1、Looking good, feeling good,Welcome to the unit,学 科网,Teaching Aims:,Moral objective: To make the students aware of the importance of health, and thus to form a right attitude towards “looking good” Knowledge objective: To enable students to understand the differences between “however” and “but” Abili
2、ty objective: To develop the students reading ability, especially the skills of skimming and scanning.,Whom do you like better, the fat or the slim?Why?,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.,组卷网,If yo
3、u are the person who is a little overweight, how would you lose weight?,Discuss ways of losing weight.,go on a diet,( eat less food ),work out in the gym,exercise, do sports,taking weight-loss pills,Amy, our main character, is a pretty girl, but she wants to lose some weight too. Lets look at her st
4、ory together.,zxxkw,Reading: Dying to be thin,First period,Reading strategy,Understanding sentences with however or but,Whats the difference in meaning between the sentences before and afterhowever and but? The two sentences usually express something different and opposite.,Fast reading:,Where does
5、Amy come from?What kind of pills did Amy take?What caused Amys liver to fall?,Canada.,Weight-loss pills called Fat-less.,The weight-loss pills.,Amy,Amy,Amy,Zhou Ling,Zhou Ling,Zhou Ling,Dying to be thin,Recovering,Re: Recovering,(reply),Scanning:,Word study :,1 work out ( L4 ),2 figure ( L5 ),3 reco
6、ver ( L18 ),4 attractive (L26),5 embarrassed (L34),a body shape,b become well again,c exercise,d ashamed,e beautiful or pleasant to look at,Listen to the first e-mail, and fill in the blanks.,good,used,three,slimmer and slimmer,7,ashamed,a new TV play,weight-loss pills,10,tired and weak,the most imp
7、ortant,Listen to the second e-mail , do T or F Exercise. 1.Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( ) 2.Li Dong donated part of his liver to save Amys life. ( )3.Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( ) 4.For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( ),liver failure
8、,cant,F,F,T,T,happy,frustrated,hopeful,Moods of Amy,Read the third e-mail, and then answer some questions.,1.Why did Zhou Ling fail to answer Amys e-mail in time?2.How did Zhou Ling feel when she heard about Amys problems?3.How did she feel when she heard Amy was recovering? 4Is Amys experience like
9、 that of some people in China?,Her computer was broken.,She was sorry to hear about it.,She was glad.,Yes.,Zhous reply:,sorry,glad,amazed touched,hoping,Nothing is more important than health.,Main point :,1 Dying to be thin,2 Recovering,3 Re: Recovering,Amy was recovering from liver failure thanks t
10、o Li Dong, who selflessly donate part of his liver to her.,Zhou Ling was sorry to hear about Amys problems and hoped that she as well as all the others whod like to lose weight could value the importance of health.,In order to lose weight, Amy takes weight-loss pills and become slimmer and slimmer.,
11、What does the title Dying to be thin mean?,Amy wanted to _very much.,She was going to _because she had taken some weight-loss pills.,be thin,die,Discussion:,1.Which do you think is much more important, beauty or health? Why? 2.What will you do to keep healthy?,( look good + feel good ),healthy diets,exercise ( work out),Keep healthy,Homework:,1. Read the text again to get a better understanding. 2. Finish Part A1, A2 on page 94.,Thank U _,
