Unit 4 Interests and Abilities
Lesson 3 Beyond Disability(学案)
Interview three classmates.
play the piano
play the violin
sing songs
write books
type really fast
dance beautifully
speak three languages
play ping-pong
Questions: What can you do
What can’t you do
Name Can Can’t
Read the text and answer
Who is he
What makes him different
Some people do not have arms or legs, but they can do lots of things. Liu Wei is one of them. What can he do
He can swim. He can sing. And he is a good singer and songwriter. He can type and he can play the piano. But he cannot type or play with his hands, because he has no arms. He types and plays with his feet. He can play the piano very well but he can't play every song. The keys must be near each other.
Liu Wei is from Beijing. He is famous all over the world now. He is the winner of a talent show. He is also in the Guinness Book of World Records because he can type so fast!
Liu Wei can only play or type with his feet, but he doesn’t feel sorry for himself. “I just have to put in more effort," he says.
Read and complete the mind map below.
Think and Share
Answer the questions:
1 How can Liu Wei achieve so many things Is he a“talent”
2 Compare what you can/ can’t do with Liu Wei. What can you learn from him
Lesson 3 Abilities and Disabilities (2)
1. Complete the text with the words in the box.
There is a special talent team in our school. There are three students on the team, Ann, Lily and John. Ann can’t 1 clearly, but she loves dancing and she can 2 beautifully. Lily can’t 3 clearly with her eyes, but she can 4 the piano and guitar very well. John is the team leader. He has a problem with his ears and he can't 5 clearly, but he can 6 beautiful songs. They often perform talent shows in our school arts festivals. We all like their shows very much.
Grammar Discovery--- Articles(冠词)
Study the sentences.
1 He is a good singer and songwriter.
2 He is an excellent piano player.
3 He is the winner of a talent show.
My Discovery
Complete the text with a/an or the.
I live in an amazing town. 1____town is quite big, and there are a lot of things to see and do. There are some schools and even 2 university! There is a hospital and 3 ____park. The park is big and beautiful. There are some tall buildings in the town, but I live in 4 small house. We have got a large garden with flowers in it. 5 flowers have lots of different colours and the trees are tall. There is 6 orange tree, an apple tree and 7 ___ pear tree. We eat fruit from 8 ____trees. We're very lucky!
4.Write a passage to introduce a disabled athlete.
※personal information ※abilities and disabilities
※achievements ※what you can learn from him/her