1. Dying to be thin Language points By Miss Wang

2. Step1.lead-in Read the first e-mail on Page 42 carefully, and then fill in the blanks with proper word.

3. Amy didn’t ＿＿＿ from her friend Zhou Ling for weeks. So she sent an e-mail to tell her story about weight loss. She said she ________ to go to the gym three times a week, but now she didn’t _______out any more. She took another way to stay _______. slim hear used work

4. Since she was _______ of her body, especially she was preparing to act in a new play, she took weight-loss pills called Fat-less, which were quite ______ among young women in Canada. The pills did ______and two months later she lost 7 kg. However, sometimes she didn’t feel ________. Her mother warned her not to take the pills. energetic ashamed popular work

5. Step 2 Self-study Read the first e-mail carefully,and try to find out what you don’t understand and what you are interested in (what is useful).

6. Try to understand the following. 1.Dying to be thin... 2.…but I don’t work out any more.(Line4) 3. I’m so ashamed of my body. (L6) 4. My mother, who you met last year, keeps telling me not to..(L11) Step 3 group-work

7. Step 4 explanation 1.Dying to be thin... 极想瘦下来 … 这一句是 “I’m dying to be thin.” 的省略句. 很想做 ; 渴望做 ( 口语 ) be dying to do 渴望 ; 很想 be dying for+ 名词 / 代词

8. 我渴望有一台电脑. 他急切地想知道那儿发生了什么。 他极想出国. I am dying for a computer./to have … He is dying to know what was happening there. He is dying to go abroad.

9. v. 死亡 ( 短暂性动词 ) die adj. 完全的、没有生命的 dead adj. 垂危的、临死的 dying n. 死 death

10. 2.…but I don’t work out any more.(Line4) (1) work out 锻炼 (2) work out 解决 ; 那位老人经常锻炼身体以保持健康。 The old man works out regularly in order to keep fit. 我已独立地将这些数学题目全部解出来了。 I have worked out all the math problems by myself.

11. 3. Most young women wants a slim figure these days, especially here in Canada.(L5) figure n. 体型 ; 身材 拥有 / 保持好身材 have/keep a good figure

12. Betty 身材很好． Betty has a good figure. 她每天早上做运动以保持 / 改善体型。 She does exercises every day to keep/improve her figure.

13. 4. I’m trying to lose weight because I’m so ashamed of my body. (L6) ashamed adj. 惭愧的, 羞愧的 ; 耻于 …… 的 ; 不好意思 …… 的

14. be ashamed of doing sth. 以 … 为耻 ; be ashamed to do (sth. ) 以干 … 为耻 ; be ashamed that-clause feel ashamed for sb. 替某人感到羞愧 to one’s shame 让某人感到惭愧的是

15. some students are ashamed to ask their teachers these simple questions. 我昨天表现不好, 我现在感到很惭愧。 I behaved badly yesterday and I am ashamed (of myself) now. 一些同学认为问老师这些简单的问题很难为情。

16. ５. The pills really work. (L10) work vi. 起作用, 有效果, 奏效 医生给你开的药奏效吗？ Do the pills the doctor gave you work? 这项计划很成功。 The plan worked well.

17. 6. I’ve lost 7kg in the last two months. (L10) last month. in the last/past 2 months + 过去式 + 完成式

18. 7. My mother, who you met last year, keeps telling me not to.. (L11) (1) keep doing 连续做某事 我一直希望他能给我打电话。 I kept hoping that he’d phone me.

19. (3) keep sb.doing sth. 使某人做某事 对不起, 让你久等了。 I’m very sorry to have kept you waiting.

20. (4) keep sb.from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事 阻止某人做某事 keep sb. from doing sth.= stop sb. from doing sth.= prevent sb. from doing

21. 1.die vt 2.work vi 3.be ashamed of/to do sth. 4.keep doing sth. Step 5 summary

22. Fill the blanks with proper words found in the first e-mail 1. You must s_____________ calm when something happens suddenly. 2. She is a____________ to tell others that she didn’t pass the exam. 3. In order to lose w____________, you’d better take more e____________. 4.His mother asked him not to play computers games, but it didn’t ________( 起作用 ) Step 3 test Stay ashamed weight exercise work

23. Structure used to, be used to doing, be used to do My father ____________ have a walk after supper, but now he likes watching TV. The knife _________________ cut cakes I ___________________ English every morning. used to is used to am used to reading