4. Please finish Parts A1 and A2 on page 94
|
Answers: Part A1 (page 94) 1. a. accepted b. follow 2. a. caused b. made 3. a. damage b. destroyed 4. a. eats b. dieting Part A2 (page 94) 1. are popular among 2. work out 3. be ashamed of 4. is dying to 5. recover from 6. is going on a diet 7. follow my advice |
3. Let’s finish the form in Part A and Part B in Listening on page 100 in Workbook by listening to the tape. Then do Part C on the same page. Or do this as homework.
|
Answers:
Parts A and B (page 100) Dad: 1. cook 2. dangerous 3. tried 4. less active 5. move around 6. health problems 7. eat too much. Doctor: 1. bread 2. cakes 3. diet 4. vegetables 5. meat 6. exercise |
2. Suppose you are Amy’s best friend and are asked to write back to her after hearing about her problems. What kinds of advice or suggestions would you give to Amy? Will you write back to her now and I’d like to collect some good suggestions mentioned in your letters.
|
For
reference: Are there safety warnings or assurances printed on bottles of weight-loss pills? Has the producer marked clearly which ingredients are used in the pills? |
1. Read the instructions in Part F, discuss the questions listed with your partners and report back your answers.
|
For
reference: We’ve talked a lot about the importance of keeping healthy and discussed ways of keeping fit. Actually we all agree that health is priceless and therefore it is the most important thing in the world that we have to treasure. Suppose one of your friends is addicted to losing weight and can’t stop, do you think you could manage to persuade him or her to give up and be healthy? |
3. Having got the main ideas and points of the three e-mails, we can do the following exercise to reinforce what we have read.
|
Emotions
of Amy |
Reasons
for losing weight |
Results(successful/unsuccessful) |
|
happy frustrated hopeful |
prepare
for a new role beauty is important by taking pills be ashamed of her body |
have
lost 7kg feel tired and weak become slimmer |
|
reasons
for frustration |
reactions
to illness |
|
|
liver
failure be in hospital |
regret
taking pills realize the importance of health |
|
|
reasons
for hope |
lessons
Amy has learnt |
|
|
find
an exact match for her Li Dong’s donation of more than half of his liver to save her life |
Don’t
damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. learn to be confident |
|
|
Zhou
Ling’s reply to Amy: be sorry to hear about her problems; feel happy at her
recovery; a really touching story; shouldn’t be embarrassed about our weight. |
2. Dealing with C1, C2 and D1
Now reread the three e-mails and complete Parts C1 and C2. In Part C1, you should pay attention to some of the detailed information. In Part C2, you should notice the fact that there is usually at least one main point you want to talk about in an e-mail or a short article. Try to find out subjects and main points in the three e-mails.
|
C1.
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C; C2: Main point of “Recovering”: Amy was recovering from liver failure thanks to Li Dong, who selflessly donated part of his liver to her. Main point of “Re: Recovering”: Zhou Ling was sorry to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped she as well as all the others wanting to lose weight to value the importance of health. D1: 1.the weight-loss pills 2.a harmful chemical 3. liver failure, the operation and being in hospital 4. your liver 5. a stranger 6. many people in China who are going on diets or taking weight-loss pills |
What’s the main idea of each e-mail?
|
No. |
Subject |
Main idea |
|
E-mail 1 |
Dying
to be thin |
To
lose weight, Amy takes weight-loss pills and becomes slimmer and slimmer. |
|
E-mail 2 |
Recovering |
Amy
was recovering from liver failure thanks to Li Dong, who selflessly donated
part of his liver to her. |
|
E-mail 3 |
Re:
Recovering |
Zhou
was sorry to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as well as all the
others who’d like lose weight could value the importance of health. |
1. What do you think the tile of the article ‘Dying to be thin…’ means ?
|
‘Dying
to be thin…’here has two meanings. The first is that Amy wanted to be thin
very much. The second is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some
weight-loss pills. |
2. Read the e-mail on page 57 and try to add the missing punctuation mark in each line.
|
Answers 2. I am very fat→I am very fat. 3. …, just because I’m different from them→…,just because I’m different from them. 4. I don’t do sports → I don’t do sports. 5. Is this really such a problem →Is this really such a problem? 6. ‘You’re just big-boned, she says. → ‘You’re just big-boned,’ she says. 7. But I’m not sure if…→ But I’m not sure if … 8. … such a thing as being big boned? →… such a thing as being big-boned? 9. I don’t enjoy exercise It makes me tired. →I don’t enjoy exercise. It makes me tired. 10. …and love to eat fast food→… and love to eat fast food. 11. should I do→should I do? 12. What about exercise and food →What about exercise and food? 13. …stop eating→…stop eating. |
Step 3: Writing an e-mail
Read the guidelines in Step 3 on page 57 and write an e-mail to a friend recommending Better Body Gym. You should use not only what you have learned in Steps 1 and 2 but also the correct punctuation marks to write the e-mail.
|
Possible
example Dear Xiao Lin, I want to give you some information about Better Body Gym since you want to keep fit and have a nice figure. One of its branches is near the King Hotel. It’s not far away from your house. The equipment there is the best. It just costs 500 yuan a year for a student. And if you join now, you can get one month free membership. Isn’t it good news! It opens from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. Whenever you are free during the day or in the evening, you can go there. They have 35 classes for you to choose from, including yoga, aerobics and swimming. These are what you’re interested in. and there are personal trainers to give you some advice and help you improve your shape. I think if you go there from time to time, you will feel good and more energetic. If you want to know more, you may call 5555, 4567. Best wishes. Yours |
●Reading Looking good, feeling good
Step1: Leading-in
Are you a bit over-weight? How would you lose weight? Going on a diet, exercising in the gym, receiving surgical treatment or taking weight-loss pills? Please look at these pictures and think of the reasons for these phenomena and the ways to deal with them.
Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas
Go through the three e-mails quickly and finish Part A.
Canada; weight-loss pills called Fat-Les; the weight-loss pills.
Step 3: Detailed reading for important information