高中英语必修7Unit2FitforlifeWordpower

Unit2Fitforlife-Wordpower

Wordpower

Step1:Brainstorming

SearchtheInternetorturntoreferencebooksforinformationaboutcommondiseases.Focusonthenamesofdiseases.

Reportyourfindingstotheclass.Trytofindwordsrelatedtothesymptomsofthediseasesaswell.

Step2:Vocabularylearning

1.Readtheentryabout

diseases.Findoutandunderlinethediseasesmentionedin

thetext.

2.Readtheentryagainandtrytofillinthechart.

Diseases

Symptoms

Waystoprevent

Causes

measles

giveyouspots

getinjectionsto

prevent

chickenpox

giveyouspots

getinjectionsto

prevent

influenza

getahighfeverand

getafluinjection

painsinbody

(vaccination)

cancer

somethinggoes

wrongwiththe

replacementof

cells

diabetes

thesystemthat

controlstheblood

sugarlevelgoes

wrong

heartdisease

heartattacksand

beingoverweight,

strokes

eatingfattyfood

andnottaking

enoughexercises

malaria

beillwithahigh

beingbittenby

fever

infected

mosquitoeswhen

travelling

cholera

travelling

yellowfever

travelling

typhoid

travelling

Step3:Vocabularyextension

1.Asweallknow,thereare

different

waysweusemedicines.

Canyoumatchthe

words

withthefollowingpictures?

tablets/pills

C.

capsules

E.

liquidmedicines

F.

injections

B.

sprays

D.

creams

G.

powders

A.

Answers

□Ftablets/pills□Bcapsules□Gliquidmedicines□Dinjections

□Asprays□Ccreams□Epowers

2.CompletePartC.YoumayrefertoPartsAandBforreference.

Answers

heartdiseases;heartattack;stroke

malaria;cholera;yellowfever;typhoid

tablets;pills;capsules;liquidmedicine;powders;injections;creams;sprays

CompletePartD.Youmayconsultwitheachotherorcheckyourdictionary.

D1a

2d

3f

4b

5c

6e

7h

8g

4.Reading:

TraditionalChineseMedicine

TraditionalChinesemedicinehasalonghistoryof5000thousandyears.Itisa

summaryoftheexperienceofthelaboringpeopleovermanycenturiesofstruggle

againstdisease.Forthousandsofyearsithasplayedanimportantpartincuring

disease

andprotecting

the

health

of

the

Chinese

people,

thus

contributing

greatly

tothe

growth

andprosperity

ofChina,

aswell

asto

the

world-wide

medicalknowledge.

Traditional

Chinese

medicine

is

basedonits

owntheories

andcontains

aunique

system

in

itself.

It

holdsthat

manandhisnatural

environment

form

anorganic

whole;

manydiseases

are

linked

with

the

environment.

It

also

holds

that

thevarious

parts

ofthe

humanbodyformanorganic

whole.

Whenoneisill,

thewhole

bodyis

affected,

sothattreatmentshouldemphasizethephysicalconditionoftheindividualasa

whole.

It

isstill

today

widely

usedbytheChinesepeople

andthe

whole

world

people

intreatingdiseases.Itisanintegralpartofworldcivilizationandacommon

benefitforallmankind.

Since

the

founding

of

NewChina,

Chinese

Government

haveattached

great

importancetotraditionalChinesemedicineandlaiddownaseriesofprinciples,

policiesandmeasures,aimingtodeveloptraditionalChinesemedicine,integrate

itwithWesternmedicineandmodernizethetraditionalChinesemedicine.Ithas

progressedgreatlyoverthepastthirtyyearsandmore.QuiteanumberofChinese

medical

workers

havecarried

outstudies

ontraditional

Chinesemedicine

with

modern

scientific

knowledgeandmethods.Theyhavealso

usedcombinedChineseandwestern

medical

meansin

the

treatment

of

anumberof

difficult

andcomplicated

cases,

which

haveall

shownsatisfactory

results.

Atthe

sametime

manyresearchers

havestudied

thebasictheoriesof

traditionalChinesemedicinesuchas

yin

andyang,theoryof

zang-fu,channelsandcollaterals,

Qiandblood,thefourdiagnosticmethods,the

principles

of

qigong

etc,

with

experimental

research

methods

resulting

in

considerableprogress.

Inrecentyears,moreandmorepeopleareinterestedintraditionalChinese

medicine.They

wouldliketoacceptits

treatment.Theyareinterestedinlearning

its

knowledgeandtechnique

to

treat

patients

andstudying

whyit

works.Traditional

Chinese

medicineasasubject

hasbeenaddedinto

teaching

plan

indifferent

famous

medicalcolleges.TraditionalChinesemedicineclinicsandschoolsareeverywhere

intheworldandincreasedcontinuouslyeveryyear.Withthepresentdevelopment

of

traditional

Chinese

medicine,its

integration

with

modernscience

andtechnology

willsurelyenhanceitscontributiontohumanhealth.

Measlesoccursprimarilyinchildren.Itisadisease

causedbyaviralinfection.

Wheninfected,childrenmayhaveredspotsontheskinandmayhaveafever.More

often,theymaybesensitivetolightandhavereddisheyes.

Chickenpox

Chickenpoxisacommondiseaseamongchildren.Thesignsofachickenpoxinfection

often

startwith

cold-like

symptoms,sometimes

accompaniedbyafever

andastomach

ache.Inadditiontotheitchy,redspots,othersymptomsincludearunnynoseand

abadcough.Thespotscancausetheinfectedchildmuchdiscomfortandnormally

becomevisibleonthechestandstomachfirst.

Cholera

Choleraisaseriouslyinfectiousdiseasecausedbydrinkingwater.Itmaybreak

outafterflooding.Patientsusuallyhavediarrhea,vomitandevendie.Itis

reportedthatthisdiseaseismorefrequentlyfoundinpoorareas,mostlybecause

peopledonothaveaccesstocleandrinkingwater.

Yellowfever

Yellowfeverisaviral

diseasemainly

spreadbymosquitoes.Patients

usuallyhave

jaundice,muscle

pain,highfeverorbleeding.Itisreportedthatthis

diseaseis

frequentlyfoundinAfricaand