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湖南省石门一中

陈

俊

I am thin.

a slim figure

　 work out in the gym

exercise, do sports

go on a diet( eat less food )

have an operation

( take weight-loss pills )

take some medicine

thin …

* Someone was going to die because he/she wanted to be thin.

* Someone wanted to be thin very much.

Date: From: To: Subject:

2 May 2003

2 June 2003

4 June 2003

Amy

Amy

Amy

Zhou Ling

Zhou Ling

Zhou Ling

Dying to be thin

Recovering

Re: Recovering

Task 1 Fast Reading

(Becoming well again)

(reply)

Task 2 Listening

1. Where does Amy come from?

2. What kind of pills did Amy take?

3. What caused Amy’s liver to fail?

weight-loss pills called Fat-less.

the weight-loss pills.

Canada.

Task 3Careful read

ing

7 kg

Used to go to the gym

now

Take weight-loss pills

Why?

be ashamed of…

How?

Feel …

Mum

dangerous…

priceless

WhereWhere??

Why?Why?

What?What?

How?How?

In hospital

Recover from liver failure

Pills contain a harmful chemical.

Li Dong donated more than half of his liver to her.

The 2nd E-mail

T or F Exercise

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

2.Li Dong donated part of his liver to save Amy’s life. ( )

3.Amy follows doctor’s 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. ( )

liver failure

, but seldom

can’t

F

F

F

T

T

sorry glad amazed

Zhou’s advice

To Amy:

To many Chinese people:

We shouldn’t be embarrased about out weight.

Nothing is more important than health.

They should learn from Amy’s story.

In order to lose w_______, Amy took weight-loss p______ and she lost 7 kg in t_____ months. However, the pills contained something that caused liver f_______ , so she had to get a new l_____. A young Chinese man d______ part of his liver to save her life.

Zhou Ling was s_______ to hear about Amy’s problems and hoped that she as w____ as all the others who had like to l_____ weight could value the importance of h________.

eightillswo

ailureiver onate

d

orry

ellose

ealth

Task 4 Consolidation

I am a bit fat. I want to take weight-loss pills.

What should Jennifer do?

What shouldn’t Jennifer do?

Discussion Task

Feel good!

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。Health is much more important.