牛津译林版英语八下《Unit 5 International Charities》(Reading 1)

Eye problems affect (影响）45 million people around the world .
mostly (主要地) in poor countries
80 per cent of the cases (病例) of blindness can be cured or prevented
Amy visited the ORBIS website and
made some notes. Help her put the
sentences together. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
1. There are many more blind
people in poor countries
e f a
a. to learn new skills.
b. are volunteers. c. can be either prevented or cured.
2. Many blind people do not get
help because
Fill in the blanks with right words:
cured donations grateful knowledge
operations
patients
skills
The ORBIS plane travels all around
the world, and many people with eye Operations can problems visit it. (1)___________ be performed on them to help them
No, they need to work very quickly.
10. How many operations did Dr Ma perform during his
last visit ? He operated on 150 patients . 11. Is the work on the plane easy ? Is Dr Ma used to the work ? 12. Why is Dr Ma proud ? Because he is able to help so many people. No, it isn’t. Yes , he is.
him because he has helped them see
again. The (5)________ patients do not have to
pay because ORBIS is a charity.
Dr Ma believes that most eye problems can be (6)_______ cured by modern medicine,
c d. people all over the world donate. d e. than in rich
b
countries f. they have no money to go to hospital.
doctors and nurses new (2)_____ skills and
share their (3)__________. knowledge
Dr Ma is a doctor on the ORBIS plane. Many people are very (4)________ grateful to
world ?
About 45 million people.
3. What’s ຫໍສະໝຸດ he news ? About 80 percent of the cases of blindness can be cured or
prevented . However many people do not have the money
True or false:
Read and answer the questions.
Lines 1-7: 1. Who does the interviewer have an interview with?
Dr Ma.
2. How many people does blindness affect around the
operate (v.) on sb. = perform an operation (n.) on sb. = do an operation on sb.
Local doctors and nurses learn the skills (技术) from them and share the knowledge.
We can carry on with our work . 15. What can people do to support their work? They can send donations to ORBIS.
Amy is writing an article about ORBIS for the school newsletter. Help her complete it.
but more money is needed. He hopes
that more (7)__________ donations can be sent to
ORBIS to support their work.
1. About 45 million people have eye heart problems. (F) 2.All Most of the cases of blindness can be cured or prevented. (F) 3.ORBIS doctors do operations in local hospital. on the plane (F) and nurses go to the plane to 4. Local doctors Patients (F) learn about eye operations. 5.Dr Ma says he is used to the hard work.( T ) 6.People can help by sending donations (T) to ORBIS.
A special plane ------ a flying eye hospital
(空中眼科医院)
ORBIS
treat (治疗), cure (治愈) or prevent (预防) blindness
a blind man ( a person who can’t see) How many people have eye problems around the world ? Abut 45 million people.
see again.
A lot of people in poor countries do not have enough money to go to hospital, but ORBIS doctors can go to them.
ORBIS doctors can also teach local
Unit 5 Reading (I)
Review 1.Do you know the following charities around the world?
How does this charity work ?
It works to help the blind people in
poor areas.
for medical treatment.
Lines 8-20:
5. How does ORBIS help ? ORBIS uses a flying eye hospital to visit poor countries. 6. Who perform operations ? Volunteer doctors. 7. Why do the doctors work on the plane instead of working in a hospital ? Many of the patients are so poor that they can’t afford to travel to hospital, so the doctors have to go to them. 8. What can the local doctors and nurses come to the plane to learn ?
Lines 31-38:
13. Why can most eye problems be treated and
cured ? Because modern medicine is developing very quickly. 14. If we have enough money, what can we do with it?
3. Local doctors and nurses come
to the ORBIS plane 4. Dr Ma said that 80% of the cases of blindness 5. ORBIS is supported by the money that 6. All the doctors and nurses on the ORBIS plane
The doctors and nurses are proud to help the blind people . Because they can treat and cure most eye problems and improve (make…better) the lives of patients (sick people) .
They can learn about eye operations, new skills ,and knowledge. They can even watch the operations on video.
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9. Do the doctors work very slowly ?
Many people have no money for the medical treatment (医疗) . =Many people cannot afford(支付得起,买得 起) the medical treatment .
So there are many volunteer (志 愿者) doctors .