Unit 1 Living Well
1 Period 1&2: Warming up and Reading
I. Warming up. Look at the pictures and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability. And then fill in the blanks. The following list may help you.
mental disability learning difficulty hearing problem
difficulty with eyesight brain injury loss of an arm or leg
Down's Syndrome infantile paralysis walking difficulty
1. Rosalyn feels proud of ____ ____ ____ (参与) sports competitions and once she ___ (打破) a record, although she has ____ _____.( 行动不便 )
2. You will finish _____ meters if you ran 4 laps when having a PE lesson.
3. The word “_____” means “great desire or strong will”.
4. Richard has difficulty with ______, so he has to get someone ___ ____ ____(读给他听 ) him when he has a test.
5. Sally has a _____ problem and she ____ /____ _____ _____ _____(生活繁忙 ).
6. 将下列句子译成汉语。
a. He had the questions read to him and used dictation to give his answers into a special machine.
b. Last year he played a major part in the school play.
II. Reading
Task 1: Fast reading for general ideas.
Skim the text and answer the following questions .
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. Being a famous football player and 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. We can infer that _________.
A. Marty will lose heart. B. Marty feels sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty’s life is full of challenge. D. Marty feels lonely.
Task 2: Detail reading for Comprehending.
A. Read Marty’s story and fill in the chart.
Problems caused by his disability What Marty does in spite of his disability
1.weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others2345 Enjoys writing and computer programming 3 4
B、阅读课文, 给下列句子排序。
a. Marty went into hospital for medical tests.
b. Marty climbed trees, swam and played football.
c. Marty could only enjoy football from a bench at the stadium.
d. The doctors cut off a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg.
e. Marty invented a computer football game.
f. Marty’s fellow students accepted him.
Unit1 MARTY’S STORY 学案2
1、 阅读课文,选出最佳选项。
1. What was the problem with Marty
A. He had a muscle disease.
B. He was mentally weaker than others.
C. He looked different from other people.
D. He couldn’t get on well with his classmates.
2. By saying “the few who cannot see the real person inside my body”, Marty meant _____.
A. the students that fell behind him.
B. the people that weren’t his real friends.
C. the students who couldn’t understand him.
D. the doctor who couldn’t give his disease a name.
3. What was the advantage of disability in Marty’s opinion
A. It helped him to make some friends.
B. It helped him become more independent.
C. It was helpful for him to grow stronger physically.
D. It was useful for him to study writing and programming.
4. Which of the following statements is true
A. Marty didn’t become weak until he went to high school.
B. It was obvious that Marty looked different from others.
C. It was difficult for Marty to adapt to his disability.
D. Marty’s attitude towards life was optimistic.
三、根据课文, 用适当的单词或短语填空
Marty Fielding had a muscle disease which made him very weak. If he ran a short way or climbed stairs, he would get_______. Unluckily, the doctors had no idea how to make him better. But Marty was very outgoing and learned to _____ to his disability. At high school, he got on well with other students and few who couldn’t accept him didn’t make him ______ any longer. He was interested in computer programming and filled with _____ to develop computer software. Marty spent a lot of time with his pets ______ going to the movies and football matches. ______, he had a good life. The disability helped him grow stronger psychologically and become more ______. Marty also advised us to give the disabled ______ and not to _____ them. In the end, Marty shared his motto with us---- Live one day ______.
3. Key words and useful expressions difficult sentences learning. (Translation)
1. in other words _______ 2. in addition_______3. adapt to_____
4. be/ get out of breath _______5. make me annoyed ______ 6cut out ______
7. all in all______ 8. sit around_______ 9. in many ways ______
1.百万中一个________ 2. 肌肉疾病_______ 3.磕碰到家具上________
4. 乐观开朗________5. 代表我的国家________6 十亿次检查________
7. 在显微镜下________8 轻松多了________9 电脑编程________
10. 心理上更加坚强___________11 变得更加独立_________
1.My motto is : Live one day at a time.
2. I was too weak to go to school so my education suffered.
3. The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them.
4. Give them encourage to live as rich and full a life as you do.
Unit1. 知识点
1. ambition n. 雄心,野心 In his youth, he had the ambition of being a pianist.
ambitious adj. 有雄心的, 有野心的
be ambitious to do sth. 热望做某事 be ambitious of/ for sth. 热望得到某物
He is ambitious to serve the people. 他一心想为人民服务。
2. beneficial adj. having a good or useful effect.
be beneficial to 对….有益;对….有利
Sports are beneficial to building our bodies.
benefit v. sth. benefit sb. Sb. benefit from sth.
