Goddess of Mercy of a thousand hands

Tai Lihua Tai Lihua became deaf because of high fever, but she uses beautiful dance to show her well-rounded dulcet ( 美妙的） life.

Unit 17 Disabilities Disabled ? Not me!

Pre-reading questions 1.How many different types of disability can you think of ? physical disability: deaf,dumb,blind, lame, near-sighted, six fingers, color blindness Mental disability: disease of brain

2. Do you know of any famous people who are disabled? Helen Keller Deaf and blind Educator/writer

Zhang Haidi Paralyzed Writer 瘫痪的

Stephen Hawking England In a wheelchair Physicist

Beethoven Germany Deaf Musician/ composer

Roosevelt Paralyzed Governor/president

Fast reading questions 1. How does Xiaowen get around? 2. What’s the best way to help disabled person? She uses a wheelchair to get around. The best way to help is often simply a matter of opening doors and offering guidance.

Listen and choose the best answers. 1.Xiaowen, who is disabled,won an award for_____. A. young student B. her talent C. Her disability D. Young scientist D

2. A lot of _____ people are encouraged by the magazine____ A. deaf; My Dream B. disabled;My Future C. Healthy as well as blind; Literature of Chinese Blind Children D. blind;Literature of Chinese Blind Children D

3. The magazine,______ many of blind children, ____ them all over China. A. Which has inspired; is popular with B. that has inspired; was popular with C. Which inspired; was popular with D. Which had inspired; was popular with A

4. From the magazine, blind people can get to know the fact ___ A. That leads them to realize their dream B. That they can make friends with the outside C. That they are cared about by the people far away D. All the above are possible. D

5. Setting up the Beijing Union College shows that ____. A.There are a lot of universities that accept blind people B. There are not enough colleges for disabled people in our country C. There are a lot of things to be improved including in the way to treat the disabled D. There are a lot of disabled students wanting to set up colleges B

Further reading 1. What’s the trouble of Zhong Xiaowen? Xiaowen was born without the ability to use her legs and she has no feeling below the waist.

2. What’s the teachers’ aim in the special college? Their aim is to help disabled students understand that they can play a valuable role within society.

3. What do the articles in Literature of Chinese Blind Children talk about? The articles are often about disabled people who have overcome challenges and difficulties and learnt to live a meaningful and productive life.

4 How does Zijie like the magazine? He loves the magazine very much. He thinks that it is important for them to know that someone far away is also struggling as they are.

Outline: The difficulties Xiaowen has as well as her success. The importance of giving the disabled a chance to receive education. The special education college set up for the disabled. General introduction to the magazine for the disabled. The good effect that the magazine has on the disabled. Xiaowen’s advice to those who living with the disabled. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6

Language points: 1.I wish they wouldn’t treat me as if I were a child. 1) wish--that –clause 常用虚拟语气。用过去时表现在，过去完成时表过去的动作。 eg: I wish I were a bird. I wish it (rain) tomorrow. How he wished he. ( 他已经在美国住了好几年了） would rain had lived in the USA for ages. 2.get around for his grandpa to get around without a cane. 2) 消息传开，传出去 =spread 1) 行走，到处走动 =get about eg: 他祖父离开手杖（ cane) 就走不了道。 It is difficult eg: Bad news gets around quickly. It gets around that…………… 据说 ….. 据说和平谈判已经失败。 It gets around that the peace talk has been broken down.

3 make a contribution to 为 ……. 做贡献 eg: 他为教育事业做了很大的贡献。 He made a great contribution to the education cause. contribute to sth \doing sth 为 做贡献，有助于 We hope your suggestion will （有助于解决这个难题） contribute to solving the problem 4.assist vt,vi 帮助 ，协助 1) assist sb with sth / assist sb to do /assist sb in doing sth eg: Students assisted the professor in doing the experiment. 2) assist in /at sth 在 ……. 出席，参加 ……… assist in a birthday party assist at the ceremony 参加仪式

Fill in the blanks created waist importance opportunities contribution Xiaowen is one of the best students in her class. She has already ________ many programmes and won herself an award. Born without the ability to use her legs, she has no feeling below the _______, Therefore, Xiaowen and many other disabled people have taught us the __________ of everyone’s chance to receive education. Today there are more ______________ for disabled people to develop their potential, live a richer life and make a ______________ to society.

The best way to help them is to _____ them guidance. The Beijing Union University has launched a ________ education college for gifted disabled students. For the students without disabilities, Studying with their disabled classmates is both challenging and ___________, They need to learn how to ___________. rewarding cooperate offer special

Like all of us, the disabled need ____________, more than sympathy and help.They also need inspiration and _______________ to take challenges and ____________ difficulties. Live with disability is frustrating and ___________. The ________ hope that the rest of society can _______ them as they are and get used to the fact that while they may not be able to walk, there are many other things they can do. recognition encouragement overcome challenging disabled accept

Discussion What can we learn from the disabled? belief, will, determination, confidence, patience, optimistic, independence, self-worth

Good-bye, everyone!