14. I’ve just got a bad cold. Step 2.Practice:
Dialogue 1 A Doctor Is Talking to a Patient D: what’s wrong with you?
P: I’ve got a sore throat and a bad cough.
D: Try this throat spray. You should feel some relief soon. P: That’s good. How should I use it?
D: Simply spray it in your throat three times a day. And remember not to drink or eat anything immediately afterward. P: I understand. Thank you very much. D: Oh, and keep it in a cool and dry place.
Dialogue 2 Talk About Skin Care
A: Why do you look so unhappy? Is there anything wrong? B: It’s my skin. It’s so dry and rough.
A: You could try this skin oil capsule. Just rub the oil into your skin. It will smooth and soften your skin immediately. B: Really? What is it made of? A: Vitamin E and vegetable oil.
Step 3. Production:
Task: Imagine you are a doctor receiving a patient. The following dialogue is provided for your reference. D: What’s wrong with you? P: I’ve got a high fever.
D: Oh, it’s just a bad cold. I’ll give you an injection to bring your fever down. P: Do I also need to take some medicine?
D: Yes. Here is a prescription to take care of your cold and keep your temperature down.
Section II : Being All Ears (参考电子课件)
Dialogue 1：
Teaching Procedure (It aims to train the students with proper listening strategies.) Pre-listening: provide the students with the new words and expressions; read through
the questions and the chart in exercise 1 and 2, and make some predictions as to the content of the dialogue.
While-listening: ask the students to listen to the dialogue for the first time and ask
them just to understand the main idea of the dialogue not to finish the exercises; listen to the dialogue again and ask them to finish exercise 1; ask the students to repeat the dialogue sentence by sentence after the tape
while the teacher will press the button “pause” on the tape recorder; listen to the dialogue as a whole for the last time.
Post-listening: ask the students to finish exercise 2, i.e. answering questions. This step
aims to change listening to speaking.
Notes: The following dialogue and the passage listening can be done in a more or
less similar procedure.
Section III: Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage 1 A Guide to Health for Tourists
Step 1.Lead-in (In this step, some related information will be provided for the students.)
Health and Safety
In case of ill health, EU citizens can receive free treatment at National Health Service hospitals. While for non-EU citizens treatment within NHS accident and emergency units only is free - if a non-EU citizen needs to be admitted to a ward, they will be charged. If you are charged medical fees, keep a record of you having paid in order to claim on your insurance.
Generally speaking, you will find few health hazards when traveling in England. The water is safe to drink unless a sign says otherwise (for example on trains), milk is pasteurized and you should find few problems with food if it is cooked properly. However, a change in climate, diet, and water supply in itself can cause problems such as an upset stomach, so take care, especially with your diet.
Doctors’ surgeries vary their hours, so do not count on them being open. For example many close during the afternoons and then open again for a couple of hours in the evenings. Outside of hours，try a local hospital or in emergencies, dial for an ambulance.
Step 2. Comprehension Questions (The students will be asked some compression questions after they have skimmed the passage to help them develop reading strategies.)
(1) What might/could happen to tourists while they are traveling around? (2) What are some of the illness a tourist may usually suffer from? (3) Why should a tourist bring a small first-aid kit?
(4) Why can some traditional medicines be suggested to foreign tourists? (5) What is medicated oil good for?
Step 3. Explain the passage in detail
(1) Explanation of Difficult Sentences
1. -- Clearly, it is necessary to pack a small first aid kit with you if you go traveling. (Para. 2)
Analysis: “clearly” and similar adverbs like obviously, apparently, etc. express the author’s or the speaker’s idea and attitude; “go doing sth.” is a verb phrase often used in English, with “V-ing” giving the purpose of the verb go, meaning “干什么去”.
e.g. Obviously, it is important to know about the weather if you go swimming in
the sea.
2. -- In addition to that, loose-fitting clothing, long dresses, long trousers and long-sleeved shirt fastened at the end are needed when traveling long distances outdoors. (Para. 2)
Analysis: “In addition to that” is used to further certain opinions or points; “fastened at…” is used to modify long-sleeved trousers and shirts. “you are” is omitted in when traveling.
e.g. In addition to textbooks, stories and adapted for the beginners with Chinese
versions are also needed when learning a foreign language.
