Book 3-Unit 4-Appendix 2-Understanding the Text-答案8.14.doc

Understanding the Text Unit 4 The Making of a Hero Step 1: Focus on Meaning 1.1 Skimming and Predicting: Read the title and the first paragraph. Then answer the following questions orally. *What happened to the young Mexican man? He died. * Predict the end of the story. What do you think is going to happen? His organs were donated. 1.2 Skimming and Predicting Again: Read the last two paragraphs and answer the following questions orally. *How did the author feel that night? Why? He was in tears. He never felt better about his job because he realized the meaning of being able to save others and helping ordinary people become heroes *What do you think is the main idea of the text at this point? Did you guess the ending of the story correctly? 1.3. Scanning: Read paragraphs 1 through 6 in detail and fill in the blanks. The young Mexican man was 19/in the prime of his life when he fell down. He died from a(n) brain disease on a Sunday afternoon. He was then sent to the hospital but no matter how hard they tried the doctors were and no matter how hard they tried, he was already clinically dead. The young man’s father hadn’t seen his son for three years, and it would be a sad goodbye/farewell for him. The hospital still kept the young man’s body functioning because his family needed a body to embrace/hug and because he was a perfect organ donor. The author’s job was to approach the father and talk to him about organ donation. According to the author, there are several steps to organ donation: informing the procurement agency; figuring out the matching patient; removing the parts and organs; and giving them to the patients. The author had to do some paperwork and felt bad about it. 1.4. Scanning: Read paragraphs 7 through 22 in detail and answer the following questions. Use key words only. 1. Why was it difficult for the author to look into the father’s eyes? Because the author felt guilty: he had to ask the desperate father if his son’s organs woul