1. Looking good,feeling good
Unit 3
Looking good,feeling good
Reading 1
Dying to be thin...

2. teenagers who pay more attention to their good looking
Welcome to the unit
teenagers who pay more attention to their good looking
teenagers who focus on their good feeling

3. Q1:What problems may the overweight people have in their life?
Q2:What are the usual ways of losing weight?

4. 01 Problems Be ashamed of… Feel embarrassed about…
Cause health problems
Get tired easily
Hard to find jobs …

5. 02 Ways of losing weight Go on a diet Work out in a gym
Receive surgical operations
Take weight-loss pills …
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6. receiving surgical treatment taking weight-loss pills
Ways of losing weight
Advantages
Disadvantages
going on a diet
working out in a gym
receiving surgical treatment
taking weight-loss pills
weak;hungry
lose weight
be slim
be attractive
tired;cost money
waste money;
weak;dangerous
waste money;
damage health

7. Dying to be thin
what's the meaning of this title?

8. skimming Date: From: To: Subject: 2 June Dying to be thin Amy
2 July
4 July
Dying to be thin
Amy
Zhou Ling
Recovering
Amy
Zhou Ling
(Becoming well again)
Re:Recovering
Amy
Zhou Ling
(reply)

9. Take weight-loss pills1
now
Why?
Used to go to the gym
Take weight-loss pills
dangerous …
priceless
How?
7 kg
Mum
Be ashamed of…
Feel …

10. 2nd e-mail what in hospital recover from liver failure
where
what
why
in hospital
recover from liver failure
weight-loss pills contain a harmful chemical

11. 1st & 2nd e-mail Happy Regretful feel better (in the first e-mail)
Period One
Happy
Period Two
(in the second )
Regretful
Period Three
(in hospital)
feel better

12. Q:What's the meaning of the title “dying to be thin”?
There are two points:
1. Amy really wanted to be thin very much.
2. Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills

13. 3rd
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?
You should/must......
You must make sure that......
Why not......
It is better to......
I'd like to suggest that......
I strongly recommend......
If I were you,I would......

14. 3rd e-mail Q: What advice does Zhou Ling give to Amy? To Amy:
Nothing is more important than health.
To Chinese people :
They should learn from Amy's story.

15. Reading Strategy but & however different opposite
The meaning before “however” and “but” and the meaning after “however”and “but” is and
different
opposite
We can use a comma after “however”
“However” is an adv. and “but” is a conj.

16. What do you learn from Amy's story?
Health is the most important thing.
Don't damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. It is not worth it.
We shouldn't be ashamed of the way we look.
Being healthy is beauty.