1、高 二 英 語Module 7 Unit 2Reading e to the unit & Reading comprehension授課教師：黃 長 泰Different jobs:A _ is a person who prepares and sells medicine.A _ is a person who takes care of peoples teeth.An _ is a person who examines peoples eyes to see if they need to wear glasses. chemisteye doctordentist What is

2、 the girl doing?The eye doctor tests her eyes to see if she needs glasses.She is having her eyesight examined. A _ is a person who has general skill to treat physical problems.A _ is a person who performs medical operations.surgeonphysicianDifferent jobs:A common disease for middle-aged and older pe

3、ople. A blood vessel to the brain is blocked so patients feel a sudden loss of brain function.Diseases:stroke中風 A disease where sugar levels in the blood are too high. Patients are unable to produce insulin (胰島素). 糖尿病colon cancerpneumoniaDiseases:diabetes結腸癌 肺炎 The room where an operation is done is

4、 called _._ is the use of needles to treat peoples health problems.Other items:an operating theatreAcupunctureThe person is receiving an acupuncture treatment on an ear. Acupuncture has its origin in China beginning before 1000 BC.Traditional acupuncture always requires doctors to insert such needle

5、s into various body areas. What can acupuncture do?Acupuncture can _.relieve body pains help lose weight help quit smoking Questions to answer:1. Have you ever seen a doctor?2. Have you ever received medical treatments? 3. Would you like to do any of the jobs in the picture? Why or why not?4. What d

6、o people do when they feel ill? They may take medicines. 5. What will happen if they dont take the right or the wrong medicine? They may not get better or even get worse.6. Do you know what they are? aspirinpenicillinAlexander FlemingDo you know this man with glasses?7. What illness can the two medi

7、cines cure? 8. What else do you know about these two medicines? 9. When was one of the medicines first sold as a tablet?10. What did Fleming, Florey and Chain share?In 1900.The Nobel Prize.Answer the question in C1 on page 20.1. About 2500 years ago.2. In 1987.3. It can also help reduce the risk of

8、heart attacks by thinning blood, prevent a stroke, reduce the risk of colon cancer, increase the length of peoples lives and help with diabetes.4. In the mould that killed bacteria.5. It can be used to treat bacterial illnesses and other illnesses including pneumonia.6. Because Fleming discovered pe

9、nicillin and the others turned it into the great drug which save millions of lives.Development of Aspirin:In 1900:In 1950:In 1971:In 1977:In 2003:sold in shops as a tablet as the best-selling painkiller recorded in the Guinness BookIn 1971: proved to be a blood-thinning medicineused to prevent a str

10、okeused to reduce blood sugar levelsC2 on page 20Development of Penicillin:In 1928:World War II:In 1945:discovered by Alexander Flemingfound new chemical techniques to purify itall the scientists shared the Nobel PrizeEffects of aspirinReduce f_Help stop body p_Reduce the r_ of heart attacksPrevent

11、a s_Reduce the risk of colon c_Increase the l_ of peoples livesHelp with d_feverpainsriskstrokecancerlengthdiabetesEffects of penicillinHelp in treating wounds and i_Treat other illnesses including p_infectionspneumoniaHow can we understand medical terms?Reading strategyWords coming from the same st

12、emWords that are compound wordsWords with irregular plural formsWords composed of chemical names Words coming from the same stem:medicine, medical, medicinal;pure, purifychemical, chemist;bacterium, bacterialWords that are compound wordspainkillerblood-thinningheart attack Words with irregular plura

13、l forms:bacteriabacteriumacetyl + salicylic Words composed of chemical names physician (line 9) _ bark (line 10) _ painkiller (line 19) _ thinning (line 24) _ contemporary (line 37) _ transparent (line 39) _ purify (line 48) _ quantities (line 49) _ widespread (line 50) _cegiahfdb Aspirin has saved

14、many peoples lives by reducing fever and helping stop p_. Lawrence Craven introduced the idea that aspirin could reduce the r_ of heart attacks by thinning blood. In 1971, Smith and Willis p_ that aspirin was a blood-thinning medicine and a study showed that a chemical in aspirin could prevent a s_.

15、 In 2003, a Chinese doctor found that this chemical could reduce blood s_ levels and help people with diabetes.Aspirin painriskprovedstrokesugar Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, is c_ to be one of the most important medicines in contemporary s_. Howard Florey and Ernst Chain managed to use new chemical t_ o purify it to be a medicine. Due to its widespread use, many lives were saved during World War II. Penicillin is also used to treat other illnesses i_ pneumonia. In 1945, Flemi