Unit Five Healthcare

Main content of the unit:

1. Learners are required to fill in a health form.

2. Learners need to get acquainted with the terms for doctors specializing in particular branches of medicine.

3. Learners are required to make an intensive reading of a text, which is about the crisis facing casualty units in many hospital in Britain.

4. Learners need to know the reform in the medical insurance system of China.

5. Learners should familiarize themselves with the methods of presenting an argument .

6. By reading another text, learners can learn how to locate the topic sentences and the supporting examples.

Performance Objectives

1.  Get acquainted with a health form.

2.  Try to memorize the words referring to doctors specializing

in different fields.

3.  Learn to relate cause and effect.

4.  Write about a hospital.

5.  Get acquainted with those two methods employed to

present an argument.

6.  Learn to avoid a personal tone of voice in presenting an

argument.

7.  Learn to adopt a tentative tone of voice.

8.  Try to locate topic sentences and supporting examples.

Warm Up

Pay attention to the following words:

hospitalise: be sent or admitted to hospital

derivatives: hospital, hospitaler, hospitalisation

infectious: said of diseases that can be passed on to other

people especially by breathing close to them.

derivatives: infect, infection

medication: medicine; process of treating medically

derivatives: medicine, medicate(v.)

recurrent: occurring many times.

derivatives: current, currency, recurrence.

Related Vocabulary

Medical Services: transfuse, injection, prescription, case record

Diseases: asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, diarrhea, rheumatism,

fracture, insomnia,appendicitis, beriberi

Medicine: herb, capsule, ointment, syrup, bandage

Activity 1 Crisis in the Health Service

I. The terms of doctors specializing in different fields:

• psychiatrist 心理医生；精神病学家• gynaecologist 妇科医生• dermatologist 皮肤科医生• neurologist 神经科医生• paediatrician 儿科医生• orthopaedist 整形外科医生• geriatrician 老年医学专家• cardiac surgeon 心血管医生

II. Pay attention to the following three words:

• ward

• unit

• department

These three words can be used to refer to a

section of a hospital

III. Can you name all the sections contained in a hospital?

• the accident and emergency unit ( casualty unit) 急诊科• register office 挂号室• surgical ward 外科• general ( medical ) ward 普通病房• department of traditional Chinese medicine 中医部

• in-patient department 住院部• cardiograph unit 心电图室• operation theatre 手术室• dental department 牙科 • X-ray department 放射科• pharmacy 药房• intensive care unit ( ICU ) 重症室• waiting rooms 候诊室• maternity ward 妇科病房 • ENT department 耳鼻喉科

ENT = ear, nose, throat

IV. Please make an intensive reading of Text 1.1 on Page 210.

1. Some new and difficult words and expressions in this part:

* mount: to describe sth is becoming greater in amount or a

crisis is becoming more and more severe.

e.g. The number of SARS patients is mounting up.

* catastrophic: sudden happening that causes great suffering

and destruction.]

e.g. Atypical pneumonia is a catastrophic illness for Chinese

people.

* contributory factors / the roots of the problems:

the causes of the problem

e.g. All of this is considered as the contributory factors of the

problem

* contributory factors / the roots of the problems:

the causes of the problem

e.g. All of this is considered as the contributory factors of the

problem

* come to a head: ( fig ) reach a crisis, culminate

e.g. Discontent has come to a head.

2. Some expressions that link the cause and result:

• attribute… to…

e.g. David attributed his company's success to the unity of all

the staff and their persevering hard work.

• blame… on…

e.g. Don't blame it on him, but on me.

• give a rise to…

e.g. What he has done has given a rise to this accident.

• As a result of…

e.g. As a result of this meeting, we can pay attention to this

problem.

The task for this activity:

Through learning this part, are you able to make a

description of your local hospital?

Activity 2 Casualty

I. By completing the tasks, you can practise your listening.

II. Some key words:

* admit: to accept the patients in hospital for treatment

* prescribe: to order the use of (a medicine or other treatment) to a

patient.

* discharge: to allow the patients to leave officially by a hospital

* radiographer :person trained to take production of X-ray

photographs.

III. The Language for Special Functions in This Part

1. Asking the patient about his illness

What’s the problem?

How long has this been going on?

Are you feeling nausea?

Did you have pains here before?

2. Telling the doctor how you feel

It started last night.

 I kept feeling dizzy.

 It hurts terrible.

 I'm running a fever.

3. Examining

Let me take your blood pressure.

 You're to have a blood test.

  Go and have your chest X-rayed.

  I'll have your temperature taken.

4.Diagnosing and treating

  You need an injection.

  You've got the flu, but not very serious.

  You must be hospitalized right now.

  I'm afraid you'll have to be operated on.

5. Giving prescription & advice

  Avoid greasy food.

 This medicine will relieve your pain.

  Take a dose three times a day.

 Be sure to keep warm and rest.

IV. Tutorial Contributions:

Now I think you can make a performance with your partner

according to the following situation.

Situation:

Zhang Lin has been running a temperature for two days. He

keeps feeling  dizzy, too. The doctor diagnoses that he has

contracted the flu.

Activity 3 Medical Insurance

I. By listening to the tape, you ca know sth about the reform on

the medical insurance system of China.

II. Can you guess out the meaning of the following words and

phrases? ( Task 3 on Page 224 )

* a pilot program

* abuse

* alleviate

* subtract

* set aside

* be entitled to

* interest

III. The key words and phrases for you to know how the new

medical-care system works:

• medical-insurance system

• monthly salary

• medical expenses

• entire staff’s salary

• each staff member

• medical fund

• subtract

• costly medical treatment

Activity 4 Preventive Medicine

I. Make an intensive reading of Text 4.1 on Page 229.

II. The key points of the text:

* pros -- for / advantage

* cons – against / disadvantage

* play down -- deliberately minimize its importance.

* tentative -- made or done as a trial, to see the effect.

* abstain -- (from) hold oneself back; refrain.

e. g. His doctor told him to abstain from beer and wine.

      At the last election he abstained from voting.

* teetotaler -- person who abstains completely from alcoholic

liquor.

III. The structure of the text:

Part I: “ FOR ” part

the general proposition is : Moderate drinking offers health benefits

Part II: “AGAINST” part

the general proposition is: Though moderate drinking can bring us

some benefits, alcohol is related to a

string of health problems.

IV. The method to present an argument:

1. top-down method: state the general proposition first, and then

present all the detailed reasons to support it.

2. bottom-up method: present all the detailed reasons first, and

then draw a general conclusion at the end of

the text.

V. The tones in presenting an argument:

1. avoid a personal tone of voice in presenting an argument

You can use the sentence patterns on Page 234 ( task 6 )

* It is thought…

* A wide-held belief is that …

* The implication is…

* It can be concluded that…

2. adopt a tentative tone of voice

You can use the following words or phrases:

* …appear to…

* …may…

* The best advice is…

* It is sensible…

Activity 5 Keeping Fit

Make a fast reading of Text 5.1:

1. The key words:

* strenuous --  needing or using a lot of effort or energy.

e. g. I think football is much more strenuous than baseball.

* hoover -- (proprietary name) kind of vacuum cleaner.

* stroke – a kind of illness

* domestic chores – housework

2. Try locate the topic sentence of each paragraph.

Activity Two

Dialogue: How to Keep Healthy

Please exchange with your partner what you do to keep

yourselves fit and strong.

Assignments

Writing:          Euthanasia: For or Against

 

Please write a composition on Euthanasia: For or Against.

Base your composition on  the following outline:

 

1)   The reasons of people's approval.

 2)      The reasons of people's disapproval.

 3)      Your own opinion.