Unit 2 Fit for life Welcome to the unit(牛津译林版 选修七）.ppt

* Unit 2 Fit for life Welcome to the unit As we all know, health is very important to everyone. Do you know how to keep healthy? Lead-in right food regular exercise What will you do when you don’t feel well? take medicine have an injection 1. Do you know what kind of medicines or treatments we need when we catch a cold, get a stomachache or break a leg? 2. Can you list as many words as possible that relate to medicine? 3. Can you list as many jobs as possible that relate to medicine? Work in pairs. medicine Western medicine side effects effects Chinese medicine jobs diseases 1. diseases pharmacy/drug store/pills/tablets/capsules/Chinese or Western medicine effect/side effect … 2. chemist/eye doctor/optician/dentist physician/surgeon… Some examples: 1. a person who prepares and sells medicine 2. a person who examines people’s eyes to see if they need to wear glasses a chemist an eye doctor 3. a person who takes care of people’s  teeth 4. a person who has general skill to treat physical problems a dentist a physician 5. a person who performs medical operations 6. a person who helps doctors to look after patients a surgeon a nurse Look at the following pictures and discuss the people, the places and the treatments shown in the picture. What are their jobs? Chemist. Now think about these: 1. What does a chemist do? 2. What qualities does a person need to be a chemist? A chemist’s job usually involves preparing and selling medicine. A chemist should have studied medicine, and be careful, practical and interested in chemistry. He or she needs to be patient as well. What are they doing? What can acupuncture do? Acupuncture is a way of medical treatment with a long history. About 4000 years ago, ancient Chinese began to treat patients by stimulating the body’s surface at specific points with something like needles. The first record of acupuncture was found in the oldest medical textbook in the world called Yellow Emperor