Dying to be thinDying to be thin

Language pointsLanguage points

By Miss Wang

Step1.lead-in

Read the first e-mail on Page 42 carefully, and then fill in the blanks with proper word.

　　 Amy didn’t ＿＿＿ from her friend Zhou

Ling for weeks. So she sent an e-mail to tell her

story about weight loss. She said she ________

to go to the gym three times a week, but now she

didn’t _______out any more. She took another

way to stay _______ .

　　

slim

hear

used

work

　　 Since she was _______ of her body,

especially she was preparing to act in a new

play, she took weight-loss pills called Fat-less,

which were quite ______ among young

women in Canada. The pills did ______and

two months later she lost 7 kg. However,

sometimes she didn’t feel ________. Her

mother warned her not to take the pills.

energetic

ashamed

popular

work

Step 2 Self-study

Read the first e-mail carefully,and try

to find out what you don’t

understand and what you are

interested in (what is useful).

Try to understand the following.

1. Dying to be thin. . .

2.…but I don’t work out any more.(Line4)

3. I’m so ashamed of my body. (L6)

4. My mother, who you met last year,

keeps telling me not to..(L11) 　

Step 3 group-workStep 3 group-work

Step 4 explanationStep 4 explanation

1.Dying to be thin. . . 极想瘦下来…

这一句是“ I’m dying to be thin.” 的省略句 .

很想做 ; 渴望做 ( 口语 ) be dying

to do

渴望 ; 很想 be dying for+ 名词 /

代词

我渴望有一台电脑 .

　　　他急切地想知道那儿发生了什么。

　

他极想出国 .

•I am dying for a computer./to

have … 　　　 　• He is dying to know what

was happening there.

　•He is dying to go abroad.

v. 死亡 ( 短暂性动词 ) die

adj. 完全的、没有生命的 dead

adj. 垂危的、临死的 dying

n. 死 death

2.…but I don’t work out any more.(Line4)

(1) work out 锻炼

　　 (2) work out 解决 ; 　　　　

•　那位老人经常锻炼身体以保持健康。

The old man works out regularly in order to keep fit. 　　　　　我已独立地将这些数学题目全部解出来了。 　I have worked out all the math problems by myself. 　

3. Most young women wants a

slim figure these days, especially

here in Canada.(L5) 　　　　

figure n. 体型 ; 身材

拥有 / 保持好身材

have/keep a good figure

Betty 身材很好．•Betty has a good figure. 　

她每天早上做运动以保持 / 改善体型。

•She does exercises every

day to keep/improve her

figure.

4. I’m trying to lose weight

because I’m so ashamed of my

body. (L6) 　　 ashamed adj. 惭愧的 , 羞愧的 ;

耻于……的 ; 不好意思……

的

be ashamed of doing sth. 以…为耻 ;

be ashamed to do (sth. ) 以干…为耻 ;

be ashamed that-clause

feel ashamed for sb. 替某人感到羞愧

to one’s shame 让某人感到惭愧的是

•some students are ashamed

to ask their teachers these

simple questions.

我昨天表现不好 , 我现在感到很惭愧。

I behaved badly yesterday and

I am ashamed (of myself) now.

一些同学认为问老师这些简单的问题很难为情。

５ . The pills really work. (L10)

　　work vi. 起作用 , 有效果 , 奏效

•医生给你开的药奏效吗？

Do the pills the doctor gave you work?

•这项计划很成功。

The plan worked well.

6. I’ve lost 7kg in the last two

months. (L10) 　　

last month.

in the last/past 2 months

+ 过去式

+ 完成式

7. My mother, who you met last

year, keeps telling me not to..

(L11) 　　(1)keep doing 连续做某事

• 我一直希望他能给我打电话。

I kept hoping that he’d phone

me.

(3) keep sb.doing sth. 使某人做某事•对不起 , 让你久等了。

I’m very sorry to have kept you waiting.

(4) keep sb.from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事

阻止某人做某事 keep sb. from doing sth.= stop sb. from doing sth.= prevent sb. from doing

1.die vt

2.work vi

3.be ashamed of/to do sth.

4.keep doing sth.

Step 5 summaryStep 5 summary

Fill the blanks with proper words found in the first e-mail

1. You must s_____________ calm when something happens suddenly.

2. She is a____________ to tell others that she didn’t pass the exam.

3. In order to lose w____________, you’d better take more e____________.

4.His mother asked him not to play computers games, but it didn’t ________( 起作用 )

Step 3 testStep 3 test

Stay

ashamed

weight

exercise

work

Structureused to , be used to doing, be used to doMy father ____________ have a walk after

supper, but now he likes watching TV.The knife _________________ cut cakesI ___________________ English every

morning.

used to

is used to

am used to reading