高一英語模塊1Unit3Reading.doc

高一英語模塊1 Unit3 Reading (1) 導學案Teaching aims: 1. To train the students to identify and grasp the main topics of the e-mails.2. To discuss why many people are over-weight and the ways of losing weight.3. To understand the sentences with however and but.Teaching important points:1. To let the students grasp the words and phrases gaining weight, losing weight and the results of losing weight.2. To make the students develop the right opinions of “Dying to be thin” and really understand “Looking good, feeling good”.Teaching difficulties:1. To encourage the students to express their opinions and ideas.2. How to improve the students reading ability.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-in Ask students to discuss the following questions.1. As to you, which is more important, health or beauty?2. Why are so many people getting over-weight nowadays?3. What are the people who are over-weight dying to do?Step 2 Reading 1. Fast-reading A) Questions:1) Where does Amy come from? _2) What kind of pills does Amy take? _3) What caused Amys liver to fail? _ B) True or False questions (please correct the false sentences) 1) In Amys 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 Amys second e-mail, she regrets taking those weight-loss pills. _ 4) Zhou Ling didnt answer Amys e-mail because she has no computer. _ 5) In China, people seldom take weight-loss pills to lose weight. _ 6) After operation Amy follows the doctors advice and exercises for at least 2 hours per day. _2. Detailed-reading A) Multiple choices: 1) Amy was recovering from liver failure because _. A. her mother happened to be able to have to a long operation B. a weight-loss pill called Fat-Less worked well in her C. her mother insisted on taking her to the hospital, where she received good treatment D. her doctor had great skill and saved her with little failure 2) According to the text, which of the following ways of losing weight may damage health? A. Exercising in the gym. B. Going on a diet. C. Taking weight-loss pills. D. Receiving treatment. 3) Which of the following has the closet meaning to the title “Dying to be thin”? A. Amy wanted to be thin very much. B. Amy was going to die because she took some weight-loss pills. C. Amy wanted to die because she thought she was too thin. D. Amy was going to be thin when she was dying. 4) Which is the main idea of the passage? A. We shouldnt be ashamed of the way we look. B. Nothing is more important than health. C. Looking good is important to women. D. Taking weight-loss pills is sure to harm your health. 5) Amys experience is _. A. an interesting one B. caused by her family C. like that of some people in China D. a problem only for actresses B) Questions: The 1st e-mail: 1) Did Amy use to work out in the gym? How many times a week? _ 2) How does Amy think now? _ 3) Why does Amy want to lose weight? _ 4) Whats the name of the weight-loss pills? _ 5) Whats the result of taking the pills? _ 6) What did her mother do and say? _ The 2nd e-mail: 7) Where is Amy now? How is she? _ 8) What caused her liver to fail? _ 9) What advice did the doctor give to Amy? _ The 3rd e-mail: 10) What made Zhou Ling happy? _ 11) What are many people in China doing now? _ 12) What is Zhou Lings hope? _ C) Fill in the chart:Amy emotionsReasons for losing weightResultsh_1 r 6 h 11 P 2 for a new TV showB 3 is important by taking pillsBe a 4 of her bodyHave lost 7 kgFeel tired and weakBecome s 5 Reasons for regretReactions to illnessLiver f 7 Be in h 8 R 9 taking pillsR 10 the importance of healthReasons for hopeLessons Amy has learntGetting betterDont d 12 your health for a slim and attractive figureLearn to be c 13 Zhou Lings reply to AmyBe sorry to hear her problemsFeel happy at her r 14 People shouldnt be e 15 about our weight1) _ 2) _ 3) _ 4) _ 5) _6) _ 7) _ 8) _ 9) _ 10) _11) _ 12) _ 13) _ 14) _ 15) _ D) Summarize the main idea of each e-mailSubjectMain pointDying to thinrecoveringRe: recoveringStep 3 Reading strategies: (however/ but)a) Ive lost 7 kg in the last two months. _, sometimes I feel tired and weak.b) Im sorry to hear about your problems, _Im glad youre feeling better and recovering.(The feeling before “however” or “but” and the feeling after them are usually opposite.We can use a comma after “however”)Practice:1) Learning the guitar isnt difficult, _ you have to practice. 2) Rick was very successful, _ , the last few years of his life were not happy ones.3) My neighbors like loud pop music, _ I dont like. 4) So far I havent had any success, _, Ill keep trying. Step 4 Exercises:1. Fill in the blankets according to the e-mails.Amy and Zhou Ling are friends. Amy used to go to the _, but later she didnt _ any more. Every woman wants to have a slim _. Since Amy felt _ of her body, she took some _. At first, these pills _ very well. Though she did not feel _ as before, she felt happy because she looked slim at that moment.One month later, however, Amy had to stay in _ because of _. She _ taking those pills. If she continued taking them, her liver would be _. After recovery, Amy _ the doctors advice and _ for at least half an hour every day. People should _ their bodies. The p_ to stay slim is a big problem, and some people who are not overweight at all are going on d_. Health is the most importan