3. in other words, that is to say ( used to explain an explanation)
in a/ one word 简言之,总之
in addition 另外
4.adapt vi 适应 adapt to vt. 使适应 adapt oneself to
5. My motto is: live one day at a time.
at a time 一次,每次 at one time 一度,曾经
at no time在任何时候都不,决不 at times 有时 at all times 总是
6.be/ get out of breath hold one’s breath 屏息 lose one’s breath 喘不过气来
take breath 歇会儿 take a deep breath
7.absence n. absent adj. presence n. present adj
in the absence of 因缺乏 We are in the absence of experience.
8. annoy vt. Sth. annoy sb. Sb.be annoyed
be annoyed with sb. for/ at
His mother was annoyed with him for being so rude to their neighbours.
9. all in all above all after all in all first of all not at all
10. sit around/ about – to spend time doing nothing useful 坐着没事干
Several young girls were sitting around looking bored.
11.And give them encouragement to live as rich as full a life as you do.
形容词之前有副词as, too, how 等修饰时,不定冠词a/an放在形容词之后, 结构为as/ so/ too / how…..+adj +a/an +n.
You are as good a singer as our music teacher.
Six months is too short time to learn a foreign language.
12. access to sth./sb. (接近或进入某地方)方法或通道
(使用某物或接近某人的)机会或权力
The only access to the coffee bar is cross the square.
Every student should have access to a library.
13. meet with sth.--- experience sth. meet with sb.---- to have a meeting with
He met with some difficulties when he tried to solve the problem.
The representatives met with the company’s boss to discuss the pay rise.
学案3 Learning about language
1. Fill in the table below. You can use the dictionary to help you.
Noun Adjective Noun Adjective
……. ambitious……. absent suitability ……..benefit ……...annoyance ……… clumsiness ………….firmness …………noise …………psychology ………….……….. encouraging
2. Answer each question by using a correct new word in this unit.
The key to the exercises:
1. lap 2. annoyed 3. dictation 4. entry
5. microscope 6. outgoing 7. fellow 8. conduct
3. Complete this passage using the words below
The key to the exercises:
1. in many ways 2. sit around 3. made fun of 4. adapt to
5. out of breath 6. all in all 7. cutting out 8. in other words
P5
3. The key to the exercises:
to have spent; To free; to see; to treat; to help pass ; to abolish
学案4 A LETTER TO AN ARCHITECT
Step 1. Read the letter list the suggestions the writer put forward.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Step 2. Read the letter again for detailed information.
1. What is the purpose of he first paragraph of the letter
In the first paragraph Alice tell Ms Sanders she is writing to make ________on the easy use of the cinema by ___________customers. suggestions ; disabled
2. What is the suggestion that Ms Sanders should consider when she designs the cinema
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Who are earphones designed for
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. How to solve the problem that people who are short cannot see the screen when they sit at the back
_____________________________________________________________________________
5. Where should toilets and car parking be
_____________________________________________________________________________
6. What is the purpose of the last paragraph
_____________________________________________________________________________
Answers: 1. suggestions ; disabled 2---5 find the answers in the text
7. In the last paragraph Alice asks the architect to consider her suggestions. If her suggestions are taken, many people will benefit and the cinema will be praised.
Step 3. Fill in the blanks and translate them into Chinese.
1. I hope you will not mind me _______________(write) to ask if you have thought about the needs of disabled customers.
2. It would be ____________(方便) to have lifts to all parts of the cinema.
3. This would allow hearing –impaired customers to enjoy the company of their hearing friends ______ _______(而不是)having to sit in a special area.
4. _____ _______(尤其是),I _________ if you have considered the following things.
5. For _________(残疾的) customers it would be more _____________(方便) to place the toilets near he entrance ___ the cinema.
6. Thank you ______ your letter. I hope my suggestion will _________your approval.
7. It will also make the cinema owners happy if more people go as they will _____ higher ____.
8. People should have the same ____________(机会)as able-bodied people to enjoy the cinema and to do so with __________(尊严).
Step 4. Translate these phrases into Chinese.
