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. 3. Having got the main ideas and points of the three e-mails, we can do the following exercise to reinforce what we have read.

Emotions

of Amy Reasons for losing weight Results(successful/unsuccessful) happy

frustrated

hopeful prepare for a new role

beauty is important by taking pills

be ashamed of her body have lost 7kg

feel tired and weak

become slimmer reasons for frustration reactions to illness liver failure

be in hospital regret taking pills

realize the importance of health reasons for hope lessons Amy has learnt find an exact match for her

Li Dong's donation of more than half of his liver to save her life Don't damage your health for a slim and attractive figure.

learn to be confident Zhou 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) priceless

Step 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?