Teaching plan of Unit 7

Living With Disease

Teaching aims and demands

Goals: Talk about deadly diseases and attitude towards AIDS, cancer, etc..

Practise talking about imaginary situations

Practice supporting and challenging an opinion

Learn to use Subjunctive Mood： if I were you, I would …., I wish I could….

Write a personal narrative

Vocabulary and useful expressions:

Virus, via, mosquito, prevention, persuade, defenseless, illness, treatment, liquid, unprotected, sex, lack, proper, discourage, cheer, network, specialist, meaningful, boyfriend, identify, billionaire, stranger, weep, cell, chemical, radiation, fighter, contrary.

Cheer….up, a great many, on the contrary

Function:

Supporting an opinion:

I think that …. Because ….

First,….

One reason is that…..

For example, …..

If we/they were to …. We/ they could …..

Challenging an opinion

Perhaps, but what if/ about….

Have you thought about….

What makes you think that ….