人教版高中英语第三册Unit9 Health Care.docVIP

Unit 9 Health Care Teaching aims: Goals: Learn about health care Practise expressing opinions and making decisions Review the Subjunctive Mood (2) Write a letter Special focus: Improve reading skills and Enlarge vocabulary. Direct Ss to read the 3 passages on the text book; Guide Ss to learn to use the following words and expressions: Medical insurance, poverty, unemployment, AIDS, housing, income, economic development, essential, desperate, fundamental, statistics, pressure, constant, allowance, re-employment, sacrifice, aggressive, intelligence, sense of responsibility, sympathy, willingness, observation, resident, laid-off, vow, mould, etc. Period 1 Reading A Helping Hand (p75) Step 1. Warming up Task 1. guide the students to have a discussion on the following points: Difficulties in learning English Differences in learning English and Chinese Characteristics of successful learners Effective learning skills Ways to develop confidence Step 2. Scanning Task 2. Read the passage and try to come up with the general idea of each paragraph: Ask students to fill in the chart to see if they have got a general understanding of the whole passage. Main Idea Paragraph A A man suffering from a serious disease was unable to pay for treatment. Paragraph B With a health care project’s help, Wang Lin’s disease was cured. Paragraph C A new health project is aimed at exploring and developing a new health care model for China. Paragraph D Many urban Chinese are living on money given by the government. Paragraph E Millions of Chinese people in urban areas cannot afford proper health care. Paragraph F Health care project is very important in our country’s efforts to fight poverty. Paragraph G The Chinese government is taking measures to prevent the spread of AIDS. Paragraph H People must help each other if society is to develop and prosper. Paragraph I Our country is working hard to fight poverty and improve health care. The main idea of the pa