Teaching Aims For Unit 2:
Read an article about two important medicines and another article about Chinese acupuncture to learn about the relationship between medicine and health. Also develop the reading skills and strategy about scientific articles: Understanding medical terms.
Listen to a TV report on short-sightedness among Chinese teenagers to develop the listening skills: how to listen for current situations
Talk about medicines and interview a doctor to train the oral English and communicative skills
Write a script for a radio program training the writing skills
Explore Chinese medicine in order to prepare and present an oral report on a Chinese medicine and meanwhile develop Ss’ research and cooperation abilities
The first period for Welcome to the unit & Reading
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Talking and speaking in oral English
Nowadays, it seems that man cannot live without medicines, i.e, they are very important to keep us healthy.
Refer to Page 17 (Welcome to the Unit ): Look at the following pictures and discuss the people, the places and the treatments shown in the pictures.
Present some questions for Ss to think about the four pictures and arrange their thoughts according to the three questions. In 4 minutes or more, after Ss have talked the pictures enough and then let some Ss express their opinion concerning one or two or the whole of the three questions like the following example:
I think …. First, …; Second, …; In a word, in my opinion,….
Step 2: Presentation for reading
Since medicines are very important, sometimes they can save our lives, today let’s learn about two life-saving medicines: (Turn to page 18: Reading)
Step 3: Fast reading
Skim the text: Find out the main idea and the structure by letting Ss reading the title and the subtitles: What’s the main idea of the newspaper article?
Do Part A: Read the text quickly and answer these questions:
(Answer: Q1: Line 5 & 34; Q2:Line 16; Q3: Line 57)
Step 4: Scanning and skipping reading
Do part C1 & Part C2
If necessary, it is necessary to explain some difficult or complex sentences concerning the answers to Parts C1 & C2.
Step 5: Reading comprehension
Take out Newspaper(Student English Times No 29 Page B1) and lest Ss do “Close reading” ---- Into the text.
Step 6: Paraphrase for some sentences long and difficult to understand
Teaching reading strategy: how to understanding medical terms:
Take out Newspaper(Student English Times No 29 Page B1) and let Ss consider Paraphrase. By paraphrasing sentences, help Ss to understand and guess medical terms. Teachers decide on own situations and pick up other cases to analyse.
Step 7: Discussion
Finish Part F(Page 21) if your time is available.
Group Ss in 5 or 6 and let them choose one of the questions and prepare it. Then let them present and express their ideas or opinions.
Homework
1. Finish Part D & Part E.
2. Newspaper (Student English Times No 29 Page B1): Finish “Structure imitation”.
The second period for Language points for Reading
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Review:
Check the homework.
Step 2: Paraphrase and analysis for some important sentences involving some key language points or grammar cases.
1. If you open up any medicine cupboard in the world, there is a high probability that you will find aspirin and penicillin.
There is a possibility that……
Because he works so hard, there is a high probability that he will pass the language exam.
2. The date that aspirin was invented is given by medical historians as 1897, but in fact, 3,500 years ago, some recipes recommended drinking a tea made from the dried leaves of a particular plant to reduce body pains.
recommend 推荐、议，后常接名词、代词、动名词或宾语从句做宾语。
I recommend their pizza.
He recommended buying an English-English dictionary.
My English teacher often recommends that we (should) read as many English short stories as possible.
常见搭配如下：
recommend sb. for sth. 推荐某人做某事
recommend sb. as sth. 推荐某人为……
recommend sth. to sb. =recommend sb. sth. 向某人推荐/介绍某物
recommend doing sth. 建议做某事
recommend sb. to do sth.=recommend that sb. (should) do sth.
3. It was in 1897 that a European chemist called De. Felix Hoffmann produced acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) from some other chemicals to make a medicine for his father.
It be + 被强调部分（通常是主语、宾语或状语）+ that +句子其他部分。当被强调部分指人且做主语时，可用who代that, 被强调的部分指人且做宾语时， 可用whom代that..
It之后的be 常用is或was, 视that之后的句子的时态而定。如果that之后的句子用的是过去的某种时态，则用was; 如果that之后的句子用的是现在的某种时态或一般将来时，则用is。有时可用must be, must have been, can’t be, may/might be 等表示推测的谓语形式。
It was a glass that Mary broke.
