8B UNIT 58B UNIT 5

INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CHARITIESCHARITIESREADING IREADING I

• BlindnessBlindness• He is He is blindblind..• Blindness Blindness affectsaffects this this man. man. • Most cases of blindneMost cases of blindness ss can becan be cured and pcured and preventedrevented. .

A flying eye A flying eye hospitalhospital

operate operate on sb. on sb. train train locallocal doctors and doctors and nurses nurses perform perform

operationsoperations

medical treatmentmedical treatment

Volunteer Volunteer doctors doctors are are treattreating ing the the patientpatient. .

The patient has The patient has just received the just received the treatmenttreatment. .

What did the interviewer want What did the interviewer want to know?to know?

• Something about blindness. Something about blindness. • How does ORBIS help?How does ORBIS help?• Why don’t they work in a Why don’t they work in a

hospital?hospital?• How many operations do they How many operations do they

perform during a visit?perform during a visit?• Are people grateful to them? Are people grateful to them? • What else Dr. Ma want to say?What else Dr. Ma want to say?

Something about Something about blindness.blindness.

• Blindness affects about _____________ Blindness affects about _____________ million people around the world, million people around the world, _________________ in ____________countries. _________________ in ____________countries.

• The good news is that The good news is that ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• The bad news is that The bad news is that ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4545mostlymostly

poorpoor

80 per cent80 per cent of the cases of of the cases of blindness can be blindness can be cured and cured and preventedprevented. . many people many people do notdo not have the have the money for medical treatment.money for medical treatment.

How does ORBIS How does ORBIS help?help?

• Volunteer doctors Volunteer doctors __________________________________________

• They They useuse the plane the plane asas __________________________________________

A FLYING A FLYING EYE EYE

HOSPITALHOSPITAL

A flying eye hospital

perform operationsperform operations

a teaching centre.a teaching centre.

Why don’t they work in a Why don’t they work in a hospital?hospital?• Many of our ____________ are so poor that

they don’t have the money to travel to hospital.

• _____________ doctors and nurses can come to our plane. • What can local doctors and nurses do on the plane ?What can local doctors and nurses do on the plane ?

• Learn about ____________________Learn about ____________________• Learn about ____________________Learn about ____________________• Watch the ______________on videoWatch the ______________on video

They hope to help more people by They hope to help more people by _____________________________________._____________________________________.

patients patients

Local Local

eye operations eye operations new skills and new skills and knowledgeknowledgeoperationsoperations

training local doctors and training local doctors and nursesnurses

How many operations do How many operations do they perform during a visit?they perform during a visit?

• During my last visit, I During my last visit, I ______________ ______________ 150150 patients on the patients on the plane. plane.

• When I worked in a hospital, I When I worked in a hospital, I __________ do __________ do only two or threeonly two or three operations.operations.

operated on operated on

used to used to

am used to am used to • It’s hard work but I ______________ it. It’s hard work but I ______________ it.

Are people grateful to them? Are people grateful to them?

• What is the most important thing What is the most important thing for ORBIS doctors? for ORBIS doctors?

• How does Dr. Ma feel?How does Dr. Ma feel?

The most important thing is thaThe most important thing is that they can help people see again.t they can help people see again. He felt proud. He is proud to He felt proud. He is proud to be able to help so many peobe able to help so many people. ple.

What else does Dr. Ma want to saWhat else does Dr. Ma want to say?y?• We are the lucky ones. Modern medicine is dWe are the lucky ones. Modern medicine is developing ____quickly ____we can treat and eveloping ____quickly ____we can treat and cure most _____________ cure most _____________ • All we need is ____________________ to ___All we need is ____________________ to ____________________ with our work. _________________ with our work. • We hope people will support our work by __We hope people will support our work by ____________________________________. __________________________________.

enough money enough money carry on carry on

sending donations to ORBISsending donations to ORBIS

soso thatthateye problemeye problemss

Fill in the blanks:Fill in the blanks:• ORBIS is a ________ORBIS is a ________(business, bank, charity)(business, bank, charity)

that helps __________ that helps __________ (blind, old, rich)(blind, old, rich) people. people. Most _________ Most _________ (eye, nose, leg)(eye, nose, leg) problems can problems can be cured or prevented. However, many be cured or prevented. However, many people do not have enough money to go to people do not have enough money to go to _________ _________ (cinema, hospital, bank)(cinema, hospital, bank). The . The ________________________(students, doctors, animals)(students, doctors, animals) on on the ORBIS plane fly to poor areas to _________ the ORBIS plane fly to poor areas to _________ (sell, tell, treat)(sell, tell, treat) people with eye problems people with eye problems and to _________and to _________(teach, buy, pay)(teach, buy, pay) local doctors local doctors and nurses new skills. The local doctors and and nurses new skills. The local doctors and nurses can watch the __________nurses can watch the __________(films, (films, operations, news)operations, news) on video. After learning on video. After learning from ORBIS doctors, the local doctors can from ORBIS doctors, the local doctors can then help people in their areas. then help people in their areas.

charitycharityblindblind eyeeye

hospitalhospitaldoctorsdoctors

treattreat

teachteach

operationsoperations

重要词汇1.一个对…的采访2.全世界3.被治愈或预防4.医疗5.一所眼科飞行医院6.志愿者医生7.实施手术8.一家教学中心9.负担不起做某事10.当地的医生和护士11.眼科手术

12.观看手术录像13.给…做手术14.在一家医院工作15.如此重要的一项工作16.对某人感激17.最（不）重要的18.帮助人们重见光明19.很荣幸做某事20.能够21..现代医药22.继续我们的工作