Unit 2 Morals and Virtues
Reading and Thinking
Teaching aims:
1.Enable students to master the reading skills like skimming and scanning.
2.Help students learn to analyse character morals and virtues based on the passage.
3.Guide students to learn the morals and virtues of great men.
Teaching key points:
1.Use these reading skills to deepen the understanding of the text.
2.Learn the words and expressions to describe morals and virtues.
Teaching difficult points:
1.Enable students to use what they learned flexibly.
2.To let students express their ideas in English fluently.
Step 1: Lead-in (导:5minutes)
Task1: What are some important life choices in your life
Wealth; education; jobs; marriage partners; moral decisions; health.
Eg: I think health is important, because the body is the capital of the revolution.(身体是革命的本钱)
Step 2: Pre-reading (思:2minutes)
Task1: Look at the title “Mother of Ten Thousand Babies” and guess the content of the text.
Mother : ;(who)
Ten Thousand Babies : It means she a lot of babies.
The passage might be about
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Step 3: While-reading (思:20minutes)
Task1: Look through the passage quickly and answer the following question.
Q: What type of writing is this passage ( )
A. A news report(新闻报道) B. A book review(书评)
C. Travel journal(旅游日志) D. biography(传记)
biography(传记): story of a person’s life written _________.
autobiography (自传): story of a person’s life written __________.
by someone else B. on one’s own
Task2: Read the text and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A.Summary of Lin Qiaozhi's life and achievement.
Para. 2 B.The role Lin played in new China
Para. 3 C.Lin opened a private clinic to help the people
Para. 4 D.Lin Qiaozhi's learning experience.
Para. 5 E.Lead in the passage using Lin Qiaozhi's words .
Para. 6 F.Lin chose to study medicine.
Part1(para.1): The principle carried Dr Lin through a life of .
Structure Part2(para.2): The life as a .
(three parts)
Part3(para.3-para.6): The life as a .
Task3: Read each paragraph carefully and answer the following questions.
Read para.1
1. What is the function of the first paragraph
A.To arouse students’ interest. B.By supplying background information.
C.To introduce the topic. D.By giving examples.
Read para.2
2. At that time, what did the majority of girls do at the age of 18
.
3.What was the first choice of Lin Qiaozhi when she was 18
.
Read para.3
According to this paragraph, how was Dr. Lin in the field of medical research
A. creative B.adventurous C. incapable D.outstanding(excellent)
What was the second choice of Lin Qiaozhi when she was invited to stay in the US
.
Read para.4
What was the third choice of Lin Qiaozhi when thinking of all the people still in need of
help.
.
Read para.5
What was the fourth choice of Lin Qiaozhi when holding important positions
.
Read para.6
1. Why was Lin Qiaozhi known as “the mother of ten thousand babies”
.
What did Dr. Lin do when she died
.
Task4: Summarize the Lin Qiaozhi’s life choices.
when dilemma choice
Age 18 to get married /to study medicine
In 1939 to stay in the US /to serve people
During the war to do nothing /to help the poor
1954-1983 to hold the position /to tend patients
Task5: Finish the timeline about Lin Qiaozhi’s life
At age 5 Her mother ______.
At age 18 chose to ______________
Eight years later graduated from ________ with the Wenhai Scholarship
from age 26 to 27 was named a __________________ in the PUMC Hospital
after a few years was sent to study in __________
in 1939 was sent to study in __________
in 1941 became the first ___________ woman to be appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital
during the war opened ________________
in 1954 was elected to the first __________________________
22 April 1983 She _____
Step 4: Post-reading(议:3minutes;展:5minutes 评:2minutes)
Task1: Discuss the morals and virtues of Lin Qiaozhi.
Eg: In paragraph 2, she chose to study medicine and stayed single to study all her life. determined(坚决的)strong-willed(意志坚定的),persistent(坚持不懈的).
Useful words to describe one’s morals and virtues: kind, caring/considerate(体贴的), responsible,devoted(有奉献精神的), hard-working,generous, selfless,
patriotic(爱国的),empathetic(共情的)
Step 5: Homework
1. Summerize the useful expressions from the passage.
2. Preview the grammar.
3. Recite the words and phrases in unit2.
4.Fill in the following blanks.
Lin Qiaozhi is known ____ the “mother of ten thousand babies”________ she had delivered over 50, 000 babies in her lifetime. When she was 18 years old, she chose _________(study) medicine instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls. _______ graduating from Peking Union Medical College, she immediately became the first woman ___________(hire) as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. Then during the war, she opened her own clinic to help the patients. After the foundation of the new People’s Republic of China, she held many important _________(position), but she was more interested in _________(tend) patients. Dr Lin didn’t retire _____ the day she died, 22 April 1983.
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反思:
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