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牛津高中英语 Book 7 Unit 2 Project
Magic needles: Chinese Acupuncture 教案
Type Of Class：Reading
Teaching Contents： Project：Magic needles: Chinese Acupuncture in
Unit 2, Book 7
Teaching Aims:
1. To improve the students’ reading ability by introducing reading
strategies.
2. To enable the students to know something about the Chinese
acupuncture.
3. To arouse the students to love our motherland and the Chinese medical
science.
Teaching Focus:
1. Help the students understand the passage and get more information.
2. Try to make all the students take part in the class activity.
Difficult Points:
How to help the students to understand the passage further.
Teaching method：
1. Listening to get special information.
2. Scanning to get the general idea.
3. Careful reading to get detailed information.
4. Discussion to make all the students take part in the class activity.
Teaching Aids:
Multimedia，a tape-recorder, a tape
Teaching Procedure:
Step I Greeting and Revision （3 min）
1. Greet the whole class as usual.
2. Check the students’ homework. Ask a student to read the article about
flu. Correct mistakes if any.
Step II Lead-in （4 min）
Ask the following questions to arouse the students’ related information.
（show Pictures 2、3、4、5、6、7 and 8）
1. Have you ever seen a doctor? Can you say something about your
experience of receiving medical treatments? Are you afraid of
injection?
2. Do you know any other traditional Chinese treatments?
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Step III Listening for special information （8 min）
Decide T or F: （show Pictures 9 and 10）
1. Chinese acupuncture has a very long history. (T)
2. The majority of acupuncture still use gold and silver needles. (F)
3. Most of the nine different kinds of needles are not in use now in
medical treatment. (T)
4. Acupuncture points are the ones on the body where the needles are put
into the skin so that a disease can be cured or a health problem solved.
(T)
5. There are 365 points on a patient’s body, where acupuncture can be
practiced. (F)
Step IV Scanning （8 min）
Read the article about Chinese acupuncture quickly and match the
main ideas with each paragraph: （show Picture 11）
Para 1 the work of an acupuncturist and the medical
problems that can be treated
Para 2-3 early history of Chinese acupuncture
Para 4-5 How acupuncture reduces and relieves pains
is unclear.
Para 6 development of Chinese acupuncture
Step V Careful reading （8 min）
Read the passage again carefully and fill in the form. You can work in
pairs. Ask two students to come to the front to fill in the chart.（show
Picture 12）
the development of acupuncture
old time modern time
needles
function
points
Then show the class the answers.
the development of acupuncture
old time modern time
needles stone, pottery, metal, nine
different kinds of …
stainless steel, fine, sharp
function
cutting, rubbing,
knocking, pressing, letting
out…
put the needles into the
skin at certain points on
the body
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points 365 about 2,000
Step VI Description （2 min）
Ask the students to describe the current situation of the modern
Chinese acupuncture according to the passage. （show Pictures 13、14、
15 and 16）
Step VII Discussion （3 min）
Divide the students into groups of four to discuss the eight questions in
Part B. Others may give comments or raise questions. Ask them to report
their findings to the class.
Step VIII Debate （7 min）
Divide the students into groups of four and debate with each other, then
prepare their project and present it to the class. （show Picture 17）
Step Ⅸ Homework: （2 min）
1. Read the passage again and find the useful expressions in it.
2. Do the listening exercises in Parts A and B on Page 116 of Workbook,
and then complete Part C.
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The design of writing on the blackboard:
Reporting after teaching：
Unit 2 Project
Magic needles: Chinese Acupuncture
the development of acupuncture
old time modern time
needles stone, pottery, metal, nine
different kinds of …
stainless steel, fine, sharp
function
cutting, rubbing, knocking,
pressing, letting out…
put the needles into the
skin at certain points on
the body
points 365 about 2,000
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