If you were a disabled person who couldn’t see or hear, would you become a successful writer and speaker?

The Introduction to Helen Keller

couldn’t see What special features( 特征 ) did Helen Keller have according to the video? severe restrictions blind couldn’t hear deaf

U16-lesson3 Life Stories Helen Keller Reading

Read Paragraph 1 and Paragraph2 quickly and answer the following questions.  How old was Helen Keller when she couldn’t see or hear?  Who was brought in to help Helen Keller? She was seven years old. Anne Sullivan.

Read Paragraph 3&4 quickly and then do True (T) or False (F). 1. Anne’s technique wasn’t simple and straight- forward. ( ) 2. Anne put Helen’s hand under the water in order to teach her “water”. ( ) 3. Anne put one doll into one of Helen’s hands and spelt the word into her other hand. ( ) 4. Anne taught Helen to study the object words by speaking and writing. ( ) T F T F

Scan Line 35 and Line91, then choose the correct answers.  Which of the following statement is mentioned in above lines? A.How Helen Keller learned to play games. B.How Helen Keller communicated with her teacher. C.How Helen Keller learned complex words “think” and “love”.  How many times did Anne Sullivan teach Helen to study “love”? A.Only once. B.Twice. C.Three times.

Read Line 32 to Line91 again, and find out how Miss Sullivan taught Helen these words, then complete the following chart. The way of teaching Helen Keller more complex words. “Think” “Think” was also difficult but Helen had a ① __________. Helen noticed her mistakes when making necklaces, Anne ② ________ Helen’s head and spelled “think” into her hand. “Love” The 1 st time The 2 nd time Anne put her arm gently round Helen, she drew Helen close to her and painted to her heart. After Helen asked again if love was the ③ ______ of the sun, Anne told her that love could not be touched but she could feel the ④ _________ of love. Conclusion Helen understood the beautiful ⑤ ______ of love. breakthrough touched warmth sweetness truth

 One keeps his/her eyes closed.  The other puts the object on partner’s one hand and teaches the word by spelling it on partner’s the other hand.  See if your partner can spell it.

What made Helen Keller successful? What have you learned from Helen Keller’s life story?

She overcame a lot of difficulties. She had a superb teacher. She was eager to learn. From the story we’ve learned that if we put heart into it, nothing is impossible. So we should study hard to realize our dreams.

Life Stories --- The Truth of Life

Write a story of the person who gives you a deep impression or tell about why he /she has an influence on you.