Teaching aims:
1. Goals:
Learn about health care
Practise expressing opinions and making decisions
Review the Subjunctive Mood (2)
Write a letter
2. Special focus:
Improve reading skills and Enlarge vocabulary.
a. Direct Ss to read the 3 passages on the text book;
b. Guide Ss to learn to use the following words and expressions:
Medical insurance, poverty, unemployment, AIDS, housing, income, economic development, essential, desperate, fundamental, statistics, pressure, constant, allowance, re-employment, sacrifice, aggressive, intelligence, sense of responsibility, sympathy, willingness, observation, resident, laid-off, vow, mould, etc.
Period 1 Reading
A Helping Hand (p75)
Step 1. Warming up
Task 1. guide the students to have a discussion on the following points:
Difficulties in learning English
Differences in learning English and Chinese
Characteristics of successful learners
Effective learning skills
Ways to develop confidence
Step 2. Scanning
Task 2. Read the passage and try to come up with the general idea of each paragraph:
Ask students to fill in the chart to see if they have got a general understanding of the whole passage.
Main Idea
Paragraph A A man suffering from a serious disease was unable to pay for treatment.
Paragraph B With a health care projectˇs help, Wang Linˇs disease was cured.
Paragraph C A new health project is aimed at exploring and developing a new health care model for China.
Paragraph D Many urban Chinese are living on money given by the government.
Paragraph E Millions of Chinese people in urban areas cannot afford proper health care.
Paragraph F Health care project is very important in our countryˇs efforts to fight poverty.
Paragraph G The Chinese government is taking measures to prevent the spread of AIDS.
Paragraph H People must help each other if society is to develop and prosper.
Paragraph I Our country is working hard to fight poverty and improve health care.
The main idea of the passage: The Passage gives a brief introduction to the health care condition in our country, and it emphasizes on the efforts that our government is making to fight poverty and improve health care by giving examples of Wang Lin.
Step 3. Post-reading
Task 3: Answering the questions on P77.
Step 4 Homework
Finish all the exercises on Word Study and Grammar on p77-79.
Period 2. Integrating Reading Skills
The Little Mould That Could (P79)
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the Ss how further they understand the health care in China.
2. Check the homework. If necessary, give some examples to review the Subjunctive Mood.
Exercise 1 &2 on p213 is specially designed to check the Ss if they are familiar with the Grammar.
If necessary give more structures and let the students to make more sentences Using the structure.
Step 2. Scan the passage and find the main idea, then analyze the passage if possible.
Task: Read the passage in three minutes, and match each paragraph with its general idea.
Paragraph 1 A. Fleming was excited about his discovery, which he called Penicillin, but other scientists showed no interest.
Paragraph 2 B. Penicillin played a very important role during the World War II and at present as well.
Paragraph 3 C. Fleming discovered a mould that can kill bacteria by accident.
Paragraph 4 D. Health care in the past was often dangerous and risky.
Paragraph 5 E. Alexander Fleming invented many ways to treat the wounded during the World War I
Step 3. Read the passage again and finish the exercises attached to the passage.
Step 4.Extensive reading:
THE DISEASE
What is SARS?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness that was recognized as a global threat in March 2003, after first appearing in Southern China in November 2002.
What are the symptoms and signs of SARS?
The illness usually begins with a high fever (measured temperature greater than 100.4XF [>38.0XC]). The fever is sometimes associated with chills or other symptoms, including headache, general feeling of discomfort, and body aches. Some people also experience mild respiratory symptoms at the outset. Diarrhea is seen in approximately 10 percent to 20 percent of patients. After 2 to 7 days, SARS patients may develop a dry, nonproductive cough that might be accompanied by or progress to a condition in which the oxygen levels in the blood are low (hypoxia). In 10 percent to 20 percent of cases, patients require mechanical ventilation. Most patients develop pneumonia.
What is the cause of SARS?
SARS is caused by a previously unrecognized coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). It is possible that other infectious agents might have a role in some cases of SARS.
How is SARS spread?
The primary way that SARS appears to spread is by close person-to-person contact. SARS-CoV is thought to be transmitted most readily by respiratory droplets (droplet spread) produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Droplet spread can happen when droplets from the cough or sneeze of an infected person are propelled a short distance (generally up to 3 feet) through the air and deposited on the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, or eyes of persons who are nearby. The virus also can spread when a person touches a surface or object contaminated with infectious droplets and then touches his or her mouth, nose, or eye(s). In addition, it is possible that SARS-CoV might be spread more broadly through the air (airborne spread) or by other ways that are not now known.
