Unit 17 Disabilities

the Thousand-hand Kwan-yin? Tai Li-hua

They lost their hearing. Deaf Beethoven They lost their hearing.

deaf and dumb They can’t hear or talk.

blind They lost their sight.

They have no legs or arms. limbs barrier They have no legs or arms.

lame in a wheelchair They can’t walk.

Professor Hawking can’t move any part of his body except a few fingers Professor Hawking can’t move any part of his body except a few fingers. He can’t speak, either. Paralyzed （瘫痪）

Zhouzhou Conductor mentally handicapped

How many different types of disabilities do you know? A. physical disability B. mental disability deaf, dumb, blind, lame, paralyzed, near-sighted, color blindness, ……

What can you see in those famous people? ︳ — QUALITY —

Task 2. Interview Make up a dialogue between a reporter and a famous disabled person, to show us what kind of difficulties they met in their lives and how they overcame them.

StepⅡ Reading Disabled? Not me!

Task 1.Reading for information Read the text after the tape in a low voice, and then answer the questions: 1.What happened to xiaowen? 2.Did she give up hope for life? She is paralyzed. No. She faces life with a strong will.

Task 2.Reading for details Para.1 Answer the questions 1. Has Xiaowen won any awards? 2. Why is she different from other classmates after class? 3. What problems does she have in everyday life?

Para.2 Translation 1. 计算机科学 2. 制作许多程序 3. 获奖 4. 省科学展 5. 使我们懂得…的重要性 6. 接受教育的机会 7. 让生理残疾限制个人的生活 8. 发挥他们的潜力 9. 过丰富多彩的生活 10. 为社会作出贡献

create many programmes 1.计算机科学 2.制作许多程序 3.获奖 4.省科学展 5.使我们懂得…的重要性 computer science create many programmes receive an award province’s science fair teach us the importance of

a chance to receive education 6.接受教育的机会 7.让生理残疾限制个人的生活 8.发挥他们的潜力 9.过丰富多彩的生活 10.为社会作出贡献 a chance to receive education let physical disability limit a person’s life develop their potential live a rich life make a contribution to society

Retell the paragraph. computer science … create many programmes … receive an award … province’s science fair … teach us the importance of … a chance to receive education … let physical disability limit a person’s life … develop their potential … live a rich life … make a contribution to society

Para.3 True or false questions ( )1. The best way to help is to offer direct assistance and show our sympathy. ( )2. In BUU, one third of the students are blind and the rest are deaf. ( )3. Students without disabilities could learn a lot from the disabled by studying togather. ( )4. What the disabled really need is recognition and understanding. F F T T

Para.4-5 Filling blanks inspiration Disabled people need ________ and ___________ to ______ difficulties, learn to live a _______ and ______ life. Inspired and ________ by Literature of Chinese Blind Children, Ye Zijie became the first ______ _______ Chinese to study abroad. encouragement overcome meaningful productive motivated visually impaired

Para.6 Summary Summaries this paragraph with two or three sentences

＜ Task.5 word study 使某人残疾 1. disable vt. 残疾的 disabled adj. disability n. 残疾 eg. The traffic accident last year ________ him, and he became ________ since, that is to say, he became a person who is with _________. disabled disabled disability

＜ 2.Productive adj. 多产的 product n. 产品 产量;生产 production n. productive 1) He is a _________ writer. productive 2) Advanced technology has been brought in to increase the ________ of the factory. production 3) China relies much on it’s agricultural _______. product

Language points 1. It’s time for sb. to do sth 例如：该是我们吃午饭的时候了。 It’s time for lunch. It’s time for us to have lunch. It’s time to have lunch. It’s time that we had lunch. It’s time that we should have lunch.

2. as if 好像，似乎 例：1.他对待我就像他亲身女儿一样。 He treats me as if I were his own 2.她看着我，好象我是骗她的一样。 3.看起来天要下雨了。(可能性很大） He treats me as if I were his own daughter. She looked at me as if I had cheated her. It looks as if it is going to rain.

Step Ⅲ Discussion ★ Can we look down upon the disabilities? ★What’s your attitude towards them? ★What can you do for them?

StepⅣ Homework Review the language points in the text Collect information for writing an essay on disability