Now it’s time for the students to do more comprehensive exercises so that they can have a better understanding of the text. Ask the students to answer the following questions. Allow the students several minutes to finish them and then check the answers. Usually, such kinds of exercises are easy enough for the students to get the right answers.
1. Why doesn’t Amy take her mother’s advice though her Mum keeps telling her not to take those weight-loss pills?
2. In Amy’s second e-mail, why does she regret taking those weight-loss pills? 3. Why dose Amy really mean by saying “My mother is right”? Suggested answers:
1. Because she has lost 7 kg and looks so slim at the moment.
2. Because the pills contain a harmful chemical that caused Amy’s liver to fail.
3. From Amy’s own experience, she does realize that nothing is more important than health and that we shouldn’t be ashamed of the way we look.
Guessing the meanings of the phrases in the reading text.
Up till now, the new idea of the passage along with some details has been discussed. Now, it is time to come to understand the phrases in the passage.
Ask the students to replace the underlined words in each sentence with a phrase given and change the form if necessary.
be well worth be popular among be ashamed of work out be dying to do learn from follow one’s advice be OK with be going on a diet recover from
1. Nowadays online shopping is widely enjoyed by young people. 2. If you want to lose weight, you have to train your body with physical exercise in a gym regularly.
3. It didn’t take him a long time to become completely well again after the attack of illness. 4. Mary is trying to lose weight by having less food, hoping that she can become thinner before Christmas.
5. If you do what I told you to do, there is no doubt that you will win the game. 6. Your parents have been looking for you for nearly an hour. They want to know where you have been very much. 7. You should feel embarrassed about yourself for telling so many lies to your parents. 8. All your friends have this or that advantage, so you should be modest and_____________
something_____________ others.
9. Harry Porter is wonderful, but I’m afraid that Star Wars_____________ seeing.
10. Your son is old enough to look after himself in school. Don’t worry about him. I’m sure everything will_____________ him.
Five minutes later, check the answers. Answers:
1. is popular among 2. work out 3. recover from 4. is going on a diet 5. follow my advice 6. are dying to know 7. be ashamed of 8. learn from 9. is better worth seeing 10. be OK with
To see if the students have fully understood these new words, the teacher can design some exercises for the students to do. For example, the teacher can ask the students to fill in the blanks with the seven words.
Ask the students to fill in the blanks and then check the answers.
1. The boy is suffering a bad cold. It is likely that it will take him quite some time to_____________ from his illness.
2. The change in weather may_____________ your health.
3. You should be_____________ of yourself for telling such lies.
4. I decided to_____________ your advice and do whatever you want me to do. 5. You should take exercise to improve your_____________ .
6. The boss said that she had done a bad job. She was_____________ about his words on her work.
Check the answers:
1. recover 2. affect 3. ashamed 4. follow 5. figure 6. embarrassed In-class activities
Various in-class activities are important in English learning. Until now, the text has been talked in detail. Most of the students have got familiar with the text. So more activities should be designed for the students to improve their ability to use English, to consolidate what they have learnt in the reading text.
Practice A (to discuss questions based on the text)
This activity is designed to encourage the students to reconstruct the information they have got in the passage and give a presentation in their own words.
Suppose you are Amy’s best friend. What advice or suggestions would you give to Amy? (Show the question to be discussed on the screen) Sample answers:
1. If I were Amy’s friend, I would be worried about Amy’s action to lose weight in unhealthy or even harmful way. I will advise her to give up losing weight by means of taking weight-loss pills. I will make it to her the serious results of taking pills and having operations. I will gave her some examples of those who have failed in losing weight in such ways.
2. I will convince her that the most effective way to lose weight is to have a balanced diet and take regular exercise and have enough sleep. Only when she develops such a healthy life style can she look good and feel good in the long term. Some girls who have the same problem with her will go on a diet. It will get them to put on weight as soon as they go back to eat the normal food. Even worse, it definitely will not make them look good and feel good as well. They may even become ill because of going on a diet. Also, I will tell her that if she chooses to control weight by doing exercise, she have to keep on doing it. There is no doubt that once she stops taking exercise, her
weight will go up again very quickly. She may become even fatter than before. In a word, no matter which way you prefer to lose weight, you have to keep going on with it. In some sense, it is more difficult to keep figure than to lose weight.
Practice B (share the students’ opinions)
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?
Sample answer:
If one of my friends is trying all kinds of means to lose weight and may not choose the right way, it is very likely that she will fail to lose weight. I will try to make her learn to accept and respect herself and her body and then set a realistic aim for her weight. As soon as she makes a deep change inside, a change that affects her entire outlook on weight loss, she will really lose weight.
