●Reading Looking good, feeling good

Step1: Leading-in

Are you a bit over-weight? How would you lose weight? Going on a diet, exercising in the gym, receiving surgical treatment or taking weight-loss pills? Please look at these pictures and think of the reasons for these phenomena and the ways to deal with them.

Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas

Go through the three e-mails quickly and finish Part A.

　　　Canada; weight-loss pills called Fat-Les; the weight-loss pills.

Step 3: Detailed reading for important information

1. What do you think the tile of the article 'Dying to be thin...' means ?

'Dying to be thin...'here has two meanings. The first is that Amy wanted to be thin very much. The second is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills. 2. Dealing with C1, C2 and D1

　　Now reread the three e-mails and complete Parts C1 and C2. In Part C1, you should pay attention to some of the detailed information. In Part C2, you should notice the fact that there is usually at least one main point you want to talk about in an e-mail or a short article. Try to find out subjects and main points in the three e-mails.

C1. 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C;

C2: Main point of "Recovering": Amy was recovering from liver failure thanks to Li Dong, who selflessly donated part of his liver to her.

Main point of "Re: Recovering": Zhou Ling was sorry to hear about Amy's problems and hoped she as well as all the others wanting to lose weight to value the importance of health.

D1: 1.the weight-loss pills 2.a harmful chemical 3. liver failure, the operation and being in hospital 4. your liver 5. a stranger 6. many people in China who are going on diets or taking weight-loss pills 　　What's the main idea of each e-mail?

No. Subject Main idea E-mail 1 Dying to be thin To lose weight, Amy takes weight-loss pills and becomes slimmer and slimmer. E-mail 2 Recovering Amy was recovering from liver failure thanks to Li Dong, who selflessly donated part of his liver to her. E-mail 3 Re: Recovering Zhou was sorry to hear about Amy's problems and hoped that she as well as all the others who'd like lose weight could value the importance of health.