1. Using language A letter to an architect

2. Discuss the problems that people with disabilities have in a cinema

3. Task 1 Read the text and answer the following questions
From the text we know that Alice Major advised
the architect to consider ___ things.
Two B. three C. four D. five
2. What are the suggestions about? D
Adequate access for wheelchairs
Earphones for people who have trouble hearing
Raised seating
Toilets
Car parking

4. Adequate _____ to the cinema ▲
Task 2 Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
Item
Suggestions
Adequate _____ to the cinema ▲
It would be handy to have lifts to all parts of the cinema.
access
The buttons in the lifts should be easy for a person in wheelchair to reach, and the doors be wide enough to enter.

5. It would help to fit sets of earphones to all seats, not just to some of them.
Seating
The seats at the back be placed higher than those at the front so that everyone can see the screen easily..
What does “ hearing– impaired” mean ?
A. 耳聋的 B. 耳鸣的　C. 耳聪的　D. 耳障的 D

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

7. Task Three Discuss the questions:
1). What is the purpose of the first paragraph of the letter?
2). Why do you think the writer has numbered her suggestions and used italics?
3). What is the purpose of the last paragraph of the letter?
4) What is the purpose of the letter?

8. Task Three What is the purpose of the first paragraph of the letter?
2. Why do you think the writer has numbered her suggestions and used italics?
To tell the reader the purpose of the letter.
To organize the ideas and to make it easier for the reader to understand and remember five suggestions

9. D 4. The writer wrote the letter to _____
3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
To finish the letter in a polite way and to
put forward some reasons why the architect
should consider the writer’s suggestions.
4. The writer wrote the letter to _____
Remind the architect of the disabled
Protect the rights of the disabled
Show the attitude of being treated equally to the able-bodied people
All of above D

10. 5. The writer wrote the letter to _____
Remind the architect of the disabled
Protect the rights of the disabled
Show the attitude of being treated equally to the able-bodied people
All of above D

11. 1. access Language points 1) access n. / vt. 接近; 进入; 使用
accessible adj. 可接近的; 可进入的; 可使用的
常用be accessible to 可接近…的; 可进入….的
access to ① (接近/进入某地的)通路/方法
e.g. The only access to the farmhouse is crossing
the fields.
②(使用某物/ 接近某人的) 机会/权利
e.g. Only the high officials have access to the
building.

12. 练习： 1) Because of the snow, the village was not ______ by car. D
acceptable B. approachable
C. available D. accessible
2) Access ______ the garden is through the kitchen. B
at B. to
C. for D. with

13. 根据汉语意思完成句子。
1) 因为路崎岖不平, 到达山顶的庙宇很不容易。
It’s quite difficult to ____________________ on top of the mountain because of the rough path.
2) 你知道已经有一种软件帮助盲人使用因特网了吗？
Do you know there has been a software ____________________________________?
get access to the temple
making the Internet accessible to the blind

14. 2. dignity:
Only a truly free person has human dignity.
She kept her dignity despite the booing.
高贵, 尊严
端庄的仪态
She doesn’t stand on her dignity and treat the rest of us as servants .
stand on one’s dignity　摆架子

15. 3. meet with
He met with an old friend at the meeting.
他在会议上碰到了一位老朋友。
The president meet with senior white house aide at breakfast. 
早餐时总统会见了白宫的高级助手。
They will surely meet with due punishment.
他们一定会受到应得的惩罚。

16. Good-bye!

17. Task 1 that people with disabilities have in a cinema
Discuss the problems
that people with
disabilities have
in a cinema

18. Language points access n. (接近的)方法; 通路; (使用或见到的)机会 accessible adj.
可进入的;可接近的; 可使用的;容易理解的常用搭配:
have / gain access to
获得接近/ 进入的权利(机会)……
be accessible to 接近 /进入 ……