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Dying to be thin

Part1 Fast reading:

Read the three e-mails quickly and answer the following questions: 1. Where does Amy come from?

2. What kind of pills does Amy take?

3. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title? Part2 Detailed reading

(1) Match the main point with the right subject Amy was recovering from liver failure because she received Dying to be thin good medical treatment. Recovering Zhou Ling was sorry to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she and other people could value the importance of health. Re: Recovering In order to lose weight, Amy takes weight-loss pills and becomes slimmer and slimmer. (2) Choose the best answer.

1. 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

2. 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.

3. The pills did great harm to Amy’s ______.

A. heart B. lungs C. liver D. eyes 4. 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 e-mails B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s problems C. thinks Amy should lose weight

D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills are necessary 6 Amy’s experience is _____.

A. an interesting one B. caused by her family

C. like that of some people in China’ D. a problem only for actresses

Part3 Read the passage and fill in the chart

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Title: Dying to be thin Amy’s reason for losing weight Results(successful/unsuccessful) Having lost (4)_____________ Feeling Preparing to act in(1)_________________; (5)____________________________ (2)___________________is important; Becoming (3)____________________her body. (6)__________________________ Suffering liver failure. Regretting (7)_____________________ Lessons Amy has learnt Realizing the importance of (8)__ ___ Zhou Ling’s reply to Amy: Sorry to hear about (9)______________ Happy at (10)______________________ Nothing is more important than health.

Part4 书本 P44 D1

Part5 Listen to the text carefully and fill in the blanks

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 the h_____ and receive good medical t________ 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________.

Part6 Reading strategy: (however, but )

1. I’ve lost 7 kg in the last two months. _______, sometimes I feel tired and weak. 2. I’m sorry to hear about your problems, ____ I’m glad you’re feeling better and

recovering.

3. The patient was near to death, ______ the doctors didn’t give up on him.

4. It is important that new machines are developed. _________, it takes a long time

to develop them.

Part6 Homework 书本P45 D2 (E)