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Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good Period 2 Reading Karen Carpenter is considered by many to be one of the finest and most expressive in popular music. She is praised for her control, sense of pitch, and the subtle nuances of personal expression she introduced to a melody. To keep slender, she took laxative and dieted for a long period of time, which led to her lack of appetite and contributed to her ruin in 1983. The much publicized and tragic loss of Karen Carpenter aged 32 brought new attention to the dangers of eating disorders. Suppose you are a bit over-weight, how would you lose weight? Going on a diet Exercising in the gym Receiving surgical treatment Taking weight-loss pills Advantages Disadvantages Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good Period 2 Reading Listen and answer the following questions Where does Amy come from? What kind of pills did Amy take? What caused Amy’s liver to fail? Skimming Try to guess the meaning of the title according to your own understanding of the text. The title has 2 meanings: 1 Amy wanted to be thin very much 2 Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills Main point of each email Scan the text and then choose the best answers According to paragraph 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 Scan the text and then choose the best answers 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. Scan the text and then choose the best answers At the hospital, the doctor 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 Scan the text and then choose the best answers 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