《英语》（八年级下册）
Unit 7 International charities
Reading (II)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use the key words and expressions to introduce the work of an ORBIS doctor;
2. have a deep understanding of the text and prepare to write about the charity;
3. know how to ask questions properly in an interview.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: interviewer, blindness, medical, patient, afford, proud, reader, medicine, develop, prevent, treat, mostly, case, cure, treatment, operate, carry on, medical treatment
2. New structures: Many of our patients can’t afford to go to hospital, so we have to go to them.
Also, local doctors and nurses are invited on board to learn about eye operations.
I’m proud to help people see again and improve their lives.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Use the key words and expressions to introduce the work of an ORBIS doctor.
Know how to ask questions properly in an interview.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Revision
1. Introduce the eye problems on eath
(1) Show the first part of the logo of ORBIS, and asks the students what it looks like.
(2) Give three numbers (“285 million”, “80%”, “many”) to help the students introduce the eye problems.
2. Introduce the work of ORBIS
(1) Show the second part of the logo, tell the students it’s not only a flying eye hospital but also a training centre and invite the students to complete the sentences with the help of some key words.
(2) Ask the students to think why it is also a training centre, and introduce the famous words by Lao Tzu to help them understand it.
3. Introduce Dr Ma’s work, feeling and hope
(1) Show the picture of Dr Ma, and ask the students to complete the information about his work, feeling and hope.
(2) Invite the students to look at the logo carefully and tell them a small part is missing, require the students to think what is missing, what it means, and what we can do to help.
4. Retell in groups
Ask the students to introduce ORBIS with a help of a mind map.
【设计意图：本环节的设计抓住了本课的话题主线索，紧扣慈善组织的成立缘由、运行方式、受助者的反应、大众参与方式等几个主要方面的内容，帮助学生复习ORBIS的主要信息。通过图片进行信息转换，将纯文字形式的内容生动、清晰地呈现给学生，利用了标识中隐去飞机的部分、原型、增加虚线等几种形状，形象地概括出本文的三个主要部分。引用老子的名言帮助学生寻找中西方文化的相通之处，创造性地解读标识引导学生进行深度思考，着力培养跨文化和有主见的读者。】
Step 2 Language focus
1. Study the language points
(1) operate & operation
Show two sentences with “operate” and “operations”, use a picture to help the students understand them, and show the usage of them. Ask the students to complete two sentences with them.
(2) medical & medicine
(3) prevent, treat and cure
Show the English meanings, the usage, and the noun forms of these three words. Ask the students to pay attention to the differences.
T: Some of us have eye problems now. What should we do to prevent eye problems? Please put the three words in order.
(4) afford
Ask the students to find a sentence with the similar meaning to “Many of our patients can’t afford to go to hospital.” in the text. Help the students to understand the usage of “afford”, and require them to translate two sentences.
(5) on board
Ask the students to guess the meaning of “on board” with the help of some pictures and show some examples.
(6) proud
Show the English meaning and usage, and encourage the students to make sentences with “proud” and “pride”.
(7) carry on
Show the usage of “carry on” and list some similar phrases, ask the students to do some exercises and introduce the famous poster (keep calm and carry on).
2. Complete the story
Show a passage about the story of a little girl and ask the students to complete it using the words they have learnt.
【设计意图：在语言点的教学中，教师试图呈现足够多的示例，在真实的情境中引导学生总结出词的不同用法，随即通过造句、短文填空等形式，操练了重点语言点，巩固了学生对词义的理解。】
Step 3 Extension
Study the questioning skills in an interview
1. Explain the word “interview”. Ask the students to identify the “interviewer” and “interviewee” in the picture.
2. Show the interviewer’s words in the interview, and encourage the students to judge whether they are good questions.
3. Give a short summary and introduces three kinds of questions (open-ended, follow-up and personal).
4. Work in groups.
【设计意图：本环节重点引导学生观察采访中的问题，思考这些问题是否合适，教师适当总结问题的类型，教给了学生采访的提问技巧。在小组活动中要求学生选择一个慈善组织，讨论并设计采访问题，课后再查找资料回答问题并设计海报，这项综合性任务具有实际意义和挑战性，在做中学，发展了学生的语言能力、思维能力以及交流与合作的能力。】
V. Homework
1. Try to answer the questions you asked about the charities. You may get the information from the library or on the Internet.
