M1U3 Looking good, feeling goodPeriod I-Reading comprehensionWelcome to the unit & readingTeaching Aims:l To develop students ability of reading a letterl To know about Feeling good is looking goodl To form a positive attitude towards solving problems between Looking good and Feeling good【Activity procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教学方案Reading Dying to be thin.Activity 1 Fast reading 1Activity Aim：make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage2Teaching Method：students-centered practice Step 1.Warming up. Answer the following questions: 1)Is a persons ability judged by his/her appearance? 2)Do you think appearance plays an important part in your life? Why?3)Which do you think is more important,looking good (appearance) or feeling good (health)?4)What do you do to keep yourself looking good and feeling good? confident, optimistic, healthy diet, enough sleep, exercise regularly,humorous, healthy mentally, healthy physically Step 2. Reading skills - reading a play. Guide students to how to understand sentences with “however”or “but”. E.g. 1. Learning the guitar isnt difficult, _ you have to practise. 2. Rick was very successful. _, the last few years of his life were not happy ones. 3. My neighbors like loud pop music, _ I dont like. 4. So far I havent had any success, _, Ill keep trying. Key: but / However / but / however Step 3. Fast reading: Go through the passage as quickly as they can and try to find answers to the following questions:1.Where does Amy come from?2. How did Amy lose weight?3.What caused Amys liver to fail?Answers: 1. Canada 2. She took weight-loss pills which are called fat-less3. The chemicals which are contained in the weight-loss pills.Activity 2 Detailed reading 1Activity Aim : make Ss get some details of the text2Teaching Method: students-centered practice Step 1. True or False exercises:1.Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( )2.Li Dong donated part of his liver to save Amys life. ( )3.Amy follows doctors 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. ( )6. In Amys first e-mail to Zhou Ling, she says she is going on a diet.( )7.In the last two months Amy has lost 10kg.( )8. In Amys second e-mail, she regrets taking those weight-loss pills.( )Answers:F T F T F F F TStep 2. Multiple Choice1 According to Para. 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 little2 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 slimmer3 At the hospital, the doctors told Amy she would _. A. live for seven days B. have to donate her liver C. die without a new liver D. need her mothers liver4 Li Dong, a young Chinese, _. A. saved Amys life by donating money to her B. saved Amys life by giving her part of his liver C. told Amy never to take weight-loss pills again D. once worked with Amy5 Zhou Ling, Amys friend _. A. did not want to read Amys e-mails B. was sorry to hear about Amys problems C. thinks Amy should lose weight D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills are necessary6. Amys experience is _. A. an interesting one B. forgotten by her family C. like that of some people in China D. a problem only for actressesAnswers: BDCBBCActivity 3 Consolidation1Activity Aim：make Ss master the text structures2Teaching Method：students-centered practice Task- based reading Dying to be thin.Letter 1 Amy is trying to lose weight by taking weight-loss pills instead of (1)_. Amy is not (2)_ with her body because looking good is important to her. The pills really (3) _, and she is becoming slimmer. Letter 2 Amy is now in hospital from liver (4)_. Amy regrets taking those (5)_ pills which almost destroyed her (6)_. Amy (7)_ out half an hour every day.Letter 3 You look (8)_ as you are. Health is the (9)_important thing. Going on a diet or taking weight-loss pills can bring (10)_.Keys: 1 exercising 2 satisfied/ pleased / content / happy 3 work 4 failure 5 weight-loss 6 liver 7 works 8 great 9 most 10 dangerActivity 4 Summary 1.ActivityAim: review what we have learned this class2. Teaching Method ：students-centered practiceDying to be thinToday we read a passage about “1_ to be thin”. It was about a Canadian actress who had to g