Teaching and learning design of some new words and expressions. Part A words and phrases
1. be dying to do something/dying for something 渴望非常需要某物 1)不及物动词 消逝; 结束 2)及物动词 死 3)相关的短语:
die away逐渐停止, 逐渐消失 die down逐渐减弱, 逐渐模糊 die off相继死去
die out逐渐消失; 灭绝
die of 因（患）……而死 He died of cancer.
die from 由于……而死, 因……致死 He died from a wound. 2. work
1)n. 劳动; 操作; 作业; 工作; 职业; 功课; 著作; 作品 2)(pl.) (机器的)活动部; 工厂 a gas works煤气厂
3)v. 起作用; 操作: The measures didn’t work. 措施没有奏效。 4)related phrases:
work out 算出(总数)运动; 带来好结果; 有预期的结果 at work忙于劳动; 在工作
out of work没有工作的; 未被雇用的
It won’t work. ［口］那不行, 那不起作用。 work at从事, 致力于, 钻研 3. stay 1)vi. 停留
2)link-v.持续不变; 保持
3)辨析: remain/stay/leave 三者都指“继续停留”或“继续保持某种状态、关系或行动”。 remain 常可与stay 互换, 但它强调“继续停留于一处或保持原状态、情况性质而不改变”, 如: This place remains cool all summer. 这个地方整个夏天都凉爽。
stay强调“某人（物）继续留在原地而不离开”, 如:
He stayed to see the end of the game. 他一直待到比赛结束。 leave 主要指把某物留在某处或留给某人。 4. try
1)n［C］ 尝试; 努力
2)vt. 试图; 努力［+to-v.］ The two sides are still trying to reach an agreement. 双方仍尽力达成协议。
尝试, 试行［+v. -ing］ If the car don’t start, try pushing it. 如果汽车不动，尝试推一推。 试验, 试用［(+out)］/［+v. -ing］;
The idea sounds fine, but we need to try it out in practice. 这个主意听起来不错，但我们需要在实践中验证它。 5. weight (n. )1)重量, 体重 2)砝码 3)负担 4)重要性 1)gain weight=put on weight 增加体重 2)lose weight 减少体重 3)by weight 按照重量 4)in weight 重量是…… 6. shame
1)n.羞愧, 耻辱; 可耻的人(或事物) 2)v.使羞愧, 玷辱
3)be ashamed of以为……是耻辱
4)feel ashamed for sb. 替某人感到羞愧 The parents felt ashamed for their son. 父母为自己的儿子感到羞愧。
5)be ashamed to do sth. 以干……为耻
Students should be ashamed to cheat in the exams. 学生应该以考试中作弊为耻。 7. regret
It is to be regretted that. . . 使人遗憾的是……; 真可惜…… I regret spending so much money on a car. 我后悔花这么多钱在一辆车上。 8. fail
1)vi. 失败；不及格；失灵
2)vt. 未能; 使失望; 未通过(考试等)
失败
4)fail to do没有(做某事); 疏忽; 忘记(做某事) He failed to come. 他未能来。 9. worth
值……的; 价值……的
How much is the picture worth? 这幅画值多少钱？
值得……的, 一般用于be (well) worth (doing)结构。
The book is worth reading. 这本书值得一读。
价值, 财产
Show one’s true worth. 显露出真正价值。
注: 1)worth其后常接名词(代词), 动名词和what从句, 但不能接动词不定式。
This book is worth reading. 这本书值得一读。
此句中的reading 是主动形式表达被动意义, 这种结构中的动名词不可用被动形式。 2)worthy 其后不能直接接名词或动名词充当宾语, 而必须加上of, 且其后可直接接动词不定式或动名词, 如果和句子的主语存在逻辑上的动宾关系, 则不定式或动名词应用被动形式。
即:
3)worthwhile 常用于It’s worthwhile doing/to do. 值得做某事
大吃一惊的, 大为惊异的, 深为惊愕的 ［对……］大为惊讶的, 感
到惊骇的［at］
令人惊异的
惊愕
I was amazed at the news. 我听到这个消息大为惊讶。 Part B important sentence patterns
1. I used to go to the gym three times a week, but I don’t work out any more. 以前每周我去健身馆三次，但现在我不再锻炼了。 1)辨析: used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 be/get used to sth. /doing sth. 习惯做某事
use sth. to do sth. /be used to do sth. (被)用来做某事
It used to be thought that the Earth was flat, but now everyone knows it is round. 过去人们常常认为地球是平的，但现在每个人都知道它是圆球形的。 I never got used to going to bed so late. 我以前从不习惯太晚睡觉。
Computers are used to do a lot of work in many companies. 很多公司里都用计算机做一些工作。 2）work out 锻炼身体; 算出
Many famous actors keep fit by working out in the gym every day. 很多有名的演员靠每天在健身馆里锻炼来保持健康。
2. I’m trying to lose weight because I’m so ashamed of my body. 我在努力减肥因为我的体型使我难为情。
be ashamed of sb. /sth. /doing. . . /be ashamed to do. . . /be ashamed that. . . I’m ashamed to ask for help. 我不好意思请人家帮忙。 He was rather ashamed of himself. 他十分自愧。
3. They contain a harmful chemical that caused my liver to fail. 他们包含有一种有害化学物质，它使我的肝脏受损。 辨析: contain与include
两者都有“包含, 包括”之意, 但意义和用法却不尽相同。
1）contain: have or hold sth. in itself, 表示“包含, 含有, 内装”。是指包含整体的全部, 侧重“整体内有”, 指在某一范围或容器内能容纳某物, 不用于进行时态。如: