1. Unit 1 Living well
Warming up & Reading

2. disabled people
blind
deaf-mute

3. Brainstorming How many types of disabilities can you think of? mute
armless
lame
deaf
disability types
blind
paralytic
handless
legless
dwarf
hunchbacked

4. Types of Disabilities blind can’t see deaf can’t hear Physically mute
disabled
blind
deaf
mute
lame
dwarf
armless
legless
handless
hunchback
paralytic
Mentally disabled
can’t see
can’t hear
can’t speak
can’t walk normally
a very short and small person
lose a certain part of the body
have a hump(驼峰) on the back
have no feeling in a certain part of the body
can’t behave properly or normally

5. Can you name some great
disabled people? And what
have they tried to do to
overcome these difficulties?

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

7. Beethoven ( )
deaf
Composed
Symphony of Fate
[ ˈsɪmfəni ]

8. 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.”

9. Zhou Zhou, who was mentally deficient from his childhood, now has become a famous conductor in China.

10. What do you learn from these disabled?
Think it over
What do you learn from these disabled?
They’re broken in body but firm in spirit.
（身残志坚）

11. What spirits and characteristics make the disabled successful?
optimism
belief
the disabled
people
will
patience
confidence
independence
determination

12. Reading
MARTY'S STORY
Let’s read Marty’s Story which is from the family village website.
Then do the following exercises.

14. Skimming Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
How his disability developed.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
How his life has become easier.
The advantages of his disease.
Para. 4
Para. 5

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

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

17. Para.4 What are the Marty’s ambition, achievement and hobby?
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; look after pets.

18. Para.5 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.

19. Choose the right answer.
1) When Marty says “I am one in a million”, he really means _____. A. he is unique B. he has a rare disease C. he has a muscle disease D. he lives a hard but happy life

20. 2) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text. _______ A
2) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? _______ A. While at high school, not all Marty’s classmates accept him. B. A big company bought the computer game from Marty. C. The doctors know Marty’s disease well but they hide the truth. D. Marty looks quite different from others because of his disease.

21. 3) From the passage we can infer that
____.
A. Marty asks others to feel sorry for him.
B. Marty never loses heart.
C. Marty is afraid of being made fun of.
D. Marty will not accept any
encouragement because he has grown
stronger.

22. 4) What’s Marty’s dream?
A. Being a famous football player and
representing his country in the
World Cup.
B. Being a doctor.
C. Being a college student.
D. Being a basketball player.

23. 5) Which of the following is false?
Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed.
B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D. Marty disability has made him more independent.

24. 6) What is the tone of the text. A. sad. B. happy. C. positive. D
6) What is the tone of the text? A. sad. B. happy. C. positive. D. negative.