2. Make a poster about the charity your group chose. Put it on the wall so the whole class can enjoy it.
课件19张PPT。Unit 7 International charities Reading (II)285 million80 per centmanyeyearound the worldandHowever,people are blind or have eye problems, of these cases can be prevented and curedpeople don’t have money for medical treatment.mostlyin poor areas,the eye problems around the worldthe work of ORBISFlying Eye Hospitala training centreOn the plane, __________________do ___________. ___________________________________________________, so we have to go to them._________________________ are invited on board to __________________________. we teach them __________. By training them, we hope to_________________.volunteer doctorsoperationsMany of our patients can’t afford to go to hospitalLocal doctors and nurseslearn about eye operationsnew skillshelp more peopleGive a man a fish and he can eat for a day; but if you teach him how to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime. —Lao Tzu A small part is missing. What does it mean?Dr Ma’s work, feeling and hopeworkfeelingDr MaModern medicine is __________________, and now most eye problems _________________________. ____________ is needed to _____________________________. We hope ______________________________.During his last visit, he _________________________.It’s a ________________ job. He felt ______ to help people see again and improve their lives.hopeoperated on 150 patientsreally importantprouddeveloping quicklycan be treated and curedMore moneycarry on with the their workmore people will support themWhat can we do?Retell in groupsthe eye problems around the worldthe work of ORBISDr Ma’s work, feeling and hope285 million80 per centmanyFlying Eye Hospitala training centreworkfeelinghopeOn the plane, volunteer doctors do operations.During my last visit, 150 patients were operated on.operate on sboperateoperationv.n.do an operation on sb for a disease1. The ORBIS doctors __________ on him a week ago and the ___________ was such a success that he can see things much more clearly now.operatedoperation2. 马医生在上次访问中给150个病人做了手术。
Dr Ma _____________ 150 patients during his last visit.operated ondid operations on=Language focus 1However, many people don’t have money for medical treatment.Modern medicine is developing quickly.medicalmedicineadj.n.药，医学医学的，医疗的Please ___________________________________(一天服三次药).Nowadays more and more people in China enjoy ____________________(免费医疗服务).take the medicine three times a dayfree medical servicemedicalMy sister graduated from a famous ________college.Language focus 2And 80 per cent of these cases can be prevented or cured.Now most problems and diseases can be treated and cured.preventcuretreatmake an illness go awayPrevention is better than cure.give medical care to (a person or a condition)keep from happening, stop sb/sthv.v.v.treatmentcuren.n.preventionn.preventtreatcureprevent sb (from) doingstop ... (from) doingkeep ... from doingcure sb of sthcure sthLanguage focus 3What can we do to prevent eye problems?Wear UV protective sunglasses.Eat lots of fruits and vegetables....Do not look at a bright light directly. Exercise your eyes. Never rub your eyes with your hands. Keep some distance from a book when reading. Protect your eyes from eye strain when using the computer or watching television. Many of our patients can’t afford to go to hospital.affordto have enough money to buy or to pay for sthusually used in negative sentences or questions这些可怜的孩子买不起文具。他的父母负担得起去英国旅行吗？be able to/can/could afford to do sthbe able to/can/could afford sthThese poor children can’t afford stationery.Can his parents afford to go to England for vacation?Many people don’t have money for medical treatment.can’t afford Can you find a sentence with the similar meaning?Language focus 4Also, local doctors and nurses are invited on board to learn about eye operations.on boardon or in a ship or an aircraftAfter receiving the operation on board, the lucky boy got off the plane with his mother. My sweetest memory of my childhood was the two-week travel on board to Korea with my parents when I was ten. go on board (表动作) 登上飞机（船、火车）Language focus 5I’m proud to help people see again and improve their lives.adj.be proudof sb/sththat 从句take pride in sb/sthn.to dopleased and satisfied_________ be proud to/of/that___________.
_________ take pride in _________.The British areof their sense of humour.He tookhis collection of stamps....Can you make sentences with “proud” or “pride”?Language focus 6But more money is needed to carry on with our work.carry on with sthcarry on doing sthThey were very tired, but they _______ their work without rest.
A. carried on with B. carry on
C. keep on D. catch up withcontinue/go on/keep doing sthCarry on working/with your work
while I’m away.我不在的时候，要继续工作。Language focus 7 The six-year-old Bayaslagan used to be a _______ with eye problems. Because of the _________, she couldn’t see anything at all. However, her family didn’t have enough money for _______treatment. She couldn’t _______to go to hospital.
Luckily, an ORBIS doctor, Dr Johnathan would like to provide free__________ for her. He _______________on her_________. The operation was successful and the girl’s eye problem was ______. Now Bayaslagan can see things clearly. She is very happy. As an ORBIS doctor, Dr Johnathan feels to help her see again.patientblindnessmedicalaffordtreatment/operateddid an operationon boardcuredproudComplete the story of a little girlbetween; from one to anotherideas,
opinions asking and answering questionsAn interview is a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked by the interviewer to elicit facts or statements from the interviewee. interviewerintervieweeDr Ma, please tell us something about blindness.
...How does ORBIS help?
...Why don’t you work in a hospital?
...How many operations do you do during a visit?
...You’re doing a really important job.
...Is there anything else you’d like to say to your readers?
...Thank you very much for your time, Dr Ma.open-ended (开放式) follow-up (追问) personal (个人的) (what, why, how ...)Do you think they are good questions? Why?1. Each group chooses a charity. Supposing you are interviewers, what would you like to know about these charities?
2. Discuss in groups and write down the questions you want to ask, don’t forget to use open-ended, follow-up and personal questions.
3. Then share the question list in the class. Work in groups1. Try to answer the questions you asked about the charities. You may get the information from the library or on the Internet.
2. Make a poster about the charity your group chose. Put it on the wall so the whole class can enjoy it.Homework Thank you!
