Transcript Unit 3

Unit 3 Looking good,
feeling good
南京市第九中学
张茹芳 陆昕 林欣
Reading:
Dying to be thin…
1st period
Lead-in
• Some people are overweight,
some are a little fat, and some
are slim. Find why people are fat.
Eating/drinking/sleeping too much.
Certain medicines/food
Original
Chunky
Genetic(遗传的)
Like father,
like son.
Discuss ways of losing weight.
• going on a diet
• exercising in the gym
• receiving surgical treatment
• taking weight-loss pills
going on a diet
advantages disadvantages examples
lose weight
weak;
tired;
exercising in the gym
advantages disadvantages examples
fit;
waste time;
lose weight have to pay
receiving surgical treatment
advantages disadvantages examples
lose weight waste money;
weak
taking weight-loss pills
advantages disadvantages examples
lose weight waste money;
damage health
General questions:
• Where does Amy come from?
Canada.
• What kind of pills did Amy take?
Weight-loss pills called Fat-less.
• What caused Amy’s liver to fall?
The weight-loss pills.
Exercises(P44-45)
• C1
• C2
• D1
• D2
•E
C1(P44)
1 According to Para 2 in the first
e-mail, Amy is an actress, _____.
A. who often exercises
B. who wanted to lose some weight
C. who became ill
D. who ate little
C1
2 Why did Amy decide to take
weight-loss pills?
A. She was overweight.
B. She was having problems.
C. Her clothes did not fit.
D. She wanted to become slimmer.
C1
3 At the hospital, the doctors
told Amy she would ______.
A. live for seven days
B. have to donate her liver
C. die without a new liver
D. need her mother’s liver
C1
4 Li Dong, a young Chinese, _____.
A. saved Amy’s life by donating
money to her
B. saved Amy’s life by giving her
part of his liver
C. told Amy never to take
weight-loss pills again
D. once worked with Amy
C1
5 Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend _____.
A. did not want to read Amy’s
e-mails
B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s
problems
C. thinks Amy should lose weight
D. thinks diets and weight-loss
pills are necessary
C1
6 According to Para 2 in the first email, Amy is an actress, _____.
A. an interesting one
B. forgotten by her family
C. like that of some people in China
D. a problem only for actresses
C2 (P44)
Subject
Dying
to
be
thin
Main
point
In order to lose weight,
Amy takes weight-loss pills
and becomes slimmer
and slimmer.
Subject
R
E
C
O
V
E
R
I
N
G
Main
point
Amy was recovering from
liver failure thanks to Li
Dong, who donated part
of his liver to her.
Subject
R R
E E
: C
O
V
E
R
I
N
G
Main
point
Zhou Ling was sorry to hear
about Amy’s problems
and hoped that she as well
as all the others who
like to lose weight could
value the importance
of health.
D1 (P44)
1 them (L12) the weight-loss pills
2 that (L19) a harmful chemical
3 problems (L35) liver failure,
the operation and
being in hospital
D1 (P44)
4 yours (L36) your liver
a stranger
5 who (L37)
6 they (L44) many people in China
who are going on
diets or taking
weight-loss pills.
D2(P45)
1 work out
c a body shape
2 figure
a b becoming well
3 priceless
4 recovering
5 attractive
again
d c exercise
d very valuable or
b
important
f e ashamed
6embarrassed e f beautiful or pleasant
to look at
E(P45)
(1) damage
(3) failure
(5) actress
(7) pills
(2) two
(4) liver
(6) figure
(8) priceless
Discussion:
Suppose you are Amy’s best
friend. What advice or
suggestions would you give to
Amy?
F (P45) Discussion
• Do you think pictures of film
stars and models cause young
people to worry about their
looks? Why or why not?
• What do you think is the best
way to keep healthy? Why?
Homework:
• Read the whole text
(1) to know what Amy had to
stay slim and how she got
recovered.
(2) to learn some language
usage
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Thank you!
Reading:
Dying to be thin…
2nd period
• Read the whole text and get
prepared for my language
check.
Check the language usage in
the text:
used to go to the gym
• I ______
three times a week, but I
work out any more.
didn’t ________
I know another way
to stay slim
___________.
• Every woman wants a slim
figure
______these
days, especially
here in Canada.
• I take two pills a day and
don’t need to exercise. The
pills really _______.
work
recovering
• I’m now in hospital _______
from liver failure. I regret
______
taking those weight-loss pills.
They ______
contain a harmful
chemical that caused
_____ my liver
to fail.
cause
recover
contain take
Pay attention to the tense:
• My mother is too old for such
a long operation. I thought I
was going to die.
__________
was broken so
• My computer ____
couldn’t read your two eI _______
mails until today.
don’t
• My mother is right: ______
damage your health for a slim
and attractive figure.
• I’m so sorry to hear about
your problems, but I’m glad
you’re feeling better and
are
covering
_________.
• I’m trying to lose weight
ashamed of my
because I’m so _______
body.
amazed
• I’m ______that
in China
someone’s liver matched yours!
This is really a _______
touching story.
• We shouldn’t be embarrassed
_________
about our weight.
embarrass
shame
touch
amaze
Non-restrictive attributive
clauses:
• Since I’m preparing to act in
a new TV play, I’m taking
weight-loss pills called Fatwhich are quite popular
less, _____
among young women here.
whom you met
• My mother, _____
last year, keeps telling me not
to take them because they
are dangerous.
