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Dying to be thinDying to be thin
Language pointsLanguage points
By Miss Wang
Step1.lead-in
Read the first e-mail on Page 42 carefully, and then fill in the blanks with proper word.
Amy didn’t ___ from her friend Zhou
Ling for weeks. So she sent an e-mail to tell her
story about weight loss. She said she ________
to go to the gym three times a week, but now she
didn’t _______out any more. She took another
way to stay _______ .
slim
hear
used
work
Since she was _______ of her body,
especially she was preparing to act in a new
play, she took weight-loss pills called Fat-less,
which were quite ______ among young
women in Canada. The pills did ______and
two months later she lost 7 kg. However,
sometimes she didn’t feel ________. Her
mother warned her not to take the pills.
energetic
ashamed
popular
work
Step 2 Self-study
Read the first e-mail carefully,and try
to find out what you don’t
understand and what you are
interested in (what is useful).
Try to understand the following.
1. Dying to be thin. . .
2.…but I don’t work out any more.(Line4)
3. I’m so ashamed of my body. (L6)
4. My mother, who you met last year,
keeps telling me not to..(L11)
Step 3 group-workStep 3 group-work
Step 4 explanationStep 4 explanation
1.Dying to be thin. . . 极想瘦下来…
这一句是“ I’m dying to be thin.” 的省略句 .
很想做 ; 渴望做 ( 口语 ) be dying
to do
渴望 ; 很想 be dying for+ 名词 /
代词
我渴望有一台电脑 .
他急切地想知道那儿发生了什么。
他极想出国 .
•I am dying for a computer./to
have … • He is dying to know what
was happening there.
•He is dying to go abroad.
v. 死亡 ( 短暂性动词 ) die
adj. 完全的、没有生命的 dead
adj. 垂危的、临死的 dying
n. 死 death
2.…but I don’t work out any more.(Line4)
(1) work out 锻炼
(2) work out 解决 ;
• 那位老人经常锻炼身体以保持健康。
The old man works out regularly in order to keep fit. 我已独立地将这些数学题目全部解出来了。 I have worked out all the math problems by myself.
3. Most young women wants a
slim figure these days, especially
here in Canada.(L5)
figure n. 体型 ; 身材
拥有 / 保持好身材
have/keep a good figure
Betty 身材很好.•Betty has a good figure.
她每天早上做运动以保持 / 改善体型。
•She does exercises every
day to keep/improve her
figure.
4. I’m trying to lose weight
because I’m so ashamed of my
body. (L6) ashamed adj. 惭愧的 , 羞愧的 ;
耻于……的 ; 不好意思……
的
be ashamed of doing sth. 以…为耻 ;
be ashamed to do (sth. ) 以干…为耻 ;
be ashamed that-clause
feel ashamed for sb. 替某人感到羞愧
to one’s shame 让某人感到惭愧的是
•some students are ashamed
to ask their teachers these
simple questions.
我昨天表现不好 , 我现在感到很惭愧。
I behaved badly yesterday and
I am ashamed (of myself) now.
一些同学认为问老师这些简单的问题很难为情。
5 . The pills really work. (L10)
work vi. 起作用 , 有效果 , 奏效
•医生给你开的药奏效吗?
Do the pills the doctor gave you work?
•这项计划很成功。
The plan worked well.
6. I’ve lost 7kg in the last two
months. (L10)
last month.
in the last/past 2 months
+ 过去式
+ 完成式
7. My mother, who you met last
year, keeps telling me not to..
(L11) (1)keep doing 连续做某事
• 我一直希望他能给我打电话。
I kept hoping that he’d phone
me.
(3) keep sb.doing sth. 使某人做某事•对不起 , 让你久等了。
I’m very sorry to have kept you waiting.
(4) keep sb.from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
阻止某人做某事 keep sb. from doing sth.= stop sb. from doing sth.= prevent sb. from doing
1.die vt
2.work vi
3.be ashamed of/to do sth.
4.keep doing sth.
Step 5 summaryStep 5 summary
Fill the blanks with proper words found in the first e-mail
1. You must s_____________ calm when something happens suddenly.
2. She is a____________ to tell others that she didn’t pass the exam.
3. In order to lose w____________, you’d better take more e____________.
4.His mother asked him not to play computers games, but it didn’t ________( 起作用 )
Step 3 testStep 3 test
Stay
ashamed
weight
exercise
work
Structureused to , be used to doing, be used to doMy father ____________ have a walk after
supper, but now he likes watching TV.The knife _________________ cut cakesI ___________________ English every
morning.
used to
is used to
am used to reading
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