1. Unit 1 Living well

2. blind lame deaf-mute paralytic How many kinds of disability do you know?

3. armless legless handless hunchbacked

4. Steven Hawking England 肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 amyotrophic Speech impaired, can only move one of his fingers physicist / mathematician, research into the beginning of space, matter and time. (Black holes theory)

5. Composed Beethoven (1770-1827) deaf

6. Helen Keller 1882—1968 United Kingdom blind, deaf and dumb learn to read Braille ( 盲文 ), to speak and write. Finished the studies in Radcliff College. educator and writer “Three days To See.”

7. Zhang Haidi: paralytic, in a wheelchair writer, translator

8. Sang Lan ( 桑兰 ) China. a famous gymnast ( 体操运 动员 ). She hurt herself seriously in a competition and can’t stand. She helped to bid 2008 Olympic Games and helped organize the Paralympics ( 残疾人运动会 ).

9. Task 1 Fast reading Listen to the tape and answer the following question. 1. When did the writer get sick? 2. What is the writer’s ambition?

10. 1. When did the writer get sick? 2. What is the writer’s ambition? The writer got sick when he was over ten years old. His ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software.

11. Task 2 Skimming Read the passage carefully to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease. How his disability developed. Marty met a lot of difficulties at school. How his life has become easier. The advantages of his disease.

12. Task 3 Scanning Read the passage paragraph by paragraph and fill in the missing information.

13. difficulties __ ______ _______ makes him very weak. ______ and can’t ___ or _____ stairs as quickly as other people. A muscle disease disease Clumsyrun climb motto live one day __ _ ____. What does “live one day at a time” mean? Live a rich and full life every day. at a time Paragraph 1

14. Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg? A. Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out. B. Because they wanted to use it as a specimen ( 标本 ). C. Because they would transplant ( 移植 ) the new muscle. D. Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease. Paragraphs 2 and 3

15. What are Marty’s ambition, achievement and hobby? 1) Marty’s ambition __________________________________ _______________________________ 2) Marty’s achievement __________________________________ 3) Marty’s hobby __________________________________ work for a firm that develops computer software when he grows up. invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it. movies, football matches; looking after pets. Paragraph 4

16. Marty’s advice: 1. Don’t feel sorry for them. 2. Don’t make fun of them. 3. Don’t ignore them. 4. Accept them for who they are. 5. Encourage them to live as rich and full a life as you do. Paragraph 5

17. We can see that Marty is a/an _________ person. optimistic, brave, positive, active, independent, strong-minded…

18. Task 4 Post reading Finish the following exercises. Problems caused by his disability What Marty does in spite of his disability 1. Weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others 1. Enjoys writing and computer programming 2. Clumsy and often drop things or bump into furniture 3. can’t play football and can only enjoy football matches from a bench at a stadium 4. has missed a lot of school 5. Felt stupid because of being behind the others 2. Invented a computer football game 3. Looks after pets 4. Disability has helped him grow stronger psychologically and become more independent

19. Marty Fielding suffered from muscle ______ when he was 10, which sometimes made him ______ and drop things or bump into furniture. The doctors don’t know exactly what is wrong with him, so they don’t know ___ to make him better. But he has to learn to _____ to his disability. When some people cannot accept him for who he is, he doesn’t get _______. He just ______ them. All __ all, he has a good life. His ________ is to work in the computer ________when he grows up. He has a very happy life and doesn’t have time to sit around ______ sorry for himself. He is ______ to have found many things he can do really well. disease clumsy how adapt annoyedignores inambition industry feeling happy

20. In many ways his disability has made him grow stronger and more ___________. He has had to work hard to live a _______ life, but it has been _____ it. From him, we can learn more: Just having a ________ doesn’t mean your life is not ________. So don’t feel sorry for the _______ or make ___ of them and don’t ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them ______________ to live as rich and full a life __ you do. independent normal worth disability satisfying disabledfun encouragement as

21. Underline all the sentences in the text which contain infinitives. Then mark their usages according to the headings below. 1. Unfortunately, the doctors don’t know how to make me better, but … and have learned to adapt to my disability. Line 4 ~ Line 5 疑问词＋不定式作宾语 不定式作宾语 2. Then I started to get weaker and weaker… Line 9 不定式作宾语 3. … and it is difficult to know what the future holds. Line 13 不定式作真正主语

22. 4. … I was too weak to go to school so… Line 16 不定式作结果状语 5. I am happy to have found many things I can do, … Line 22 不定式（完成式）作原因状语 6. My ambition is to work for a firm … Line 24 不定式作表语 7. … and a big company has decided to buy it from me. Line 26 不定式作宾语 8. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. Line 28 不定式作宾语补足语 9. To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time… Line 30 不定式作主语

