What’re they about?

The world of our senses

Brainstorming With what can we see and hear? How can we know whether a dish is delicious? How can we know that a flower has a pleasant smell? What do we do when we want to know whether the water in the basin is hot or cold?

Five senses

We dowiththe sense seeeyessight hear taste smell touch/feel earshearing tongue/taste budstaste nosesmell hands/feet/skin touch Fill in the table

What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses? A person who cannot see is_______ and someone who cannot hear is ________. blind deaf

Read the short passage on page 1 Do you know how blind people can read? How do the deaf communicate with each other?

The blind people can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters. This system is called Braille. The deaf use body language or sign language.

Look at the four pictures and answer the question below each picture. Picture 1 : What can you see in this picture? Picture 2 : How would you judge the length of the two lines? Picture 3: How can you prove that the two lines are straight? Picture 4: Can the symbols be read in only one way?

Picture 1 : What can you see in this picture? If we look at the white part, we can see a vase. If we look at the black part, we can see two faces.

Picture 2: How would you judge the length of the two lines? We can use a ruler to measure the two lines. Or we can use two pieces of paper to cover both ends of the two lines.

Picture 3: How can you prove that the two lines are straight? We can place a ruler next to the line. We can also use a ruler to draw more straight lines which run parallel to the two lines.

Picture 4: Can the symbols be read in only one way? The symbols in line b can be read as the letters K, B, R, M, or K, 13, R, M.

Discussion Read the three questions in the short passage and discuss them in groups of four. Report your answers to the whole class.

Discussion 1.Do you use one of your senses more than the others? Give an example. 2.Some people cannot remember something until they have seen it. Other people only need to hear something once or twice before they can remember it. Which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you? 3.Do you know of any people who have made great achievements even if they have lost one of their senses? What did they achieve?

Some great people who have lost one or two of his senses 他年轻时患有耳疾，３２岁时加重，４９岁时完全失去听觉。在耳 聋条件下，全凭记忆和乐感作曲和演奏，写成了《第五交响曲》、 《第九交响曲》等一批不朽名作，攀登上音乐的光辉高峰。

海伦 · 凯勒 Hellen Keller （ 1880—1968 ） American writer Disabilities ： blind deaf dumb

Jiang Xintian 姜馨田 compere ( 主持人） Deaf

They can’t talk. They are dumb. The dancing is performed by 20 deaf girls at the Spring Festival Evening Party in 2005.It is shocking China and the world. Kwan-yin of 1,000 Hands

Sometimes senses may cheat us and they may affect one another.

What do you see in the picture?

How many people can you see in the picture?

What is it?

A kind of fish

What kind of animal is it?

江苏教育学院附属高级中学 陈志耘 Move or not?

How many people in the picture?

Why there is a hole?

Language points When he got there, he _________ that there was a dark hole. He ________ into it, but could ________ nothing. He ________ with his ears, he could _______ nothing, either. He _________ it for a long time. He _______ something strange. He ___________ the side of the hole. It ______ hot. Suddenly some noises were ________ from the hole. It ________ like someone was cooking inside. Fill in the blanks with words that have something to do with “senses”. noticed looked seelistened hear watchedsensed felt/touched felt heard sounded

Language points: 1. sense n. the sense of touch/ smell/ taste/ sight/hearing Dogs have a keen sense of smell. v. The dog sensed something strange and stopped. I have sensed my mistake. make sense make sense of come to one’s senses

2. One another= each other They stood there looking at one another = They stood there looking at each other. 3. As well Vs too While you are at the shop, could you get a few things for me as well? Our vacation was a disaster: not only was the terrible food, the weather was awful as well/too.