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1、2）Do you think appearance plays an important part in your life? Why?3）Which do you think is more important,looking good （appearance） or feeling good （health）?4）What do you do to keep yourself looking good and feeling good? confident, optimistic, healthy diet, enough sleep, exercise regularly,humorou

2、s, healthy mentally, healthy physically Step 2. Reading skills - reading a play. Guide students to how to understand sentences with “however”or “but”. E.g. 1. Learning the guitar isnt difficult, _ you have to practise. 2. Rick was very successful. _, the last few years of his life were not happy one

3、s. 3. My neighbors like loud pop music, _ I dont like. 4. So far I havent had any success, _, Ill keep trying. Key: but / However / but / however Step 3. Fast reading:Go through the passage as quickly as they can and try to find answers to the following questions:1.Where does Amy come from?2. How di

4、d Amy lose weight?3.What caused Amys liver to fail?Answers: 1. Canada 2. She took weight-loss pills which are called fat-less3. The chemicals which are contained in the weight-loss pills.Activity 2 Detailed reading 1Activity Aim : make Ss get some details of the text2Teaching Method: students-center

5、ed practice Step 1. True or False exercises:1.Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. （ ）2.Li Dong donated part of his liver to save Amys life. （ ）3.Amy follows doctors advice and often goes to the gym. （ ）4.Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. （ ）5.For a slim and attractive figure,

6、 we can damage our health. （ ）6. In Amys first e-mail to Zhou Ling, she says she is going on a diet.（ ）7.In the last two months Amy has lost 10kg.（ ）8. In Amys second e-mail, she regrets taking those weight-loss pills.（ ）F T F T F F F TStep 2. Multiple Choice1 According to Para. 2 in the first e-mai

7、l, Amy is an actress, _. A. who often exercises B. who wanted to lose some weight C. who became ill D. who ate little2 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 slimmer3 At the hospital, the do

8、ctors told Amy she would _. A. live for seven days B. have to donate her liver C. die without a new liver D. need her mothers liver4 Li Dong, a young Chinese, _. A. saved Amys life by donating money to her B. saved Amys life by giving her part of his liver C. told Amy never to take weight-loss pills

9、 again D. once worked with Amy5 Zhou Ling, Amys friend _. A. did not want to read Amys e-mails B. was sorry to hear about Amys problems C. thinks Amy should lose weight D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills are necessary6. Amys experience is _. A. an interesting one B. forgotten by her family C. lik

10、e that of some people in China D. a problem only for actresses BDCBBCActivity 3 Consolidationmake Ss master the text structuresTask- based readingLetter 1 Amy is trying to lose weight by taking weight-loss pills instead of （1）_. Amy is not （2）_ with her body because looking good is important to her.

11、 The pills really （3） _, and she is becoming slimmer.Letter 2 Amy is now in hospital from liver （4）_. Amy regrets taking those （5）_ pills which almost destroyed her （6）_. Amy （7）_ out half an hour every day.Letter 3 You look （8）_ as you are. Health is the （9）_important thing. Going on a diet or taki

12、ng weight-loss pills can bring （10）_.Keys: 1 exercising 2 satisfied/ pleased / content / happy 3 work 4 failure 5 weight-loss 6 liver 7 works 8 great 9 most 10 dangerActivity 4 Summary 1.ActivityAim: review what we have learned this class2. Teaching Method ：students-centered practiceDying to be thin

13、Today we read a passage about “1_ to be thin”. It was about a Canadian actress who had to go to hospital because she took some2_ pills. She lost 7kg in 2months. However, the pills contained something that causes liver 3_, so she had to get a new liver. A young Chinese man 4_ more than half of his li

14、ver 5_ save her life. Recently, my cousin learned about a new weight-loss pill and she really wants to try it. Ive told her the story of the 6_ , but she wont listen. Shes only 12, but has become a girl who is worried about her 7_ and how she looks. She often refuses to eat. My aunt is worried that

15、my cousin will buy the pills 8_ 9_. She says health is 10_. She thinks that children must eat properly as they are growing all the time. What do you think I should do? How can I help my cousin?Keys : 1. dying 2. weigh-loss 3. failure 4. donated 5. to 6. actress 7. figure 8. in 9. secret 10. priceles

