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* Unit5 International charities What do you think of this lady? If she’s poor, how can she be cured? Have you ever heard of ORBIS before learning this unit? What do you know about ORBIS? What will happen if you can’t see anything? What will you do? If you don’t have money, what will you do? The flying eye hospital It is estimated（估计） that more than 45 million people in the world are blind. However 90% of those suffering（遭受） from blindness live in developing countries where doctors lack（缺乏） the necessary training and equipment（设备） to restore（恢复） sight.（视觉） ORBIS is a charitable organization that works in developing countries to save sight through hands-on training（实习培训）, public health education and improved access to eye care（改进眼保护途径）. The charity uses a converted（改装的） DC-10 as a flying eye hospital and teaching center. The doctors work with ORBIS for one week at a time, sharing their knowledge and experience with host country doctors. Amy is interested in the work that ORBIS doctors and nurses do. She found an interview with one of the ORBIS doctors. Here is the interview. We can learn something more about ORBIS after listening to the tape. About 45 million people have heart problems. All of the cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. ORBIS doctors do operations in local hospitals. Patients go to the plane to learn about eye operations. Dr Ma says he is used to the hard work. People can help by sending donations to ORBIS. F eye F 80 percent F on the plane F Local doctors and nurses T T How many people are blind around the world? What do volunteer doctors do on the plane? What does ‘a flying eye hospital’ mean? What do the doctors use the plane as? Why do local doctors and nurses come to the plane? What do the ORBIS doctors teach local doctors and nurses? Why do the ORBIS doctors train local doctors and nurses? The first half (1-20lines) How many people are blind around the world? What do volunteer doctors do on the plane? Wh