高中英语 Unit3 Looking good,feeling good Welcome and

Unit 3 Looking good, feeling
good
Period 1 Welcome to the unit and Reading 一．【设计思想】
通过图片和开放性问题让学生针对生活现状谈论关于如何显得美丽和保持健康。

充分培养学生运用语言交际的能力和自主学习能力，调动他们学习英语的积极性和创造性。

进而引出本单元的话题——气色好，感觉好。

通过问题的设置检验学生对文章细节以及文中各角色的观点行为的理解，通过小组活动要求学生就某一问题提出看法并展开讨论，然后仿照范例进行会话练习。

二．【教学目标】
By the end of this class, the students will be able to
1.describe people’s current situations and express their own opinions by comparing the importance of beauty and health.
2. grasp the main topics of the three e-mails.
3. show more interest in learning English by expressing their own opinions on the topic “To be beautiful or to be healthy”.
4. improve the students’reading abilities of skimming and scanning to a certain level.
三．【教学重难点】
To form a positive attitude when it comes to the topic “To be beautiful or to be healthy”.
四．【教学环节】
【课堂导入】
1. Enjoy some pictures about some beauties and some handsome young men and answer the following questions:
● Do they look good and feel good?
● Whom do you like better, the thin or the fat? Why?
2. Look at another picture and answer this question:
●What’s the man trying to do?
3. Do some pair work to discuss this question?
●If you are the person who is a little over-weight, how would you lose weight? And why?
【预习检查】
Reading strategy
1. Get the differences in meaning between the sentences with “however” and “but”.
2. Find out in the text the sentences contain ing “however” and “but”.
3. Practice (Fill in the blanks with “however” and “but”)
1) Learning the guitar isn’t 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 don’t like.
4) So far I haven’t had any success, _______, I’ll keep trying.
【课堂教与学】
Step1 Fast reading
1. Look at the title and predict what will be talked about in the text. (Who, what, how, why, the results…)
2. Try to guess the meaning of the title “Dying to be thin…”Step 2 Scanning—True or False
1. In Amy’s first e-mail to Zhou Ling, she says she is going on a diet. ( )
2. In the last two months Amy has lost 10 kg. ( )
3. Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( )
4. In Amy’s second e-mail, she regrets taking those weight-loss pills. ( )
5. Amy follows doctor’s advice and often goes to the gym. ( )
6. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend, did not want to read Amy’s e-mails. ( )
Step 3 Task-based reading（Read the text and fill in each blank with a proper word）
Title: Dying to be thin…
Step 4 Reading Comprehension
1. Amy decided to lose weight because ________.
A. she was ashamed of her body
B. she was going to act in a TV play
C. she wanted to be slimmer
D. all of the above
2. The reason why Amy’s mother told her not to take the pills may be that ________.
A. she knew Amy would suffer liver failure
B. she thought it was unnecessary for Amy to do so
C. she was afraid the pills would damage her daughter’s health
D. she didn’t know her daughter would act in a TV play
3. From the three e-mails we can conclude（结论）that ________.
A. for an actress, the thinner, the better
B. health is more important than anything else
C. women shouldn’t lose weight
D. fruit and vegetables are helpful to young women
【课堂巩固】
I. Fill in each blank with a proper word and then enjoy the following sentences.
1. I ________________（过去常常）go to the gym three times a week, _____________, I don’t ____________（锻炼）any more now.
2. ___________（既然） I’m preparing to act in a new TV show, I’m taking weight-loss pills ____________（被称为）Fat-less, _____________are quite popular ____________ young women here.
3. I ____________________（后悔服用）those weight-loss pills _________________(包括）a harmful chemical _____________ caused my liver__________fail.
4. We shouldn’t ____________________（对…感到羞愧）the way ______________ we look, ______________________?
5. It’s the same in China－many people, ___________________（其中一些）are not overweight at all, are always ________________（节食）or taking weight-loss pills, ________________ are often dangerous.
【知识小结】
从课文结构入手，对文章的理解不能仅停于表层。

【提升与拓展】
Who are the most beautiful women in the world? Looking at the records, people might think Venezuelan women are. They win the Miss Latin America, Miss Universe, and Miss World contests more frequently than women from any other country. In Venezuela, the term “Miss”
a s in “Miss Universe” is an honored title（称号）.
These days, people in some cultures consider beauty contests to
be silly. They have tried to stop these contests, saying the contests treat women as objects and place too much importance on women’s looks. But in Latin America, beauty contests are a source of pride. And in Venezuela, they are almost a national obsession（狂热）.
Are Venezuelan women really more beautiful than other women? “They are not really more beautiful here,” says Selena, who trains girls for th e contest. “It’s just that the girls here work harder and prepare more than anyone else.” Preparing for a contest is a full-time job that includes sixteen-hour days for six months. Many of the women take a leave of absence from their jobs during the traini ng period. “If you don’t take this seriously, you don’t have a chance.” Selena says.
The preparation takes many hours a day. The contestants stretch their bodies and practice their walks down the runway. They work on their speeches and practice answering q uestions such as, “Whom do you admire most in the world?” They starve to stay slim. T hey take classes to learn how to style their hair and apply makeup. Most of them grow their hair long and diet to lose at least 10 pounds. Many of them have their teeth straightened or have plastic surgery（整形外科手术）to straighten or fix other body parts.
It isn’t easy, and the contestants give up a lot for the contest. One Miss Universe winner immediately put on 20 pounds after the contest. She said the only thing she wanted to do after the contest was to eat. The cost is high as well. The training for the Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe contests can cost up to $ 60,000. Fortunately the television station that sponsors（赞助）the contest pays the costs of training the finalists. Yet most of the contestants say it’s worth the effort. A former Miss Universe is now a mayor of a district in a large city. Although she had no political experience
before that, she has been asked to run for higher political office.
Another winner has her own television show. Winners have an advantage they could not get anywhere else. “It’s the only chance you have to make it.” s ays one contestant. “You can’t get these chances any other way.”
1. From the above passage we can infer that Venezuela is probably ______ .
A. a place where contestants from all parts of the world gather together
B. a city in America where beauty contest is held
C. a country in Latin America
D. a world beauty center
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Contestants have to stay away from their work for a period of time before the contest.
B. Only a few women won the contest without being trained.
C. Beauty isn’t the only factor for a contestant to win the contest.
D. It’s too expensive for individuals（个人）to pay for the training for the contest.
3. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Beauty Means Money
B. Training— the Only Way to Success
C. Venezuelan Women—the Most Beautiful Women in the World
D. How to Succeed in the Beauty Contest
【课后预习】
Reading语言点
五．【板书设计】
1.文章的结构； 2,。

一些重点生词。

六．【家庭作业】
1. 熟读课文；
2. 赏析摘录的语句；
3. 完成语言点导学案。