Unit 2 There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own
Ⅰ Teaching model
Listening and speaking
Ⅱ Teaching method
Communicative approach
Ⅲ Teaching aims:
从白求恩的阅读材料中学习对英雄人物的写作
Key vocabulary：Canadian，operation, sick, soldier, die for, wounded, war, realize, care, take care of , tool, invention, at the time
Useful phrase: in the end 最后,take care of 照顾,stop to do sth 停下来去做某事,stop doing sth.继续做某事
die for 死于……. Continue to do sth/ continue doing sth 继续做某事
perform operation on sb 某人做手术
Ⅳ Teaching aids:
Tape recorder, OHP, pictures, handouts
Ⅴ Teaching Steps
Step 1：Warming-up
1. Lead in the topic by a picture and show the teaching aims to the Ss.
2. Talk about the pictures. Ask the students to look at the pictures about heroes in different fields.
3. Learn some new words and try to remember them.
Step 2：Listening and vocabulary
1. Ask the students to list some heroes they have known before, and say some thing about them, such as their age, born, occupation, personal features, etc.
2. Play the tape and have them read and follow. And then choose the best answer.
Step 3：Explain the important and difficult points
1. Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes..... 曼•白求恩是中国最有名的英雄之一,……
(1) one of +名词复数 意思是“……之一” 如:
Heroes was one of the best films at that year.《英雄》是那一年最好看的电影之一
(2) hero 的复数形式是在词尾加 -es.相类似的还有:potatoes, tomatoes ,但应注意photo, radio, video, 的复数形式为photos, radios, videos
2. There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard.(那里的)医生很少,所以他的工作很辛苦.
so 在句中引导一个结果状语从句.它可以和because 引导的原因状语从句互换.如:
Our teacher worked too hard so she fell ill again.
(=Our teacher fell ill again, because she worked too hard.)
我们的老师工作太辛苦了,所以她又病倒了.
3. Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to have a rest. 白求恩大夫不停歇地努力工作
(1) without sb/sth/doing sth.如:
I can’t see without glasses .我没戴眼镜,看不见。
Fish can’t live without water .鱼没有水就不能活。
He went to school without having breakfast.他没吃早餐就去上学了.
(2) stop doing sth.表示“停止做某事”,stop to do sth.表示“停下来去做某事”.如:
When the teacher came in, the students stopped talking.
老师进来时,学生们停止了说话.
