初中英语早读阅读理解训练 Fight Against Childhood Cancer 课件（共14张PPT）+课文原文+课文录音音频

目 录 CONTENTS 1 2 Pre-reading While reading Reading tasks Language points Exercises 3 After reading * What do you know about childhood cancer?  Pre-reading While reading At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, there is a message written on the wall: “No child should die in the dawn (开端) of life.” The message shows the work done at the hospital. Founded by Danny Thomas in 1962, St. Jude pays attention to childhood cancer (癌症). It was recently named one of the best children’s hospitals in the United States. The hospital has achieved several breakthroughs in cancer treatment. Since 1962, the survival rate (存活率) for childhood cancer has risen from 20% to 80%. Sue Harpole is the chief development officer of ALSAC, the fundraising (筹集资金) organization for St. Jude. When asked what makes St. Jude special, Harpole said that most of its funding comes from donations. “Once a child comes to us,” she added, “they don’t pay for treatment, travel, housing, or food so that the family can really pay attention to helping the child get well.” St. Jude organizes about 30,000 fundraising events around the nation every year. And St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the most successful of those events, drawing about 26,000 runners each year. The money raised from the fundraisers covers 75% of the hospital’s daily cost of $2.4 million. Doctors and researchers at St. Jude are continually studying childhood cancer and working on new treatments. The hospital shares its research with other medical organizations around the world. “The important thing to realize about the research is that it takes many people working together,” Harpole said. “It’s not a competition with each other. It’s really a competition against cancer.”   Answer the questions. 1. What does the message written on the wall of St. Jude show? ______________________________________________ 2. How many fundraising events does St. Jude organize around the nation