Unit 9Unit 9

Health careHealth care

Warming upWarming up

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

What would you do if

Someone in your family got seriously ill?

Your parents lost their jobs.

You were sick but could not pay for medical treatment.

You could not afford to go to school.

1.What would you do if you could not afford to go to school ?

点拔 :afford 用法小结 :

通常与 can , could , be able to 连用 .

1) . afford +n .

e.g.: Can we afford a new car?

2 ). afford + to do sth. 有时间或金钱做…事 e.g.: We can’t afford to go abroad this summer.

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A Helping Hand

Lead in Lead in

1. Can you think of the situations where people need

help?

2. While one is in such situations, which organization

can help besides the people around him or her?

1. Can you think of the situations where people need

help?

2. While one is in such situations, which organization

can help besides the people around him or her?

The WHO together with the government.

Serious illness, jobless, accidents, wars, disasters…

1. prosper v. 繁荣，兴旺 prosperity n.

2. urban 城市的，城镇的 rural 农村的3. carpenter 木匠4. diagnose v. 诊断5. tuberculosis 结核病6. a laid-off worker 下岗工人7. income 收入8. loan n. 借款9. insurance n. 保险，保险业10. clinic n. 诊所

bad housing conditionbad housing condition

no healthy dietno healthy diet

cannot afford to purchase medical insurancecannot afford to purchase medical insurance

no good educationno good education

unemploymentunemployment povertypoverty

AIDSAIDS

accidentsaccidents

government programmesgovernment programmes

Sample passage Sample passage

Nowadays, … … are still suffering from u

nemployment. It can be a … … cause of p

overty. As we know, poverty is a social ph

enomenon that can cause … … … …. The

unemployed usually

Nowadays, … … are still suffering from u

nemployment. It can be a … … cause of p

overty. As we know, poverty is a social ph

enomenon that can cause … … … …. The

unemployed usually

have a low income even no income, so they … … to improve their housing condition, to have a healthy diet, to buy medical insurance, and to take up good education. We all know many people are infected with AIDS because of … … education. So when the

have a low income even no income, so they … … to improve their housing condition, to have a healthy diet, to buy medical insurance, and to take up good education. We all know many people are infected with AIDS because of … … education. So when the

poor get serious disease like AIDS, or when accidents happen to them, they … … … … . So with our country’s economic developing, government programmes should be made to … … .

poor get serious disease like AIDS, or when accidents happen to them, they … … … … . So with our country’s economic developing, government programmes should be made to … … .

Scanning and skimming Scanning and skimming

Paragraph A:

A man suffering from

a serious disease was

unable to pay for

treatment.

Paragraph A:

A man suffering from

a serious disease was

unable to pay for

treatment.

Explanation

1. be diagnosed with: be identified with a disease e.g. Mary is diagnosed with AIDS when she was only seven years old. This sentence means that when Mary was seven , the doctor told her that she had the disease AIDS.

1. be diagnosed with: be identified with a disease e.g. Mary is diagnosed with AIDS when she was only seven years old. This sentence means that when Mary was seven , the doctor told her that she had the disease AIDS.

• After _____ with cancer, the patient didn’t have the courage to live on.

A. diagnosing

B. to be diagnosed

C. diagnosed

D. to diagnose

c

2. lay sb. off: dismiss sb.

If sb. is laid off, it means she or he

loses her or his job. And the

adjective “laid-off” comes from this

phrase.

e.g.: Lay him off. Can’t you see he is b

adly hurt?

The boss laid us off for no reason.

2. lay sb. off: dismiss sb.

If sb. is laid off, it means she or he

loses her or his job. And the

adjective “laid-off” comes from this

phrase.

e.g.: Lay him off. Can’t you see he is b

adly hurt?

The boss laid us off for no reason.

Translate:由于效益不佳，工厂不得不解雇五名工人，王林就是下岗职工中的一名。The factory has to lay off at least 50 workers because

of the low benefits, thus Wang Lin becomes one of t

he laid-off workers.

lay sth. aside 把… …放在一边e.g.: He laid aside his book and stood up.

lay sth. down 放下，停止， 中断（工作），放弃e.g.: Both sides were urged to lay down their arms.

Translate:由于效益不佳，工厂不得不解雇五名工人，王林就是下岗职工中的一名。The factory has to lay off at least 50 workers because

of the low benefits, thus Wang Lin becomes one of t

he laid-off workers.

lay sth. aside 把… …放在一边e.g.: He laid aside his book and stood up.

lay sth. down 放下，停止， 中断（工作），放弃e.g.: Both sides were urged to lay down their arms.

• He had great difficulty in supporting his family because he had been _____ off for a long time.

A. laid B. taken

C. cut D. separated

A

***lay sb. flat

***lay the table

***lay 30 eggs

***lay / lie 的时态与词形变化。

把某人击倒在地摆设餐桌下 30 个蛋

产卵；放置： laid laid laying躺；位于： lay lain lying说谎： lied lied lying