同课异构教案

Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good

Reading

Teaching aims:

(1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main topics of the three letters written by two good friends---Amy’s problems, how she dealt with it and Zhou Ling’s concerns and advice to Amy.

(2) Stimulate t he Ss’ interest in learning English by talking about their own opinions

when it comes to the topic “To be beautiful or to be healthy ”.

Important points & difficult points:

(1)Find the main points in the three letters and express them.

(2)Understanding the text.

Procedure:

Step 1 Lead-in Show pictures and answer them

1. Do they look good and feel good?

2. Whom do you like better, the thin or the fat? Why?

3. What causes some people to become fat?

4. What’s the man trying to do?

Step 2 Pair work --discussion

1. If you are a bit over-weight, how would you lose weight?

ways of losing weight.

a)going on a diet b) exercising in the gym

c) receiving surgical treatment d) taking weight-loss pills

2. Talk about the advantages, disadvantages & examples of the ways of losing ways. Step 3 Reading comprehension

(1)Fast reading

Read the three e-mails quickly and answer the following questions.

1. Where does Amy come from?

Canada.

2. What kind of pills did Amy take?

Weight-loss pills (which are) called Fat-Less.

3. What caused Amy’s liver to fail?

The chemicals (which are) contained in the weight-loss pills.

4. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title “Dying to be thin…”?

a.The first is that Amy wanted to be thin very much.

b. The second is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.

(2) Listening and Careful reading

Listen to the three emails and pay attention to some detailed information and then finish some exercises.

i 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 10kg.

3. In Amy’s second e-mail, she regrets taking those weight-loss pills.

4. Zhou Ling didn’t answer Amy’s e-mail in time because she has no computer.

5. In China, people seldom take weight-loss pills to lose weight.

ii Choose the best answers according to the text.

1. According to Paragraph 2 in the first email, Amy is an actress, _______.

A. who often exercises

B. who wanted to lose weight

C. who become ill

D. who ate little

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.