课件23张PPT。The world ofUnit 2our sensesWelcome to the unitSee ?Hear?Smell? Taste? Touch? feel? These senses are very important in our daily life and they are used everywhere all the time.We learn about the world through the five senses. We use them to study, work and relax. What about people who have lost one or two of their five senses? Blind: Deaf: Read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and words. The system is called Braille(盲文). Use body language or sign language(手语). We have good senses. However, sometimes they can confuse us. Look at the four pictures in our books and answer each question below. 1. What can you see in the picture? A vase? Two faces? 2. Which line is longer, line x or line y? How would you find out whether the two lines are of the same length? 3. Are lines m and n straight? How can you prove that they are straight?4. How do you read line b?1.which square(方块) is bigger,the white one or the black one?2. Which circle(圆) is bigger, the white one or the black one ?3. Which circle is bigger, A or B?ABWhy are people misled by their own eyes?Because the background or other lines confuse the eyes. Also, what we expect to see can change what we see. It’s more the brain that is confused than the eyes. Discussion 1. Do you use one of your senses more than the others?2. In your study, which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you?3. Do you know any people who have made great achievements even if they have lost one of their senses? What did they achieve? BeethovenA great German composer, Beethoven completed his most famous symphony, the ninth Symphony （第九交响乐） in the condition of total deafness.With original name (原名) ,Hua Yanjun(华彦钧), he was a well-known folk musician .His famous erhu solos(二胡独奏)are admired by people all over China. Blind AbingBorn in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1972, Arong became blind at the age of 19. His first album(专辑) The Brightest Heart was a best-seller. As a blind person, he always helps other disabled people with the money from his songs.
Blind singer Arong （盲人歌手阿荣）Homer荷马Born about in 9 BC in ancient Greek(古希腊), Homer was a famous blind poet. His representative works(代表作) are The Iliad and The Odyssey(《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》).Helen Keller (1880---1968)She was born in Alabama, America. She was blind and deaf, but she became a famous writer and teacher. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.David
He used to be the highest blind person in politics. He has amazing memory ability and remarkable intuition(过人的直觉).
He was assigned as Education Minister at the age of 49 and as Internal Affairs Minister when he was 54.
He is one of the most welcome people in Britain. Qianshou Guanyin
千手观音What can we learn from them?strong will self-confidence enterprising spirit(进取心) persistence(坚持不懈) optimism(乐观)