It must be my book that he is reading.
It is Mary and Jack that who often help us.
4. The first trials of this medicine took place in 1899 when the company Hoffmann worked for began giving the medicine in powder form to physicians to use with patients.
trial 试验，试用
相关短语
on trial 受审，在实验中，在测试中
go on trial 受到审判
come to trial 开庭审理
trial and error 反复试验；不断摸索
He is on trial for murder. 他因涉嫌谋杀而受审。
The case never came to the trial. 这个案件从未开庭受审。
Children learn to use computer programs by trial and error.
儿童通过反复摸索才会运用计算机程序。
5. However, in 1971, Smith and Willis from the UK proved that aspirin was a blood-thinning in medicine, and in 1977, a study carried out in the USA showed that the chemical ASA in aspirin could prevent a stroke, which is a type of serious illness when blood vessels in the brain burst suddenly or are blocked.
1) 本句为并列句，其中第二个并列分句是一个结构复杂的复合句。”that the chemical ASA in aspirin could prevent a stroke, which is a type of serious illness when blood vessels in the brain burst suddenly or are blocked” 是动词showed的宾语从句，其中又含有一个以which引导的非限制性定语从句which is a type of serious illness when blood vessels in the brain burst suddenly or are blocked，修饰先行词stroke。carried out in the USA是过去分词短语，在这里作a study 的后置定语。
2) burst 破裂，爆发
Water pipes often burst in cold weather.
水管在寒冷的天气里经常破裂。
I felt I would burst with anger.
我感觉自己要气炸了。
She burst into the office without knocking.
她没有敲门就一下子冲进了办公室。
拓展
Phrasal Verbs. burst into + n. = burst out doing
burst into tears = burst out crying
burst into laughter = burst out laughing
3) block vt. 阻塞，阻挡，使不通，妨碍
常见搭配
block sth. up 阻碍，堵塞
block sth. off （用障碍物）隔开
blockprevent sth. from 阻止……做……
My nose is blocked up because of a heavy cold.
因为重感冒，我的鼻子不通气。
Police blocked off the street after the explosion.
爆炸之后警察隔离了那条街道。
There is a block of wood lying before us.
在我们面前横着一大块木头。
6. Fleming tried this mould out on another bacterium and found that it killed the bacterium too.
try something out on 在……上试用某物
The drug has not been tried out on humans yet.
这种药物尚未进行过人体试验。
7. He named the chemical found in the mould “penicillin” and tried to make it pure to be a medicine, but was unable to do that.
be unable to 不能，不会
be capable of
8. He named the chemical found in the mould ‘penicillin’ and tried to make it pure to be a medicine, but was unable to do that.
name vt. 说出……的名字；给……取名，命名
相关短语
name sb. sth. 给某人取名为…….
name…..after… 以……名字命名
Can you name all the plants and trees in this garden.
The child was named after his father.
那个孩子是按他父亲名字取的名。
拓展
in the name of 以……的名义 call sb names 辱骂某人
call sb’s name call sb. by name 叫某人的名字
9. However, it was not until World WarⅡthat two other scientists, Howard Florey (Australian) and Ernst Chain (German-born English), managed to use new chemical techniques to purify it.
It was not until……that 是一强调结构。
It was not until midnight that I could go to sleep.
until 其他用法
I waited until three o’clock, but he didn’t come.
He lived with his parents until he graduated from colleges.
He didn’t arrive until I returned.
They talked until dawn.
Not until 9 o’clock, did he get up. ( not until 倒装结构)
10. They were able to produce it in large quantities.
in large quantities = (in quantity) 大量的
拓展
a large quantity of = large quantities of … 大量的，许多的。其后可带可数名词复数，又可带不可数名词
Large quantities of food ________ for the winter.
