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Unit 3 Looking good, feeling goodI. Learning Aims：1. To grasp the main topics of the three letters written by two good friends-Amys problems, how she dealt with it and Zhou Lings concerns and advice to Amy.2. To improve oral English by talking about their own opinions when it comes to the topic “To be beautiful or to be healthy ”II.Teaching procedures:Activity1 Leading-inDiscussion: why some people are fat? Ways of losing weight?Activity2 Fast readingSkim the three e-mails and find the answers to the questions1.Where does Amy come from?_2.What kind of pills did Amy take?_3.Can you guess the possible meanings of the title?_Activity3 Detailed reading for important information1)True or false exercises:1Amy is now recovering from a bad cold in hospital.( ) 2.Amy follows doctors advice and often goes to the gym. ( )3.Now Amy eats lots of fruit and vegetables.( )4.For a slim and attractive figure, we can damage our health. ( )2) Multiple choice questions:1. According to Paragraph 2 in the first email, Amy is an actress, _.A. who often exercises B. who wanted to lose some weightC. who become ill D. who ate little2. Why did Amy decide to take weight-loss pills?A. She was overweight B. She was having problems.C. Her clothes did not fit. D. She wanted to become slimmer.3.The pills did great harm to Armys _.A.heart B.lungs C.liver D.eyes 4. Armys experience is _A .an interesting one B.caused by her family C.like that of some people in ChinaD.a problem only for actresses5.What does Amy do now in order to recover?A.She goes to the gym every day B. She does exercise and eats healthy foodC. She stays in bed all day D. She takes a lot of medicine.3）Main idea of the e-mailsNo.SubjectMain ideaE-mail 1Dying to be thinTo lose_, Amy takes_ pills and becomes _and_.E-mail 2RecoveringAmy who received good medcial_ was recovering from liver _.E-mail 3Re: RecoveringZhou was sorry to hear about Amys problems and hoped that she as well as all the others whod like lose weight could_ the _ of health and_ from Armys story. Activity 4 Task-based readingMost young woman want a slim 1._ in Canada. Amy was 2._ of her body Zhou Lings attitude: We shouldnt be 6._about weightDying to be thing Amy decided to 7_ the doctors advice: take exercise and keep a balanced 8_So she took weight-loss pills rather than work 3_ in a gym. Amys mother inisted on 9._ her to the hospital and received good medical 10._ there.Later she suffered from liver 4_ because of the harmful 5._ in those pills.Activity 4 Have a discussion about this question:Suppose you are Amys best friend. If you hear of