Unit 9 Health care
t:good idea.well,please look at the role cards in speaking and prepare for the discussion.work in groups of five with one as the mayor,trying to make a good decision.is everything clear?
ss:yes.
(teacher divides the students into groups of five and gives them enough time to discuss the question.in the end,teacher asks one or two groups to report their work to the rest of the class.)
a sample dialogue:
mayor:today,we’re here to attend this meeting,mainly discussing how to make reasonable use of the 2 000 000 yuan health care funds given by our government.would you please give your own opinions?
student a:the equipment for the hospital in our town are so relatively backward that it directly affects the improvement of health care.therefore,i think we’d better use this sum of money to purchase some new equipment for the hospital in our town.
student b:i think that,currently,people are short of some basic common knowledge of health care.moreover,enough work on the awareness and precaution of illness has not been done yet,so,from my point of view,more work should be done on the prevalence of health care.it is natural that the money should be used to teach people in our area about health care.
student c:at present,it is a common phenomenon that ordinary people fear to see a doctor just because they cannot afford the expenditure of health care,so i think it’ll be more suitable to use this sum of money to help poor people pay for treatment.
student d:presently,compared with doctors,patients are much more.it is the unproportionate number between doctors and patients that makes it difficult for the ordinary people to get necessary health care,so,what is more important now is to use this sum of money to hire more doctors.
mayor:all that you’ve suggested sounds reasonable to me,but the money is really limited.compared to the other suggestions,the one made by student d seems to be more practical,because this is the most urgent situation we are facing.only if we have enough doctors first can we build up a new modern hospital.then the health care can be greatly improved in our town.
step ⅵ summary and homework
t：in this class,we’ve mainly talked about health care.centering on this topic,we’ve learnt something about the who and society.health care is very important for all of us,especially those in need of help.besides,we’ve practised expressing opinions using “i think....”,and “if...,i would....”.after class,practise them again and use the internet to learn more about health care and society.in addition,remember to preview the reading part.so much for today.goodbye,everyone.