M1U3 Reading导学案打印

Module1 Unit3 Reading ----Dying to be thin

编写：段姝萍初审：肖唐云审定：高一英语组

Class Name

每周佳句Nothing is more important than health!

【Teaching aims】

1. To understand the text and grasp the main idea of each e-mail.

2. To improve the reading abilities by doing some reading exercises.

3. To form a right attitude towards beauty.

4. Enable the students to identify the main topic of each email and understand sentences with “however” and “but”.

【自主学习】

Translate the following phrases

1)be dying to do sth. 2) hear from sb.____________

3)一周三次4) 锻炼

5) 保持身材苗条6) 减肥

7) be ashamed of 8)at the moment

9) 后悔做过某事10) 听从某人的建议

11) be embarrassed about __________ 12) use to do sth.

13) 节食14) 从…中吸取教训

【交流展示】Ask students to show their answers and check the answers together. 【课堂合作、探究、释疑】

Step 1 Lead in

If you are a bit fat or over-weight, how would you lose weight?

Step 2 Reading

Task1 read the reading strategy on P43 and understand sentences with “however” or “ but”

(1)The feeling expressed before “however”or “but”and the feeling after them are

usually ____________.

(2)The difference between “however” and “but” :we can use a comma after _______. Eg. Learning the guitar isn’t difficult, ________ you have to practice.

So far I haven’t had any success, ________, I’ll keep trying.

Task2: Listen to the tape about three e-mails and answer the questions in part A. Task 3 read the three e-mails quickly and decide which are true (T) or false (F) 1.Amy took weight-loss pills called Fat-Less because she were preparing to act in a new TV show. ( )

2.The weight-loss pills really work and make Amy feel energetic. ( )

3.Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital. ( )

4.The pills were going to completely destroy Amy’s liver if she continued taking them.

( )

5.Amy follows her doctor’s advice and often go to the gym. ( )

6.Amy’s friend Zhou ling thinks people should be embarrassed about their weight.

( ) Task4 read the three e-mails quickly and do C1，C2 on textbook

【达标检测】

根据课文内容，在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。

Zhou Ling and Amy are friends. Amy _______ (prepare) to act in a new TV show. Just like other young women, she wants _________ slim figure, so she took some pills to lose weight. The pills really worked. However, they contain a ________ (harmful) chemical that caused Amy’s liver ________ (fail). Her mother insisted on sending her to the hospital, ________ she received good medical __________ (treat). After going through a painful experience, she’s feeling _______ (well) now. She received a letter _______ Zhou Ling. In the letter she agrees with Amy that we shouldn’t be embarrassed about our weight. She also hopes that people ________ are going on diet or ______ (take ) weight-loss pills in China can learn from Amy’s story.

Step3Discussion

1.Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title?

The title could mean that she really wants to_________________, or it could mean that what she did to become thin caused ______________to her health.

2.Which do you think is more important, health or beauty? Why ?

Step4 Summary

Health is the most important thing.

Beauty is based on health.

Both body health and mental health are important to make you attractive.

You can’t choose the appearance, but you can spread your smiling.

你不能选择容貌，但你可以展现微笑。

【课后作业】

1、双向翻译并背记下列句子：

1）I used to go to the gym three times a week, but I don’t work out any more.

2）I’m trying to lose weight because I’m so ashamed of my body.