7 U2 Project Exploring Chinese medicine（1）主备人：钱旭 做题人：徐新娥 审核人：钱旭 备课时间：2014-02-25 上课时间：Teaching aims: 1. Learn something about Chinese acupuncture. 2. Develop students listening, reading, writing and thinking ability. 3. Grasp some important phrases and sentences. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Pre-readingChinese medicine has amazed many people around the world with its different approach to heath and is becoming more accepted by people in the West. Answer the following questions: 1. Have you ever seen an acupuncturist?_ 2. How much do you know about acupuncture?_ 3. Get across some key words related to understanding acupuncture and the passage.acupuncture_ , needle_, point_ , pulse_, energy channel_, sword_ Step 2 Fast Reading 1.Scan the text and find which of the topics is not mentioned: history, past uses, current uses, acceptance in the West, benefits and disadvantages_2. What medical problems can acupuncture treat?_3. How does acupuncture reduce or relieve pain? _Step 3 Further ReadingPara 11. Give the main idea of the paragraph. _2. Fill in the blanks about the history of Chinese acupuncture (magic needles).Began _ be developed_Paras 2 -31.Give the main idea of the paragraphs. _2.Fill in the table about the development of Chinese acupuncture.In the pastNowadays_ needles_ needles_acupuncture pointsabout acupuncture pointsPara4 Read and find relative information about checking pulse and the purpose of it. help find out which energy c _ doesnt have enough energy. reasons for pulse checking. _.pulse cheking.ask the patients m _ history and life s _Number of pulses: on each w _ each is collected with a body organ or f _ of an organ .look at the c_ of the patients skin and t _ listen to his b _ and check his p _. examinationStep 4 Ask some questions in detail:1. How does an acupuncturist examine a patient?2. How many pulses are there and what are they connected with? 3. Why will an acupuncturist check pulses?Step5 Read the article again, and fill in the blanks below.The intoduction of Chinese acupunctureOne of the most 1 Chinese medical treatments is Chinese acupuncture. It was 2 over 2,000 years ago and has been 3 in China for about 4,000 years. As acupuncture developed, nine different kinds of needles 4 , which were 5 6 different materials. The 7 of acupuncturists now use stainless steel needles. Acpuncture 8 putting 9 10 into the skin at certain points on the body, which have 11 from the original 365 points to about 2,000. Acupuncturists adopt 12 to looking at the colour of your skin and your tongue, 13 to your breathing and 14 your pulses. Many 15 16 can be treated by acupuncture. You can now find many acupuncturists in many different countries. 17 it is not clear how acupuncture 18 and 19 pain, yet it has become a truth that acupuncture has been very 20 , just like Chinese traditional herbal medicine.Step 6 Discussion What are the possible benefits or disadvantages of acupuncture over other treatments?_.Step 7 Extension （Help you to enrich your vocabulary related to acupuncture） Other branches of Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese treatment:cupping(拔火罐) /Gua Sha treatment / massage (推拿) /traditional Chinese medicine (中药)Step 8 Homework1. Write an article about traditional Chinese medicine (one herb or treatment).2. Finish the exercises of this unit.参考答案：Step 2 Fast Reading 1.Scan the text and find which of the topics is not mentioned: history, past uses, current uses, acceptance in the West, benefits and disadvantagesThe disadvantages of Chinese acupuncture are not mentioned._2. What medical problems can acupuncture treat?Bad pains, headaches, injuries, stomach problems, blood pressure problems, addiction to cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and food. _3. How does acupuncture reduce or relieve pain? It is unclear now. One theory suggests that acupuncture blocks pain signals from reaching the spinal cord or brain. Another theory suggests acupuncture promotes the production of chemicals in the body w