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B3U2 Morals and Virtues
Reading & Thinking
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
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Before reading
Think about this question and share your ideas with
your partner: What are some important life choices?
……
education
career / job
marriage
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Reading and Thinking
Look at the title and pictures, what do you think the text is about?
From the title and the pictures, we can know that the passage might be about a female ______who delivered a lot of ______.
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
doctor
babies
v.接生
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Reading and Thinking
Lin Qiaozhi (1901-1983)
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Reading and Thinking
Listen and recognize the text type
Mother of ten thousand babies
Lin Qiaozhi (1901-1983)
What kind of text is it ?
Argumentation 议论文
Exposition 说明文
Biography 传记
D. Autobiography 自传
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Reading and Thinking
Seven characteristics of biography:
the third person
birth and death time
family background
childhood
turning points in life
quotes their own or other
people’s words
G. In time order
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Fast-reading
Read the text and match the main idea of each part.
Part 1 (Para. 1)_______
Part 2 (Para. 2--5)_______
Part 3 (Para. 6)_______
A. Lin Qiaozhi’s brief life experiences.
B. Lin Qiaozhi’s achievement.
C. Lin Qiaozhi’s firm belief.
C
A
B
Main idea
A brief introduction to Lin Qiaozhi.
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Finish the timeline
1901
Age 5
Age 18
8 years later
1939
1941
1954
1983
She was born.
Her mother died.
She chose to study medicine.
She graduated from PUMC.
She studied in the US.
She became the first Chinese woman director at PUMC..
She was elected to a government official.
She died.
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Careful reading
What hard choices was Dr Lin faced with through her life?
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
choices
to get married;
to study medicine
She chose to study medicine.
She chose to serve people at home.
to stop helping people in need; to open a private clinic
to stay in the US;
to serve the children at home
She opened a clinic, helping the poor.
to hold positions;
to tend patients, publishing...
She was interested in t