Unit 9 Health care (reading)
4.from paragraph 4 of the text“the little mould that could”we can see that fleming was all the following except______. 答案：d
a. confident b. strong-willed c. hard-working d. kind and warm-hearted
step 3. read the passage again and finish the exercises on the page 78 .and retell the life experience of fleming and how he discovered penicillin.
alexander fleming was a young doctor in the early 1900s when a german chemist developed a chemical treatment to cure an incurable disease. fleming began using it in his clinic. then in 1914, he had to go to the battlefield to treat wounded soldiers during world warⅰ, when he invented many ways to treat the wounded. after returning from the war, he went on with the search for the chemical because he believed it could treat infections. one day, he found a mould was growing in some old glass containers. to his surprise, the bacteria he had been growing had died. he believed that it was the mould, which later he called penicillin that killed the bacteria. penicillin was a great discovery. it played a very important role during world war ⅱ and as well as at present time. fleming was awarded nobel prize for his great discovery in 1945.
alexander fleming discovered penicillin
phrases:
1.take measures to do sth. 2.a laid-off worker 3.have an income of 4.to make matters worse 5.take a bank loan 6.put extra pressure on the family 7.keep a healthy diet 8.live in poverty 9.make ends meet 10.look forward to 11.ready-made clothes 12.cure many diseases 13.a story of hard work 14.search for 15.clean up 16.in a good mood 17.set a goal 18.be effective in
reading on p213
florence nightingale
she is remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods. for most of her ninety years, nightingale pushed for the reform of the british military health-care system.
main ideas of each paragraph:
para.1 (para1): fear had gripped the nation when sars broke out.
parts2(para2-7): thanks to the quick and forceful action the country took and the sacrifices the health care staff made, sars ended in he summer of .
part 3 (para 8): we will never forget the “angels in white”.
step 5 language points
1. suffer deadly infections as a result of operations (para.1)
2. cure, curable, incurable, treat
3. it was not until after the war that he made his most important discovery.(para2)
it was not until world war two that the importance of fleming’s discovery was fully recognized.(the last para.)
4. clean up (para. 3), clear up
the workwomen cleaned up (the mess) before they left. （除去垃圾等）