1.        Teaching aims and Demands:
a.        Read and understand the text.
b.        Learn some important new words and phrases.
c.        Talk about illness, improve the Ss’ spoken English.
2.        The difficult points:
a.        Some important phrases.
b.        Say something about Michael’s illness.
c.        The important points:
3.        Talking about illness
a.        Some language points
4.        Teaching procedures:
Task one: Revision(seeing a doctor)
(1)        问病：
What’s wrong(the matter) with you?
What’s your trouble?
How are you feeling today?
(2)说病
I have (catch)…
a (bad) cold(temperature) / the flu / a headache / a cough / a fever/ sore eyes / a sore throat / a toothache / a backache / a stomachache 等。
(3)看病
see a doctor
take the temperature
get an injection
take the medicine (pills) three times a day
(4)医生建议：
drink more (boiled)water (fever)
stay in bed and have a good rest
You shouldn’t drink cold water./ eat hot food.
You’d better not work today.
Task two: Listen to the tape. Pay attention to the new words.
Tense dying calm nervous injection ginger soup bitter
Task three: 以小组讨论的方式总结出本课的重点和难点,以小组为单位让学生发言。然后教师进行简单归纳。
（1）        sound terrible
“系动词+adj.” 构成系表结构，这类动词还有 look , seem , taste , feel , smell , turn , get , become等。
译：1.他看起来很疲惫。  He looks very tired.
           2.春天树变绿了。    The trees turn green in spring.
（2）        be + adj. + 介词 + doing
           常用有：be pleased with / be worried about / be afraid of / be bored with / be angry with(at) / be nervous about / be satisfied with / be strict with(about) 等。
1.        李老师很担心他的学生。 Mr. Li is worried about his students.
2.        他很高兴通过了考试。   He is pleased with passing the exam.
（3）        make + sb. / sth. + 宾补（可以是形容词、名词、省略to的不定式）
1.        李老师让我当班长。   Mr. Li made me monitor.
2.        康康使那个婴儿哭了。 Kang Kang makes the baby cry.
（4）        How long have you felt like this?
= How long have you been like this?     (For) Three days.
（5）        with 伴随性动作，表示名词的特征。
我有一个三只脚的杯子。 I have a cup with three legs.
（6）        Don’t be afraid! Be brave!
Task four: Listen to the tape again, then ask the Ss to act out the text.(pair work)
Task five: Work alone
(1)        Underline the expressions of reassurance. Suppose you are Michael’s friend. How will you reassure him?
Calm down / You don’t have a SARS. I think you just have a bad cold with a fever. / Don’t be afraid! Be brave! / Follow the doctor’s advice and you’ll get well soon. / Nothing serious.
(2)        How do you feel when you are ill? Write down your feeling.
I feel terrible.  /  I am very tired.  /  Not bad. 等。
Task six: Exercise
        1.用正确的词填空：
        Kang Kang : You _______ pale. I heard you had a _______ cold. Are you feeling _______?
        Michael: No, I’m feeling even ________. I’ m afraid of ________ SARS. It
                makes me so ________. Am I dying?
        Kang Kang: No, Michael. ________ ________ and listen tome! You just had a bad cold ________ a fever. You should go to see a doctor.
        Michael: But I ________ to go to the hospital. The nurse there makes me ________. I’m afraid of ________ injections and medicine tastes so ________.
        Kang Kang: Don’t be afraid! Be brave! ________ the doctor’s advice and you’ll get _______ soon.
        2.翻译填空：
（1）        西莉亚担心落在别人之后。
Celia _______ ________ ________ ________ behind others.
（2）        他总是在谈钱，我对他感到很厌烦。
He is talking about money _______ _______ _______. He _______ ________ very ________ .
（3）        我们是老师对工作很严格。
Our teacher ________ ________ ________ his job.
（4）        老师手里拿着一本书走了进来。
The teacher came in _______ a book in his hand.
Task seven: Homework .