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| 課程名稱 | 醫(yī)學英語 | 授課專業(yè)和班級 | 05級 | ||
| 授課內(nèi)容 | Unit Thirteen Strong Medicine | 授課學時 | 4 | ||
| 教學目的 | To appreciate and internalize striking virtues of the doctor and the detail woman by learning the plot of this novel | ||||
| 教學重點 | Understanding the whole lesson by explaining main language points and key grammatical structures, illustrating some background information, close reading and comparative reading | ||||
| 教學難點 | Understanding and translating the difficult sentences correctly by medical knowledge | ||||
| 教具和媒體使用 | Blackboard, m.gydjdsj.org.cn/jianyan/chalk, teaching material and computer, slide show | ||||
| 教學方法 | Active way to make students to think and discuss by the combined application of traditional teaching method and creative thinking method, interactive teaching | ||||
| 教 學 過 程 | 1. Read new words and Review (5min): 2. Introduction (10min): i) Background Information and basic knowledge of the novel and the author—Arthur Hailey ii) Making students think something about these by warm-up Activity 3. Analysis of the text (50min) and translate the difficult sentences 4. Discussion (20min): topic: i) Say something about the doctor Andrew with specific details from the text. ii) If you were a doctor, which one should be more important in the case of a crisis, your girlfriend or your patient, why? 5. Summary (10min) 6. Writing practice: how to write an inquiring letter (20min) 7. Assignment (5min): 8. Analysis of students’ writing (20min) | ||||
| 講授 新內(nèi)容 | In a tension-filled hospital room a doctor fights to save a patient’s life. At last, reluctantly, he tries the new, highly experimental drug urged on him by a young pharmaceutical saleswoman. She believes in the drug. Now that belief will be tested in the only way that matters. | ||||
| 課后總結(jié) | 1. The students’ speaking and reading ability are to be improved. 2. More class activities are to be organized. 3. Up-to-date information is to be provided to enlarge their knowledge. | ||||
Teaching Objectives:
1. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure,basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section.(extensivereading)
2. About the reading, Ss should acquire the skill of reading andanalyzing novels.
3. About the writing, Ssshould master the skill of writing letter of enquiry.
TeachingProcedures:
Leading in
Introduce thenovel by comments from the others.
Editorial Reviews
"A pure Hailey thriller. The action isfast paced; the dilemmas arm.gydjdsj.org.cn/shiti/e true to life. Strong Medicine is just aslabeled: an exciting stimulant." --Tulsa World
From the Publisher
Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but forprofit-motivated companies, the miracle is the money they generate...at anycost. Billions of dollars in profits will make men and women do manythings--lie, cheat, even kill. now one beautiful womanwill be caught in the cross fire between ethics and profits. As Celia Jordan"sfast-track career sweeps her into the highest circles of an international drugcompany, she begins to discover the sins and secrets hidden in the researchlab...and in the marketplace. Now the company"s powerful new drug promises abreakthrough in treating a deadly disease. But Celia Jordan knows it maydeliver a nightmare.
Wordsand expressions
1. elicit v. ~ sth from sb
e.g. ~ a reply At last we’ve ~ed the truth fromhim.
2. hepatitis n. infectious~ ~ A ~ B
hepat=hepto--
tonsil---tonsillitis appendix----appendicitis
bronchial tube---bronchitis
dermatology----dermatitis
nephritis
pharynx---- pharyngitis
3. contaminate v.
e.g. a river ~ ed by chemicals
They are ~ingthe minds of our young people with these evil ideas.
4. instinctive adj. instinct n.
Review word formation: n. + ive =adj.
create---creative support---supportive exclude---exclusive imagine---imaginative mass----massive respond---responsive act---active react----reactive innovate---innovative
cure---curative persuade---pervasive
5. humiliate v. make sb feel ashamed or disgraced
He felt humiliated by her scornful remarks.
humiliating adj.
humility n.modesty
humid adj.damp humidity n.
human adj. n.
humanity n.humanism n.
humble adj.
Related information
1. Temperature
Fahrenheit （華氏)=(9/5 ×x℃)+32
Celsius （攝氏)= 5/9 × (x℉-32)
2. Sputnik---Any of a series of Sovietsatellites sent into earth orbit, especially the first,launched on October 4, 1957.
3. hepatitis & adangerous level of ammonia in the blood.
When protein is decomposed, a large amount ofammonia will be produced. Normally, the ammonia can be metabolized by theliver, then released out of the body. But once thefunction of the liver decreases or breaks down, the ammonia has to enter theblood thus leads to danger to the human bodies.
II. While-reading Activities
1. Main characters in this novel
MaryRowe------the patient who suffers from the hepatitis and put the doctor intotrouble
JohnRowe------Mary’s husband
AndrewJordan---- the outstanding doctor who is in charge of Mary Rowe
Celiade Gray---- the salesperson who persuades Doctor Andrew to try a new, highlyexperimental drug to cure Mary
2. Structure
Part 1 the beginning and conflict of the novel
Part 2 the climax
Part 3 the ending
3. Check the answers for the exercises
4. Analysis of the grammar and difficultsentences.
5. Summary
Mary Rowe who suffered from infectioushepatitis was admitted to the hospital immediately when Dr. Andrew Jordanconfirmed her disease. According to Andrew, she would recover soon withadequate fluid given intravenously. But instead of improving, Mary’s diseasedeteriorated, with the ammonia in the blood increasing to a dangerous level.When Andrew was frustrated, a detail woman from a pharmaceutical company namedCelia de Gray came to his office, promoting new drugs. Out of the intense worryabout Mary and his prejudice against drug companies, Andrew turned down Celiarudely. Shortly, Mary went into a deep coma. At the critical moment, Celiamanaged to persuade Andrew to try the miraculous new drug she brought with.After Mary came to be conscious and showed every sign of recovery, Andrew andCelia developed mutual love toward each other and they got married one monthlater.
III. Post-reading Activities
Teamwork
1. Find out the different responses ofAndrew and Celia respectively during their three meetings.
2. Think it over and have comments on Celiade Gray’s personality.
Homework
1．Review thetext and do the exercise after the text.
2．Prepare arole play according to the plot of this novel.
