(共15张PPT)
Three Days to See
Onwards and Upwards -deveoping ideas
Pre-reading
Who is she 
Helen Keller
(1880-1968)
What have you already known about her 
Background Information
Helen Keller was an American writer, lecturer and social activist. Aged just 19 months old, she became ill and lost both her hearing and sight. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, she overcame her disabilities. She made history as the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.(文学学士学位). She wrote 14 books, the most famous of which is "The Story of My life".
while - reading
Read the passage quickly and finish the two activities.(2’)
1. What is the genre(体裁)of the passage 
A. argument B. a research paper C. essay D. a news report
2. Divide the passage into 3 parts and summarize the main idea of each part.
Part 1(para.1--3) : Helen’s eagerness to see
Part 2(para.4--7): What Helen desires to see in 3 days
Part 3(para.8): A hint given to seeing people
essay: a short piece of writing giving someone’s ideas about politics,society. etc.
1. What did Helen’s seeing friend observe in the woods How did Helen feel about that 
Nothing in particular. doubtful/unbelievable
Second reading--read for details
Activity 1: Read fast and answer the 2 questions. (3’)
2. Why did Helen’s seeing friends observe nothing,while Helen who can not see could find hundreds of interesting things only by touch 
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Her friend could see and hear, but she didn’t appreciate her senses. She was too used to it, so she took it for granted.
Helen lost her sight and hearing, but she appreciated what she has--- the sense of touch and make full use of it to experience the beauty of nature.
Second reading--read for details
Activity 2: draw a mind map to show your understanding of questions 3 and 4. (6’)
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3. What does Helen Keller plan to do on the first, second, and third day 
4. What Helen’s qualities are shown in these arrangements 
on the 2nd day
on the 1st day
on the 3rd day
to greet the dawn
to discover more beauty
to see the busy life of ordinary people
She cares for the lives of the world.
She has social responsibility.
to see the kind people helping or accompanying her
to see the books which have opened her mind
to take a walk in the woods and enjoy the beauty of nature
to go to the museums to see man’s progress
to read the soul of man through art
to go to a theater or the movies
She is thirsty for knowledge.
She cares for history and culture.
qualities
She is grateful to the people who love her and help her.
She is life-loving.
Second reading--read for details
Activity 3: Read the passage and answer the following questions.(2’)
5.What hint does Helen Keller give to readers 
6. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage 
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Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind.
Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow.
Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail.
Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.
What hint does Helen Keller give to readers 
see
smell
hear
touch
taste
to appreciate and make the best of our senses
What figure of speech (修辞手法)is it?And its function 
Use ... as if you would ...
Hear... as if you would...
Touch... as if you would ...
Smell/taste...as if you could...
It is parallelism (排比修辞).
6. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage 
To wake up her readers.
To remind readers without disabilities to appreciate and cherish what they have.
Group Work (3’)
What should we appreciate and cherish in our lives and why 
List at least 3 things and the reasons.
Post reading--Give a talk (3’)
If you were to lose one sense( see, hear, taste, touch, feel) in three days, describe what you would choose to do and why. (5 minutes)
“If I Had Only Three Days to _______”
1. Experience what it is like to have a disability, such as eating in the dark, dressing with only one hand. Then write down the difficulties and feelings.
2. Read the full excerpt from “Three Days to See” by Helen Keller.
Homework