1. International Charities
Unit 7 Reading
An interview with an ORBIS doctor
SIA八年级英语组---Amelie
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2. What International charities do you know?
Please give a brief introduction of them.

3. ORBIS Slogan a plane, the earth, an eye saving sight worldwide
It works to cure people’s eye problems.
Slogan
saving sight worldwide
Who are the most beneficiaries?
blind
blindness
Why is there a plane in the logo?

4. interview interview Which aspects ?
If you’re the interviewer, what questions would you like to ask?
Background information?
Which aspects ?
Specific functions?
Beneficiary group ?
Current situation?

5. What are the questions the interviewer actually asked?
Watch and answer
What are the questions the interviewer actually asked?
Interview: Dr Ma, please tell us something about blindness.
Interview: How does OBRIS help?
Interview: Why don’t you work in a hospital?
Interview: How many operations do you do during a visit?
Interview: Is there anything else you’d like to say to our readers?

6. Read the interview quickly and divide it into 4 parts.
Read and divide
Read the interview quickly and divide it into 4 parts.
Parts
Main ideas
Part 1 Lines
Part 2 Lines
Part 3 Lines
Part 4 Lines
1—6
something about blindness
7—15
the work of ORBIS
16—20
Dr Ma’s work and his feeling
21—26
Dr Ma’s hope

7. PART1: Something about blindness
the condition of
being unable to see
A large amount of people are suffering from eye problems , especially in poor areas!
blindness
285 million people are blind or have other eye problems.
mostly in poor areas
80 per cent of these cases can be prevented or cured.
Many people don’t have money for medical treatment.

8. Local doctors receive the training to learn some new skills
ORBIS can satisfy the emergency demands of patients!!!
PART2: How does it help?
local doctors
_______?______
____?_________
patients
Local doctors receive the training to learn some new skills
(training/ receive/ local/skills)
________________________________________________________________________
(operate/operations)
______________________________________
Volunteer doctors do operations on the patients

9. PART2: The work of ORBIS patients local doctors and nurses
volunteer doctors
have eye problems;
can’t afford to …
do operations on …
teach …
are invited ...
1. Volunteer _______:
An international team of helpful _________
working together to__________sightseeing skills wherever ORBIS isn’t bind( being tied/ united) it.
professionals
doctors
transfer
2. _________ dotors:
classroom
local
(1)Sitting in the fifty-seat ______ to view the ________ _______ on the video monitors;
operations
live
communicate
(2While watching, they ________ directly with the____________ who ___________ running commentaries and ________ questions.
surgeons
provide
answer

10. PART3:Dr Ma’s work and his feeling
How many operations do you do during a visit?
During my last visit, 150 patients
were operated on.
busy
Dr Ma is very _________.
important
Dr Ma’s work is very ____________.
proud
Dr Ma feels very ____________.
I’m proud to help people see again and improve their lives.

11. PART4:Dr Ma’s hope Q1. Why can most eye problems and diseases
be treated and cured?
Because modern medicine is developing quickly.
Q2. What is needed to carry on with ORBIS?
More money.
Q3. What does Dr Ma hope?
He hopes more people will support them.

12. Read after the tape ,finish a flow chart of ORBIS:
An international ___________
Helps people who are _____in _____ areas with ________ problems.They can’t afford to go to _________.Most of the cases can be ________ or ________.
A _____ Eye Hospital
ORBIS uses a ________ to visit them. On the plane, ORBIS doctors do ____________ to help people _______ again.They also invite _______ doctors and nurses to ______________________________________________.
In order to _____ ____with the work
_______ ________ is needed;They need more people to ______them．

13. Have an interview
Practise in pairs. One is an interviewer and the other is an ORBIS doctor/ a local doctor / a patient. Make a up new dialogue.

14. Many hands make light work.
Have a discussion
What can we do to support ORBIS?
Give a helping hand.
Many hands make light work.

15. Homework 1. Read the interview three times after the tape.
2. Try to retell the interview.
3. Finish the exercise of Reading 1.