Looking good, feeling good

Do you think appearance plays an important part in your life? Why?

Which do you think is more important, looking good or feeling good?

Warming up

elegant lively

old-fashioned neutral

Do you usually go to a gym to do sport or exercise?

From your point of view, is doing sport regularly beneficial to your health and to your outlook on life?

Get regular exercise.

There are four pictures representing four different states of mind. Can you imagine a situation that fits each picture?

2. Which do you think is more important, eating well or doing exercise?

3. What do you do to keep yourself looking good and feeling good?

The following are some advice for you to take to stay healthy.

Don’t eat junk food.

Try to eat a healthy diet.

Go to bed early and get up early.

Make sure that you get enough sleep.

Go to see the doctor if you’re not feeling well.

Don’t spend too much time using computers or watching TV.

In recent years, for the sake of beauty, more and more people are willing to lose weight in a variety of ways.

1. What do you think about losing weight?

2. If you want to lose weight, which way will you choose?

Reading

Lose weight by taking medicine.

Lose weight by doing exercise.

Lose weight by dieting.

Which is more important, beauty or health?

What are the advantages or disadvantages of each way of losing weight? Give an example.

going on a diet

advantages disadvantages

Lose weight Weak

Tired

exercising in the gym

advantages disadvantages

Fit;

Lose weight

Waste time

Have to pay

receiving surgical treatment

advantages disadvantages

Lose weight Waste money

Weak

taking weight-loss pills

advantages disadvantages

Lose weight Waste money

Damage health

Fast reading

Read the three e-mails quickly and answer these questions.

1. Where does Amy come from?

2. What kind of pills did Amy take?

From Canada.

Weight-loss pills called Fat-Less.

3. Can you guess the two possible meanings of the title?

The title could mean that she really wants to be thin, or it could mean that what she did to become thin caused great harm to her health.

I am dying to know what happened.

She is dying to see you.

There was a time when many young people were dying to go abroad.

They are dying for a slim figure.

be dying for sth.

= be thirsty /eager for sth.

be dying to … / be dying for …

非常想 / 渴望 ……

Read the three e-mails again carefully and then choose the best answers. Mark your answers by circling the letters.

1. According to Paragraph 2 in the first e-mail, Amy is an actress, ______.

A. who often exercises

B. who wanted to lose weight

C. who became ill

D. who ate little

B

2. Why did Amy decide to take weight-loss pills?

A. She was overweight.

B. She was having health problems.

C. Her clothes did not fit.

D. She wanted to become slimmer.

D

3. The pills did great harm to Amy’s _______.

A. heart

B. lungs

C. liver

D. eyes

C

4. What does Amy do now in order to recover?

A. She goes to the gym every day.

B. She does exercise and eats healthy food.

C. She stays in bed all day.

D. She takes a lot of medicine.

B

5. Zhou Ling, Amy’s friend, ______.

A. did not want to read Amy’s e-mails

B. was sorry to hear about Amy’s problem

C. thinks Amy should lose weight

D. thinks diets and weight-loss pills are necessary

B

6. Amy’s 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

C

Writing

Suppose you are Amy’s best friend and are asked to write back to her after hearing about her problems. What kinds of advice or suggestions would you give to Amy?