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• Its program are available in English, French and Spanish.

• I am available tomorrow morning, if you want to talk to me about your paper.

-ist

• socialist

• communist

• Marxist

• Buddhist

• florist

• novelist

• specialist

• typist

• violinist

• tourist

• weight• 你的体重多少 ?• What is your weight?

• overweight• underweight• lose/take off weight• gain /put on weight

• 你们为何不试试运动来减肥 ?• Why not try exercising to lose

weight?

• on a diet 节食

• 我正在节食中。• I am on a diet.

• 我有点过胖了，得节食才行。• I am a little overweight.

I should go on a diet.

• I lost weight.

• 减肥成功。

• Do you call your parents regularly?

• We meet regularly, once a week.

• Newton reasoned that there must be a force such as gravity ( 地心引力 )when an apple fell on his head.

• folk

• I’d like you to meet my folks.• Lazy folks take the most pains.• 越懒越不省力。• Idle folks lack no excuses. • 懒汉不愁没有推迟的借口。

remedy

culture

hero

music

tale

singer

• But you may actually hurt yourself when you do this.

• To attract more readers, many stories have been written about famous people.

• A study showed that students arrived more promptly at classes when they were recorded of their arrival time.

Joke　 A: You're not overweight!　　 A: 你不胖！　　 B: No, not me. But most of my family are a bit over

weight.　　 B: 不，不是我。但是我的大多数家人都有点肥胖。　　 A: You should come to the States.　　 A: 你应该去美国。　　 B: What do you mean?　　 B: 你的意思是说？　　 A: Too many people in the States are overweight. S

eriously overweight.　　 A: 肥胖的美国人太多了。严重地肥胖。　　

Figure

Figure

• She's always had a good figure.

• 她身材一向很好。

• I'm watching my figure.

• 我一直注意保持身材。

Warm-up Discussion1. If you are underweight or overweight, How

would you feel?

2. What are the main factors that lead to being overweight?

3. What advice would you give people who have weight problems?

Poor eating habits and a lack of exercise are two of the reasons people gain weight.不良的饮食习惯和缺乏运动，是人们体重增加的两个原因。

• First, less eat the food with polysaccharide, such as: cream, chocolate.

• Second, eat more fruits and vegetables.

• Last, make many exercises, if possible, it's good to go to gym. Like this, you may keep fit well.

• 首先，要少吃多糖的食物，如 : 奶油，巧克力 。然后，应该多吃水果和蔬菜，此后，还要进行体育锻炼，如有可能，健身房是个好去处 这样，你就会减肥。

The ways to keep healthy

• First, we need a healthy diet.

• Second, good living habits are very important.

• Third, we should have an optimistic attitude to life.

• In a word , healthy food, good living habits and a good attitude to life are good ways to keep healthy.

Phrases & Expressions

• Tim’s birthday cake was in the shape of a train.

• After he had broken his leg, David had to give up mountain climbing.

• Why waste time and energy on something so hopeless?

• After coming home from the long trip, I was so tired that I slept almost all day long.

• We were taken aback by what he said at the meeting.

• I cast a glance at the exam paper and knew I was in trouble . Idid not study hard enough.

• You must keep up with your high marks to attend a key university.

• At first we saw the dog chase after the cat, until the cat fought back and started to chase after the dog.

• After the exams, students were welcome to join in the university dance.

• We need to have the roof repaired before the rainy season sets in.

• Never judge people by their appearance.

• 永远不要以貌取人。