A. has stored B. has been stored C. have stored D. have been stored
11. The new drug was needed immediately because of the war, so mass production started quickly.
1). adj.大量的，大规模的，大众的
mass communication 大量传达 mass meeting 群众大会
mass production 大量生产 the mass media 大众传播媒体
2). n. 块，多数，大部分，大众
a mass of earth 土块 large masses of clouds 一大块一大块的云
the mass 大部分，主要部分
The mass of people in that country are Christian.
the masses 大众，民众
The masses are often the makers of history. 创造历史的往往是民众。
a mass of / masses of 多数，大量 （其后接可数名词复数和不可数名词）
I have __________ of work to do today.
A. masses of B. a great number of C. a good many D. a lot of
12. Due to the widespread use of penicillin, many lives were saved during World War Ⅱ.
due to =because of, owing to, on account of, as the result of
拓展
The rent is due tomorrow. (应付的, 到期的)
Have they been paid the money due to them. （应得的）
His book is due to be published in October. （预定的，预期的）
The train is due in Beijing at 3 pm. （同上）
The meeting is due to be held next week. (同上)
The honor is due to him. (应归功于，应给的)
13. If penicillin had not been available, many people would died from bacterial illness or even minor wounds.
本句为虚拟语气句，对过去事实做出假设。
14. So, although Fleming discovered penicillin, it was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century.
It is (was will be) …… before…… 过了（一段时间之后）才……
It will be many years before we meet again.
要过许多年后我们才能再次相遇。
It will be three days before she comes home.
要过三天她才会回家来。
It was ten days before he left.
过了十天他就离开了。
拓展
It won’t be long before… 不久就会……了
It wasn’t long before… 不久就……
It won’t be long before he comes back.
不久他就会回来的。
It wasn’t long before he came to school.
不久他就回到了学校。
15. It was fundamental to saving many thousands of lives and is one of lives and is one of the most important medicines of contemporary society.
be fundamental to 对…是必要的；对…是根本的
I think that hard work is fundamental to success.
我认为勤奋是成功的根本。
The third period for Grammar and Usage
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Review:
Check the homework.
Step 2: Introduction to Phrasal verbs
Structure:
1.v. + adv.
2.v. + prep.
3.v. + adv. + prep.
4.v. + n. + prep.
5.v. + adj. + prep.
Some examples:
一、v. + adv.
1.come out 出来；花开
2.come over 顺便来访；过来
3.come along 来；随同
4.come in 进 来
5.go up (价格）上涨
6.go down （价格）下降
8.go back 回 去
9.go on 继 续
10.go out 外 出
11.go home 回 家
12.grow up 长大；成长
13.get up 起床
14.get back 回来；取回
15.hurry up 赶快
16.hold on 不挂断；等一等
17.look out 留神；注意
18.look over 检查
19.look up 向上看；查阅
20.move away 搬走
21.put on 穿上；上演
二、v.＋prep.
1.come across 遇到
2.come into 进入
3.come from 来自
4.fall behind 落在……后面
5.fall off 从……掉下
6.get to 到达
7.get on 上(车)
8.get off 下来；从……下来
9.turn on 打开
10.turn off 关
11.over 把……翻过来
12.look at 看
13.look after 照看
14.look for 寻找
15.quarrel with 吵架
16.stop...from 阻止……做……
17.wait for 等候
三、verb＋adv.＋prep.
1.be fed up with 厌倦
2.catch up with 赶上
3.go on with 继续
4.get on with 与……相处
5.pull...up from 把……从……中拉出来
6.look forward to 期待
7.come up with 提出
四、v.＋n.＋prep.
1.take care of 照料；照顾
2.make room for 给……腾出地方
3.make friends with 与……交朋友
4.play a joke on 弄某人
5.have a look at 看一看
6.have a drink of 喝一点
7.say goodbye to 告别；告辞
8.pay attention to 注意
五、v.＋adj.＋prep.
1.be late for 迟到
2.be angry with 生气
3.be busy with 忙于
4.be short for 是……的简称
5.be interested in 对……感兴趣
6.be famous for 因……而著名
7.be good at 擅长
8.be different from 与……不同
9.be good／bad for 对……有益／害
10.be friendly to 对……友好
Step 3: Exercise for application of phrasal verbs
Finish part A on page 25
Step 4: Explanation for some language points
1. put through 完成，使成功；折磨；接通电话
We managed to put the deal through.
