Looking good feeling good
amy’s experience
of
weight-loss reasons 1）looking _3____is important to women, especially, in canada.
2）she feels __4____of her body.
3）she is preparing to act in a __5___.
ways 1）she ___6___ go to the gym work out three times a week.
2）she has been taking ___7__ and her goal is to lose at least 10 kg.
__2_____ 1）she has lost 7 kg in the last two months. but she feels ____8_sometimes.
2）the harmful chemical in the pill causes __9___. luckily a chinese man is willing to donate more than half of his liver to save her life.
___1__--about weight-loss mum’s 1）the pills are dangerous to amy’s health.
2）______ is priceless.
zhou ling’s nothing is more important than health.
amy’s after operation mum is right. it’s not worth damaging health for a slim and attractive figure.
task five：discussion in groups
suppose you are amy’s best friends. what advice or suggestions would you give to amy? then, if you were amy, do you think, what is more important “looking good or feeling good”? why?
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reading (2)
language points:
1. i used to go to the gym three times a week, but i don’t work out any more.
1) used to do sth.“過去常常做某事”。表示過去存在的但現在已停止的情況或習慣。
be used to sth. /doing sth. 習慣于……，適應于……
be used /ju:zd/ to do sth.“被用來做某事”
what an agreeable town this used to be! now there are so many factories and so much pollution. 這個小鎮早先是多么宜人！而現在工廠很多，污染也很嚴重。
it used to be thought that the earth was flat, but now everyone knows it is round.
the old granny used to live in the quiet country, but now she got used to living in the noisy city.
he is short, and he is used/accustomed to being laughed at because of this.
this kind of scissors is used to cut wool. 這種剪刀是用來剪羊毛的。
他過去喜歡在花園里栽種各種花卉，現在不了，他上年紀了。
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她不習慣于被當眾表揚。
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竹子可以用來造紙。____________________________________________.
2) work out means 鍛煉身體，訓練
mr white keeps fit by working out for half an hour every morning.