1. in particular __________________ 11.. rather than___________________
2. (be) reserved) for ______________ 12. in comfort____________________
3. meet with ____________________ 13.make profits__________________
4. hearing-impaired ______________ 14.in the basement________________
5. the cinema entrance____________ 15.the cinema exit_________________
6. disabled people________________ 16.able-bodied people______________
7. with dignity___________________ 17.I hope that…___________________
8. I wonder if____________________ 18.It would be handy to do__________
9. I’d like to suggest that___________ 19. It would be difficult…__________
10. It would be more convenient to do…_______________________________________
Step5. The writer uses polite forms in the letter. Polite forms are used to encourage the reader to take the ideas seriously.
Examples: I hope you will not mind me writing to ask …
I wonder if…
It would be handy to have lifts…
学案5
Knowledge aims:
1. Learn to use useful words and expressions
2. Practice the use of Infinitive
Studying Procedures
Step I Using words and expressions
Turn to Page48 and do Ex1,2,3.
Check your answers after finishing each exercise.
Discuss with your partner or consult teacher if you have any problems.
Answer key for Exercise 1:
Congratulated, all the best, graduation, accessible, companion, assistance,
certificate, architect, access, dignity
Answer key for Exercise 2:
put an end to abolish help assistance
give up or leave resign Well done! Congratulations!
enough adequate useful Handy
line row accepted approval
long hard seat bench behaviour conduct
Exercise 3: check your answers with your partners or in groups
Step 2 Using Structures
Do Exercises on Page49.
Answer key for Exercise 1:
1. I forgot to ask you to go to the community service centre.
2. It is very important to turn off the electricity before you check the machine.
3. I don’t know where to find such a kind of button.
4. Luckily, we don’t have much more work to do.
5. Helen is very please to have travelled in more than 20 provinces and cities in China.
6. 6. She has been very successful in her work, and now her greatest wish is to get married and have some children.
Answer key for Exercise2:
to fly , to worry , To attempt, to do , to put, to complete, to plan, to go, to help
Answer key for Exercise3:
1. a to tell b spending
2 a to make b pressing
3 a crying b to ask c to light
4 a to get b sailing
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1. He seems ___ the old lady.
A. knowing B. to be knowing C. to know D. to be known
2. Tom ___ when they spoke ill of him.
A. happened to be passed B. happened to be passing by
C. happened passing by D. happened to passed
3. We all hope ____ scientists.
A. become B. to become C. becoming D. became
4. The boy refused ____ for climbing the tall tree.
A. to pay B. to be paid C. being paid D. paying
5. I happened ____ the article when he asked me about it.
A. having read B. to have read C. to be read D. reading
6. ______ with him is a great pleasure.
A. To talk B. Talk C. Talked D. To talking
7. It is nice _____ your voice.
A. to hear B. hear C. heard D. to be hearing
8. _____ is to struggle.
A. Living B. Live C. To live D. To be lived
9. Her wish is ____ a doctor.
A. becoming B. become C. to become D. being come
10. I was just about ____ the office when the phone rang.
A. leaving B. leave C. to leave D. to leaving
11. I didn’t ____ it until you had explained how.
A. manage to do B. managed to do
C. manage to have done D. manage doing
12. He found it important ___ the situation all over the world.
A. study B. to study C. studies D. to be studied
13. At last the enemy soldiers had no choice but ___ their guns.
A. to lay down B. lie down C. laying down D. lay down
14. Yesterday I did nothing but ___ TV.
A. watch B. watched C. to watch D. watching
15. It had no effect except ___ him angry.
A. make B. making C. to make D. made
Key: 1-10 CBBAB AACCC 11-20 ABAAC
Step III Test yourself
1. He doesn’t like ___ in public.
A. praised B. to praise C. to be praised D. praising
2. We want the job ____ by the end of the week.
A. doing B. done
C. to be doing D. being done
3. The film is reported _____ on show at the cinema.
A. to being B. will be
C. to be D. being
4. He is said ____ to London already.
A. having sent B. to be sending
C. to have been sent D. being sent
5. Alice is said _____ her homework in her own room now.
A. she is doing B. to be doing C. doing D. be doing
6. These boys are said ____ for doing good deeds.
A. to be praising B. to be praised
C. praised D. to have praised
7. Who did the manager ___ the report
A. have B. have write C. have writes D. have to write
8. Oh, it’s very cold here, let’s make a fire ____ ourselves up.
A. warm B. warming C. warmed D. to warm
9. Would you please ____ a little more room for me
A. to make B. make C. making D. made
10. I wish to finish my task and ____ away.
A. get B. getting C. to get D. to getting
Key : CBCCB BBDBA
Step IV Homework
Go over words and expressions.
