Unit 2 Morals and Virtues
Reading and Thinking

Teaching Aims

1. Read quickly to get the detailed information about Lin Qiaozhi; read carefully to do the deductive information.

2. Learn the reading skills—deductive judgement according the context.

3. Study the structure features and language features.

4. Communicate about Lin’s life choices and reflect their own life choices.

Important And Difficult Points

1. Learn the reading skills—deductive judgement according the context.

2. Study the structure features and language features.

3. Communicate about Lin’s life choices and reflect their own life choices.

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead in——Small talk

What are important life choices? Name some.

Step 2 Analyze the title

Mother of Ten Thousand Babies

 

 

The Chinese meaning: 万婴之母

From the title and the picture, we can know that the article might be about a brief introduction of a female doctor, Lin Qiaozhi, who saved a lot of babies by using her super medical technology. It is a biography, not a narrative.

Step 3 While reading——Task 1

Read the text and answer the following questions.

Q1: What hard choices was Dr Lin faced with throughout her life?

Q2: What were the results of her choices?

Q3: What did she gave up and what did she choose?

Step 4 While reading——Task 2

Read the following sentences and draw a conclusion.

1. “I’d rather stay single to study all my life.”

2. “Dr Lin, however, rejected the offer.”

3. “She charged very low fees to treat patients and often reduced costs for poor patients.”

4. “The OB-GYN department cares for two lives, we should be responsible for the patients and treat them as our sisters.”

From above sentences, have the Ss answer the following questions

Q1: What was the main principle guiding Dr Lin through the choices in her life?

Q2: What kind of person do you think Dr Lin was?

Q3: How do you feel after you read the passage about Dr Lin?

Step 5 Post reading——Retell

Complete the passage according to the text.

Lin Qiaozhi is known (1) _______ the “mother of ten thousand babies” (2) _______ she had delivered over 50, 000 babies in her lifetime. When she was 18 years old, she chose (3) _______ (study) medicine instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls. (4) _______ graduating from Peking Union Medical College, she immediately became the first woman (5) _______ (hire) as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. Then during the war, she opened her own clinic to help the patients. After the foundation of the new People’s Republic of China, she held many important (6) _______ (position), but she was more interested in (7) _______ (tend) patients. Dr Lin didn’t retire (8) _______ the day she died, 22 April 1983.

Step 6 Summary---The structure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 7 Homework

Review what you have learned today.