Unit 9
Step one: Lead in
Health care
1．Can you think of the situations where people need help? (Serious illness, jobless, accidents, wars, disasters…) 2. While one is in such situations, which organization can help besides the people around him or her? (The WHO together with the government.) Step two: Skim the text and match each of the headings below with a paragraph in it. A. A man suffering from a serious disease was unable to pay for treatment. B. With a health care project’s help, Wang Lin’s disease was cured. C. A new health project is aimed at exploring and developing a new health care model for China. D: Many urban Chinese are living on money given by the government.
E: Millions of Chinese people in urban areas cannot afford proper health care. F: Health care project is very important in our country’s efforts to fight poverty.
G: The Chinese government is taking measures to prevent the spread of AIDS. H: People must help each other if society is to develop and prosper. I: Our country is working hard to fight poverty and improve health care. Step three: Post reading 1. In what way is Wang Lin’s situation similar to that of other low-income families? (They all can only make ends meet on their low income, and if someone in their families becomes seriously ill, the family is forced into poverty, and has to ask for help from the government.) 2. Why is medical insurance so important to low-income families?
(Because medical insurance can provide easy access to hospitals and clinics for low-income families.) 3. What is the government doing about AIDS in China? (Chinese government has vowed to provide free AIDS tests for the general public as well as free treatment for those who cannot afford the treatment fees. And we learn
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from news that our government has decided to control the number within 1.5 million before 2010.) 4. What can we do to care for the weakest members of our society? (Our country decided to move forward without leaving anyone behind. Now we are taking measures, such as reducing poverty, helping sick people get treated properly and providing medical insurance for the poor. And we all know that the famous programme “Developing the West”, it is an important measure to put an end to poverty. Only by helping each other, can our country develop and prosper.) Step three: Sum up
unemployment poverty
bad housing condition no healthy diet cannot afford to purchase medical insurance no good education AIDS accidents government programmes
Sample passage： Nowadays, a lot of people are still suffering from unemployment. It can be a direct cause of poverty. As we know, poverty is a social phenomenon that can cause a series of social problems. The unemployed usually have a low income even no income, so they have no money to improve their housing condition, to have a healthy diet, to buy medical insurance, and to take up good education. We all know many people are infected with AIDS because of the lack of education. So when the poor get serious disease like AIDS, or when accidents happen to them, they have nothing to do but wait for death.
So with our country’s economic developing, government programmes should be made to improve the health care condition of the poor. Integrating skills Step one：Fast reading Para.1 Fleming was excited about his other scientists showed no interest.
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discovery, which he called Penicillin, but
Para.2 well. Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 WarⅠ.
Penicillin played a very important role during World War Ⅱand at present as
Fleming discovered a mould that can kill bacteria by accident. Health care in the past was often dangerous and risky. Alexander Fleming invented many ways to treat the wounded during World
Step two： Careful reading Retell the life experience of Fleming and how he discovered penicillin. Alexander Fleming was a young doctor in the early 1900s when a German chemist developed a chemical treatment to cure an incurable disease. Fleming began using it in his clinic. Then in 1914, he had to go to the battlefield to treat wounded soldiers during World WarⅠ, when he invented many ways to treat the wounded. After returning from the war, he went on with the search for the Fleming began using it in his clinic. Then in 1914, he had to go to the battlefield to treat wounded soldiers during World WarⅠ, when he invented many ways to treat the wounded. After returning from the war, he went on with the search for the bacteria. Penicillin was a great discovery. It played a very important role during World War Ⅱ and as well as at present time. Fleming was awarded Nobel Prize for his great discovery in 1945. Step three：Post reading Ex. 2 on P81: SA: I think confidence, carefulness, and perseverance are the most important characteristics that help Fleming discover penicillin. If a person has no confidence, he will do nothing. Fleming believed that there must be a chemical curing soldiers’ wounds, just because of this belief, he could work hard and tried his best to discover it. Second, when you do something, especially do a search, you should be extremely careful. If Fleming had paid no attention to the glass containers, he would not have found the mould. Third, no one can achieve anything without hard work. Fleming worked on the problem for many years, if he had given up after some time, he would never have discovered the great chemical. SB: In my opinion, except the three characteristics you mentioned just now, the sense of responsibility is also very important. As a doctor, his responsibility is to cure their
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patients at any time. If Fleming had had no sense of responsibility, he wouldn’t have spent so many years for the research for penicillin.
