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UNIT 2 MORALS AND VIRTUES
Reading and Thinking
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
Teaching objectives
1. Figure out the main structure and the text type of the passage through the textual pattern analysis.
2. To identify the main ideas of paragraphs when analyzing a text.
3. To enhance the students’ reading ability.
4. Encourage students to reflect on themselves and express their opinions on life choices.
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Pre-reading
What is her job?
What is her attitude towards life?
“ Life is precious, to a person nothing is more precious than their life”
quote(引言)
珍贵的
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What information can you get from the photos?
Lin Qiaozhi (1901-1983)
Activity 2 Infer from the photos
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林巧稚简介
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According to the title, illustration(插图) and the words in the red box, what kind of text do you think it is ?
A. diary B. guidebook
C. novel D. biography
Biography(传记)
usually uses the third
person point of view.
Fast Reading
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2
3
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Part 1 (para ):
Part 2 (para ):
Part 3 (para ):
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structure
Fast Reading
Read for structure
Activity 2 Read for details
1)Read the passage and find out what happened to Dr Lin at each time period.
1901
Age 5
Age 18
eight 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 the first National People’s Congress
She died.
What could you know about Lin Qiaozhi from the title and these two pictures?
Lin Qiaozhi(1901-1983)
Activity 1 Infer from title and pictures
Mother of ten thousand babies
main idea:
A story about Lin Qiaozhi,a _____________________ who devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese _____________.
a woman doctor
babies
Activity 2 Read for text type and main idea
Task 1. Read the text quickly and choose the right answers.
1. What is the purpose of the text ?
To prove a point
To describe a job
To introduce a person
2. How is the passage developed?
A. By following time order
B. By comparing facts
C. By listing numbers
Biography (传记)
2 minutes
Features of biography
the third person
In time order
birth and death time
family background
childhood
turning points in life
quotes their own or other people’s words
Activity 4 Read for details
Task 2. Read the passage again and find out what happened to Lin at different stages in her life.
1901
Age 5
Age 18
eight 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 and
was invited to stay.
She was elected to the first National People’s Congress.
She passed away.
CHOICE 1
She became the first Chinese woman director at PUMC.
CHOICE 2
CHOICE 4
During
the war
She opened a private clinic.
CHOICE 3
She held many
important positions.
2 minutes
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Activity 4 Learn about Lin’s hard choices
Task 3. Find out 4 important choices in Lin’s life from the passage.
Choice 1: At age 18
Lin Qiaozhi chose _____ instead of _____, which meant the difficulty she faced was _____. As a result, she _____.
Choice 2: In 1939
Lin Qiaozhi chose _____ instead of working in the US, which meant the difficulty she faced was _____. As a result, she _____.
Choice 3: During the war
Lin Qiaozhi chose _____ instead of staying safe during the war, which means the difficulty she faced was _____. As a result, she _____.
Choice 4: Over the several decades after 1954
Lin Qiaozhi chose _____ instead of _____, which means the difficulty she faced was spending less time on patients and medical research. As a result, she _____.
4 minutes
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Choices
Activity 4 Learn about Lin’s hard choices
A
B
C
D
E
F
Difficulties
G
H
I
Results
J
K
L
4 minutes
M
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to hold the position
or
to tend parients
to do nothing;
or
to help the poor
to stay in the US;
or
to serve people
Para.2
age 18
Para.3
in 1939
Para.4
during the war
Para.5
1954-1983
choice1
to get married;
or
to study medicine
to study medicine.
to serve people at home.
to open a clinic and help the poor.
to tend patients,
publish medical research, and train doctors.
choice2
choice3
choice4
Dr Lin’s life choices
Activity 5 Draw a conclusion
Task 4: From Dr. Lin’s life choices, what kind of person do you think she was?
study medicine instead of finding a husband
rejected the offer to stay in the US
opened a private clinic
tending patients, publishing medical research and training the next generation of doctors
discuss the morals and virtues of Dr. Lin
patriotic
determined
kind
devoted
generous selfless
hard-working
an amazing
woman
Activity 5 Draw a conclusion
Activity 6 Further thinking: discuss and share
Who are they?
Heroes in the harm’s way (逆行者).
They are ordinary people from all walks of life.
Task 5. Group work:discuss and share
What would you choose to do for a career in the future and why?
Doctor, nurse, policeman, firefighter, scientific researcher, civil servant, teacher, engineer, shop owner …
If you took your dream job, what qualities do you think you need to learn from Dr. Lin and those heroes in the harm’s way?
If I were a …, I would…
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We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us!
我们都要做很多选择,但最终我们的这些选择造就了我们。
We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us!
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Write a summary entitled “Dr Lin in My Eyes” (about 60 words).
Homework
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THANKS
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