Unit 3 Looking good, feeling goodReadingTeaching aims:(1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main topics of the three letters written by two good friends---Amy’s problems, how she dealt with it and Zhou Ling’s concerns and advice to Amy.(2) Stimulate t he Ss’ interest in learning English by talking about their own opinionswhen it comes to the topic “To be beautiful or to be healthy ”.Important points & difficult points:(1)Find the main points in the three letters and express them.(2)Understanding the text.Procedure:Step 1 Lead-in Show pictures and answer them1. Do they look good and feel good?2. Whom do you like better, the thin or the fat? Why?3. What causes some people to become fat?4. What’s the man trying to do?Step 2 Pair work --discussion1. If you are a bit over-weight, how would you lose weight?ways of losing weight.a)going on a diet b) exercising in the gymc) receiving surgical treatment d) taking weight-loss pills2. Talk about the advantages, disadvantages & examples of the ways of losing ways. Step 3 Reading comprehension(1)Fast readingRead the three e-mails quickly and answer the following questions.1. Where does Amy come from?Canada.2. What kind of pills did Amy take?Weight-loss pills (which are) called Fat-Less.3. What caused Amy’s liver to fail?The chemicals (which are) contained in the weight-loss pills.4. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title “Dying to be thin…”?a.The first is that Amy wanted to be thin very much.b. The second is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.(2) Listening and Careful readingListen to the three emails and pay attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises.i True or false1.In Amy’s first e-mail to Zhou Ling, she says she is going on a diet.2. In the last two months Amy has lost 10kg.3. In Amy’s second e-mail, she regrets taking those weight-loss pills.4. Zhou Ling didn’t answer Amy’s e-mail in time because she has no computer.5. In China, people seldom take weight-loss pills to lose weight.ii Choose the best answers according to the text.1. According to Paragraph 2 in the first email, Amy is an actress, _______.A. who often exercisesB. who wanted to lose weightC. who become illD. who ate little3.The pills did great harm to Amy’s _______.A. heartB. lungsC. liverD. eyes4. What does Amy do now in order to recover?A. She goes to the gym every day.B. She does exercise and eats healthy food.C. She stays in bed all day.D. She takes a lot of medicine.5. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend, _______.A. did not want to read Amy’s emailsB. was sorry to hear about Amy’sproblemsC. thinks Amy should lose weightD. thinks and weight-loss pills arenecessary6. Amy’s experience is _______.A. an interesting oneB. caused by her familyC. like that of some people in ChinaD. a problem only actresses(3) Detailed reading1. Fill in the charts about the three periods of Amy’s mood. What is her mood in each period? And what are the reasons and results?Mother’s wordsAmy’semotionsResultsReasonsWhat Amy didtake Fat-less pills be in hospital an actress;ashamed ofbeing fat.slimmer;notenergeticliver failure; dying;joyful Health is the most important thing.recoveringregretfulhopefulDon’t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure.1. What’s Zhou Ling’s advice to Amy?2. Who does Zhou Lin g think should learn from Amy’s story?2 Pair work Discussion1). What’s the main point of each e-mail in the text?Main ideaStep 4 Consolidation（巩固练习）–Fill in the cloze with proper words in the text In order to lose w_______, Amy took weight-loss p______ and she lost 7 kg in t_____ months. However, the pills contained something that caused liver f________, so she had to go to hospital for r___________.Zhou Ling was s_______ to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as w____ as all the others who had like to l_____ weight could value the importance of h________.Further Discussion What can we learn from the story?Step 5 ActivitySuppose(假设) we are in the Hunan TV Station, attending a program called Talking about the Encyclopedia(百科全说) . One student is the host. Another is the honored guest(嘉宾), a professor, who knows a lot about how to keep healthy. The rest students are audiences.The audiences can ask the professor any health problem that caused trouble to them. Please ask as many questions as you can.You can’t choose the appearance,but you can spread your smiling.Health is much more important.Step 6 Homework1. Read the text again to get a better understanding.2. Finish Part D1, D2, E on page 44,45.3. Write an article.。