【本讲教育信息】

Unit 8 The International Red Cross Lesson 2 and Lesson 3

 

二. 教学重点、难点：

［单词和词组］

donate   v. 捐赠；赠予

gather  v. 搜集；聚集

the International Red Cross 国际红十字会

disease  n. 疾病；弊病

Burkina Faso  n. 布基纳法索（非洲国家）

earthquake  n. 地震

flood  n. 洪水；水灾

destroy  v. 破坏；毁坏；摧毁

North Korea 北朝鲜

organization  n. 组织；机构；团体

suffer  v. 遭受（痛苦；困难）

race  n. 种族；人种

religion  n. 宗教；信仰

belief  n. 信任；信仰

Swiss  adj. 瑞士的；瑞士人的

battle  n. 战役；战争

injured  adj. 受伤害的；受损害的；

Switzerland   n. 瑞士

establish   v. 成立；建立；设立

Geneva  n. 日内瓦（瑞士西南部城市）

affected  adj. 受影响的；受侵袭的

peacetime  n. 和平；和平时期

wartime  n. 战时

disaster  n. 灾难；天灾；灾祸

relief  n. （灾难）救济；（痛苦）减轻；（债务）免除

victim  n. 受害人；牺牲者；牺牲品

worldwide  adj. 全世界的

community  n. 社区；社团；公众

fulfill  v. 履行；实现；完成

general  adj. 一般的；概括的；大体的

satisfy  v. 满足；使满意

curiosity  n. 好奇心

curious  adj. 好奇的；古怪的

routine  n. 惯例；常规

 

［单元知识要点］

●短语归纳

watch a basketball game   看场篮球赛

play tennis 打网球

donate money 捐钱

encourage sb. to do sth.  鼓励……应做……

as a result 结果是……

in wartime 在战争年代

fulfill its mission 履行使命

so much general information 如此多概括的信息

a specific topic 一个明确的主题

be late for appointment 约会迟到

hundreds of ways 数百种方法

the Red Cross 红十字会

save a life 救命

in peacetime 在和平年代

get involved in… 卷进……中

a fictional story 一个虚构的故事

satisfy the readers’ curiosity 满足读者的好奇心

attend an English class 上一堂英语课

 

●重点句型

1. It’ll be as fun as watching a basketball game. 那将会像看篮球赛一样有趣。

2. Do you have any plans for this weekend? 这个周末你有什么计划吗？

3. The Red Cross is an international organization whose mission is to stop suffering. 红十字会是一个国际组织，它的使命是停止受苦。

4. The Red Cross is clearly fulfilling its mission. 很明显红十字会正在履行它的使命。

5. When the topic is very general like this, there is not information to satisfy the readers’ curiosity. 当主题像这样非常笼统时，没有可以满足读者们好奇心的信息。

 

●语法重点

The Different Forms of Verbs 动词的不同形式

 

三. 具体内容：

课文讲解：

2002: When a terrible disease started killing children in Burkina Faso , volunteers provided medicine. 2001: When an earthquake hit India, volunteers saved many lives. 1997: When floods destroyed crops and homes in North Korea, volunteers provided food and blankets.

What do these stories have in common? The volunteers are all Red Cross members.

 

The International Red Cross

The Red Cross is an international organization whose mission is to stop suffering. They don’t care about the people’s race, nationality, religion, or political beliefs. They help anyone who needs assistance.

The story of the Red Cross begins with Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman who saw a battle in 1859 in Italy. After the battle, 40,000 soldiers were dead or injured, but there was no one to take care of them. Dunant worked for three days helping them.

When he returned to Switzerland, he wrote a book about his experience. The leaders of many countries read his book and wanted to do something. As a result, the Red Cross was established in Geneva, Switzerland in 1863. It was an organization that would help all the people affected by war.

In 1884, there was another Red Cross meeting in Geneva. An American woman named Clara Barton wanted the Red Cross to help people in peacetime as well as in wartime. She wanted the Red Cross to get involved in disaster relief. Since then, the Red Cross has helped millions of victims of earthquakes and other disasters all around the world.

The Red Cross not only works worldwide at big disasters, but also works in the community, helping victims of small accidents or fires. The Red Cross is clearly fulfilling its mission to stop suffering in this world.

What is this story mostly about?

a. Henry Dunant.                               b. The conflicts of the Red Cross.

c. Clara Barton.                                 d. The mission of the Red Cross.

 

Forming Opinions: What Do You Think?

A   Guided Writing

1. A student writes her opinion of the story, but one sentence is missing.

  Put a check in the box where the sentence belongs.

  Also, I’d like to know more about how the Red Cross helped us during the floods.

The International Red Cross

I think the subject of the story is very interesting. (1)□ The Red Cross is a great organization. (2) □ However, I think that the story tried to cover too much information in a short space. I would like to read more details about certain parts instead of so much general information. (3) □ For example, I’d like to read more about the role of the Red Cross in the Indian earthquake. (4) □ My teacher always tells me to pick a very specific topic when I write. Then I can write many details about that topic and answer all the readers’ questions. (5) □ But when the topic is very general like this, there is not enough information to satisfy the readers’ curiosity.

2. Fill in the blank with the best word.

This student thinks this story is too ____________.

a. specific             b. detailed             c. general              d. curious

 

B   Exchanging Your Ideas

I think …                            I feel…

              I’m against…                             It depends…

1. Henry acted because he saw a battle. Why do you think Clara acted?

2. Why do you think leaders wanted to help after reading Henry’s book?

In my opinion …                 I believe…

              I don’t think…                           Because …

 

【典型例题】

（   ）1. Can you _________me a story?

