1、Unit 1 Living Well,How many different types of disabilities do you know?,disability: the state of being disabled / unable to use his/her body properly,Lead-in,How many different types of disabilities do you know?,A .physical disability B .mental disability,deafness, dumb/mute, blindness, lame(跛足的),
2、nearsightedness, color blindness, paralysis( 瘫痪）,depression, learning difficulty brain injury ,Do you know ? Do you know any famous people who are disabled? What do they do?,Steven Hawking,physicist / mathematician,famous scientist known for his theory about black holes and big bangs: A Brief Histor
3、y of Time,born mentally disabled with an IQ of a child,famous conductor,Zhouzhou,n. 指挥,became disabled at the age of 5, taught herself English and took up writing in 1983.,writer,Zhang Haidi,Though named “杨光”, he has lived in a world of darkness since he was 8 months old.,Yang Guang,singer,Tai Lihua
4、,deaf,dancer,confidence,What spirits and characteristics make thedisabled successful?,belief,will,determination,patience,optimism,independence,Discussion,MARTYS STORY,Though he is a _ person, Marty never feels _ for himself and he _ his life.,disabled,sorry,enjoys,Read the text quickly and find the
5、main idea of the whole text.,An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.,How the disease developed.,Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.,How his life has become easier.,The advantages of his disease.,2. Choose a topic for each paragraph.,_ _ _ that makes him very weak.,A muscle disease,_
6、and cant _ or _ stairs as quickly as other people.,Clumsy,run,climb,To live one day _ _ _.,at a time,Scan the text and fill in the blanks.,Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Martys leg? A. Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out. B. Because they wanted to use it as a sp
7、ecimen (标本). C. Because they would transplant (移植) the new muscle. D. Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.,Marty got poor result in school because of his _.absence from school B. being out of breath C. running a short way D. resting half way,Martys ambition 2. Martys achievement
8、 3. Martys hobby,To work for a software firm.,Invention of a football game.,Going to the movies and football matches. Spending a lot of time with his pets.,1. Dont feel sorry for the disabled.,2. Dont make fun of them.,3. Dont ignore them.,4. Accept them for who they are.,5. Give them Encouragement
9、to live as rich and full a life as you do.,1. Marty has _ disease.A. a mental B. a muscle C. an eye D. a leg 2. Whats Martys 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.,Choose the bes
10、t answer,3. Which of the following is false? A. 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. Martys disability ha
11、s made him more independent.,4. 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,5. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The doc
12、tor could give Martys disease a name. B. The doctor knew how to make Marty well. C. Someone in the world could cure the disease. D. No one could give Martys disease a name.,6. When Marty says “I am one in a million”, he really means _A. He is unique B. He has a rare diseaseC. He has a muscle disease
13、 D. He lives a hard but happy life 7. What is the tone of the text?A. Sad B. Happy C. Positive D. Negative,8.What kind of person is Marty? brave, unlucky, weak, clumsy, strong-minded, optimistic, happy, independent, stupid,Marty has a _ disease which makes him very weak. This disease is very _ that
14、you could say he is “one in a million”. The doctors dont know how to _ him better, but he is very _ and has learned to adapt to his disability. Before he was ten years old he was the _ as others. His dream was to become a _ football player. Then he started to get _ and _. The doctor checked him, but
15、 no one knew the _ of his disease. One problem is that he looks the same as others but he is actually _.,muscle,rare,make,outgoing,name,weak,same,professional,weaker,weaker,He fell behind others every time he returned from an _. At high school life is a lot easier for him. His _ is to work for a sof
16、tware company when he grows up. Last year he invented a computer _ game for a big company. Though he is busy, he does have some hobbies, like going to the _ and football matches, spending a lot of time with his _. In many ways his disability has helped him grow _ psychologically and become more inde
17、pendent. He believes that having a disability does not mean your life is not _. You should live as _ and _ a life as others do.,absence,ambition,football,movies,pets,stronger,satisfying,rich,full,Read Martys story again and fill in the table.,clumsy and often drop things or bump into furniture,inven
18、ted a computer football game,cant play football and can only enjoy football matches from a bench at a stadium,looks after pets,has missed a lot of school,Disability had helped him grow stronger psychologically and become more independent,felt stupid because of being behind the other,Thank you all !,