23. 10. I have to work hard to live a normal life… Line 34 不定式作目的状语 11. If I had a chance to say one thing to … Line 34 不定式作后置定语 12. … and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do. Line 37 不定式作目的状语

24. A letter to an architect

25. Discussion: How should we treat the disabled? Life is not easy for us, especially for the disabled. Respect them. Don’t laugh at them. Don’t ignore them. Accept them. Help them if possible. Offer convenience to them. ……

26. Discuss the problems that people with walking difficulties might have in a cinema.

27. Listen to the tape and list the advice Alice Major offered. 1. Adequate access for wheelchairs. 2. Earphones for people who have trouble hearing. 3. Raised seating. 4. Toilets. 5. Car parking.

28. ItemSuggestions Adequate _____ to the cinema ▲▲▲▲ access It would be handy to have lifts to all parts of the cinema. The buttons in the lifts should be easy for a person in wheelchair to reach, and the doors be wide enough to enter. Read the text and fill in the form.

29. Earphones Seating It would help to fit sets of earphones to all seats, not just to some of them. The seats at the back be placed higher than those at the front so that everyone can see the screen easily.

30. Toilets Car parking There should be toilets for the disabled near the entrances to the cinema. There have to be car parking spaces especially for the disabled and elderly close to the cinema entrance and/or exit.

31. 1. In other words, there are not many people like me. 换句话说, 像我这样的人并不多。 in other words 换句话说 in a word 总而言之 in word 口头上 have a word with sb. 和某人说句话 have words with sb. 和某人吵架 get in a word 插话 keep one’s word 遵守诺言，守信用

32. 用适当的短语填空： 1. I don’t have money or time, ________________, I can’t accompany （陪伴） you to the Great Wall. 2. Excuse me, I want to ______________, Mr. Lee. 3. It’s not easy to ______________, so I seldom make a promise. 4. __________, I don’t agree to your plan. 5. The couple often ________________ each other. 6. Can you repeat the story ___________? in other words have a word with you keep one’s word In a word have words with in word

33. 2. Unfortunately, the doctors don’t know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability. 不幸的是, 大夫们 不知道如何治好我的病, 但是我很开朗乐观, 学会了 适应身体的残疾。 不定式和疑问词 whether, what, which, whom, where, when, how, why 等连用, 在句中起名词性作用, 常跟在 tell, know, show, decide, learn, wonder, explain, advise, teach, discuss, find out 等动词后作宾语，有时也作主语、表语。 他不知道这起事故该责备谁。 He didn’t know who to blame for the accident. 他向我们演示如何操作这台机器。 He showed us how to operate the machine.

34. 对我而言，如何解决这个难题仍然是个问题。 How to solve the difficult puzzle is still a problem for me. 3. adapt (oneself) to sth. 使某人适应 … adapt sth. for sth. 使适应, 使适合（新用途、新情 况） adapt sth. for sb. 为某人改编（改写） … be adapted from 根据 … 改编（改写）

35. 1) She found it difficult to _____ herself to the new surroundings. A. adapt B. force C. fit in D. change 2) These are English story books ____ Chinese students. A. adapted from B. adapted for C. adapted to D. adapting for

36. 4. My motto is: live one day at a time. 我的座右铭 是 : 活一天算一天。 at a time 一次, 每次 at one time 一度，曾经 at times=sometimes 有时 at the same time=meanwhile 同时 at any time 随时 all the time 一直 from time to time 时不时 on time 准时 in time 及时 in no time=at once 立刻 ahead of time=in advance 提前

37. 用适当的短语填空： 1.The doctor asked me to take three pills （药丸） ____________. 2. As a student, I must hand in my homework ____________. 3. I usually go to school by bike, but _______ on foot. 4. Tom talks to me in class _____________, which makes me annoyed. 5. I was watching TV last night, and my wife was playing computer games _________________. 6. The girl often eats one apple _____________ now, but _________ she ate several apples in an hour. at a time on time at times from time to time at the same time at a time at one time

38. 5. All in all I have a good life. 总而言之, 我生活得 挺好。 all in all 总而言之 in all 总共 after all 毕竟，终究 above all 首先；最重要的 all at once 突然，忽然，同时 at all once 根本不，一点也不

39. 1) _____, the party was a great success, for everyone there was very happy. A. All in all B. Above all C. In all D. After all 2) Children need many things, but _____ they need love. A. the most important B. above all C. to their satisfaction D. in general