Questions:

Questions:

1 Do you like to be fat ?

2 If you are a little bit overweight,

how will you lose weight?

go on a diet

do an operation

(fat extraction 抽脂 )

take weight-loss

pills/tea

Receive surgical treatment 手术

go to the gym

to do exercise

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

be slim

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

be slim

attractive

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

be slim

attractive

weak hungry.

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

be slim

attractive

weak,hungry

tired, a waste of time, money

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

be slim

attractive

weak,hungry

tired, a waste of time, money

a waste of money, weak,dangerous

ways of losing weight

advantage disadvantage

going on a diet

doing exercise

Receiving surgical treatment

taking weight-loss pills

lose weight

be slim

attractive

weak,hungry

tired, a waste of time, money

a waste of money, weak,dangerous

waste moneydamage health

Reading

task 1: Skimming

Find the subject with each e-mail.

a. Dying to be thin

b Recovering

c The reply to “recovering ”

The 1st e-mail:

The 2nd e-mail:

The 3rd e-mail:

•Why did Amy want to lose

weight?

•How did she lose weight?

•Did the pills work?what is the

result in the last two months ?

The first e- mail

The second e-mail•What ’ s wrong with Amy after

taking those weight-loss pills ?

•Who donated more than half of his

liver to save Amy ’ s life ?

•Is Amy feeling better now ?

The third e - mail•How did Zhouling feel when she

heard Amy 's problems?

•What did she think of the Chinese

boy ‘ s story ?

•What did she learn from the story

of Amy ?

E –mail 1

1 Why did Amy want to lose weight?

2 How did she lose weight?

3 Did the pills work?what was the result in the last two months?

E –mail 2

1 What ’ s wrong with Amy after taking those weight-loss pills ?

2 Who donated more than half of his liver to save Amy ’ s life ?

3 Is she feeling better now ?

E –mail 3 1How did Zhouling feel when she heard Amy 's problems?

2 What did she think of the chinese boy's story ?

3What did she learn from the story of Amy ?

She is ashamed of her body.

•Why did Amy want to lose

weight?

•How did she lose weight?

•Did the pills work?what was

the result in the last two

months ?Yes ,they did .she had lost 7kg in the last two months

, however ,sometimes she felt tired and weak.

The first e- mail

She took weight-loss pills called Fat-Less.

The second e-mail•What ’ s wrong with Amy after

taking those weight-loss pills ?

She is in hospital recovering from liver failure

.

•Who donated more than half of his

liver to save Amy ’ s life ?

Li dong

•Is Amy feeling better now ?

Yes , she is

The third e - mail•How did Zhouling feel when she

heard Amy 's problems?

She was sorry to hear about it .

•What did she think of the Chinese

boy ‘s story ?

It is really touching story .

•What did she learn from the

story ?

We shouldn't be embarrassed about our

weight.

Task 2: Scanning

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : Recovering

Read again , find the main point of

each e-mail :

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : Recovering

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : Recovering

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

weight-loss

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : Recovering

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

weight-loss

slimmer and slimmer

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : RecoveringAmy was recovering from___________. She

regretted _______________________and wanted to

thank Li Dong for__________________________.

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

weight-loss

slimmer and slimmer

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : RecoveringAmy was recovering from___________. She

regretted _______________________and wanted to

thank Li Dong for__________________________.

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

weight-loss

slimmer and slimmer

liver failure

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : RecoveringAmy was recovering from___________. She

regretted _______________________and wanted to

thank Li Dong for__________________________.

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

weight-loss

slimmer and slimmer

liver failure

taking the weight-loss pills

1st e-mail : Dying to be thin

2nd e-mail : RecoveringAmy was recovering from___________. She

regretted _______________________and wanted to

thank Li Dong for__________________________.

In order to lose weight, Amy takes __________

pills and becomes___________________.

weight-loss

slimmer and slimmer

liver failure

taking the weight-loss pills

donating part of his liver to her

3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”

3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”

____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s

problem and hoped______, as well as all the

other’s who’d like to lose weight , would

value________.

3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”

____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s

problem and hoped______, as well as all the

other’s who’d like to lose weight , would

value________.

Zhou Ling

3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”

____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s

problem and hoped______, as well as all the

other’s who’d like to lose weight , would

value________.

Zhou Ling

Amy

3rd e-mail : Reply to “recovering”

____________was sorry to hear about Amy’s

problem and hoped______, as well as all the

other’s who’d like to lose weight , would

value________.

Zhou Ling

Amy

health

What does the title “Dying to be thin……” mean?

Amy wanted to be thin

very much.

She was going to die

because she had taken

some weight-loss pills.

What is your opinion towards

beauty and health?

What is your opinion towards

beauty and health?

Being healthy is beauty.

How to stay healthy?

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

• Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick.

• Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy & wise.

• After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

How to stay healthy?

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。Health is much more important.