What does "close contact" mean?
Close contact is defined as having cared for or lived with a person known to have SARS or having a high likelihood of direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids of a patient known to have SARS. Examples include kissing or embracing, sharing eating or drinking utensils, close conversation (within 3 feet), physical examination, and any other direct physical contact between people. Close contact does not include activities such as walking by a person or briefly sitting across a waiting room or office.
If I were exposed to SARS-CoV, how long would it take for me to become sick?
The time between exposure to SARS-CoV and the onset of symptoms is called the "incubation period." The incubation period for SARS is typically 2 to 7 days, although in some cases it may be as long as 10 days. In a very small proportion of cases, incubation periods of up to 14 days have been reported.
How long is a person with SARS infectious to others?
Available information suggests that persons with SARS are most likely to be contagious only when they have symptoms, such as fever or cough. Patients are most contagious during the second week of illness. However, as a precaution against spreading the disease, CDC recommends that persons with SARS limit their interactions outside the home (for example, by not going to work or to school) until 10 days after their fever has gone away and their respiratory (breathing) symptoms have gotten better.
Is a person with SARS contagious before symptoms appear?
To date, no cases of SARS have been reported among persons who were exposed to a SARS patient before the onset of the patient's symptoms.
What medical treatment is recommended for patients with SARS?
CDC recommends that patients with SARS receive the same treatment that would be used for a patient with any serious community-acquired atypical pneumonia. SARS-CoV is being tested against various antiviral drugs to see if an effective treatment can be found.
If there is another outbreak of SARS, how can I protect myself?
If transmission of SARS-CoV recurs, there are some common-sense precautions that you can take that apply to many infectious diseases. The most important is frequent hand washing with soap and water or use of an alcohol-based hand rub. You should also avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unclean hands and encourage people around you to cover their nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
GLOBAL SARS OUTBREAK, 2003
How many people contracted SARS worldwide during the 2003 outbreak? How many people died of SARS worldwide?
During November 2002 through July 2003, a total of 8,098 people worldwide became sick with severe acute respiratory syndrome that was accompanied by either pneumonia or respiratory distress syndrome (probable cases), according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these, 774 died. By late July 2003, no new cases were being reported, and WHO declared the global outbreak to be over. For more information on the global SARS outbreak of 2003, visit WHO's SARS website.
How many people contracted SARS in the United States during the 2003 outbreak? How many people died of SARS in the United States?
In the United States, only eight persons were laboratory-confirmed as SARS cases. There were no SARS-related deaths in the United States. All of the eight persons with laboratory-confirmed SARS had traveled to areas where SARS-CoV transmission was occurring.
Period 3. Integrating Reading and Writing Skills
Angels in White (p213-215)
Step 1. Warmming-up
Task 1 :
Do the oral pratice on p74, and enable the students to express opinions and make decisions.
Step 2. Reading
Task 2: Read the passage and finish the exercises. If possible, guide the students to analyze some long and complex sentences.
Task 3: Guided Writing
Give Ss 20 minutes to finish the writing assignment on p216,
Then ask Ss to score their work according to the following chart.
3 pluses & 1 wish
Name _______ Title _____________________ Date _______________
+ _________________________________________________________
+ _________________________________________________________
+ _________________________________________________________
? _________________________________________________________
Note: How to use this chart effectively?
Ask the student to read his/her deskmateˇs writing carefully, and then find 3 valuable things (structure, passage arrangement, sentence, diction, etc) and give 1 suggestion. And then feed the message back. Next, ask the Ss to correct their work according to the chart.
Period 4:
Deal with some language points and difficult points if necessary. If possible, guide the students to analyze some long and complex sentences. The following sentences in this unit are very important:
1. To make matters worse, he also had a son in college who had taken a bank loan to pay for his studies. P75
2. Three months later, however, Wang Lin was told about a health care project that provides treatment at half the cost or less, depending in the needs of the patient. P75
3. Thanks to the project and the kindness of his family and neighbours, he was able to receive treatment in time to prevent the disease from ruining his health. P75
If I had had insurance, the sickness wouldnˇt have caused such a big problem. I
4. donˇt want this to happen to anyone else in my family. P75
5. A total of 1.5 billion yuan was spent on supporting those who were unable to make a living. P75