Listening in
I. Time Allotment
4 periods
II.Teaching Objectives and Requirements
1. Develop the Ss’ awareness of involving of talking about personal experience about the health problems.
2. Ask Ss to remember useful words and expressions about health;
3. Strengthen Ss’ ability to listen for the specific information about the medical terms;
4. Provide Ss some information about how to prepare a health survey.
III. Teaching Procedures
News report
Step1 Provide students information about " medical bill", "neonatal", "insurance" and so on.
Step 2 Detailed study of the news.
Step 3 Summarize the news report.
Passage 1
Step 1 Lead-in
Look at the events, and guess what the story is about.
Step 2 Detailed study of the text.
Step 3 Critical thinking
1 Do you think there was anything wrong in what James Barry did?
2 Are there still jobs today that women are not allowed to do?
3 Are there any jobs in medicine which are done better by women?
Passage 2
Step 1 Warming-up activity
1 What do you do when you need to see a doctor?
2 Do you need to make an appointment?
3 Where do you get medicine?
4 How are doctors, medicine and medical services funded?
Step 2 Detailed study of the text.
Step 3 Critical thinking
1 In your opinion, which country, Britain, the US or China, has the best system of medical care?
2 What would you do to improve medical care in China?
3 What’s the best way to pay for medical care, tax, insurance or payment to the doctor?

