Unit 4 Breaking boundaries Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 4 Breaking Boundaries What does the word boundary mean? Why do we break/remove boundaries? How can we break boundaries? a real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of sth. and separates it from other things or places; a dividing line Qs: 1. Which statistic surprises you most? 2. What categories of information do you get? 1. Which statistic surprises you most? 2. What message do you think the video conveys? It conveys the message that __________________________________. differences in the size of population ...................... the number of speakers of different languages ...................... people's health conditions in different places ...................... the access to high-tech devices ....................... the distribution of wealth 3. What will these differences bring about? Check if the notes you take can help you. boundary 3 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What kind of problem do the people have in each picture? They are experiencing different issues such as remote relationships, misunderstanding or cultural offense. These problems are caused by the boundaries in geography, language and culture respectively. 2. Which of these boundaries have you experienced? Give an example. 3. What other boundaries in today’s world do you konw? Starting out 4 Understanding ideas Read the passage and find out: What’s the problem? Who are trying to tackle the problem? How are they tackling the problem? Read to know more about MSF and answer the questions (P50). Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders in English, was founded in Paris in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists. It is an independent, non-profit organisation whose mission is to provide medical care to those affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or a lack of access to health care. It assists people based on need, regardless of which country they are from. The top priority goes to those in the most serious and immediate danger. Today, MSF has over 67, 000 team members from over 150 countries and regions. 1. When was MSF founded and what does it do? 2. What is the top priority of MSF? Where does MSF help people? Where do the doctors/members in MSF come from? 1. What problem was being tackled? The infectious disease Ebola in Liberia. 2. Who are trying to tackle the problem? “I”, Emma, Wilton, Maisy, Alfonso, a local man who helped carry the very sick and disinfected clothing and surfaces doctors a retired public health official whose local team of volunteers educated people on preventing infection. a doctor who previously worked on Ebola outbreaks in Sierra, Leone and Guinea. a written record of the things you do, see, feel, etc. at a time order. The main idea of the passage. It’s about a journal of an MSF doctor. It recorded what the author saw, did and felt in 100 days to help African patients. Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Does the passage develop at a time order? Para. 2 Before arrival. Now Now The author’s 100 days. When do the things in each part happen? Reverse order 倒叙：Attracting attention with a dramatic beginning: an ending； make people eager to understand author’s experiences and feelings. Organise information from the passage and complete the table (P53). Check your answers Time Experiences Feelings Before arrival How I made up my mind: My 100 days What I did on arrival: What my daily work was like: An unforgettable case: I saw the tragic scenes on the news and I felt it was my duty as a doctor to go there and offer my help. with strong sense of mission I got to know the daily routine and my colleagues and started my work. Together with the others working for or alongside MSF, I helped those who were infected with the terrible disease Ebola. We worked together, surrounded by blood, vomit and death. proud, hopeful, amazed, inspired Two young brothers survived the disease after their family members had died. My mission was to relieve Emma, a Canadian specialist in infectious diseases at the end of her posting. Emma spent an hour with me in the staff room talking me through the daily routine. As she talked, I could hear at least three different languages being spoken at the tables around us. Later, Emma introduced me to some of the others working for or alongside MSF: Wilton, a young local man, who helped carry the very sick into the treatment clinic and who disinfected clothing and surfaces; Maisy, a retired public health official from Darwin, Australia, whose local team of volunteers educated people on preventing infection; Alfonso, a soft-spoken Argentinian doctor in his 50s, who had previously worked on Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone and Guinea. The list went on. I found that I was the only Chinese doctor among people of all ages, colours and beliefs, from every continent except Antarctica. With each person I met, I felt a growing sense of pride as part of this extraordinary team, whose devotion to the cause shone from their eyes. What the author did and how he felt on his arrival? Para. 3 Got to know the daily routine. Be introduced to the colleagues. The author felt proud. Check your answers Time Experiences Feelings Now What is special about today: What we are doing: We celebrated because it’s exactly one month since the last reported case, and my time is almost up. Para 1. We are collaborating to create a global community with a shared future of peace and prosperity. Para 7. happy, inspired, proud, hopeful Choose the ideas conveyed in the passage and find evidence to support your choices. 1. It is not the first time the author has worked with MSF. 2. The work with MSF in Liberia is life-threatening. 3. The author enjoyed working together with all his colleagues. 4. The author always felt frustrated with the high death rate. Choose the ideas conveyed in the passage and find evidence to support your choices. Evidence from Para. 2: I knew I was putting my life at risk, but I thought, “If I don’t do it, who will?” It is important to remember that Ebola doesn’t respect national boundaries. Evidence from Para. 6: To be caught up in such a crisis creates powerful bonds between people, not only between carers and patients, but also between all those who have come from different parts of the world and joined together in a common cause. It is so inspiring to have colleagues like Wilton, Maisy and Alfonso, not to mention all the others I have worked with. 2. The work with MSF in Liberia is life-threatening. 