unit 2 fit for life
reading 1
teaching aims:
after this class, the students will be able to:
1. gain the gist through first and second reading;
2. practice students’ listening ability;
3. improve students’ thinking ability through discussion;
4. understand some medical terms.
teaching procedures:
step 1 lead-in
1. fill in the blanks
a good _________ tastes bitter.
laugh is the best ____ in the world
there is no ______ against death.
2. questions
what medicines have you ever taken? and what do you know about them?
how much do you know about the two medicines?
who invented the two medicines?
what illnesses can the two medicines be used to treat?
step 2 first reading
when was aspirin first sold as a tablet?
what did fleming, florey and chain share?
step 3 listening
listen to the article and try to answer the questions in c1 on page 20.
step4 second reading
development of aspirin:
development of penicillin:
effects of aspirin:
effects of penicillin:
step5 discussion
do you believe that “wonder drugs” will be invented to treat diseases like aids in the future?
step 6 reading strategy
how can we understand medical terms?
words coming from the same stem:
words that are compound words:
words with irregular plural forms:
step7 consolidation
fill in the blanks with proper words according to the reading material.
step8 homework
review the whole article, underline the phrases and words you don’t know.