Go over the grammar.
学案 6 P51 Reading and writing task.
Zhang Yuncheng achieves his ambition
I. Skim the text and match the main meaning for each paragraph.
Paragraph 1 ★A.Zhang Yuncheng’s disease got worse and worse.
Paragraph 2 ★B.Zhang Danuo offered to help Yuncheng keep writing and finish his book.
Paragraph 3 ★C.Zhang Yuncheng became interested in learning to read and try to write to a newspaper.
Paragraph 4 ★D.Zhang Yuncheng achieved his ambition to write and publish a book.
II. Scan the text and finish the mini biography for the young man.
A Mini Biography
The young man’s name
Sex
Health
School education
Interests and hobbies
Dream
III. Translation.
1.实现梦想 _____________ 2. neither…nor… ________________
3.四处跑动 _____________ 4.感冒 ________________________
5. worse and worse________ 6.one another ___________________
7.or so _________________ 8.持续不停的写作 ____________
9.be inspired by… ___________ 10.as much as he can _____________
plete the passage with the words in the text.
Zhang Danuo offered to help Yuncheng achieve his ambition to write a book. Every week (1)_________ he set Yuncheng a writing assignment. Although he was often ill, and sometimes could (2)________ pick up his pen, Yuncheng kept (3)_________ and sent his finished essays to Zhang Danuo. Yuncheng was always happy (4)_______he finished an assignment. “I felt everything in the world was beautiful and how wonderful it was (5)__________ in the world, ”he said. Yuncheng’s book describes what his life is like, (6)_______ his hopes and dreams are and how he (7)_______ the problems he faces every day. Readers have been (8)___________ by his courage and his good heart and his book has sold (9)___________ well. Yuncheng says that because his life will not be a long one, he must do (10) ______________ in the time that is left to him.
学案7 语法
1. 看书95页:动词不定式 2. 习题专练
1. They would not allow him ___ across the enemy line.
A. to risk going B. risking to go C. for risk to go D. risk going
2. Tell him ____ the window.
A. to shut not B. not to shut C. to not shut D. not shut
3. The chair looks rather hard, but in fact it is very comfortable to ______.
A. sit B. sit on C. be sat D. be sat on
4. She didn't remember _____ him before.
A. having met B. have met C. to meet D. to having met
5. Do you remember _____ me at a party last year
A. meet B. to meet C. meeting D. met
6. I don't regret ______ even if it might have upset her.
A. to tell her what I thought B. to have told her that I thought
C. telling what I thought D. telling her what I thought
7. ---You should say sorry to your brother.
---Yes, I regret _____ with him.
A. quarrelling B. quarreled C. to quarrel D. to have quarreled
8. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch
9. This sentence needs _______.
A. an improvement B. improve C. improving D. improved
10. Though he had often made his little sister ______, today he was made _____ by his little sister.
A. cry; to cry B. crying; crying C. cry; cry D. to cry; cry
11. ---Where was Li Ming last night
---I saw him ____ his homework in the classroom.
A. doing B. did C. to do D. was doing
12. They knew her well. They had seen her _______up from childhood.
A. grow B. grew C. was growing D. to grow
13. People couldn't help ____ the foolish emperor in the procession. .
A. laugh at B. to laugh at C. laughing at D. laughing on
14. My brother is busy ____ for the exam.
A. preparing B. to prepare C. prepared D. prepares
15 ---Is your mother at home --- No. She's gone _____.
A. to shopping B. shopping C. for shopping D. to shops
16 Only one of these books is ______ .
A. worth to read B. worth being read
C. worth of reading D. worth reading
17 Most of the people ____ to the party were famous scientists.
A. invited B. to invited C. being invited D. inviting
18. What's the language ___ in Russia
A. speaking B. spoken C. be spoken D. to speak
19. ____ some officials, he inspected his army.
