2. An Interview with an ORBIS doctor Unit 5 Reading

3. Can you name it?

4. World Wide Fund for Nature World Vision Oxfam UNICEF ORBIS

5. 1. ________________________ protects the wildlife, nature and environment. World Wide Fund for Nature 2. ________works to provide children with food, house, medicine and education. UNICEF 3. ______ helps poor families and children. 4. ___________ can support the development projects in poor areas. 5. ______ works to help people who are unable to see. World Vision Oxfam ORBIS

6. Why is there a plane in the logo?

8. Because ORBIS workers take a plane to visit poor countries. The plane is called a flying eye hospital. ( 飞行眼科医院 )

9. blind ( adj.) blindness (n.) affect 45 million people 80 percent case be cured or prevented (n.) 病例 (v.) 影响 (v.) 治愈 mostly in poor countries (adv.) 大部分

10. medicine (n.) modern medicine 现代医学 medical treatment 医学治疗 (adj.) (n.) patient (n.) 病人

11. Many patients are so poor that they can’t afford to travel to hospital. 许多病人很穷，连去医院的钱都没有． so …… that…… 如此 …… 以至 …… afford (v.) 买得起

12. volunteer doctors (n.) 志愿者 operate on the patients perform operations on the patients train local doctors and nurses teach them new skills and knowledge. (V.) (n.) (v.) 训练 （ n.) 技能

13. an ORBIS doctor Dr. Ma

15. Fast reading Ask and answer: 1.How many people are affected by blindness in the world? 2.Why don’t ORBIS doctors work in hospital? 3.How can people support ORBIS? About 45 million. By sending donations to ORBIS. The patients are too poor to travel to the hospital and also the local doctors and nurses can come to the plane to learn about eye operations.

16. Further Reading (Line 1-20 ) Who can play the role of an interviewer?

17. Tell true or false: 1.All the cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. 2.Many blind people don’t receive medical treatment because they don’t have money. 3. ORBIS doctors perform operations on the plane but the plane is not a teaching centre. 4.By training local doctors and nurses, they hope to help fewer people. 80 percent of andalso more F T F F

18. ORBIS is a _________ that helps ________ people. Most ______ problems can be_______ or prevented. However, many people cannot afford to go to _________. The ________ on the ORBIS plane fly to poor areas to _______ people with eye problems and to _______ local doctors and nurses new skills. The local doctors and nurses can watch the ___________on video. After learning from the ORBIS doctors, the local doctors and nurse can ______ people in their areas.charityblind eye cured hospital doctors treat teach operations help Do C2 on page 81

19. Further Reading (Line 21-38 ) Read loudly

20. Ask and answer: 1.Does Dr. Ma only need to do two or three operations a day as an ORBIS doctor? 2.What do people feel about ORBIS doctors? 3.What is the most important thing for the doctors? No, more than that. They are very grateful to them. The most important thing for them is that they can help people see again.

21. cured donations grateful knowledge operations patients skills treat The ORBIS plane travels all around the world, and many people with eye problems visit it. ___________ can be performed on them to help them see again. 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 _______ and ___________. Dr Ma is a doctor on the ORBIS plane. Many people are very ________ to him because he has helped them see again. The ________ do not have to pay because ORBIS is a charity. Dr Ma believes that most eye problems can _______ by modern medicine, but more money is needed. He hopes that more ___________ can be sent to ORBIS to support their work. Operations skills knowledge grateful patients treated donations

23. About blindness: affect about 45 million people around the world mostly in poor countries 80 per cent of these cases can be cured or prevented have no money for medical treatment many of our patients be so poor that…… can’t afford to About ORBIS: use a flying eye hospital volunteer doctors perform operations be used as a teaching center local doctors and nurses learn about eye operations teach them new skills and knowledge modern medicine develop quickly treat and cure most eye problems improve the lives of patients support our work by sending donations to About Dr Ma: work in a hospital used to do…… during his last visit operate on 150 patients be used to the hard work such an important job that…… be grateful to him help people see again be proud to help so many people

24. About blindness: affect about 45 million people around the world mostly in poor countries 80 per cent of these cases can be cured or prevented have no money for medical treatment be so poor that…… can’t afford to travel to hospital

25. About Dr Ma: work in a hospital used to do…… during his last visit operate on 150 patients be used to the hard work such an important job that…… be grateful to him help people see again be proud to be able to help so many people

26. About ORBIS: use a flying eye hospital volunteer doctors perform operations be used as a teaching center learn about eye operations teach … new skills and knowledge modern medicine develop quickly treat and cure most eye problems improve the lives of patients carry on with work by sending donations to

29. We are the lucky ones. …… We should try our best to help people in need !

30. To be a person with kindness ， every day do something valuable. 做一个充满善意的人， 每天做一些有价值的事情。

31. 根据中文, 完成句子 : 1. 昨天太热了以致我喝了很多水。 The weather ________________ I drank lots of water yesterday. 2. 这双鞋太贵了，那个女孩买不起。 The pair of shoes ___________________ the girl _______________ buy it. 3. 她对老师很感激。 She is ___________ her teacher. was so hot that is so expensive that can’t afford to grateful to

32. 4. 许多人感谢志愿者医生的帮助。 Many people ______________ volunteer doctors ____________. 5. 我们以伟大的祖国感到自豪。 We _____________our great motherland. 6. 我很自豪帮助需要帮助的人。 I’m _______________________________. 7. 寒冷的天气影响了他的健康。 The cold weather ___________________. 8. 患难朋友才是真朋友 _________________________________. affected his health A friend in need is a friend indeed proud to help people in need are proud of are grateful to for their help

33. 1. Retell the interview. 2. Visit the websites http://www.orbis.org http://www.orbis.org to know more about ORBIS. to know more about ORBIS. 3. Do some extra exercises.

35. About blindness

36. About Dr Ma

37. About ORBIS