Unit2FitforlifeProject教案（牛津译林版选修7）.doc

PAGE  PAGE - 4 - M7 Unit 2 Project Magic neddles: Chinese acupuncture Teaching aims: 1. Enable students to understand the passage better. 2. Develop students’ listening, reading, writing and thinking ability. 3. Enable the students to prepare and present an oral report on a Chinese medicine. Teaching Approaches: Task-based approaches Form of Activities: Individual, pair or group work and topic discussions. Teaching Aids: The multimedia and the blackboard Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Revision Translation: 1.麻疹 7.流感 2.疟疾 8.病房 3.水痘 9.糖尿病 4.中风 10.霍乱 5.伤寒 11.急诊室 6.诊室 12.重症监护室 Step 2Lead-in Show a picture of acupuncture treatment on the screen and ask the students a question: Have you ever experienced an acupuncture treatment? 2. Show another two pictures about different tools used for acupuncture treatment in the past and now. Step 3 Fast Reading 1.Scan the text and find which of the topics is not mentioned: history, past uses, current uses, disadvantages in the West, benefits and disadvantages (The disadvantages of Chinese disadvantages are not mentioned.) 2. What medical problems can acupuncture treat? Bad pains, headaches, injuries, stomach problems, blood pressure problems, addiction to cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and food. 3. How does acupuncture reduce or relieve pain? It is unclear now. One theory suggests that acupuncture blocks pain signals from reaching the spinal cord or brain. Another theory suggests acupuncture promotes the production of chemicals in the body which reduces pain. Step 4 Further Reading 1. Listening for further information Para 1 1. Ask the students the main idea of the paragraph. (The history of Chinese acupuncture). 2. Ask the students to retell the history of Chinese acupuncture (magic needles). began—the Stone Age be practised—4,000 year