m1u3.reading课件.ppt

Unit 3;Dying to be thin…;Contents;STEP I;Whom do you like better, the thin or the fat? Why?;What’s the man trying to do?;;If you are a bit over-weight, how would you lose weight? ;Ways of losing weight;　work out in the gym;go on a diet;have an operation;( take weight-loss pills );Group;STEP II;Read 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 called fat-less.;3. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title? The title could mean that she really wants to be thin, or it could mean that what she did to become thin caused great harm to her health.;The title has two meanings:;STEP III;Reread the first two emails paying attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises.; 1st e-mail;3. How does she feel after taking the pills? 4. What did Amy’s mother tell her?;2nd E-mail----T or F Questions Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( ) The pills were going to completely destroy Amy’s liver if she continued taking them.( ) Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym. ( );4. Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables. ( ) 5. For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( );sorry;STEP IV;STEP V;STEP VI;understanding sentences with ‘however’ or ‘but’;STEP VII; In order to lose w_______, Amy took weight-loss p____ and she lost 7kg in t____ months. However, the pills contained something that caused liver f______, so she had to get a new l_____. A young Chinese man d______ part of his liver to save her life.; 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______.;What’s the main idea of this text?;Homework Read the whole text again to remember some key words and to learn some language usages. ;Thank you for listening！