初中英语牛津译林版八年级下册Unit 7 International Charities教案设计

Reading I

Teaching aims:

1. Read the article, to understand the status of the ORBIS doctor's job.

2. Context guessing meaning from context.

Step 1 Review

Translate phrases and sentences.

  1. 剩下一些零花钱

2. 太虚弱以至于不能走的更远

3. 吃一顿丰盛的午餐

4. 国际慈善机构

Keys: have some pocket money left

too weak to walk any further

have a big lunch

international charities

Step 2 Lead-in

   Which charity can help them?

A. ORBIS             B. Oxfam            C. Spring Bud Project

Problem 1: ___________________

   Nancy is a 12-year-old girl. She lives in a poor family in a far-away village. She has two younger sisters and a little brother. Her family is so poor that she has to work on the farm all day.

Problem 2: _______

The factory he has worked bankrupted (破产) last month. He and his workmates lost their jobs and they have less money to support their families.

Problem 3: _______

Mrs. Black has been blind since she was sixty years old. Now ten years has passed, she still can’t see anything because she is very poor and has no enough money to go to hospital.

Keys: CBA

Step 3 Presentation new words

interviewer          n. 采访者

blindness           n.  失明

mostly            adv. 主要的，大部分的

case               n.  案例，病例

cure               vt.  治愈

medical           adj.  医学的，医疗的

treatment           n.  治疗

patient             n.  病人

afford             vt.  买得起，能做

go to hospital          去看病

go abroad             在飞机(船，火车)上

operate            vi. 做手术

proud            adj. 自豪的，骄傲的

reader             n. 读者

medicine           n. 医学，药

develop            v. 发展，加强

treat              vt. 治疗，处理

carry on              继续开展，继续下去

Step 4 Watch a video about ORBIS

Why is there a plane in the logo?

Because ORBIS workers take a plane to visit poor countries.

The plane is called a flying eye hospital. (飞行眼科医院)

Information about ORBIS

ORBIS is a charity that helps blind people. Most eye problems can be cured or prevented. However, many people can’t afford to go to hospital. The doctors on the ORBIS plane fly to poor areas to treat people with eye problems and teach local doctors and nurses new skills. After learning from the ORBIS doctors, they can help more people.

Step 5 Use pictures to talk about some important words.

Amy wants to tell Daniel about Dr Ma and what he does, but she does not know the meanings of some words in the interview. Help her match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

1. blindness

2. cure

3. patient

4. afford

5. on board

6. operate

1. cut a person’s body open to take out or repair a part
2. in or on a plane, ship, train, etc.
3. make an illness go away
4. have enough money to pay for something
5. a person who is ill, especially in hospital
6. the condition of being unable to see

Keys: f c e d b a

Step 6 Do some exercises

Skim and write T or F:

1. All the eye problems can be cured or prevented.
2. Many people can’t afford to go to hospital.
3. The plane is used as a hospital and teaching centre.
4. ORBIS is a business that helps blind people.
5. Local doctors and nurses can help people in poor areas after learning from ORBIS doctors.

Keys: FTTFT

Step 7 Read and answer some questions.

Lines 1-6

1. How many people does blindness affect around the world? Where are they  mostly from?

2. How many sick people can be cured or prevented?

3. Why don’t some people receive medical treatment?

Keys: Blindness affects about 285 million people, mostly in poor countries.

About 80 per cent of the cases.

Because they do not have the money for medical treatment.

Lines 7-20

1. Why don’t ORBIS doctors work in a hospital?

2. How many operations did Dr Ma perform during his last visit?

3. Is the plane only a place to perform operations?

Keys: Because many patients cannot afford to travel to hospital, ORBIS doctors have to go to them.

150.      

No. Local doctors and nurses can come to the plane to learn about eye operations.

Lines 21-26

1. What is needed to help blind people?

2. What does Dr Ma hope?

Keys: More money is needed to help blind people.

He hopes more people will support ORBIS.

Step 8 Can you divide the passage?

1. (Line 1-6)        something about blindness     

2. (Line 7-15)       the work of ORBIS

3. (Line 16-20)      Dr Ma’s work and his feeling   

4. (Line 21-26)      Dr Ma’s hope

Step 9 Amy wants to show how ORBIS helps people. She is making a chart. Help her fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

More details about how ORBIS help people

ORBIS, a charity

uses its _____________ to visit poor areas

treats people with ______________

does ________ on the plane

invites local ________ on board

helps people _______

teaches them _________

Keys: Flying Eye Hospital    eye problems    eye operations

doctors and nurses    see again   new skills

Step 10 Amy made some more notes of the interview. Help her put the sentences together. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

1. Many more people in poor areas _______.
2. Dr Ma thinks that most eye problems and diseases _______.
3. Many blind people do not get any treatment _______.
4. The ORBIS plane is used as _______.
5. One hundred and fifty patients _______.
6. More money is needed _______.

a. were operated on during Dr Ma’s last visit

b. a hospital and a treating centre

c. because they have no money to go to hospital

d. to carry on with the work

e. have eye problems

f. can be prevented or cured

Keys: efcbad

Step 11 Amy is writing an article about ORBIS for the school newsletter. Help her complete it with the correct forms of the words in the box.

The ORBIS plane travels all around the world and helps people with eye problems in poor areas. Most of the people there cannot (1) _______ to go to hospital, so ORBIS doctors go to them. Operations are done to help people with eye problems see again. The (2) _________ do not have to pay because ORBIS is a charity. Local doctors and nurses are also invited on (3) _______ to learn new skills. By (4) ________ them, ORBIS doctors hope to help more people.

Dr Ma is a doctor on the ORBIS plane. He feels (5) _______ to help people see again. Dr Ma thinks that modern (6) _________ is developing quickly and now most eye problems can be treated and (7) _______, but more money is needed to (8) _________ their work.

Keys: afford  patients    board    training    proud   medicine

cured    support

Step 12 Homework

Read the interview about ORBIS.