Unit 1 Section A 3a-3c 课件-【七彩课堂】2023-2024学年八年级英语下册同步教学（人教版）

Section A 3a-3c To read and learn about the story of the bus driver—Wang Ping. To learn to help people when they’re in trouble. Objectives What’s the matter with the man? He has a toothache. He can’t eat anything. What should he do? He should see a dentist. Work in pairs and make more conversations. 4 virtue [ˈvɜːtʃuː]美德 avoid disadvantage conscience virtue Offer help or not? conscience[ˈkɑːnʃəns]良知 Watch and discuss Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man Look at the headline and picture then answer the questions. Pre-reading What happened to the man lying by the road? He may have a terrible health problem. 2. What was the person next to him doing? She was shouting for help. 3. Did this man die? No, he didn’t. 4. Who do you think is going to save the man? I think the bus driver would save him. Read the passage. Do you think it comes from a newspaper or a book? How do you know? Newspaper. It is reporting something that happened very recently (i.e. yesterday), and the whole story is very short. 3a   At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for help.  The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to get off and wait for the next bus. But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man onto the bus. Thanks to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the man was saved by the doctors in time. “It’s sad that many people don’t want to help others because they don’t want any trouble,” says one passenger. “But the driver didn’t think about himself. He only t