Unit 9 Health care (reading)
low-income families cannot afford to pay for 1________, that is to say, they cannot afford to 2 _____a doctor or 3______medicine. ① the government encourages health care form and reduces poverty by designing a health care project which provides poor patients with treatment at 7____or less to help them get treated properly.
② the chinese government is working with other countries and international organizations to explore and develop a new 8_______ for china.
③ the government encourages people to 9_________ in order that other measures to fight poverty will work.
④ the government has vowed to stop the spread of aids by providing free 10_______
low-income families cannot provide 4___ for their children.
many low-income families cannot afford to 5_______.
low-income families live on allowance 6____________.
keys:
1. medical treatment 2. consult 3.purchase/buy 4. a healthy diet 5. purchase medical insurance. 6. given by the government 7. half the cost 8. health care model 9. purchase medical insurance 10. tests and treatment
c. answering the questions on p77.
step 7 homework
finish all the exercises on word study and grammar on p77-79.
integrating reading skills
the little mould that could (p79)
step 1. scan the passage
a. the main ideas of each paragraph:
paragraph 1 health care in the past was often dangerous and risky.
paragraph 2 alexander fleming invented many ways to treat the wounded during the first world war .
paragraph 3 fleming discovered a mould that can kill bacteria by accident.
paragraph 4 fleming was excited about his discovery, which he called penicillin, but other scientists showed no interest.
paragraph 5 penicillin played a very important role during the world war ii and at present as well.
b. answer after scanning the passage as quickly as possible.
1. what could the little mould do?
the little mould that could treat/cure/fight infection.
2. who discovered it? when was it discovered?
in 1928, sir alexander fleming discovered it
3.what is its name?
it is called penicillin (in 1928, sir alexander fleming discovered penicillin that could treat/cure/fight infection.)
step 2 careful reading
choose the best answers:
1.who discovered penicillin? 答案：b
a. howard walter florey. b. alexander fleming.
c. paul ehrlich. d. earnst boris chain.
2.it was not until_____that the importance of fleming’s discovery was fully recognized? 答案：b
a. world warⅰ b. world warⅱ c.1928 d.1929
3.when did fleming receive the nobel prize with the two other scientists? 答案：d
a. in 1914. b. in 1928. c. in 1929. d. in 1945.