Lesson 3 Life Stories Anne Sullivan Helen Keller

Helen Keller (June 27, June 1, 1968), was an author, lecturer, and humanitarian whose unusual life and dedicated ( 献身的 ) work had an international influence on the lives of the disabled ( 残疾人 ). She became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months through a damaging brain fever and could communicate only through hysterical ( 歇斯 底里 ) laughter or violent tantrums ( 发怒 ). But, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to read braille( 盲文 ) and to write by using a special typewriter. Bibliography 自传 : Keller, Helen, The Story of My Life and Teacher (1955);

Hellen Keller 1.I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. 2.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.

Do you know Helen Keller? Can you see what was special about her? Blind Deaf restrictions Because of these restrictions on her communication, Helen could not speak, read or write. If there are restrictions on us, we cannot do things freely.

What do you think of behavior? 1 A __________ person does not like to change his/her idea. 2 A ____________ person will cause a lot of trouble. 3 An _____________ person is one that people cannot stand. unbearable stubborn troublesome trouble + some un + bear + able (v.) stubborn troublesome unbearable stub+born （香烟或铅笔的） 残根，殘头

Read the first TWO paragraphs and answer the following questions. What kind of a teacher did Helen need? Why? What did Anne Sullivan do before she became a teacher? What did Anne Sullivan need to do first to prepare Helen to learn language? She needed a superb teacher, because she couldn’t see or hear. She needed to stop Helen’s troublesome behaviour first. What does “superb” mean? She was a former student at a school for the blind. What does “former” mean? Guess “fearsome, bothersome”

Brainstorming Imagine you are Miss Sullivan, and discuss in groups how you can teach the following words to Helen: love water think Remember! Helen cannot see or hear anything.

Skim the rest of the text quickly and reorder these words according to when Helen learn them. doll love think water doll water love think love

Read the text again and work in pairs to find out how Anne Sullivan taught the words to Helen. Anne Sullivan let Helen ______________ the doll and ________ the letters into __________________. Anne let water ________ over one of ______________ and __________ the letters into the other _______. Anne _______ Helen closer to her and pointed to ______________. When Helen _________ about her mistakes when making ____________, Anne touched Helen’s _______ and _________ “think” into _________________. After Helen asked again if love was __________, Anne told her that love could not be ___________ but she could feel the __________ of love. doll water think love play with her hand spelled flow Helen’s hands spelled hand drew her heart thought necklaces spelledhead her hand the sun touched sweetness

Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the following questions. How did Miss Sullivan teach Helen the word “doll”? “water”? “love” for the first time? “think”? “love” for the second time?

Read the text for the third time and fill in the chart in pairs. Words learned How Helen felt when learning the words What it meant to her doll She felt excited. water love (the 1st time) She still could not understand anything that she could not touch. think ——————————— love (the 2nd time) She knew her teacher loved her and how to express her own feelings. It was just a game for her. She did not know words existed. She felt hopeful and joyful. She began to enter the world of language. She was puzzled. She felt confused and disappointed. It was the first time she had understood an abstract word. She felt the meaning of “love” was beautiful.

Discussion : What do you think happened later to Helen Keller?

Homework Write a summary of the story in about 100 words based on your retelling.

Combine the information in the graph and the chart above, and work in groups to retell the story with the key words provided. play with … spell … excited … game … not exist Flow … spell … hopeful … joyful … world of language draw closer … heart … puzzled … confused … Mistakes … head … spell … first time … abstract like the sun … cannot touch … sweetness … beautiful doll water love think love