Unit 2 Fit for life Reading 教学设计 4.doc

Unit 2 Fit for life Reading 教学设计 4 Step 1: Lead-in Have you ever taken medicines? What medicines have you ever taken? And what do you know about them? Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 18. Pay attention to the title so that you can identify the most important information as soon as possible. Answers A 1. Aspirin and penicillin. 2. In 1900. 3. The Nobel Prize. Step 3: Detailed reading for important information 1. Read the passage a second time and complete Part C1 and Part C2. Answers C1 1. About 2，500 years ago. 2. In 1897. 3. It can also help reduce the risk of heart attacks by thinning blood， prevent a stroke， reduce the risk of colon cancer， increase the length of people’s lives and help with diabetes. 4. In the mould that killed bacteria. 5. It can be used to treat bacterial illnesses and other illnesses including pneumonia. 6. Because Fleming discovered penicillin and the others turned it into the great drug which saved millions of lives. 2. Read the article again and fill in the form below so that you can understand the use of the two medicines introduced in the article. Effects of aspirin ? reduce fever ? help stop body pains ? reduce the risk of heart attacks ? prevent a stroke ? reduce the risk of colon cancer ? increase the length of people’s lives ● help with diabetes Effects of penicillin ? help in treating wounds and infections ? treat other illnesses including pneumonia 3. Pay attention to the medical terms in the reading passage. Underline the words and put them in correct categories. Words coming from the same stem medicine， medical， medicinal； pure， purify； chemical， chemist； bacterium， bacterial Words that are compound words painkiller； blood-thinning； heart attack； acetylsalicylic Words with irregular plural forms bacteria， bacterium Step 4: Practice: 1. Complete Part D. You may refer to the reading passage on pages 18 and