16、sActivity 5 Discussion1. Activity Aim : practice oral English and writing 2. Teaching Method: Discuss the following questions: 1. What have we learned from the text? We should not be ashamed of our weight problems. Its important for us to learn to be confident and realize the value of good health. 2

17、. Suppose you are Amys best friend. What advice or suggestions would you give to Amy? 3.Do you think pictures of film stars and models cause young people to worry about their looks? Why or why not?Homework : Find out the difficult points in the passage. Period Language Points【Teaching Aims】1. Help s

18、tudents to learn some useful words and expressions2. Enable students to master some important language points3. Make use of the important words, phrases and sentences flexibly【Teaching Procedures】【Activity One】1. Activity Aim：Revision 2. Teaching Method：Explanation by teachers Fill in the blanks wit

19、h these words: damage, actress, priceless, liver, figure, pills, failure. Dear Zhuling,I think too many people take weight-loss pills without really knowing that they can _damage_ their health. I heard a Canadian actress took some weight-loss pills and lost 7kg in two months. However, the pills cont

20、ained something that causes liver failure, so she had to get a new liver. Recently, my cousin who is worried about her _figure_ wants to try a new kind of weight-loss pills, but my aunt thinks that children must eat properly for health is priceless. At the same time, Ive told my cousin the story of

21、the actress_; However, she wont listen. What do you think I should do?【Activity Two】Enable students to master important words, phrases and sentences Explanation by teachers Step1 Key words 1. figure figure n. 数字, 体形, 身材, 人影, 人物, 图形 v. 计算出, 理解, 明白 figure out E.g. She does exercise every morning to ke

22、ep her figure. （保持体型） He is an outstanding figure in the field of science. （人物） I cant figure out why she said so.【考题链接】Its difficult to _ the lady, for she is always changing her ideas. A. put out B. bring out C. figure out D. point out2. ashamed ashamed adj. 羞愧的，惭愧的 be ashamed of 因. 感到羞愧 be ashame

23、d to do sth. be ashamed that E.g. She was ashamed of her behaviour at the party. He was ashamed of having made such a mistake. 【拓展】 shame n. to ones shame What a shame! It is a shame to . / It is a shame that . E.g. It is a shame to treat parents like that. What a shame （that ） you have to leave so

24、early! I was ashamed _to tell_（tell） him that I had failed.You should be ashamed of yourself for_having cheated（cheat） in the exam. 3. treatment treatment n. be under medical treatment【拓展】 treat vt. / n. E.g. The teacher treats us as his children. （ ） Dont treat my proposal as a joke. （ ） The doctor

25、 treated her for a broken arm. （ ） Its my turn to treat you to lunch. （ ）s a great treat for him to go to Canada. （一大乐事） This is my treat! 我请客！4. prefer prefer vt. 更喜欢，宁愿 prefer sth. / prefer to do sth. / prefer doing sth. prefer sb. to do sth. prefer sth. to sth. prefer doing sth. to doing sth. pre

26、fer to do rather than do sth. E.g. Would you prefer me to stay? I prefer tea to coffee. I prefer to stay at home rather than go out. I prefer to take the bus to work rather than drive.5. suffer suffer vt. 遭受，蒙受 vi. 受. 折磨; 受. 之苦; 患. 疾病 suffer pain / poverty / hunger/ damage suffer from . E.g. The cit

27、y continues to suffer from serious pollution. The children in poor areas are suffering hunger. _ a rare disease, the old lady has to lie in bed. A. Suffered from B. Suffering from C. To suffer from D. Suffers fromStep2 Important phrases Translate the following phrases 1. be dying for. / be dying to do. 渴望2. used to do. 过去常常.3. work out 锻炼，解答出，制定，（事情）顺利进行4. the way to stay slim 保持苗条的方法5. lose weight 减肥6. be ashamed of 因.感到羞愧7. prepare to do. 准备做.8. take weight-loss pills 服用减肥药9. be popular among / with 受.欢迎10. at least 至少11. feel energetic / full of energy 感觉精力充沛12. tell sb. not to do . 让某人不要