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   hopefulprepare for a new rolebeauty is important           by taking pillsbe ashamed of her bodyhave lost 7kgfeel tired and weak become slimmerreasons for frustrationreactions to illnessliver failurebe in hospitalregret taking pillsrealize the importance of healthreasons for hopelessons amy has learntfind an exact match for herli dong’s donation of more than half of his liver to save her lifedon’t damage your health for a slim and attractive figure.learn to be confidentzhou ling’s reply to amy: be sorry to hear about her problems; feel happy at her recovery; a really touching story; shouldn’t be embarrassed about our weight.4. please underline all the sentences which have the word but and however in the text, and tell what they can anticipate in the following sentences or passage whenever you see these two words in an article.  5. pay attention to the usages of words and phrases in the three e-mails. parts d2 and e are relevant exercises, which are designed closely to match the meanings and usage of some key words in the e-mails. you may finish all of them individually or with your partners. and finally check all the answers in class.   d2:  1 c  2 a  3 d  4 b   5 f  6 e   e:  (1) damage  (2) two  (3) failure   (4) liver  ( 5) actress   ( 6)figure   (7) pills   (8) pricelessstep 4: post-reading   1. read the instructions in part f, discuss the questions listed with your partners and report back your answers. for reference:we’ve talked a lot about the importance of keeping healthy and discussed ways of keeping fit. actually we all agree that health is priceless and therefore it is the most important thing in the world that we have to treasure. suppose one of your friends is addicted to losing weight and can’t stop, do you think you could manage to persuade him or her to give up and be healthy?2. 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?  will you write back to her now and i’d like to collect some good suggestions mentioned in your letters.for reference:are there safety warnings or assurances printed on bottles of weight-loss pills?has the producer marked clearly which ingredients are used in the pills?3. let’s finish the form in part a and part b in listening on page 100 in workbook by listening to the tape. then do part c on the same page. or do this as homework.