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Unit 3 Fit for life
Extended reading
Step 1 Lead-in
If you were sick,
what common medical treatments would you get?
Take
over-the-counter medicines
Get injections
Stay in the hospital
Undergo
a surgical operation
Do you know some
traditional Chinese medicine therapies?
herbal medicine
cupping
acupuncture
scraping therapy
massage
What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is the use of needles to treat people’s health problems.
Step 2 Fast-reading
Read the text, tell the main ideas of the structure.
Para. 1
The origin of acupuncture
Para. 3
The process of diagnosis
Para. 5
The health problems acupuncture can be used to treat
Para. 6
The theories behind acupuncture
Para. 7
The influence of acupuncture
Para. 2
The development of acupuncture needles
Para. 4
The process of treatment
Step 3 Careful-reading
When was Chinese acupuncture developed?
Para. 1
Chinese acupuncture is likely to have developed as early as 2000 BCE, and bian has been proved to date back to the Stone Age.
Para. 2
What cha