(共33张PPT)
Unit 1 Living Well
Warming Up
Do you know her name
What’s her disability
What’s his/her disability
ALS(amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis )
lose her sight
Look at the pictures on page 1 and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability. With a partner, discuss what their disability might be. The following list might help you.
mental disability learning difficulty
hearing problem difficulty with eyesight
brain injury loss of an arm or a leg
walking difficulty
Pairwork:
With a partner, discuss what their disability might be.
Infantile paralysis
Difficulty with eyesight
Hearing problem
Down’s Syndrome
Partner-work
Words guessing:
One student act out the different types of disabilities of the disabled, meanwhile the other student should guess the name of the words.
Types of Disabilities
Physically
disabled
Mentally disabled
blind
can’t see
deaf
can’t hear
mute
can’t speak
lame
can’t walk normally
paralytic
have no feeling in a certain part of the body
armless
legless
handless
lose a certain part of the body
dwarf
a very short and small person
hunchback
have a hump(驼峰) on the back
can’t behave properly or normally
How many different types of disabilities do you know
A .physical disability
B .mental disability
deafness, dumb/mute, blindness, lameness, nearsightedness, color blindness, paralysis( 瘫痪）
depression, learning difficulty brain injury …
Do you know these people
below and what disease they
have How do they face their
life with disabilities
born mentally
disabled with an
IQ of a child
famous conductor
Zhouzhou (舟舟)
though named “杨光”,
he has lived in a world
of darkness since he was
8 months old.
Yang Guang (杨光)
singer
He lost his arms at the age of ten to an accidental electrical shock.
He took up piano at 19. Practicing 7 hours a day, he achieved level 7 within one year.
His famous quote:
“There are only two choices for me in life: it's either to die, or to thrive!”
Evans 刘伟
Great German musician
At 26, Beethoven began to lose his hearing.
At the age of 35,
he was almost completely deaf.
Beethoven's hearing loss did not prevent him from composing music.
Symphony of Fate
Life Without Limbs
Nick Vujicic
When you look at those people such as Hawking or Bethoven, you somewhat ignore the fact that they are disabled.
You are focusing on the incrediable achievements they have accomplished and you are amazed by the power they get across through their works.
Your disability does not define you.
Nor do your looks.
It's the choices you make and the things you do in life that decide who you are.
Brain storming(Pair Work)
What can you learn from them
belief……
confident
optimistic
patient
perseverant
courageous
diligent
passion
strong-minded
independent
What can you learn from them
Disabilities can be visible or invisible. People with invisible disabilities don’t look disabled. Depression, sleep disorders and learning difficulty are invisible disabilities. No matter what disability one has, life is not easy. They have many difficulties to overcome, but please keep in mind they can also live well, and even achieve great success.
MARTY'S STORY
Read Marty’s story and fill in the table.
Problems caused by his disability What Marty does in spite of his disability
1. weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others 1. enjoys writing and computer programming
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5.
Problems caused by his disability
weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others
clumsy and often drop things or bump into furniture
3. can’t play football and can only enjoy football matches from a bench at a stadium
4. has missed a lot of school
5. feels stupid because of being behind the others
What Marty does in spite of his disability
1. enjoys writing and computer programming
2. invented a computer football game.
3. looks after pets
4. go to the movies and football matches with his friends.
Para 1. An ________to Marty and his
muscle disease.
Para 2. How his disability______
Para 3. Marty met a lot of _________at school.
Para 4. His life has become _______at high school
Para 5.The _________of his disease.
introduction
developed.
difficulties
easier
advantage
Detailed reading——write a short summary for each paragraph
difficulties
__ ______ _______
makes him very weak.
______ and can’t ___ or _____ stairs as quickly as other people.
A muscle disease
disease
Clumsy
run
climb
motto
live one day __ _ ____.
What does “live one day at a time” mean
Live a rich and full life every day.
Para.1
Scanning
at a time
Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg
Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out.
Because they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本).
Because they would transplant(移植) the new muscle.
Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.
Paras.2&3
What are Marty’s ambition,
achievement and hobby
1) Marty’s ambition _________________________________________________________________
2) Marty’s achievement
__________________________________
__________________________________
3) Marty’s hobby
__________________________________
work for a firm that develops computer
software when he grows up.
invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it.
movies, football matches; look after pets.
Para.4
Marty’s advice
on treating the disabled :
1. Don’t feel sorry for them.
2. Don’t make fun of them.
3. Don’t ignore them.
4. Accept them for who they are.
5. Encourage them to live as
rich and full a life as you do.
Para.5
Further understanding (1)
hopeful
the change of Marty’s feelings:
hopeless
stupid
not getting annoyed
Living a good/busy
Further understanding (2)
We can see that Marty is a ____ person.
optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic,
independent, strong-minded…
optimistic
brave
independent
strong-minded
1) When Marty says “I am one in a million”, he really means _____.
A. he is unique
B. he has a rare disease
C. he has a muscle disease
D. he lives a hard but happy life
Reading comprehension
2) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text _______
A. While at high school, not all Marty’s classmates accept him.
B. A big company bought the computer game from Marty.
C. The doctors know Marty’s disease well but they hide the truth.
D. Marty looks quite different from others because of his disease.
3) From the passage we can infer that
____.
A. Marty asks others to feel sorry for him.
B. Marty never loses heart.
C. Marty is afraid of being made fun of.
D. Marty never loses his heart.
4) What is the tone of the text
A. sad. B. happy.
C. positive. D. negative.
