Unit 1 Living well
ⅠWarming up
1. Game playing: Take out a piece of paper and a pen, then draw a face on the paper with your eyes close.
How did you feel when you were doing so
2. Do you think people with a disability can live well
Can you name some famous disabled people
What can you learn from them
Conclusion: They’re broken in body but firm in spirit. （身残志坚）
3. Do they face more challenges in life
Would you like to read some stories about them
ⅡPre-reading: get close to “family village”
Q: What is the website about
A: It tells stories of the disabled.
Ⅲ Reading: MARTY’S STORY
ⅰFast reading for general ideas.
1. Marty is ___________ person.
A. a healthy B. an ill C. a disabled D. a rich
2. Marty has __________ disease.
A. a mental B. a muscle C. an eye D. a leg
3. What’s Marty’s dream
A. Playing professional football and possibly representing his country in the World Cup.
B. Being a doctor. C. Being a college student. D. Being a basketball player.
4. Which of the following is TRUE
A. The doctor could give Marty’s disease a name. B. The doctor knew how to make Marty well.
C. Someone in the world could cure the disease. D. No one could give Marty’s disease a name.
5. Which of the following is false
A. Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed.
B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D. Marty disability has made him more independent.
Medical Record of Marty
Name: Marty
Gender: male
Disease: an unknown muscle disease
Symptoms: clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture
ⅱSecond reading: Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1: How his life has become easier
Para.2: The advantages of his disease
Para.3: An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
Para.4: How his disability developed
Para.5: Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
ⅲ Third reading
1. In what does Marty tell his story ( He tells his story in order of time.)
before 10: What kind of life does he lead How did he feel at that time
after 10 : What happened to him What about his feeling What was his problem when he was in primary school
at high school: How did he describe his life at high school
now: How is his life like What about his feeling
2. How did his feeling change
Conclusion: the change of Marty’s feeling: hopeful puzzled worried regretful
happy satisfied
3. What kind of person do you think Marty is
From his motto: Live one day at a time, we can see that Marty is an /a optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic, independent, strong-minded… person.
4. Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty
A. Because they are now high school students.
B. Because they are all disabled people.
C. Because Marty is now a healthy boy like them.
D. Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else.
ⅳ Summary
Marty Fielding has a muscle disease that sometimes makes him very weak and he can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. The doctors don’t know how to make him better. Fortunately, Marty has learned to adapt to his disability. He used to dream about one day playing professional football and representing (represent) his country in the World Cup. He doesn’t look any different from other people. So sometimes kids laugh at him when he gets out of breath. Life is much easier (easy) at high school than it was at primary school. Even when he is made fun of, he does not get annoyed. (annoy) Disabled as he is, Marty has become stronger and more independent. He suggests that we normal people should give the disabled more encouragement rather than laugh at them.Unit 1 Living well
ⅠWarming up
1. Game playing: Take out a piece of paper and a pen, then draw a face on the paper with your eyes close.
How did you feel when you were doing so
2. Do you think people with a disability can live well
Can you name some famous disabled people
What can you learn from them
Conclusion: _______________________________________________.
3. Do they face more challenges in life
Would you like to read some stories about them
ⅡPre-reading: get close to “family village”
Q: What is the website about
Ⅲ Reading: MARTY’S STORY
ⅰFast reading for general ideas.
1. Marty is ___________ person.
A. a healthy B. an ill C. a disabled D. a rich
2. Marty has __________ disease.
A. a mental B. a muscle C. an eye D. a leg
3. What’s Marty’s dream
A. Playing professional football and possibly representing his country in the World Cup.
B. Being a doctor. C. Being a college student. D. Being a basketball player.
4. Which of the following is TRUE
A. The doctor could give Marty’s disease a name. B. The doctor knew how to make Marty well.
C. Someone in the world could cure the disease. D. No one could give Marty’s disease a name.
5. Which of the following is false
A. Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed.
B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D. Marty disability has made him more independent.
Medical Record of Marty
Name:
Gender:
Disease:
Symptoms:
ⅱSecond reading: Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1: How his life has become easier
Para.2: The advantages of his disease
Para.3: An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
Para.4: How his disability developed
Para.5: Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
ⅲ Third reading
1. In what does Marty tell his story
before 10: What kind of life does he lead How did he feel at that time
after 10 : What happened to him What about his feeling What was his problem when he was in primary school
at high school: How did he describe his life at high school
now: How is his life like What about his feeling
2. How did his feeling change (use some adjectives to fill the blanks)
Conclusion: the change of Marty’s feeling: _________ _________ __________
_________ ___________ ____________
3. What kind of person do you think Marty is
From his motto: Live one day at a time, we can see that Marty is an /a __________________________ person.
4. Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty
A. Because they are now high school students.
B. Because they are all disabled people.
C. Because Marty is now a healthy boy like them.
D. Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else.
ⅳ Summary
语法填空：
根据课文Marty’s story, 在下文空格中填上恰当的词或使用括号中词的恰当形式填空，使文章连贯完整。
Marty Fielding has a muscle disease that sometimes makes him very weak and he can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. The doctors don’t know ____1___ to make him better.______2______, Marty has learned to adapt to his disability. He used to dream _____3____ one day playing professional football and ____4_____ (represent) his country in the World Cup. He doesn’t look any different from ______5___ people. So sometimes kids laugh at him ____6___ he gets out of breath. Life is much ____7____ (easy) at high school than it was at primary school. Even when he is made fun of, he does not get_____8_____. (annoy) Disabled ____9___ he is, Marty has become stronger and more independent. He suggests that we normal people should give the disabled more _______10___ ____ rather than laugh at them.
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