Unit 17 DisabilitiesUnit17 Disabilities

Reading

Learning aims ： 1. Learn some reading skills

2. Master some words and phrases.

3. Practice your Spoken English.

Let’s look at some

pictures together!

Steven Hawking

Light in My Darkness

Helen Keller

Questions:

What do they have in common?

What can we learn from them?

What can be inferred from the title" Disabled?not me!”?A.The disabled are not satisfied with their condition.B. The disabled always dream of becoming normal ones.C. The disabled are sure they can play a valua

ble role and make contributions to society as normal people.

D. They want to escape from the reality of being disabled.

Fast ReadingPart1(para1-2)

Part2(para3-5)

Part3(para6)

A description of a disabled girl’s life and study

The best way to help the

disabled

The voice of the disabled people

1. Xiaowen, who is disabled, won an award for _______. A. young student

B. her talent

C. her disability

D. young scientist

Carefully Reading

2. Xiaowen’s example wants to tell us that__________.

A. the disabled can do what we normal people do

B. the disabled are cleverer than those who healthy

C. everyone can realize his or her dream

D. everyone should follow their example

3. The disabled in the author’s opinion need all except _____.

A. recognition B. sympathy and help C. discrimination D. inspiration & encouragement

4. The disabled people mentioned in the passage are all _____?

A. hardworking and optimisticB. lazy and poorC. pessimistic( 悲观 )D. foolish and doing nothing at all

Language Points

1.Wish+ 从句与 as if/as though 从句用法

S+ wish that

S+ 过去式 与现在事实相反

S+ 过去完成时 与过去事实相反S+would/could/might+V 与将来事实相反

1. I wish that I _____ a bird. 2. He talked as if he ______( 去过上海 ) 3. I wish you ________( 不要抽烟 ) any mo

re.注意： 4.It seems as if it ____ going to rain.

is

werehad been to Shanghai

would not smoke

2. Sitting in the classroom, Xiaowen looks…

Seated in the classroom, Xiaowen looks…

（ 2008 东城模拟） :The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience _____ on benches, chairs or boxes. A having seated B seating C seated D being seated

3.contribute…to… contribute to…翻译：a.Steven has contributed many articles to th

e China Daily.b.Exercise contributes to better health.c.We should make great contributions to the

construction of our country.

4.while 连词 --- 高考热点( 江苏 2006)—I'm going to the post office.—While you're there, can you get me some s

tamps?

( 四川 2008)— In some places women are expected to earn money while men work at home and raise their children.

( 山东 2007) While I really don't like art, I find his work impressive.

1.Attitude

2...Action

Imagine that there is a student who isdisabled in our class 259,what should you do to help the student?

Encourage them not to let physical or mental disabilities limit a person’s life.

Today there’re more opportunities for disabled people to develop their potential, live a richer life and make a contribution to society.

The best way to help is often simply a matter of opening doors and offering guidance.

They need recognition, more than sympathy and help.

Like all of us, disabled people also need inspiration and encouragement.

How can we help the disabled?

1. She is one of the best student in her class and she won an award for young scientists.

2. She uses a wheelchair to get around and it often takes her little longer to do everyday things.

3. One-third of the students is blind and the rest are deaf or have no disability.

4. Xiaowen’s most favorite subject is computer science.

are

students

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随堂检测

6. It is also often disappointed to find that other people do no feel comfortable together with someone who is disabled.

7. I wish they wouldn’t treat me as if I was a child.

8. For the students without disabilities, study together with their disabled classmates is both challenging and rewarding.

were

5. Perhaps we should all listen to Xiaowen’s advices. advice

studying

disappointing

Summary 小结

1.Love is the most beautiful and common language of we human beings! 2.Give them a hand !Let them live better ! 3.Let’s join hands to make the world full of love and more beautiful!

A gift for youEveryone is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都是自己命运的主宰者．People do not lack strength, they lack will.

人缺少的不是力量 , 而是意志 . 　Chances favor the minds that are prepared. 机遇总是垂青于有准备的人．

Homework:

1. Preview grammar 2. Recite the sentences