3. The author enjoyed working together with all his colleagues. If you were given a chance, would you like to join MSF? And why? Read the passage and answer the following questions. 17 How is the idea reflected in the MSF doctor’s journal? 02 01 Building a human community with a shared future is the way forward for all the world’s peoples. An ancient Chinese philosopher observed that “all living things may grow side by side without harming one another, and different roads may run in parallel without interfering with one another.” Only when all countries pursue the cause of good, live in harmony, and engage in cooperation for mutual benefit will there be sustained prosperity and guaranteed security. From Xi Jinping’s report at the 20th CPC National Congress Read the information (P53) and answer the questions. What is your understanding of “a community with a shared future for mankind” ? What is your understanding of “a community with a shared future for mankind” ? Today, humankind is faced with many challenges; the issue concerning the direction the international community is going in draws attention. Under this background, the role of major countries is particularly crucial. The international community calls for a leading force that advocates fairness and justice, promotes win-win cooperation, defends progress, unity and common understanding, and advocates the whole world as one community. 01 02 How is the idea reflected in the MSF doctor’s journal? The author mentioned that Ebola has no respect for borders. This indicates that borders are artificial. Many human differences are similarly artificial or unimportant when compared to what unites people. Doctors and others involved in the fight against the disease were united by their common values of respecting and saving human life. Understanding of some expressions and sentences in the passage. Raising virtual glasses to each other. Para1 Now Today we celebrate. It’s exactly one month since the last reported case. But it is vital not to take any chances. So, 20 health care workers from almost as many countries, comrades in arms, raise virtual glasses to each other. 词块：take any chances 心存侥幸；冒险 独立词条：comrades in arms n [C] （一起战斗或工作上一起奋斗的）战友 combat vt com- (=with 和…一起) + bat (to beat 打) →与…战斗 / 防止 / 抑制 How did they celebrate? virtual-made to appear to exist by the use of computer software To be caught up in such a crisis creates powerful bonds between people, not only between carers and patients, but also between all those who have come from different parts of the world and joined together in a common cause. It is so inspiring to have colleagues like Wilton, Maisy and Alfonso, not to mention all the others I have worked with. Para. 6 be caught up in =be trapped in=be stuck in被卷入；陷入 common cause 共同事业；共同目标 What is your understanding of the first sentence in Paragraph 6? Now my time is almost up. In a few days, someone else will arrive to step into my shoes, and the tireless work that the MSF members do in more than 70 countries and regions around the world will go on. In a world still facing so many problems, it is absolutely essential for us all to collaborate to create a global community with a shared future of peace and prosperity. Para. 7 step into one’s shoes=replace sb.=relieve sb. 接替某人（的职务 / 位置） collaborate vi col-(with 和…一起) + labor (to work 工作) 和…一起工作→合作；协作 自主归纳表达： 1. Why did the writer want to work in MSF and how he felt working with it 2. What did the doctors do and the result of their work 3. What shows MSF is breaking the boundaries? 1. see the tragic scenes (on the news) 2. It is his duty as a doctor to go there and offer help, although he was putting his life at risk. 3. (Ebola/Virus....) doesn't respect national boundaries. 4. There are no borders for doctors, for patients or for anyone else involved in combating this terrible disease. 1. feel a sense of pride as part of this extraordinary team, whose devotion to the cause shone from their eyes 2. It is so inspiring to have colleagues like..., not to mention all the others... 3. It is...essential ... to collaborate to create a global community with a shared future of peace and properity. Why the writer wanted to work in MSF How he felt working with it 1. carry the very sick into the treatment clinic 2. disinfect clothing and surfaces 3. educate people on preventing infection 4. don't give up on a patient 5. do everything they could to save the patients 6. visit the ward 7. join together in a common cause result 1. It's exactly one month since the last reported case. 2. Our efforts do sometimes end in miracles. 3. make a full recovery 4. compensate for... What the doctors did and the result of their work 1. 20 health care workers from almost as many countries, comrades in arms, raise virtual glasses to each other. 2. My mission was to relieve Emma, a Canadian specialist in infectious diseases at the end of her posting. 3. I found I was the only Chinese doctor among people of all ages, colours and beliefs, from every continent except Antarctica. 4. To be caught up in such a crisis creates powerful bonds between people, not only between carers and patients, but also between all those who have come from different parts of the world and joined together in a common cause. 5. Someone else will arrive to step into my shoes, and the tireless work that the MSF members do in more than 70 countries and regions around the world will go on. What shows MSF is breaking the boundaries? Expressions It is vital (not) to do… take any chances raise glasses to… put sb./sth. at risk a specialist in… infectious diseases talk sb. through sth. =talk sth. through with sb. daily routine in one’s 50s （不）做……很重要 冒险，碰运气 举杯敬…… 将……置于危险境地 在……方面的专家 传染病 向……仔细讲解/详细解释 日常作息 在某人50多岁的时候 29 come to know high/low death rate give up on sth. end in miracles against all (the) odds make a full recovery be/get caught up in not to mention step into my shoes It’s essential for sb. to do sth. 开始了解 高/低死亡率 对…绝望 以奇迹告终；创造奇迹 尽管很困难 完全康复 被卷入；陷入 更不用说 接替某人（的职务/位置） …对某人来说很重要 30 comrades in arms a growing sense of devotion to the cause compensate for a global community 战友 2. 越来越强烈的……感 3. 对这一事业的奉献/挚爱 4. 补偿；弥补 5. 全球社区/地球村 Starting out 1 What kind of problem do the people have in each picture? The people in the three pictures are experiencing boundaries in ___________ 2 What should we do with the boundaries? Why? Activity 2 These boundaries might cause issues such as remote relationships, misunderstanding or cultural offense. geography/distance, language and culture respectively. The limits or edges may also hinder the development of the world on the whole. Lavf58.45.100 $$