1. Unit 5 Reading (I) Unit 5 Reading (I) Unit5 International charities Reading(1)

2. Review Do you know the following charities around the world?

3. World Wide Fund for Nature It works to protect the environment and animal shelter.

4. World Vision It works to raise funds of the development in poor areas around the world.

5. UNICEF It works to provide children with food, house, medicine and education.

6. Oxfam It works to put an end to poverty and injustice.

7. ORBIS What is its duty? Its duty is to help blind people and train local doctors and nurses. blindness

8. A flying eye hospital operate on sb. train local doctors and nurses perform operations

9. medical treatment Volunteer doctors are treating the patient. The patient has just received the treatment.

10. How does ORBIS help ? ORBIS uses a _____ plane to _____ poor countries to help ______ people. _______ doctors perform ________ on the plane. And the plane is also used as a _______ centre. flying visit blind volunteer operations teaching

11. An interview with an ORBIS doctor

12. True or false: 2.All of the cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. 3.ORBIS doctors do operations in local hospital. 4.Patients go to the plane to learn about eye operations. 5.Dr Ma says he is used to the hard work. 6.People can help by sending donations to ORBIS. ( F ) ( T ) 1.About 45 million people have heart problems. eye 80 percent on the plane Local doctors and nurses

13. Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 (line1---7) (line8---20) (line21---30) (line31---38) something about blindness the work of ORBIS Dr Ma’s work and his feeling Dr Ma’s hope Divide the text into four parts:

14. something about blindness: Blindness affects about _______________ around the world, mostly in _____ countries. 45 million people poor The good news is that ___________________ ___________________________________ 80 per cent of the cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. The bad news is that_____________________ _____________________________ many people do not have the money for medical treatment.

15. the work of ORBIS: ORBIS uses a flying eye hospital to visit poor countries. On the plane, volunteer doctors __________________. They also use the plane as a ______________. perform operations teaching centre Local doctors and nurses can come to our plane to ________________________. We teach them ______________________. learn about eye operations new skills and knowledge

16. Dr Ma’s work and his feeling: During his last visit, he ________________ _______. operated on 150 patients When he worked in a hospital, he _________ _________________________. used to do only 2 or 3 operations a day he can help so many people Dr Ma is proud that ____________________ ________ and many people ______________ him. are grateful to

17. Dr Ma’s hope: All they need is ________________________ _______________. enough money to carry on with their work We should ____________________________. try our best to help other people We hope people will______________________ ___________________________. support our work by sending donations to ORBIS

18. Read and answer the questions. Lines 1-7: Who does the interviewer have an interview with? 2. How many people does blindness affect around the world ? 3. What’s the news ? Dr Ma. About 45 million people. About 80 percent of the cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. However,many people do not have the money for medical treatment.

19. Lines 8-20: 5. How does ORBIS help ? 6. Who perform operations ? 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 ? ORBIS uses a flying eye hospital to visit poor countries. Volunteer doctors. Many of the patients are so poor that they can’t afford to travel to hospital, so the doctors have to go to them. They can learn about eye operations, new skills,and knowledge. They can even watch the operations on video.

20. No, they need to work very quickly. Lines 21-30: 9. Do the doctors work very slowly ? 10. How many operations did Dr Ma perform during his last visit ? 11. Is the work on the plane easy ? Is Dr Ma used to the work ? 12. Why is Dr Ma proud ? He operated on 150 patients. No, it isn’t. Yes, he is. Because he is able to help so many people.

21. Lines 31-38: 13. Why can most eye problems be treated and cured ? Because modern medicine is developing very quickly. 14. If we have enough money, what can we do with it? We can carry on with our work. 15. What can people do to support their work? They can send donations to ORBIS.

22. Amy visited the ORBIS website and made some notes. Help her put the sentences together.

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

24. ORBIS is a c_________ that helps b________ people. Most e____ problems can be c_______ or p_________. However, many people do not have enough money to go to h_________. The d________ on the ORBIS plane fly to poor areas to t________ people with eye problems and to t________ local doctors and nurses new s_______. The local doctors and nurses can watch the o________ on v______. After l________ from the ORBIS doctors, the local doctors can help people in their areas. harity lindye uredrevented ospitaloctors reat each kills perations ideo earning

25. Make an interview 假设你是一名记者，就 ORBIS 的工作对 Dr.Ma 进行采访。 Interviewer: Dr.Ma,can I ask you something about ORBIS? Dr.Ma:Yes,it is my pleasure. Interviewer: Dr.Ma: Interviewer: Dr.Ma: Interviewer: Dr.Ma:

26. Discussion protect our eyesAs secondary school students, what can we do to protect our eyes and help the ORBIS ?

27. Please write an article about ORBIS for your school newsletter.