Unit 1 The world of our senses Welcome to the unit Module 3

江苏教育学院附属高级中学 张红 Five senses

We dowiththe sense seeeyessight hear taste smell touch/fee l earshearing tongue/taste budstaste nosesmell hands/feet/skintouch

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?

They can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters. This system is called Braille.

How do the deaf communicate with each other? They use body language or sign language.

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

江苏教育学院附属高级中学 陈志耘 What do 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?

1.What can you see in this picture? 2.How would you judge the length of the two lines? 3.How can you prove that the two lines are straight? 4.Can the symbols be read in only one way? Observation P1. (text book)

Why are people misled by their own eyes?

Protect your senses!

Language points Fill in the blanks with words that have something to do with “senses”. 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. noticed looked seelistened hear watched felt/touched felt heardsounded sensed

Some great people who have lost one or two of his senses ？

Homework: Find information about some famous people who are disabled yet they made great contributions to the world..