1. Unit 1 Living Well

2. Period 1 Warming up and speaking
Unit 1 Living well

3. Lead-in How many different types of disabilities do you know?
disability: the state of being disabled / unable to use his/her body properly

4. A .physical disability B .mental disability
How many different types of disabilities do you know?
A .physical disability
B .mental disability
deafness, dumb/mute, blindness, lame(跛足的), nearsightedness, color blindness, paralysis( 瘫痪）
depression, learning difficulty brain injury …

5. Do you know ?
1 .Do you know anyone who is disabled around you? How does he or she deal with the disabilities?
2 .Do you know any famous people who are disabled? What do they do?

6. Professor Steven Hawking
Professor Steven Hawking. In spite of his disease, he decides to continue with his research and writing, and his famous book “A Brief History of Time” used to be a best seller. Moreover, his theory of the Big Bang helps explain the beginning of the universe.

7. 高尔基说过,在自然剥夺了人类用四肢走路的本领时,它就给予他一根拐杖,那就是理想。而霍金无疑为这句话做了最完美的诠释。
他以瘦弱之躯挑战生理极限的勇气以及霍金式的顽皮笑容都向世人证明了：他赢了！

8. Symphony of Fate 德国伟大的作曲家 26岁时听觉衰退 35岁时完全耳聋…… ——世界不给他欢乐 他却创造了欢乐给与世界
Beethoven
( )
Germany
Deaf
famous musician
Symphony of Fate

9. Hellen Keller（1880-1968）1882—1968 Writer & educator United States
blind and dumb

10. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one, which has been opened for us.” Helen Keller -

11. 无臂钢琴师 刘伟
10岁时因为意外触电而失去了双臂 ，19岁时，他开始学习用双脚弹钢琴 ；那段时间，刘伟每天练琴7小时，一年内就达到了钢琴7级的水平。2006年，他加入了北京市残疾人艺术团，并开始了音乐创作。
“我的人生只有两条路，要么赶紧死，要么精彩地活着。” “如果没有生命，就什么都没有了。”

12. Reading
Read the introduction about the people on page 1 and guess what their disability might be.

13. Warming up Infantile paralysis Hearing problem Down’s Syndrome
Difficulty with eyesight
With a partner, discuss what their disability might be.

14. Disabilities can be visible or invisible
Disabilities can be visible or invisible. People with invisible disabilities don’t look disabled. Depression, sleep disorders and learning difficulty are invisible disabilities. No matter what disability one has, life is not easy. They have many difficulties to overcome, but please keep in mind they can also live well, and even achieve great success.

15. What do you learn from the disabled?
Paralympics
They’re broken in body but firm in spirit. （身残志坚）

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

17. MARTY'S STORY Pre-reading
You are going to read an entry on a website called “Family Village”. It gives ordinary young people with a disability a chance to tell their personal stories. Glance at the title and picture, then discuss with a partner what kind of thing you think people would write about and why disabled people find the website beneficial.

18. MARTY'S STORY

19. Read Marty’s story and fill in the table.
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. 3. 4. 5.

20. Problems caused by his disability
weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others
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. feels stupid because of being behind the others

21. What Marty does in spite of his disability
1. enjoys writing and computer programming
2. invented a computer football game.
3. looks after pets
4. Disability has helped him grow stronger psychologically and become more independent.

22. Detailed reading——write a short summary for each paragraph
An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
How his disability developed
Problems that Marty had because of his disability
How his life has become easier.
What he has learned from his disability.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. Para.4 What are 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.

26. Para.5 Marty’s advice on treating the disabled :
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.

27. the change of Marty’s feelings:
Further understanding (1)
the change of Marty’s feelings:
hopeless
stupid
hopeful
Living a good/busy
not getting annoyed

28. Further understanding (2)
We can see that Marty is a ____ person.
optimistic
optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic,
independent, strong-minded…
brave
independent
strong-minded

29. Reading comprehension
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

30. 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.

31. 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 never loses his heart.

32. 4) 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’s disability has made him more independent.

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

34. After-reading Do you think disabled people can live
a happy life as normal people now?

35. A free debate
For: Disabled people can live a happy life as normal people now.
Against: Disabled people may not live a happy life as normal people now.