课件44张PPT。Reading Although the world is full of suffering , it is also full of the overcoming of it .
The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat , known suffering , known struggle , known loss and have found their way out of the deaths .
The world is full of suffering , especially for those disabled people .Now please use your head , let’s see how many kinds of disabilities you can think of .mental disability learning difficultypoor eyesight Walking difficulty Walking with sticks
Walking on crutches
Walking in wheelchairhearing-impaired severe illnessbrain injury So you see 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, even achieve great success.Please look at the pictures , how do they look ? Warming upThey look healthy , happy , confident , and satisfied , they are smiling . But in fact , all of them are disabled . So you know sometimes it is difficult to tell a person who has a disability just by looking at them . And we should know that people with disabilities can also live a fulfilling life . Please read the introduction to these young people , can you guess what their disability might be ?Now let’s get to know some great disabled people, in spite of their disability , they still gains great success . Nothing is impossible with a willing heart !Where there is a will , there is a way ! 霍金无边界条件的量子宇宙论Stephen Hawking 1942年1月8日出生于英国牛津。1963年被诊断出肌萎缩性侧索硬化症。是本世纪享有国
际盛誉的伟人之一,
剑桥大学应用数
学及理论物理学系教
授,当代最重要的广义
相对论和宇宙论家。“Even as he sits helpless in his wheelchair, his mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across the vastness of space and time to unlock the secrets of the universe.” 高尔基说过,在自然剥夺了人类用四肢走路的本领时,它就给予他一根拐杖,那就是理想。而霍金无疑为这句话做了最完美的诠释。
他以瘦弱之躯挑战生理极限的勇气以及霍金式的顽皮笑容都向世人证明了:他赢了! Ludwig Von Beethoven
路德维希·范·贝多芬(1770-1827)德国伟大的作曲家
26岁时听觉衰退
35岁时完全耳聋……
——世界不给他欢乐
他却创造了欢乐给与世界 Hellen Keller(1880-1968)1964年被授予美国公民最高的荣誉——总统自由勋章
次年又被推选为世界十名杰出妇女之一主要著作:
《我生活的故事》
《愿我们充满心》
《从黑暗中出来》
《我的后半生》张海迪
五岁时因患脊髓血管瘤,
高位截瘫自学掌握了英语 日语
德语和世界语
当代知名作家 翻译家中国残疾人艺术团的经典节目《千手观音》Pre-reading There is a special website called Family Village for the disabled . Please read the brief introduction to it and find out the purpose of the website . The purpose of the website:
1. To give ordinary young people with a disability the chance to share their stories with others.
2. To inspire other disabled people.3. To get non-disabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities.Reading This reading text is a typical of the many stories in the Family Village website .
Marty , a high school student , has a rare muscle disease . The passage explains some of his difficulties but also some good things in his life . Now please scan the text and find problems Marty has in his life and what he does in spite of his disability . 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
Sometimes too tired to get out of bed
has missed a lot of school and lessons
feels stupid because of being behind others Problems caused by his disability What Marty does in spite of his disability enjoys writing and computer programming
Invented a computer football game
Looks after pets
Disability has made him grow stronger and more independent From the chart , we can have a clear image of Marty . What kind of person in Marty ?Please circle the adjectives that meet Marty’s quality . ScanningWhat kind of person is Marty?
brave, unlucky, weak, clumsy, strong-minded, optimistic, happy, independent, stupidThough Marty has a muscle disease which has caused many difficulties to his life , he still tries his best to live well , he still lives a busy and satisfying life . He is quite optimistic . Careful reading Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
I have a muscle disease, which is very unusual.
No one knows how the disease develops.Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:The difficulties I have in daily life.
My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am.
All in all, I have a good life.
People with disabilities can also live well.Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:Paragraph 6:This is a very inspiring story , what have you learnt from Marty’s story ? Be patient with disabled people .
Don’t feel sorry for them , that might hurt them .
Encourage them when they feel down .
Accept them as what they are .
Just having a disability doesn’t mean your life is not satisfying .
Please write a mini-biography of Marty Name :
Status:
Health :Marty Fieldinghigh school student Develop an unusual muscle disease at the age of ten , very weak , can’t do things like normal people .Interests and hobbies :
Ambitions :
Motto:Enjoy writing and computer programming . Going to the movies and football matches when he is well enough . Spending a lot of time with his pets . to work in the computer industry To live one day at a time Language points 1. What have they tried to do to overcome these difficulties? 他们做了哪些努力来克服这些困难?
try to do sth.与try doing sth.
try doing sth.意为试着做某事, 而try to do sth. 意为努力做某事2) win与beat
win后接表比赛、辩论、战争、奖品等类的词语
beat后常接竞争对手,也可接比赛、辩论等。另外还可指心脏的跳动。
He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1986.
I can easily beat her in a table tennis.3. In other words, there are not many people in the world like me. 换句话说,世上像我这样的人并不多。
in other words 意为 “换句话说”
in word 在口头上
in words 用言语来表达
in a/one word 简言之,总之Bear them in
your mind! 5. My motto is: live one day at a time. 我的座右铭是:一次或一天。
at times 有时
at one time 以前,曾经
in time of 在......的时候
in no time 很快Think and
compare!9. So sometimes kids laugh at me when I get out of breath after running just a short way...
out of breath 上气不接下气关于breath的短语:
above one’s breath 高声地
catch one’s breath 喘息,屏息
get one’s breath again 恢复常态
waste one’s breath 白费口舌
take breath 歇口气
hold one’s breath 屏息Bear them in your mind!与all有关的短语:
above all 首先
after all 毕竟
all alone 独自
all at once 突然
all told 总共
for all 尽管
at all 根本不,一点也不learn by heartAll in all, I have a good life.
All in all 总得来说14. I don’t have time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. 我没有时间闲坐着顾影自怜。
feeling sorry for myself是一个现在分词短语,在句中作状语,表示伴随的情况。
He sat there in silence, doing nothing.Homework Retell Marty’s story according to the mini bio.
Surf the internet to learn more about the life of disabled people.