我们设法做成了这笔生意。
You’ve put your family through a lot recently.
最近你使你的家人受苦了。
He put all his children through college.
他把子女都送进了大学。
Could you put me through to the manager, please?
请帮我接通经理的电话好吗？
拓展
put aside 放在一旁，积蓄 put off 推迟，延期 put down 写下来，镇压
put forward 提出，拨快 put back 拨回（时钟）
2. Doctors are looking into the case for new treatment.
look into 调查，研究，了解
We’ll look into this matter together.
3. I can’t make out what the article says.
make out
1） 理解
He couldn’t quiet make out what it was about.
他不太理解这都是怎么回事。
We couldn’t make out what she meant.
2) 看清楚
They make out three figures moving in the distance.
他们看出远处有三个人影在移动。
They tried to make out the expression on her face.
3)开，写
Please make out a bill for these goods.
请开一些这些货的发票。
We made out a list of books which students ought to read.
我们开了一张学生必读书单。
4）假装
They made out they were doctors.
4. split up
1)划分……（成若干部分）；分解
The article would be easier to read if you split it up into sections.
The day was split up into 6 one-hour sections.
一天的活动分作6个时段，每个时段1小时。
2）（把……）分成小组，化整为零
We were split up into groups to discuss the question.
我们分组讨论那个问题。
Let’s split up now and meet again at lunch time.
我们现在先分开，午饭时再集合。
3）（和某人）断绝关系，分手
Mary’s parents split up when she was 13.
She’s split up with her boyfriend.
5. take down 写下，记下
Workmen arrived to take down the old house. (拆掉，拆除，拆卸)
take up take for(误认为，当作) take on take away take in(收留，欺骗，吸收)
take over take off take back
Step 5: Application
Do part B on Page 25. Do a word game.
Homework:
Finish some homework assigned by teacher.
The Fourth period for Task
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Review:
Check the homework.
Step 2:
Skills building 1 Listening for current situations
1. Brainstorm:
1).Do you often watch English news on TV?
2).How much can you understand?
3).What problems do you have in listening to the news about current affairs or situations?
2. How to listen for current situations?
1)the current situation ( this nay be a problem)
2)an explanation of the situation (this may include facts and figures to support the explanation, and probably a definition of the topic.)
3)reasons why the situation exits
4)how the situation can be recognized and the problem solved
Step 1: Completing notes
Do Parts A B C according to the procedure shown on Pages 26-27
Possible answers to Part A:
(1) short-sightedness (2) increasing
(3)22.8 (4) 55.2
(5)70.3 (6) 21.5
(7) 32 (8) 61.3
(9) 64.2 (10) distant
(11) image (12) reading
(13) bed (14) rooms
(15) information (16) protected
Possible answers to Part B:
No.1 Secondary school No.9 Secondary school
f i
d e
a b
h j
j
Step 3:
Skills building 2: Interviewing someone
1).Introduce yourself and to thank your guest for agreeing to be interviewed e.g.,
Good morning /afternoon, my name is … First, I’d like to thank you for agreeing to this interview.
2). Say why you are doing the interview and what you want to find out, e.g.,
I am doing this interview to get information for …I would
like to find out information about…
3). Ask questions. The questions should be grouped so that you ask general questions first and then more detailed questions, e.g.,
What is the current situation regarding young people and short-sightedness? (general) Could you tell me some special things that children or parents can do to help protect children’s eyesight? (specific)
Step 2: Interviewing a doctor
1.Discuss solutions to protect eyesight.
Do eye exercises twice every day
Do not read in bed or without good lighting.
Take some eyesight supplements such as Vitamins A, C and E.
Examine your eyesight regularly.
Have your eyes relaxed once an hour when working on computers or watching TV.
Focus your eyes on green trees or grass often for a rest.
2.To Interview each as a reporter or doctor
Reporter: Use the information in skills building 2.
Doctor: Use the information in step 1.
