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Translate phrases and sentences. 1. 剩下一些零花钱 2. 太虚弱以至于不能走的更远 3. 吃一顿丰盛的午餐 4. 国际慈善机构 have some pocket money left too weak to walk any further have a big lunch international charities

ORBIS World Wide Fund for Nature Oxfam UNICEF

1. Which charity can help her? Problem : _______ Mrs. Black has been blind since she was sixty years old. Now ten years has passed, she still can’t see anything because she is very poor and has no enough money to go to hospital. ORBIS 2. How does ORBIS help people? It helps___________________________ blind people around the world.

An interview with an ORBIS doctor Teaching aims: 1 通过上下文猜测生词词义。 2 读懂文章，了解 ORBIS 医护 人员的基本工作状况。 3 学会用正确的语言介绍 ORBIS 医生的工作。

采访者 失明 主要的，大部分的 案例，病例 治愈 医学的，医疗的 治疗 病人 买得起，能做 interviewer[' ɪ ntəvju:ə(r)] n. blindness ['bla ɪ ndnəs] n. mostly ['mə ʊ stli] adv. case [ke ɪ s] n. cure [kj ʊ ə(r)] vt. medical ['med ɪ kl] adj. treatment ['tri:tmənt] n. patient ['pe ɪʃ nt] n. afford [ə'f ɔ :d] vt.

去看病 在飞机 ( 船，火车 ) 上 做手术 自豪的，骄傲的 读者 医学，药 发展，加强 治疗，处理 继续开展，继续下去 go to hospital go board operate[' ɒ pəre ɪ t] vi. proud [pra ʊ d] adj. reader ['ri:də(r)] n. medicine ['medsn] n. develop[d ɪ 'veləp] v. treat [tri:t] vt. carry on 学科网， zxxk.fenghuangxueyi

a flying eye hospital a special plane Enjoy a video of ORBIS

Why is there a plane in the logo? Because ORBIS uses its Flying Eye Hospital to visit poor areas. The plane is called a flying eye hospital. ( 飞行眼科医院 )

Information about ORBIS ORBIS is a charity that helps blind people. Most eye problems can be cured or prevented. However, many people can’t afford to go to hospital. ORBIS doctors fly to poor areas to treat people with eye problems, and they operate on patients. Moreover, they teach local doctors and nurses new skills on board. What does ORBIS do in the world?

operate on patients = do operations on patients What do ORBIS doctors do on the plane?

ORBIS A charity to treat ( 治疗 ), cure ( 治愈 ) or prevent ( 预防 ) blindness

B1 Amy wants to tell Daniel about Dr Ma and what he does, but she does not know the meanings of some words in the interview. Help her match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks. What does ORBIS do? (Page 96)

blindness patient cure operate on board

1. blindness 2. cure 3. patient 4. afford 5. on board 6. operate a.cut a person’s body open to take out or repair a part b.in or on a plane, ship, train, etc. c.make an illness go away d.have enough money to pay for something e.a person who is ill, especially in hospital f.the condition of being unable to see f c e d b a

1. All the eye problems can be cured or prevented. 2. Many people can’t afford to go to hospital. 3. The plane is used as a hospital and teaching centre. 4. ORBIS is a business that helps blind people. 5. Local doctors and nurses can help people in poor areas after learning from ORBIS doctors. T F F T T An interview with an ORBIS doctor

1. How many people does blindness affect around the world? Where are they mostly from? 2. How many sick people can be cured or prevented? Lines 1-6 Blindness affects about 285 million people, mostly in poor countries. About 80 per cent of the cases.

Because they do not have the money for medical treatment. 3. Why don’t some people receive medical treatment? Lines Why don’t ORBIS doctors work in a hospital? Because many patients cannot afford to travel to hospital, ORBIS doctors have to go to them.

150 operations. He is proud to help people see again and improve their lives. 2. How many operations did Dr Ma do during his last visit? 3. How does Dr Ma feel about helping people see again? 4. What is needed to carry on with their work? More money is needed.

1. (Line 1-6) something about blindness 2. (Line 7-15) the work of ORBIS 3. (Line 16-20) Dr Ma’s work and his feeling 4. (Line 21-26) Dr Ma’s hope Can you divide the passage?

B2 Amy wants to show how ORBIS helps people. She is making a chart. Help her fill in the blanks with the words in the box. doctors and nurses eye operations eye problems Flying Eye Hospital new skills see again

does _____________ on the plane helps people _______ invites local __________ ________ on board teaches them _________ ORBIS, a charity uses its _________________ to visit poor areas treats people with ______________ More details about how ORBIS help people doctors and nurses eye operations see again new skills Flying Eye Hospital eye problems

B3 Amy made some more notes of the interview. Help her put the sentences together.

1.Many more people in poor areas 2.Dr Ma thinks that most eye problems and diseases 3.Many blind people do not get any treatment 4. The ORBIS plane is used as 5. One hundred and fifty patients 6. More money is needed a.were operated on during Dr Ma’s last visit. b. a hospital and a treating centre. c. because they have no money to go to hospital. d. to carry on with the work. e. have eye problems. f. can be prevented or cured. e a f c d b

afford board cure medicine patient proud support train B4 Amy is writing an article about ORBIS for the school newsletter. Help her complete it with the correct forms of the words in the box.

The ORBIS plane travels all around the world and helps people with eye problems in poor areas. Most of the people there cannot (1)_______ to go to hospital, so ORBIS doctors go to them. Operations are done to help people with eye problems see again. The (2)_________ do not have to pay because ORBIS is a charity. afford patients

Local doctors and nurses are also invited on (3)_______ to learn new skills. By (4)________ them, ORBIS doctors hope to help more people. Dr Ma is a doctor on the ORBIS plane. He feels (5)_______ to help people see again. Dr Ma thinks that modern (6)_________ is developing quickly and now most eye problems can be treated and (7)_______, but more money is needed to (8)_________ their work. training proud medicine cured support board

Read the interview about ORBIS.