省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语 Unit2 Fit for life Reading Two life saving medicines教案 牛津译林版选修7.docVIP

Reading Two life-saving medicines Teaching aims: 1. gain the gist through first and second reading. 2. practice students’ listening ability. 3. improve students’ thinking ability through discussion. 4. understand some medical terms. Step1: Lead-in Have you ever taken medicines? What medicines have you ever taken? And what do you know about them? Please talk about your own experiences with medicines. Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 18. Pay attention to the title so that you can identify the most important information as soon as possible. Step 3: Detailed reading for important information 1. Read the passage a second time and complete Part C1 and Part C2. 2. Read the article again and fill in the form below so that you can understand the use of the two medicines introduced in the article. Effects of aspirin reduce fever help stop body pains reduce the risk of heart attacks prevent a stroke reduce the risk of some cancers increase the length of people’s lives reduce blood sugar levels ● help people with diabetes Effects of penicillin help in treating wounds and infections kill bacteria to treat illness 3. Pay attention to the medical terms in the reading passage. Underline the words and put them in correct categories. Words coming from the same stem medicine, medical, medicinal; pure, purify; chemical, chemist; bacterium, bacterial Words that are compound words painkiller; blood-thinning; heart attack; acetylsalicylic Words with irregular plural forms bacteria, bacterium Step 4: Practice: 1. Complete Part D. You may refer to the reading passage on pages 18 and 19 for some help. 2. Part E is about two entries in a children’s encyclopedia, one about aspirin and the other about penicillin. Please finish it. Step 5: Post-reading activities 1. You will be divided into groups of four to introduce the development of aspirin and penicillin to other group