八年级英语下册《Unit 5 International charities》Period 2 Reading I教案 牛津版

1、Unit 5 International charitiesPeriod 2 Reading ITeaching goalsTeaching proceduresStep 1 PresentingWhat international charities do you know about?What do they do?Have you heard of ORBIS?ORBIS helps blind people in poor countries. The state of being blind is called blindness. Why does ORBIS help the b

2、lind patients? Because blindness affects many people around the world, mostly in poor countries. But most of the cases of blindness can be prevented or cured. Why dont the blind go to see doctors? Because they are so poor that they cant pay for medical treatment. ORBIS doctors treat them for free. T

3、hey operate on/do (perform) operations on their patients. So the patients are thankful /grateful to them. How do you think ORBIS doctors feel when they help people? (They feel proud.)Step 2 Finding out expressionsGo on to page 78 and 79 read the interview and underline all the useful expressions. Ex

4、pressions An interview with an ORBIS doctortellsomething about, affect around the world, in poor countries, about 80 per cent of, cure the case, prevent the case, have the money for, medical treatment, use a flying eye hospital, visit poor countries, on the plane, perform operations, useas, a teachi

5、ng center, on a plane, work in a hospital, cant afford to do, travel to , learn about, share, teach sb. sth., watchon video, during a visit, operate on, do operations, work quickly, do a job, be grateful to, thankfor, sayto, the lucky ones, treat and cure eye problems, improve the lives of patients,

6、 carry on with, supportby, send donations toStep 3 Listening and answeringNow listen to the tape, and then answer the following questions:How many people around the world are affected by blindness?How many cases of blindness can be prevented or cured?Where do ORBIS doctors work?What does ORBIS need?

7、Step 5 Finishing off Part CPut the sentences together in Part C, then checking the answers with your partners.(Keys: 1e, 2f, 3a, 4c,5d,6b; 1charity, 2blind,3eye, 4hospital, 5doctors, 6treat, 7teach, 8operations)Step 6 Reading after the tapeNow read after the tape sentence by sentence. Pay attention

8、to the sense groups within the sentences. Step 7 Doing additional exerciseAsk students to tell if the following statements are “True” or “False” according to the text.1. Blindness affects about 45 million people around the world, mostly in western countries. F2. Many blind people have no money for medical treatment. T3. Local doctors perform operations on the plane instead of in the hospital because it is more comfortable on the plane. F4. Dr. Ma used to do one or two operations a day. F5. Patients are very grateful to ORBIS doctors