  A. speak                     B. tell                          C. say

  解析：选B。讲故事要用tell；speak 加语言；say表示说话的内容。

（   ）2. I like trees ___________leaves are red.

  A. who                        B. whom                     C. whose

  解析：选C。whose 表示“……的”。who既可做主语，又可做宾语；whom只能做宾语。

（   ）3. It’s useless ___________about him all day. You can go to visit him.

  A. worry about             B. to worry about         C. worring about

  解析：选B。It is ＋adj. ＋to do sth. 是固定句型。其中it是形式主语，to do sth. 做真正的主语。

（   ）4. “No parking” means that you _________park here.

  A. can’t                       B. needn’t                    C. mustn’t

  解析：选C。No parking 的含义是禁止停车。因此要选mustn’t （不准许）。

 

【模拟试题】（答题时间：80分钟）

一. 语言知识运用（共10分，每小题2分）

根据中文意思完成句子。

  1. 六点钟了，该吃晚饭了。

It’s six o’clock. __________________ supper.

  2. 博物馆很近，为什么不走着去呢？

The museum is quite near. __________________ on foot?

  3. 我的电脑坏了，你能帮我修一下吗？

____________________________________ my computer. Could you help me mend it?

  4. 很抱歉让你久等了。

I’m sorry ___________________________ for a long time.

  5. 他过去玩电脑游戏的时间太多，结果对学习不感兴趣了。

_________________________________________ he was not interested in his lessons.

 

二. 口语交际（共10分，每小题2分）

根据上下文的意思补全对话。在横线上写出所缺少的内容。

Susan: Hello, _________6________ Kate?

Mike: Sorry, she isn’t in right now. Is that Susan speaking?

Susan: Yes. Who’s that?

Mike: This is Mike. ___________7_____________?

Susan: Fine, thanks. Can I leave a message?

Mike: Of course. ________8__________, please. I’ll go and get a pen.

(Soon Mike returns.)

Mike: OK, please.

Susan: I’d like to ask her if she will go to the English Festival next week.

      Will you please tell her to call me back when she returns?

Mike: No problem. ________________9____________________?

Susan: It’s 78340631.

Mike: OK, bye-bye.

Susan: Thanks. ____________10_______________.

 

三. 阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）

阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Americans love sports—they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results—at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbow（肘部）and in this way they develop “tennis elbow”. Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries（损伤）happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.

A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation（手术）or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad and didn’t know what to do.

Then Simmons learned about “video operation”. With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors can now repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobs much faster. Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors told her the operation could help.

For this operation, her doctor didn’t have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens（镜头）inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

Simmons started walking five days after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days,” she said. “But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. “It feels like a new knee,” she said. “I can even play volleyball again.”

  11. Do Americans love sports?

_____________________________________________

  12. What sport is Simmons interested in?

_____________________________________________

  13. What did the doctor put inside Simmons’ knee?

_____________________________________________

  14. What problem may people have when they play sports?

_____________________________________________

  15. What’s the advantage（优点）of the new science?

_____________________________________________

 

四. 写作

（一）单句表达（共4分，每小题1分）

根据中文意思和英文提示词语，写出四句语法正确、意思连贯的话。

彼德是一个美国男孩，他喜欢旅游。他经常做些什么？2008年他将要做什么？

  16. Peter, be, an American boy

______________________________________________________

  17. he, like, travelling

______________________________________________________

  18. he, often, go to different countries

______________________________________________________

  19. he, will come to Beijing, to watch, the Olympic Games, in 2008

______________________________________________________

 

（二）文段表达（8分）

根据中文提示和英文书信内容，写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的回信。（信的开头和结尾已给出，其字数不计入所完成的回信内）

  20. 假如你叫李玲，是英国中学生露茜的笔友，你收到了她的电子邮件。请根据她来信的内容写一封回信。针对她的困惑，谈谈你的看法，同时提出一些建议，告诉她应该做什么，不应该做什么。

Dear Li Ling,

These days Tom Cruise, the film star, always comes into my mind. I think of him night and day. I just sit in my room and watch videos of his films again and again. I’ve written hundreds of letters to him and sent e-mails to his fan club, but all I get back are only photos with his names on them. I dream that some day I’ll meet him and that he’ll feel the same way about me. I don’t want to learn my lessons any more, and I’ll have final exams next month.

I’m thinking of running away to Hollywood（好莱坞）to meet him. Can you help me with the problem?

Yours,  

Lucy   

Hi Lucy,

Nice to hear from you. ________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Yours,  

Li Ling 

 

 

【试题答案】

一. 语言知识运用

  1. It’s time for/ to have

  2. Why not go (there)

  3. There is something wrong with

  4. to keep you waiting

  5. He spent so much time（in）playing computer games that

 

二. 口语交际

  6. may I speak to

  7. How are you

  8. Hold on

  9. What’s your telephone number

  10. Bye/See you

 

三. 阅读与表达

  11. Yes. /Yes, they do.

  12. Volleyball.

  13. A camera lens.

  14. They may get hurt.

  15. Doctors can do operations more easily and patients can get well more quickly.

 

四. 写作

（一）单句表达

  16. Peter is an American boy.

  17. He likes travelling.

  18.He often goes to different countries.

  19. He will come to Beijing to watch the Olympic Games in 2008.

 

（二）文段表达

20. One possible version:

Hi Lucy,

Nice to hear from you. Everyone has his favorite stars and there’s nothing wrong with that. I understand you. But I don’t think what you do is right since you are a student. You’d better read more interesting books and have more sports in your free time. Stop writing to him and watching his films. You may also tell your problem to your parents and teachers. I’m sure they’ll help you. Running away to Hollywood is a wrong idea. Work hard on your lessons and get ready for the exams. Your future is in your hands.

Yours,  

Li Ling