
Part 1-1: Divine Intervention
Teaching Procedure
Course introduction
Pre-reading activities
Global reading activities
Detailed reading activities
After reading activities
Assignments
I.Course introduction
Introduction to the course arrangement
Each unit includes:
Part1: Language Skills Development — 4 periods
Part 2: Enhancement of Language Abilities —2 periods
Part 3: Practice in lab —2 periods
The covered units: Units 1, 2, 3, 7, 8
II. Pre-reading activities
Title understanding
divine: a. 神(上帝)的,天赐的
e.g. He granted us from his divine love and is asking from us love for his divine presence.
他把他神圣的爱赐予我们并要求我们爱他神圣的存在。
intervention: n. [C, U] 干预,干涉,介入
e.g. His intervention brought their quarrel to a climax.
他的干预使他们的争吵达到了高潮。
Divine Intervention上帝显灵
Why did the author use this title?
III. Global reading activities
Text organization: main ideas
Part I (Paras.1-2)
The background of the story and the hero in it.
Part II (Paras.3-17)
How did he cope with the crisis.
Part III (Paras.18-21)
The end of the story.
IV. Detailed reading activities
Part I :information card 1
Hero:
Name: Rob Boll
Age: 52
Profession: Physician at a family practice
Specialization: Treatments of sore throats and ear infections
Part I :information card 2
Setting
Event: A turkey feast
Place: St. John’s United Church of Christ, Mokena, Illinois
Purpose: To raise fund
Attendants: Members and many non-members of the congregation from the surrounding Chicago suburbs
Paras. 1-2: answer the question
Why did so many non-congregation people attend the church’s annual fund-raising dinner?
Because they could have a turkey feast at the dinner and help the church in some way.
Paras. 1-2: true or false questions
( F ) 1. Rob Boll had finished the dinner when he heard a commotion in the room.
( T ) 2. The 76-year-old white-haired woman choked on a piece of turkey.
( T ) 3. Colleen Rohrer who asked for help was the daughter-in-law of the old woman.
( F ) 4. They tried Heimlich maneuver to help the old woman and it was effective.
Part II Paras.3-5: sentence understanding
“Help!” a woman shouted. “Does anybody know how to do the Heimlich?”
“快帮帮忙!”一个女叫着。“有人知道怎么做海姆利克急救吗?”
Note: Heimlich maneuver
It is an emergency treatment for suffocation when a person’s airway becomes blocked by food or other object.
Watch a video and know how to perform the Heimlich Maneuver
Paras.6-7: answer the question
1. Who was Steve Hoblin and how did she help the old woman?
She was a nurse and she sticked fingers to sweep the food.
2. What was the decision of Boll?
He wanted to perform an emergency tracheotomy.
Paras.6-7:language points
This can’t be happening, Boll thought.
这太不可思议了,博尔心想。
Here “can’t be happening” is used as a judgment for the on-going event.
e.g. John is ill; he can’t be writing his paper now.
Sentence making
她很生气所以她不可能来我家。
She was angry so she can’t be coming to my home.
小折刀
削皮刀,水果刀
弹簧刀
实习期
无菌的
切口
不注意的
锥形的
刀锋
气管
使苏醒
苏醒气囊
医护人员
Paras 8-17: know the relevant words
◆pocketknife
◆ paring knife
◆ switchblade
◆residency
◆ sterile
◆ slit
◆ oblivious
◆ tapered
◆ blade
◆ trachea
◆ resuscitate
◆ resuscitator bag
◆ paramedics
Paras 8-17: answer the question
How did he perform the operation?
1. Call______.
2. ______________the time he’d seen it performed.
3. Take a ___________and cut a_________.
4. ______ poured out and he _________________.
5. _______the time.
6. _________to the crowd, he _________.
7. Finished the ___ by a ___________.
8. Push ________into Pat’s_______.
9. The pair work_______with__________.
10. ___________the unconscious woman.
Paras 18-21: listening and translating
How did they feel after this incident?
Boll: I’m not terribly___________, but I know now that _____ goes to turkey dinners at churches. To take a doctor who only _____________what he’s doing and give him the ____________— I don’t know how I __________what I needed to do. To me, there’s no explanation but _____________________.
Translation: 我不是一个狂热的教徒,但我现在知道了,上帝会去参加教会的火鸡晚宴。把一个不明就里的医生带到这儿,并给他合适的工具——我不知道自己是如何想到该怎么做。我无法解释这一切,只能说是上帝显灵了。
Howard Stephens: Without Dr. Boll, this lady _________________________.
Translation:要是没有博尔医生,这位女士是不可能起死回生的。
Colleen: We are so __________that in this age of ___________, Dr. Boll was willing to put himself ___________. He just ______________and did what had to be done.”
Translation:在这个容易惹上官司的时代,博尔医生敢于冒这样的风险,挺身而出,实在是太让人感激了。
V. After reading activities
Task 1: discuss the writing technique:
Writing technique: chronological narration
Past continuous tense;
Present participles;
Propositions.
Underline those expressions about chronological narration
Stepping inside……(p2)
After sitting down, …had barely … when…(p3)
Jumping up from……(p4)
Moving quickly……(p5)
Looking up, ……(p6)
She was rapidly turning blue. (p7)
Taking a deep breath, ……(p10)
As blood……(p10)
Pat was turning bluer. (p13)
As paramedics…, …trembling. (p17)
Task 2: find the synonyms in the certain paragraph.
| desire (1) | crave | 
| busy (1) | hectic | 
| hardly (3) | barely | 
| confusion (3) | commotion | 
| obviously (7) | apparently | 
| extreme (7) | drastic | 
| expect (17) | anticipate | 
| thankful (20) | grateful | 
| 回想 | flash back to | 
| 削皮刀 | paring knife | 
| 没有感觉到 | oblivious to | 
| 不知从哪里冒出来 | out of nowhere | 
| 看出某人的心思 | read someone’s mind | 
| 准备好 | in place | 
1. Finish exercise 4,7 in group.
2. Pick out useful sentence patterns and expressions.
3. Write a summary
4. Prepare for Part 2.
Reflection:
