Unit2Fitforlife-WordpowerWordpowerStep1:Brainstorming1.SearchtheInternetorturntoreferencebooksforinformationaboutcommondiseases.Focusonthenamesofdiseases.2.Reportyourfindingstotheclass.Trytofindwordsrelatedtothesymptomsofthediseasesaswell.Step2:Vocabularylearning1.Readtheentryaboutdiseases.Findoutandunderlinethediseasesmentionedinthetext.2.Readtheentryagainandtrytofillinthechart.DiseasesSymptomsWaystopreventCausesmeaslesgiveyouspotsgetinjectionstopreventchickenpoxgiveyouspotsgetinjectionstopreventinfluenzagetahighfeverandpainsinbodygetafluinjection(vaccination)cancersomethinggoeswrongwiththereplacementofcellsdiabetesthesystemthatcontrolsthebloodsugarlevelgoeswrongheartdiseaseheartattacksandstrokesbeingoverweight,eatingfattyfoodandnottakingenoughexercisesmalariabeillwithahighfeverbeingbittenbyinfectedmosquitoeswhentravellingcholeratravellingyellowfevertravellingtyphoidtravellingStep3:Vocabularyextension1.Asweallknow,therearedifferentwaysweusemedicines.Canyoumatchthewordswiththefollowingpictures?tablets/pillsC.用心爱心专心116号编辑capsulesE.liquidmedicinesF.injectionsB.spraysD.creamsG.powdersA.Answerstablets/pillscapsulesliquidmedicinesinjectionssprayscreamspowers2.CompletePartC.YoumayrefertoPartsAandBforreference.AnswersC1.measles;chickenpox2.Influenza/Flu3.Cancer4.Diabetes5.heartdiseases;heartattack;stroke6.malaria;cholera;yellowfever;typhoid7.tablets;pills;capsules;liquidmedicine;powders;injections;creams;sprays3.CompletePartD.Youmayconsultwitheachotherorcheckyourdictionary.AnswersD1a2d3f4b5c6e7h8g4.Reading:TraditionalChineseMedicineTraditionalChinesemedicinehasalonghistoryof5000thousandyears.Itisasummaryoftheexperienceofthelaboringpeopleovermanycenturiesofstruggleagainstdisease.ForthousandsofyearsithasplayedanimportantpartincuringdiseaseandprotectingthehealthoftheChinesepeople,thuscontributinggreatlytothegrowthandprosperityofChina,aswellastotheworld-widemedicalknowledge.TraditionalChinesemedicineisbasedonitsowntheoriesandcontainsauniquesysteminitself.Itholdsthatmanandhisnaturalenvironmentformanorganicwhole;manydiseasesarelinkedwiththeenvironment.Italsoholdsthatthevariouspartsofthehumanbodyformanorganicwhole.Whenoneisill,thewholebodyisaffected,sothattreatmentshouldemphasizethephysicalconditionoftheindividualasawhole.ItisstilltodaywidelyusedbytheChinesepeopleandthewholeworldpeopleintreatingdiseases.Itisanintegralpartofworldcivilizationandacommonbenefitforallmankind.用心爱心专心116号编辑SincethefoundingofNewChina,ChineseGovernmenthaveattachedgreatimportancetotraditionalChinesemedicineandlaiddownaseriesofprinciples,policiesandmeasures,aimingtodeveloptraditionalChinesemedicine,integrateitwithWesternmedicineandmodernizethetraditionalChinesemedicine.Ithasprogressedgreatlyoverthepastthirtyyearsandmore.QuiteanumberofChinesemedicalworkershavecarriedoutstudiesontraditionalChinesemedicinewithmodernscientificknowledgeandmethods.TheyhavealsousedcombinedChineseandwesternmedicalmeansinthetreatmentofanumberofdifficultandcomplicatedcases,whichhaveallshownsatisfactoryresults.AtthesametimemanyresearchershavestudiedthebasictheoriesoftraditionalChinesemedicinesuchasyinandyang,theoryofzang-fu,channelsandcollaterals,Qiandblood,thefourdiagnosticmethods,theprinciplesofqigongetc,withexperimentalresearchmethodsresultinginconsiderableprogress.Inrecentyears,moreandmorepeopleareinterestedintraditio...
