1. Touch the World Lesson 37

2. 教学目标

3. 1. 掌握词汇 : build, deaf, greatly, at the age of 2. 熟悉构词法 : educate-educator-education invent-inventor-invention 3. 学习 Helen Keller 不畏艰难的精神。

4. Warming up

5. Do you like to be blind or deaf? ( 体会无光, 无声世界 ) Play game

6. New words

7. planetary post Helen Keller well-known writer educator blind deaf Sullivan courage greatly

8. planetary

9. Helen Keller

10. writer

11. educator

12. blind

13. deaf

14. Useful words and expressions

15. blind 形容词 ( blinder; blindest) 瞎的, 盲的 eg. He is blind in one eye. 他一只眼睛失明。

16. (as) blind as a bat 看不清的 ; 不易看清的 ; 看不见的 ( 别人却看得 见的 ) Venetian blind 活动百叶窗 blind alley 死胡同 ; 没有前途的职业... 和 blind 相关的短语用法

17. blind as a bat 看不清的 ; 不易看清的 ; 看不见的 ( 别人 却看得见的 ) blind spot ( 视网膜的 ) 盲点, ( 驾驶车辆等视力以外的 ) 盲 区, 无知, 偏见 ; 未知领域 blind to 无视于 ; 对... 漠然

18. deaf 形容词 ( deafer; deafest)  聋的 eg. She is deaf in one ear. 她一只耳朵是聋的。  不愿听的 eg. He was deaf to her warning. 他不听她的警告。

19. deaf to 不听 ; 不理 deaf-and-dumb 聋哑的 deaf-mute 聋哑者 stone deaf 完全聋的 stone-deaf 耳朵聋的, 完全聋的 tone-deaf 音盲的 turn a deaf ear to 不愿听... word-deaf 患语聋症的 Phrases about deaf ：

20. greatly 极其, 非常, 大大地 eg. I was greatly moved by his kindness. 他的好意令我极为感动。

21. Reading and listening

22. THE PLANTARY POST · JUNE 2, 1968 Helen Keller Dies at 88 Helen Keller, the well-known writer and educator, died yesterday at the age of 88. Helen Keller was a hero to blind and deaf people around the world. Helen was born in 1880 in the United States. When she was nineteen months old, Helen fell ill. She had a high fever. It made her blind and deaf. Before her illness, Helen had been a bright and happy girl. When she lost her sight and hearing, she become difficult and wild.

23. Helen wanted to understand other people. Sometimes, she stood between her mother and her father. She put her hands on their mouths. She could feel them talk. She felt one mouth move. What were they doing? Helen didn’t know. She shouted and cried. In 1887, a young teacher, Anne Sullivan, began to help Helen. She spelled words on Helen’s hand with her fingers. At first, the words didn’t mean anything to Helen. Then, one day, Helen was playing in some water. Anne Sullivan spelled W-A- T-E-R onto Helen’s hand. Suddenly, Helen understood. That day, she learned many more words: mother, father, sister —and teacher. 听力接上页

24. As Helen grew older, she learned to read. She had special books with letters she could touch. She also learned to write and even speak. When Helen studied at university, Anne Sullivan sat beside her. She listened to the professors’ words, and then spelled their words onto Helen’s hand. After Helen finished university, she visited many countries. She spoke about her life. She was very famous for her courage and hard work. She did her best to help other people who were deaf or blind. She will be greatly missed.

25. Group work

26.  What do we learn form Helen Keller?

27. Free talk

28.  1. What would your life be like if you couldn’t see or hear?  2. How do you feel the world if you are blind ？

29. Exercises

30. 根据汉语提示完成单词。 1. He can’t hear anything because he is _________ ( 聋的 ). 2. Most of the _________ ( 盲人 ) work hard. 3. I can see the blackboard clearly because my _______ （视力） is good. deaf blind sight

31. 1.—What do you want to be? —I want to be an ________ (education). 2. His ______ (ill) is very serious. He’d better go to see a doctor. 3. He is a ________ and he is __________ for the newspaper. (write) 4. She will be ________ (great) missed forever. 5. The little girl’s ________ (see) and ___________ (hear) are very poor. 根据汉语提示完成英文句子。 educator illness writer writing greatly sight hearing

32. Homework  The remaining exercises in the Activity Book.  The next reading in the student book.