As we all know, health is very important to everyone. Do you know how to keep healthy? —Let’s warm up

right food

regular exercise

enough sleep

quit smoking/drinking

When people fall ill, what will they do? ？

Guessing Game

A person who prepares and sells medicine. a chemist

A person who examines people’s eyes to see if they need to wear glasses. an eye doctor or an optician

A person who takes care of people’s teeth. a dentist

A person who has general skill to treat physical problems. a physician 内科医生

A person who performs medical operations. a surgeon

IQ test 1 Actually there are only two kinds of doctors we all have seen so far, what are they? Male doctors. Female doctors.

IQ Test 2 Who in this world do not need to see a doctor? The Blind.

—Let’s talk Picture talk In what way do doctors treat patients?

Who is the man in white? What does a chemist do? A chemist. A chemist’s job usually involves preparing and selling medicine. A chemist prepares and sells medicine.

What happens to the person? The person is receiving an acupuncture treatment on an ear.

Do you know the origin of acupuncture? Acupuncture is originated in China before 1000 BC.

History of Acupuncture Chinese warriors （武士） who survived the misfortune （厄运） of being struck by arrows in war reported that while they were injured, their previous disease and pain in other parts of their body had lessened by arrows

Sun Simiao cured a dragon with acupuncture. Acupuncture was widely used in ancient China.

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bronze human figure for teaching acupuncture Acupuncture is fully developed in modern Chinese medicine.

Now acupuncture is very popular abroad.

What can acupuncture do? Acupuncture can __________. reduce body pains help lose weight help quit smoking

Have you ever had such an experience? What did it feel like?

What are the Doctors and nurses busy doing? They are performing an operation. Where do these doctors perform operations? In operating theater.

The doctors are performing an operation. During the process of an operation, the surgeons cut open a part of a person’s body and remove or repair a damaged part. What are they doing? (hints: perform, surgeon, cut open, repair, remove, damaged )

What is the girl doing? She is having her eyesight examined to detect short sightedness. What do you call the man testing the girl’s eyes? An eye doctor. Do you have good eyesight? How can you protect your eyes?

Question The most common treatment is to take medicines. Do you know any person related to the discovery or invention of medicine? —Let’s think

Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs.

He was one of the first in history to use herbal medicine in his remedies （治疗药物）.

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1. Have you ever seen a doctor? If so, what happened? 2. Have you ever used traditional Chinese medicine? What was it like? 3. Would you like to do any of the jobs shown in the pictures? Why or why not?

Words review chemist acupuncture needle Surgeon operating theatre n. 药剂师，药商，化学家 n. 针刺疗法 n. 针，针头，指针 n. 外科医师 n. 手术室

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