上海龙凤1314Period 4 Word Power

上海龙凤1314Step1. Brainstorming

1. Can you name some common diseases?

上海龙凤13142. What information do you know about them?

上海龙凤1314Step2. Get to know the names of the diseases

Have the students know about the Chinese meanings of the diseases.

Measles ________ Heart disease _______

Chickenpox ________ Malaria _______

上海龙凤1314Influenza ________ Cholera _______

上海龙凤1314Cancer _______ Yellow fever ______

上海龙凤1314Diabetes ________ Typhoid ______

Step3. Part A

Read the entry about diseases in Part A to finish the charts below:

Diseases Symptoms Ways to prevent

Measles Give you spots Get injections to prevent

Chickenpox Give you spots Get injections to prevent

上海龙凤1314Influenza Get a high fever and pains in body Get a flu injection

Cancer Something goes wrong with the replacement of cells

Diseases Symptoms Causes

Diabetes The system that controls the blood sugar level goes wrong

上海龙凤1314Heart disease Heart attacks and strokes Being overweight, eating fatty food and not taking enough exercises

malaria Be ill with a high fever Being bitten by infected mosquitoes when traveling

上海龙凤1314cholera traveling

上海龙凤1314Yellow fever traveling

typhoid traveling

上海龙凤1314Step4. Part B

Match the words with the pictures.

Step5. Part C

Complete the notes in Part C according to the information in Part A and Part B.

Step6. Part D

Match the places in a hospital with their purposes.

Step7. Homework

1. Preview “Grammar and usage”.

上海龙凤13142. Consolidate the names of the diseases.

上海龙凤1314Language Points

1. They are very common among children. (P22).

commonadj.1). the same in a lot of places or for a lot of people:

It's quite common to see couples who dress alike.

The surname 'Smith' is very common in Britain.

2). belonging to or shared by two or more people or things:

a common goal/interest/practice

上海龙凤1314English has some features common to many languages.

上海龙凤1314common knowledge: a fact that everyone knows: [+ that]

It's common knowledge that they live together.

上海龙凤1314commonly adv. often or usually:

Elbow injuries are commonly found among tennis players.

上海龙凤1314n.1). have sth. in common to share interests, experiences or other characteristics with someone or sth.:

We don't really have much in common.

2). in common with sb./sth. in the same way as someone or sth.:

上海龙凤1314In common with many mothers, she feels torn between her family and her work.

2. It develops when something goes wrong with the replacement of cells. (P22)

上海龙凤1314developv. 1) [I or T] If you develop an illness or problem, or if it develops, you start to suffer from it:

上海龙凤1314The study showed that one in twelve women is likely to develop breast cancer.

上海龙凤1314She's developed some very strange habits lately.

2) [I] to start to happen or exist:

Large cracks began to develop in the wall.

3) [T] to invent sth. or bring sth. into existence:

上海龙凤1314We must develop a new policy/strategy to deal with the problem.

上海龙凤1314The company is spending $650 million on developing new products/technology.

上海龙凤13144) [T] to build houses, factories, shops, etc. on a piece of land:

They're planning to develop the whole site into a shopping complex.

replacement n. [C or U]

上海龙凤1314The agency sent a replacement for the secretary who resigned.

replace v. [T] to take the place of sth., or to put sth. or someone in the place of sth. or someone else:

上海龙凤1314The factory replaced most of its workers with robots.

上海龙凤1314Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.

上海龙凤1314replace A with / by B: 用B代替A

上海龙凤13143. Diabetes occurs when the system that controls the blood sugar level goes wrong. (P22)

上海龙凤1314occur v. [I] (-rr-) (especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen:

An accident involving over ten vehicles has occurred in the east-bound lane.

上海龙凤1314If any of these symptoms occur while you are taking the medicine, consult your doctor immediately.

v. [I + adv. or prep.] (-rr-) to exist or be present in, among, etc:

Violence of some sort seems to occur in every society.

Minerals occur naturally in the earth's crust.

occur to sb. phrasal verb

If a thought or idea occurs to you, it comes into your mind:

The thought did occur to me.

[+ that] It never even occurred to us that he hadn't been invited.

Does it never occur to you that I might like to be on my own occasionally?

上海龙凤1314Occurrence n. [C] sth. that happens:

上海龙凤1314Street-fights are an everyday occurrence in this area of the city.

上海龙凤1314n. [U] the fact of sth. existing, or how much of it exists:

The study compares the occurrence of heart disease in various countries.

4. When they bite you, they leave behind germs in your body and then you become ill with a very high fever. (P22)

leave sth./sb. behind (NOT TAKE) phrasal verb: to leave a place without taking someone or sth. with you:

We left in a hurry and I must have left my keys behind.

上海龙凤1314He was forced to leave the country, leaving behind his wife and children..

5. Influenza can be caught at any time in your life. (P23)

caught v. [T] (caught, caught)

1). to get an illness, especially one caused by bacteria or a virus:

上海龙凤1314He caught a cold on holiday.

A lot of children in the school caught measles last term.

2). to manage to hear sth.:

I couldn't catch what the announcer said, with all the other noise going on..

3). to discover, see or become aware of sth., especially someone doing sth. wrong:

[+ ing form of verb] He caught her reading his old love letters.

上海龙凤1314If the virus is caught (= discovered) in time, most patients can be successfully treated.

上海龙凤1314I caught sight of/caught a glimpse of (= saw for a moment) a red coat in the crowd.

4). v. [I or T] to stick somewhere, or to make sth. stick somewhere:

上海龙凤1314The sleeve of my jacket (got) caught on the door handle and ripped.

Her hair got caught (up) in her hair dryer.

上海龙凤13145) to take hold of sth., especially sth. that is moving through the air:

I managed to catch the glass before it hit the ground.

He caught hold of my arm.

6) to find and stop a person or animal that is trying to escape:

Great pressure was put on the police to catch the terrorists as soon as possible.

[+ ing form of verb] Two armed men were caught trying to cross the frontier at night.

They were happy because they had caught a lot of fish that day.

6. Diabetes develops when there is too much sugar or too little sugar in the blood. (P23)

too much: (ALSO a bit (too) much) more than someone can deal with:

上海龙凤1314I can't look after six children at my age - it's too much.

NOTE: too many修饰可数名词；much too：实在太…修饰形容词或副词。

高考链接

上海龙凤1314Allen had to call a taxi because the box was _______ to carry all the way home. (2003全国)

上海龙凤1314A. much too heavy B. too much heavy C. heavy too much D. too heavy much

7. This can result in a heart attack or a stroke. (P23) 这可能会导致心脏病或是中风.

result in: to cause a particular situation to happen:

上海龙凤1314The fire resulted in damage to their property.

上海龙凤1314[+ ing form of verb] Icy road conditions in Teesdale resulted in two roads being closed.

上海龙凤1314result from sth.

上海龙凤1314phrasal verb：If a situation or problem results from a particular event or activity, it is caused by it:

上海龙凤1314His difficulty in walking results from a childhood illness.

as a result of sth.: because of sth.:

上海龙凤1314Profits have declined as a result of the recent drop in sales.

上海龙凤13148. where patients who need urgent treatment go (P23)

上海龙凤1314urgent: adj. needing attention very soon, especially before anything else, because important:

He's got to sign that paper - will you tell him it's urgent?

上海龙凤1314The most urgent thing in a fire is to make sure everyone is out of the building.

Many people are in urgent need of food and water.