A. Followed B. Followed by
C. Being followed D. Having been followed by
20 Ten year ago, there was an old man ___ in that house.
A. lived B. living C. live D. was living
21 He was disappointed to find his suggestions ____.
A. been turned down B. turned down
C. to be turned down D. to turn down
22 ____ many times, but he still couldn't understand it.
A. Having been told B. Though had been told
C. He was told D. Having told
23 Go on _____ the other exercise after you have finished this one.
A. to do A. doing C. with D. to be doing
24 ---What do you think of the book
--- Oh, excellent. It’s worth ______a second time.
A. to read A. to be read C. reading D. being read
25 ---Good morning. Can I help you
---I’d like to have this package __________, madam.
A. be weighed A. to be weighed C. to weigh D. weighed
26. There was a terrible noise ______the sudden burst of light.
A. followed A. following C. to be followed D. being followed
27 She pretended ______ me when I passed by .
A. not to see A. not seeing C. to not see D. having not seen
28 Most of the artists _____to the party were from South Africa.
A. invited A. to invite C. being invited D. had been invited
29 _______more attention. the trees could have grown better.
A. Given A. To give C. Giving D. Having given
30. She reached the top of the hill and stopped _____ on a big rock by the side of the path.
A. to have rested B. resting C. to rest D. rest
31 The murderer was brought in with his hands ______ behind his back.
A. being tied B. having tied C. to be tied D. tied
32 Mrs Smith warned her daughter _____ after drinking.
A. never to drive B. to never drive C. never driving D. never drive
33 The secretary worked late into the night, _______ a long speech for the president
A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepared D. was preparing
34. I can hardly imagine Peter ______ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
A. sail B. to sail C. sailing D. to have sailed
35 ----The light in the office is still on.
---- Oh, I forgot _________.
A. turning it off B. turn it off
C. to turn it off D. having turned it off
36 John was made ________ the truck for a week as a punishment.
A. to wash B. washing C. wash D. to be washing
37 The library needs _____, but it'll have to wait until Sunday.
A. cleaning B. be cleaned C. clean D. being cleaned
38 She's upstairs ___ letters.
A. writes B. is writing C. write D. writing
39 It was so cold that they kept the fire ____ all night.
A. to burn B. burn C. burning D. burned
40 The speaker raised his voice but still couldn't make himself _____.
A. hear B. to hear C. hearing D. heard
41 __________ a reply, he decided to write again.
A. Not receiving B. Receiving not
C. Not having received D. Having not received
42 The salesman scolded the girl caught ______ and let her off.
A. to have stolen B. to be stealing C. to steal D. stealing
43 .Did you have any trouble ________ the post office
A. to have found B. with finding C. to find D. in finding
44. __________ is a good form of exercise for both young and old.
A. The walk B. Walking C. To walk D. Walk
45. Little Jim should love ____ to the theater this evening.
A. to be taken B. to take C. being taken D. taking
46 ----I usually go there by train.
----Why not ___ by boat for a change
A. to try going B. trying to go C. to try and go D. try going
47.I would appreciate ___ back this afternoon.
A. you to call B. you call C. your calling D. you're calling
48."Can't you read " Mary said ______ to the notice.
A. angrily pointing B. and point angrily
C. angrily pointed D. and angrily pointing
49.Charles Babbage is generally considerd _______ the first computer.
A. to have invented B. inventing C. to invent D. having invented
50 How about the two of us ____ a walk down the garden
A. to take B. take C. taking C. to be taking
51. The computer centre, _____ last year, is very popular among the students in this school.
A. open B. opening C. having opened D. opened
52 ---I must apologize for _____ ahead of time.
---That's all right.
A. letting you not know B. not letting you know
C. letting you know not C. letting not you know
53 Rather than _____ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ____ a bicycle.
A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding
54 The missing boys were last seen _____ near the river.
A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play
55. The visiting Minister expressed his satisfaction with the talks, _____ that he had enjoyed his stay here.
A. having added B. to add C. adding D. added
56. The first textbooks _____ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.
A. having written B. to be written
C. being written D. written
57 We agreed ____ here but so far she hasn't turned up yet.
A. having met B. meeting C. to meet D. to have met
58 ---You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting.
---Well, now I regret ____ that.
A. to do B. to be doing C. to have done D. having done
59 ---I'll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat
---Not at all. ______.
A. I've no time B. I'd rather not C. I'd like it D. I'd be happy to
60 The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him ____.
A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to
学 案 1
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