Diagnosed with Cancer: the Day My Life Ended…

and Began!

Fast reading

3.What does he think of cancer 3.What does he think of cancer now?now?

1.1.How did the writer feel How did the writer feel when he was diagnosed when he was diagnosed with cancer?with cancer?

2. Who helped him overcome 2. Who helped him overcome the pain caused by the the pain caused by the treatment?treatment?

When he heard this, he had an empty feeling in his stomach and thought that his life was going to end.

1.1.How did the writer feel How did the writer feel when he was diagnosed when he was diagnosed with cancer?with cancer?

2. Who helped him overcome 2. Who helped him overcome the pain caused by the the pain caused by the treatment?treatment?

His family and friends helped him find the strength he needed to recover and they kept him from feeling sad and lonely. His doctor told him that he was a fighter and that he could win.

3.What does he think of cancer now?3.What does he think of cancer now?

He now thinks of his cancer as a gift. It taught him an important lesson about life. Living with cancer has made him realize how precious life is and how important it is for us to take every chance to live life to the fullest.

1. Which of the following is NOT true? A. When I heard I got cancer, I thought

my life was going to end. B. If one gets cancer, cells either divide

too fast or at the wrong time. C. Cancer can be caused by injury. D. Cancer can be treated.

Reading comprehension:

2. The passage mainly tells us _____. A. how the writer got cancer B. what cancer is C. how the writer came through the shade of cancer D. how the writer’s friends help him

3. What does the passage imply?

A. The writer loves his mother.

B. The cancer can be defeated if we

fight with it bravely.

C. Cancer does not spread from one

person to another.

D. The writer plans to live a long life.

Cloze test Cancer is a disease that begins in c_____. Each type of cell in the body has a special f_______. In a healthy body, cells grow and d______ to produce new cells only when necessary. If the production of cells is d_______, cells either divide too fast or at the wrong time, making it difficult for the body to function p_______. Cancer isn’t caused by i_____ and is not c________. It’s painful for people with cancer to be t______ with radiation and c________. Luckily, their family and friends can keep them from feeling sad and lonely and help them find the s________ they need to r______.

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unctionivide

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roperlynjury ontagious

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trengthecover

1. feel sick / ill

2. have sb. examined

3. a great many …

4. take samples of

one’s blood

5. the test result

觉得病了 给某人做检查

许多… 采某人的血样

检查结果

Para. 1

6. suffer from / get a serious diseases

7. an incurable disease

8. have an empty feeling

in my stomach

不治之症

脑子里 一片空白

患一种 严重疾病

1. begin in cells

2. types of cells

3. blood type

4. a special function

5. cells grow and divide

6. be contagious

7. be / become infected with…

8. spread from… to…

从细胞开始发展 细胞类型 血型

特殊功能 / 作用

细胞的生长与分裂 传染

被传染上… 从…传染到…

*

Para. 2

1. be treated with radiation

3. treatment with radiation

2. treatment with chemical

4. find the strength I needed to recover

5. keep sb. from feeling sad and lonely

Para. 3被放疗

放疗

化疗

找到我需要的康复的力量

使我不感到悲伤和孤独

Para. 4 1. on the contrary

2. live with cancer

for two years

3. be free from…4.at any time 5. take every chance to live life to the fullest6. teach sb. a lesson

7. appreciate every minute

of each day

相反

从…中解脱出来；摆脱随时

抓住每个机会尽情享受生活

欣赏 / 享受每天的每一分钟

给某人上一课

患癌症两年

chance: 归纳by chance =by accidenthave a chance to do sth.have a chance of doing sth.chance to do=happen to doIt chanced/ happened that

偶然

有机会干…

碰巧…

1.They met _______ ( 偶然 ) on a plane.

2. It chanced to ____ when I got to Qingdao.

A. rain B. be raining C. rained D. has rained

by chance

Fill in the blacksaccording to the text

1. Now , the doctor was looking at mum and

me _______ his desk .

2. Cells _______ divide too fast or at the

wrong time, _________(make) it difficult

for the body to function properly.

3. Doctors_______ know that cancer is not

caused by injury is not contagious.

across

either

making

do

4. Like many people_____ cancer, I had to

___________(treat) with radiation ________

(follow) by treatment with chemicals.

5. There were days _______I wished that

I _______(be) dead so that I would not have

to feel so sick.

with

be treated followed

when

were

6. On the contrary, I now feel _____________

that was _______ my life really began.

7. I now think of my cancer ______ a gift.

8. _________(live) with cancer has made me

realise ______ precious life is .

as if / though

when

as

Living

how

9. I have been _________(live) _____cancer

for two years and I plan to keep ______

( live ) with it for a long, long time.

Yes, my life ______________(change).

living with

living

has changed

1.1. The doctor _________ (The doctor _________ ( 诊断诊断 ) my illness ) my illness as a rare skin disease.as a rare skin disease.

2.2. Have you completely r_________ from Have you completely r_________ from your illness?your illness?

3.3. Yawning is __________ (Yawning is __________ ( 有感染性的有感染性的 ).).4.4. Floods __________(Floods __________( 破坏破坏 ) river traffic.) river traffic.5.5. Hot is the c________ of cold.Hot is the c________ of cold.6.6. The nurse took a s_______ of my blood fThe nurse took a s_______ of my blood f

or a test.or a test.7. All animals and plants are made up of c7. All animals and plants are made up of c

_____._____.

Revision: new words and phrasesdiagnosed

ecovered

contagiousdisrupted

ontraryample

ells

8. The young man infected with AIDS is n8. The young man infected with AIDS is now under t_________.ow under t_________.

9. The boy lifted the stone with all his s___9. The boy lifted the stone with all his s_______.____.

10. People living in the country can ____________ ( 不受…影响 ) noise.

11. Please stop discussing the question ______________ ( 暂时 ).

12. I have not finished. _______________ ( 正相反 ), I have just begun.

reatment

trength

be free from

for the momentOn the contrary

Find out and translate the phrases and

sentences.

2. 采集某人的血样take samples of one’s blood

4. 患一种严重疾病suffer from a serious disease

1. 带我去医院做检查take me to hospital to have me examined

3. He was looking at us across his desk and there was a sad look in his eyes.

5. 正常运转 function properly (v.) 6. 在人与人之间传播

spread from one person to

another

7. 接受放疗 be treated with radiation8. 紧接着是化疗

followed by treatment with chemicals9. There were days when I wished that I were dead so that I would not have to feel so sick.

11. 彻底摆脱 be completely free from…

be defeated for the moment10. 被暂时打败

12. 欣赏每天的每一分钟appreciate every minute of each day

Find out and translate the phrases and

sentences.

If you were diagnosed f you were diagnosed with an incurable disease with an incurable disease and you could only live and you could only live 33 more more monthsmonths, what would , what would you do to you do to live your life to live your life to the fullestthe fullest??

Step one: think about your past days: think about your past days: what were some events that made you what were some events that made you very happy? What made you very sad? very happy? What made you very sad?

Step two: draw a timeline of your life and draw a timeline of your life and mark the best times (the highs) and the mark the best times (the highs) and the worst times (the lows).worst times (the lows).

Step three: talk about the happy and sad talk about the happy and sad times to your partner, with reference to times to your partner, with reference to the timeline.the timeline.

Step four: choose one event, either happy or sad, which impresses you most. Try to remember all the details of it, especially how it made you feel, what it made you think and why it is important in your life. Prepare for writing it down.

Step five: work out an outline of what you are going to write.

Step six: read a sample. Step seven: write.