Step 4:
Skills building 3: Writing a radio script
When writing a script, you need to include:
who you are
the subject
the opening
explanation of what the topic is
(e.g., short-sightedness)
background information, include the current situation
reference to other sources (doctor’s interviews, what
schools are doing about the problem, etc.)
recommendations
closing (thank people for listening)
Step 3: Writing a report for the school radio station
Homework:
Go on to write the report after school.
The Fifth period for Project
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Review:
Check the homework.
Step 2: Lead-in: (Presenting a picture of acupuncture)
1).Do you know what picture it is ?
---Acupuncture point wall chart
2)What do you know about Chinese acupuncture ?
Step 3: Scanning the website article
Scan the passage and find which of the following topics is not mentioned?
History , past uses, current uses, acceptance in the west, benefits
Step 4: Further reading
Fill in the form to read out the structure of the text.
Step 5: Language points
1. sharp
The shears aren’t sharp enough to cut the grass. 锋利的，锐利的
a sharp drop in prices 价格的骤降
a sharp turn to the left 向左边急转
We were surprised by the sharp tone of her comments. 尖锐的
The cheese is a little too sharp for me.
我觉得这干酪味道太重了点。
a sharp sense of humour 很强的幽默感
2. Eventually, metal needles began to appear and these took their place.
take one’s place = take the place of
out of place 不在适当的地方，不适当，不协调
The remark was out of place.
那句话说得不当。
in place of = instead of
in place 在适当的位置，适当的
I like everything to be in place.
我喜欢把所有的东西都放在适当的地方。
3…. and a sword-like needle for letting liquid out of swollen parts.
let sth. out
Don’t let it out about my losing my job, will you? 泄露
They decided to let out the smaller offices at low rents. 出租
He is getting so fat that his trousers have to be let out round the waist.
(把衣服)放长，放大
She let out a scream of terror. 发出（叫声）
3. Acupuncture involves putting stainless steel needles into the skin at certain points on the body so that a disease can be cured or a health problem solved.
involve 涉及，使卷入，包括，需要
My job as a guard involves living in the factory all day.
当门卫这个工作需要我整天住在工厂里面。
Every day each of us make decisions that involve taking a chance.
每天我们每个人作出的决定都包含碰运气的成分。
This project involves a lot of work.
这一课题需要做的工作很多。
Don’t involve other people in your trouble.
别把别人牵涉进你的麻烦中。
be involved in 参与，专心地做，涉及
Zhou Enlai was deeply involved in students’ movements when he was in France.
周恩来在法国时就积极参加学生运动。
He was involved in working out a plan.
他专心致志地制定计划。
I am afraid your son is involved in the accident.
恐怕你儿子牵涉在这次事故中。
the involved story 复杂的经历（前置定语）
the people involved 所涉及的人（后置定语）
4． There are twelve different pulses, six on each wrist, and…
six on each wrist 独立主格结构
1） 名词/主格代词 + 现在分词
Time permitting (=If time permits), we can finish the work.
It being Sunday (=As it was Sunday), they has no classes.
Mother being ill, I have to look after her.
2) 名词/主格代词 + 过去分词
The signal given, the bus arrived. (表时间)
Their strength exhausted, they sank down one by one. （表原因）
He sat silently, eyes closed. (表伴随状态)
3） 名词/主格代词 + 形容词/副词
The meeting over, the students were dismissed.(表时间)
The children were making a snowman, hands red with cold. (表伴随状态)
4） 名词/主格代词 + 不定式
The teacher to help us, we will succeed. (表原因)
He invited us to see a film, he himself to buy the tickets. (表补充说明)
5） 名词/主格代词 + 介词短语
6） The old man sat in the chair, book in hand and pipe in mouth. （表伴随状态）
5. addiction n. (常与to连用) 成瘾，沉溺，入迷
Her addiction to alcohol ruined her life.
拓展
be/become addicted to ; addict oneself to 沉溺于，醉心于
6. In the west, acupuncture has become very popular, as has Chinese traditional herbal medicine.
as = so 引出部分倒装句
Jim likes playing football, so/as does Jack.
7. One theory suggests that acupuncture blocks pain signals from reaching the spinal cord or brain.
block (prevent) sth. from doing 阻止… 做…
Homework:
Finish the proper exercise in Exercise Book of Guiding Ss.