e__________ about our weight and that nothing is more important than h_____. She also hopes that people who are going on a d___ can learn from Amy’s story.
anadian
reparing
ttractive
eight-loss
lim
ork
ontain
estroys
ecovering
orry
mbarrassed
ealth
iet

20. Post-reading:
Review the passage and take part in a group-competition. You should pay attention to the contents and the language points of the passage. A B C D

21. A
T or F exercise
If the sentence is a false statement, please correct it .
Ready?

22. F F F F T Fat-less is a kind of pills that can treat liver failure.1.
Fat-less is a kind of pills that can treat liver failure. F 2.
Amy feels energetic after taking weight-loss pills. F F 3.
The only way to stay slim is to take pills. 4.
Zhou Ling feels ashamed of Amy’s experience. F 5.
Amy’s mother insists on sending her to hospital, where she gets good treatment. T

23. B
language points
Translate the following phrases into English
Ready?

24. work out 锻炼；计算出 看起来苗条 对…感到羞愧 look slim 收到来信 节食 be ashamed of 渴望做某事
从…恢复
听从建议
work out
look slim
be ashamed of
hear from
go on a diet
be dying to do
recover from
follow one’s advice

25. 含有害物质
接受医学治疗
11.损害健康
12.感到精力充沛
13.对…尴尬
14.吃减肥药片
15.减肥
16.住院
contain a harmful chemical
receive medical treatment
damage health
feel energetic
be embarrased about
take weight-loss pills
lose weight
be in hospital

26. C
Retell the first paragragh of the second letter according to the phrases given.
Ready?

27. Things change so quickly.
key words and phrases
in hospital
recover from
regret taking
contain a harmful chemical
destroy my liver
insist on
Things change so quickly.
good treatment

28. D
Put the statements given into right order.
Ready?

29. answer: ③ ④ ① ② ⑤ Put the following statement into right order
① Amy is taking weight-loss pills and becoming slimmer but weaker.
② Amy is in hospital recovering from liver failure because the pills damage her health.
③ Amy used to go to the gym to work out.
④ Amy is preparing to act in a TV show and wants to be thin.
⑤ Amy is feeling better with a good treatment and she knows that health is the most important.
answer: ③ ④ ① ② ⑤

30. Homework
1.Read the text given and try to write a summary of the passage.
2.Preview the text and underline some difficult phrases.
3.Collect as much as information about keeping healthy as possible by
surfing the internet.

31. Bye-bye!
Thank you !