SC: I think intelligence is the most important one. If a common person does the research, he will not discover it. Key points: be diagnosed with: be identified with a disease e.g.1) Mary is diagnosed with AIDS 2) when she was only seven years old. (This sentence means that when Mary was seven , the doctor told her that she had the disease AIDS. ) 2. lay sb. off: dismiss sb.解雇，使下 e.g. The factory has to lay off at least 50 workers because of the low benefits, thus Wang Lin becomes one of the laid-off workers. 由于效益不佳，工厂不得不解雇五 名 工人，王林就是下岗职工中的一名。 The boss laid off workmen because of a shortage of materials . 3.have an income of e.g. His wife has an income of 300 yuan per month. population 2000 people. The city has a/an area of 350 km². history of 1000 years. collection of 12000books. live within one’s income 量入为出 4. to make matters worse= what’s worse = worse still 使情况更困难 e.g. To make matters worse, he became seriously ill. I lost my way to the hotel, to make matters worse, I forget the name of the hotel where I live. 5. cost “费用，成本，价格” at all costs 不惜任何代价，无论如何 at the cost of =at the loss /expense of 丧失,牺牲
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depend on /upon 依靠， 依赖，视 …而定 e.g. Children depend on their parents for food and clothing . 6. thanks to 由于，因为=because of e.g. Thanks to the kind help of Mr.Wang, I could arrive at the station on time.” If Mr. Wang hadn’t helped me, I could not have arrived at the station on time. Thanks to the engineer’s help , the problems in the experiment have been solved . 7. aim at 以 …为目标 e.g. The factory must aim at increasing production . be aimed at 目标是， 目的是 e.g. The visit was aimed at expanding relations between the two countries . 8. be designed to do sth .打算/企图做某事 e.g. this course of study is designed to help be designed for + sb./sth 为…而设计 e.g.This room was designed for the children . get ride of 摆脱，除掉，出理掉 e.g. We shall be glad to ride of at once . 9. live on 以……为生 live by doing 以干……为生 live a …life 过……样的生活 e.g. We live on wheat and rice. The old couple live a simple life. 10. pressure 紧张，劳累，负担 血压 under pressure 在压力下 air pressure 气压 those wishing to teach abroad .
blood pressure
e.g. Is he suffering from pressure of work ? 11. consult sb.= to seek advice or information from sb. 请教，向…咨询； consult with sb. = discuss sth. with sb. 找…商量； consult a dictionary 查阅，查看（词典）
e.g. You’d better consult an eye specialist. Have you consulted with the other members of the team? Do not stop to consult your dictionary every time you come across a word or phrase
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you do not know. If you are ill, you should go to hospital to consult a doctor, it means you should ask for advice on how to cure the disease. If you don’t understand a word, you can consult a dictionary, it means you can look it up in the dictionary. 注意: look up a word in the dictionary （在词典中）查（单词） 12. case 作 “情况,事实”讲 e.g. The case with him is quite different . It’s always the case with him . That’s not the case. as was the case with = as it is the case with 意为 “….的情况也如此” e.g. As we all know , the earth goes around the sun . 13. vow to do / that… I vow to love you forever.= I vow that I will love you forever. 我承诺我会永远爱你. take/ make a vow 立誓，起誓 break a vow 违反誓约 keep a vow 履行誓约
14. leave sth ./ sb behind 意为“留下,遗留, 忘记携带” e.g. The luggage has been left behind ! Don’t leave me behind ! 15. get treated = be treated 表被动（作联系词） get lost 迷路了 get killed 丧命 get burnt get 被烧伤 get drunk 结婚 get 喝醉了 excited 激动
married
16. meet 此处作“满足，适应”讲 。 e.g. meet the challenge 迎接挑战 meet the demand 满足要求
make (both) ends meet 使收支相抵；维持生活 16. 具有相同用法的否定意义的副词 never, nor，neither，no sooner, little, hardly, seldom, in no way, nowhere, not only 等位于句首要用倒装语序。 e.g. Not a single mistake did he make in his exam. Visit our stores. Nowhere else will you find such magnificent bargains. Hardly had he finished his work when the telephone rang. Not only did he complain about the food, he also refused to pay for it.
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