3. -- At all times, personal cleanness is of the biggest importance. (Para. 3)
Analysis: “of the biggest importance” means “the most important”; in English, “be + of + (a.) noun” is often used instead of “be + adjective”, with the former sounding more formal.
e.g. In any case, honesty as a principle is of the utmost importance.
4. -- What if your friends are reluctant to try them? (Para. 4)
Analysis: “What if” is used to make a supposition. It is an abbreviated form of “What would be the result if…”
e.g. Yes, he can play the main role. But what if he refuses to join us?
5. -- As with Western medicine, some Chinese herbal treatments could have a satisfactory result without any danger or side effects. (Para. 4)
Analysis: “As with ” is an abbreviated form of “as it is the case with…” It stresses the likeness between two things.
e.g. As with gold, some other metals are also very good conductors.
(2) Useful Words and Expressions 1. suffer v. feel or have pain, lose…
e.g. I’ll surely suffer from headaches if I stay up late.She is suffering from
homesickness since she’s never been away from home.
2. hurt v. cause bodily injury, cause pain e.g. I hurt my toe when practicing ballet.
3. survive :幸存
e.g. The old lady was so lucky that she survived the accident.
It’s difficult for these plants to survive the cold climate in the north.
4. acclimatize v. acclimate 服水土、习惯
e.g. Don’t worry, you’ll soon get acclimatized to the life here.
It’s easier for some people to get acclimatized while very difficult for others.
5. fasten v. 系上、扎上、关上
e.g. Have you fastened all the doors and windows?
She fastened the box with a piece of string.
6 traditional adj. 传统的 tradition n.
e.g. To fire crackers on the New Year Eve is a traditional custom in China.
Traditional ideas are not necessarily out-dated ones.
7. reluctant adj. 不情愿、不愿意
e.g. He is reluctant to go shopping with his wife.
I don’t think he is reluctant to accept our invitation.
8. convince v. be convinced of something, convince somebody of something e.g. I’m convinced of his honesty.
We couldn't convince her of her mistake.
9. soothe v. 使(某人,其神经,其情绪)平静, 安慰, 使 (痛苦,疼痛) 缓和或减轻 e.g. The mother is soothing her crying baby.
It’s difficult for him to soothe his anger.
Passage II The Loving Heart Will Go On
Step 1.Warm up
First ask the students the questions “Do you know the song My Heart Will Go On?” “What do you know about the song?” and then make some conclusions as follows:
The song is the theme song of the film Titanic. The film won several Oscar Academy Awards. The director Jams Gameron has made it a box office hit not only in America, but also in the whole world. The song, together with the touching love
between Rose and Jack, strikes a chord with a large audience.
Today we’ll also read a touching story. It is very clear that the title of this passage The Loving Heart Will Go On is adapted from the song My Heart Will Go On. Step 2. Ask the students to skim the passage and finish Exercise 6
Step 3. Explain the passage in detail
(1) Explanation of Difficult Sentences
1. --But her life was in constant danger without a heart transplant.
Analysis: The prepositional phrase in…danger refers to a state. The antonym is “out of danger.”
Translation但由于没进行心脏移植，她的生命还随时处在危险之中。
2. --However, things didn’t turn out as expected.
Analysis: As expected can be understood as an adverbial clause of manner, meaning “in the way in which things are expected to turn out to be”. The words omitted after as could be “they were”.
Translation: 然而，事情的发展并不像预期的一样。
3. --Cheryl went into a deep coma. Frank was told that there was only a million-to-one chance.
Analysis: The conjunction that introduces an object clause. Million-to-one is a compound word, meaning “ one millionth, very small in this case. Translation弗兰克被告知她康复的可能已微乎其微了。
4. --She had been very open about it and had checked “Yes” on her driver’s license. Analysis: It refers to the donation matter mentioned above. The fact that Cheryl checked “yes”…illustrates her openness and tells people that she was willing o donate her organs.
Translation: 她对此事坦言无忌，并且在驾驶执照的这一栏里选取了“愿意”一项。