• Then the doctor found that
whose
someone in your country, ____
name is Li Dong, was an exact
match for me.
• It’s the same in China---many
whom are not
people, some of _____
overweight at all, are always
going on diets or taking weightwhich are often
loss pills, _____
dangerous.
Understanding ‘however/but’:
• I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two
However sometimes
months. _______,
I feel tired and weak.
• She says health is priceless,
but then I
and I agree, _____
look so slim at the moment.
Understanding ‘however/but’:
• I’m so sorry to hear about
but I’m glad
your problems, ____
you’re feeling better and are
recovering. however adv.
but
conj.
The feelings expressed before
and after “however/but” are
opposite.
Question tags:
• Looking good is important to
isn’t it
women, ________?
• He donated more than half of
his liver to save my life. I was
wasn’t I
very lucky, _______?
• We shouldn’t be ashamed of
the way we look, should
_______?
we
Language points:
1 I used to go to the gym three times
a week, but I don’t work out any
more. (L3-4)
used to go to the cinema a lot,
• I _______
but I never get the time now.
used过去被认为
to be thought that the
• It __________________
Earth was flat, but now everyone
knows it is round.
used to do sth 过去常常做…
• Dr Ma used to work in a
children’s hospital in Nanjing,
usedn’t /didn’t he?
____________
• She doesn’t work here now, but
used to
she ________.
• She isn’t a singer now, but she
used to be
_________.
used to be
There _________no
TV or
papers in my village.
be/get used to n. /doing sth.
习惯于某事/习惯于做某事
• I’m not used to the life here.
• Are you used to living here?
• I never got used to going to
bed so late.
use sth. to do…
be used to do… (被用来做...)
• Computers are used to do a
lot of work in many companies.
• Now we use electricity to give
light.
2 I used to go to the gym three
times a week, but I don’t work
out any more. (L3-4)
 Many famous actors keep fit
working out in the gym
by __________
every day.
The room smelled wonderful
work out
but they could not ________
where the smell was from.
work out: (1) exercise to be fit
(2) answer / calculate
• 医生建议她不要再吃减肥药，而
是每天锻炼一定的时间。
The doctor advised her not to
take the weight-loss pills any
more but work out for a certain
time every day.
• 我花了一整天的时间解字谜中的
十个单词。
I spent a whole day trying
to work out the ten words
in the word puzzle.
3 I’m trying to lose weight
because I’m so ashamed of my
body.(L6)
She looks a bit thinner. Is she
losing weight?
He’s put on a lot of weight over
the years.
lose weight– become thinner
put on weight—become fatter
4 I’m trying to lose weight because
I’m so ashamed of my body.(L6)
• be ashamed of sb./sth./doing...
• be ashamed to do...
• be ashamed that…
feeling shame/uncomfortable
because of something
one has done
Are you ashamed of yourself for
talking like that to your mum?
He felt ashamed that he had done
so little compared with others
in the same group.
 I’m quite ashamed to have
troubled you so many times.
5 Since I’m preparing to act in a
new TV play, I’m taking weightloss pills called Fat-less, which
are quite popular among young
women here.(L6-8)
Since you have a three-day holiday,
why not go to the countryside to
enjoy the quiet life there?
since 说话者和对方都明确
知道的原因
• She has had no time to travel
since
around _______
she started
her new job. (conj.)
Since when
• _________have
you been
studying English? (prep.)
• She has been in London for
two weeks and hasn’t phoned
since (adv.)
us ______.
since: from a past time
/ event until now
6 They contain a harmful chemical
that caused my liver to fail.
To keep fit, we should always
containing
含
avoid food ________too
much fat.
包括
includes
The price _______
the postage
charges.
contain: have within itself
or as a part
include: have as a part in
addition to other parts
included
service _______in
the bill?
containing
He found a wallet ________
Is
$ 1,000.
7 They contain a harmful chemical
that caused my liver to fail.
What caused the traffic accident?
My pet dog has caused me a lot of
trouble.
What caused him to fall off his
horse?
cause sb sth
cause sb to do sth
引起的事情往往不好
8 Then the doctor found that
someone in your country, whose
name is Li Dong, was an exact
match for me.
Your hat is a perfect match for
your shoes.
The shoe matches the one found at
the crime scene.
a football match
a box of matches
9This is really a touching story-a
stranger who donated part of his
liver to a girl he doesn’t even
know! (L36-37)
 The son and his parents are
parting at the station with tears
in their eyes. What a ______
touching
scene!
I was very touched
______ to receive
your kind help.
 touching; exciting; moving;
disappointing, interesting…
(arouse the feeling…)
touched; excited; moved;
disappointed, interested…
(be made to feel…)
excited children were
• The _______
opening their Christmas
presents. (excite)
• She got deeply moved when
moving film.
she watched the ______
(move)
Consolidation:
• Read the text and find the
sentences containing the
language usage we have just
learned.
Homework:
Language practice
(1) A1/A2(P102)
(2) B1/B2(P103)
(3) Learn the new words by heart.
Good staying with you!
Thank you!