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Questions 1. Who does the interviewer have an interview with? 2. How many people does blindness affect around the world? Dr Ma. About 45 million people. Mostly in poor country.

3. How many cases can be cured or treatment? 4. What’s the bad news? About 80 percent of these cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. The bad news is that many people do not have the money for medical treatment.

ORBIS uses a flying eye hospital to visit poor countries. 5. How does ORBIS help? 6. Who perform operations? Volunteer doctors.

Many of the patients are so poor that they don’t have the money to travel to hospital, so the doctors have to go to them. 7. Why do the doctors work on the plane instead of working in a hospital?

8. What can the local doctors and nurses come to the plane to learn? They can learn about eye operations, new skills, and knowledge. They can even watch the operations on (=over) video.

Go on reading something about ORBIS and answer the following questions

1.What is the most important thing for the ORBIS doctor? 2.What is all they need? The most important thing for them is that they can help people see again. All they need is enough money to carry on with their work.

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No, they need to work very quickly. 1. Do the doctors work very slowly? 2. How many operations do you perform during Dr Ma’s last visit? He operates on 150 patients.

No, it isn’t. Yes, he is. 3. Is the work on the plane easy? Is Dr Ma used to the work? 4. Why is Dr Ma proud? Because he can help so many people.

5.How many operations did he use to do a day ? 6.What is the most important thing for them? He used to do only two or three operations a day. The most important thing for them is that they can help people see again.

7. What would Dr Ma like to say to the readers? We are the lucky ones. Modern medicine is developing so quickly that we can treat and cure most eye problems and improve the lives of the patients.All we need is enough money to carry on with our work. We hope people will support our work by sending donations to ORBIS.

1. 在飞机上, 志愿者医生们给病人做手术..On the plane,volunteer doctors perform operations on the patients. performs operations on sb.= do operations on sb.= operate on sb.

昨天他给我妈妈做了一个手术 Yesterday he performed an operation on my mother. Yesterday he did an operation on my mother. Yesterday he operated on my mother.

我很自豪我能帮助那么多的人们. I am proud to be able to help so many people. be proud to do sth. be proud of sth. be proud that.

我很自豪我能为班级做事情. 我很自豪去帮助他学习英语. 我以我的爸爸而自豪. I am proud that I can do something for my class. I am proud to do something for my class. I am proud to help him with his English. I am proud of my father.

“used to” /ju:st/ used to + do sth. “ 过去常常 ” 表示过去习惯性的动作或状 态，但如今已不存在。

我过去不常常玩电脑游戏. 我妈妈过去是一名老师 他过去常常在星期天看电视 吗 I didn’t use to play computer games. I usedn’t to play computer games. My mother used to be a teacher. Did he use to watch TV on Sunday? Used he to watch on TV on Sunday?

be used to doing sth/sth 习惯与 做某事 我习惯了早起床. 我不习惯这里的寒冷天气. I am used to get up early. I am not used to the cold weather here.

你们做了如此重要的工作, 人们肯定很感谢 你们 You have done such an important work that people must be very grateful to you SO + 形容词 +a/an+ 名词 Such +a/an+ 形容词 + 名词

他是一个如此聪明的男孩以至于每个人 都喜欢他. He is such a clever boy that everyone loves him. He is so clever a boy that everyone loves him.

Carry on with sth.=carry on doing sth 继续做某事 他继续做玩电脑游戏. 我爸爸继续看报纸. He carried on with his computer games. He carried on playing his computer games.

Amy is writing an article about ORBIS for the school newsletter. Help her complete it.

Amy visited the ORBIS website and made some notes. Help her put the sentences together. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

a.to learn new skills. b. are volunteers. c. can be prevented or cured. d. people all over the world donate. e. than in rich countries. f. they have no money to go to hospital.

1.There are more blind people in poor countries 2.Many blind people do not get help because 3.Local doctors and nurses come to the ORBIS plane _____ e f a

4. Dr Ma said that 80% of the cases of blindness 5. ORBIS is supported by the money that 6. All the doctors and nurses on the ORBIS plane _____ c d b

cured donations grateful knowledge operations patients skills The ORBIS plane travels all around the world, and many people with eye problems visit it. (1)___________ can be performed on them to help them see again. Operations

A lot of people in poor countries do not have enough money to go to hospital, but ORBIS doctors can go to them. ORBIS doctors can also teach local doctors and nurses new (2)_____ and share their (3)__________. skills knowledge

Dr Ma is a doctor on the ORBIS plane. Many people are very (4)________ to him because he has helped them see again. The (5)________ do not have to pay because ORBIS is a charity. grateful patients

Dr Ma believes that most eye problems can be (6)_______ by modern medicine, but more money is needed. He hopes that more (7)__________ can be sent to ORBIS to support their work. cured donations

ORBIS is a c______ that helps b____ people. Most e___ problems can be c____ or p________. However, many people cannot afford to go to h______. haritylind ye uredrevented ospital Daniel is also visiting the ORBIS website and is making some notes. Help him complete his notes with the correct words.

The d______ on the ORBIS plane fly to poor areas to t_____ people with eye problems and to t_____ local doctors and nurses new skills. The local doctors and nurses can also watch the o_________ on video. After learning from the ORBIS doctors, the local doctors can help people in their areas. octors reat each perations

Discussion : what can we do for people in WenChuan?

Homework 1.Read and retell the story about ORBIS. 2.Finish off the exercises on Page