1、Unit 4 Looking good, feeling good Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) Brainstorming 1. Do you think senior high school students should pay much attention to their weight? Why or why not? 2. What do you think are healthy ways of losing weight? Ways of losing weight Healthy diet Proper exercise More veg
2、etables Less junk food Predicting What will be talked about in the news report? Analysing the structure Whats the genre of the text? News report Whats the structure of the text? The lead Detailed information Background information Reading strategy A news report usually starts with a lead. It gives t
3、he most important information about an event. Then the following paragraphs give more detailed information about the event. Some news reports go on to provide background or supporting information. 24 5 67 The girl skipped meals to get slim. She is now recovering in hospital. A survey shows many teen
4、agers are using extreme methods to lose weight. The experts gives advice on how to lose weight properly. The inverted pyramid The structure where the most important information is presented first. The who, what, when, where and why appear at the start of a story, followed by supporting details and b
5、ackground information. The lead The body The tail Para. 1 Paras. 24 Paras. 57 Why does a news story follow the structure of an inverted pyramid? Helps readers get the key information quickly Helps editors when they need to cut a piece at a certain length to fit a publication Close reading Part 1 (Pa
6、ra. 1) What is the function of the first paragraph? Part 2 (Paras. 24) Detailed information Jennifer has struggled with eating problems for a long time. She has not eaten breakfast for the last few months and had trouble concentrating in class. Jennifer missed breakfast that day and hardly touched h
7、er dinner the night before. Jennifer said she was feeling unwell. Jennifer passed out and was rushed to hospital. Jennifer was found to have dangerously low blood sugar levels and was treated immediately. Jennifer is out of danger and will recover in one or two days. 1. What is the relationship betw
8、een the first and the second paragraph? The second paragraph further illustrates the lead. 2. Why was Jennifer rushed to hospital? Because she fainted in her morning PE lesson. 3. Can you paraphrase “They say that she has struggled with eating problems for a long time.”? She has been trying for a lo
9、ng time to lose weight through skipping meals. 4. What did Laura do when she found out Jennifer was skipping meals? She warned Jennifer that it was unhealthy. Part 3 (Paras. 57) 1. What are some of the dangerous methods teenagers use to lose weight? Skipping meals, over-exercising and taking weight-
10、loss medicine. 2. What numbers are given in para. 5? Whats the purpose of giving these numbers? Almost one fifth of teenagers regularly skip meals, one in ten over-exercise and four per cent even take weight-loss medicine. Giving these numbers can help support the topic sentence of the paragraph. 3.
11、 What lifestyle tips did the expert give? Having a healthy balanced diet, keeping regular hours and getting plenty of exercise. Critical reading Do you think the title is attractive enough? Do you have a better version? Why do some teenagers care so much about their weight? What are the possible cau
12、ses? If you were Jennifers classmate, how would you persuade her not to skip meals? Thinking and sharing If you were an expert on health and were invited to give a lecture on losing weight, what would you present to your audience? Prepare with your group members to deliver a speech. Homework Continue the news report within 150 words. When Jennifer came back to her class, all the classmates were very glad to see her back. _ _ _ Jennifers mom was delighted that Jennifer could recover so quickly. _ _ _
