Unit 1 Living well
Look at the pictures below. What are their problems? lose their legs Warming up
lose her hearing
lose her sight
Disability is a lack of ability relative to a personal or group standard. Disability may involve various impairments ( 缺陷 ), mental disorder and different types of chronic ( 慢性 ) diseases. A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth. What is Disability?
Do you know these people below and what disease they have? How do they face their life with disabilities?
Beethoven He is a famous composer and he is half-deaf.
Helen Keller Blind, deaf and dumb
Steven Hawking physicist / mathematician famous scientist known for his theory about black holes and big bangs: A Brief History of Time
born mentally disabled with an IQ of a child famous conductor Zhouzhou ( 舟舟 )
became disabled at the age of 5, taught herself English and took up writing in 1983 writer Zhang Haidi ( 张海迪 )
MMa Li Zhai Xiaowei( 马丽 翟孝伟 ) dancers ““ 他们的舞蹈完美的让人忘记了身体的残 缺。 ” 舞台上翟孝伟永远扮演着马丽的右 臂，而马丽则是他的左腿。
though named “ 杨光 ”, he has lived in a world of darkness since he was 8 months old. Yang Guang ( 杨光 ) singer He impressed the audience at 2008 Spring Festival Gala Evening.
Tai Lihua deaf dancer
the disabled people confidence What spirits and characteristics make the disabled successful? belief will determination confident optimism independence Discussion
They’re broken in body but firm in spirit. （身残志坚）
There is a website called “Family Village” on the internet. Let’s see what can we see in it. 1. To give ordinary young people with a disability a chance to share their stories with others. 2 ． To inspire other disabled people. 3 ． To get non － disabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities.
Marty’s Story
Para 1: Para 2: Match the main idea to each paragraph. The problems he has to deal with. How his life has become easier. An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease. How his disability developed. The advantages of his disease. Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: Skimming
difficulties ____ ______ _________ that makes him very weak. _________and can’t ____ or ______ stairs as quickly as other people. A muscle disease disease Clumsyrunclimb motto To live one day ___ _____ ______.at a time Scanning: What does “live one day at a time” mean? Live a rich and full life every day. Para1
Para 2-3: True or false 1. Marty looks the same as others. 2. Marty had at least a billion medical tests. 3. The doctors cut out a piece of muscle from his leg to find out the cause of the disease. 4. Marty’s dream was to play football at college. 5. He lost his breath even after running a short way. 6. He didn’t feel sorry to fall behind the others. T F T F T F Marty thinks he professional football felt stupid
Para 4 What are Marty’s ambition, achievement and hobby? 1.ambition 2. achievement 3. hobby To 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 from him Going to the movies and football matches and keeping pets.
Marty’s advice : Para 5 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.
Further understanding (1): hopeful the change of Marty’s feelings: hopelessstupid not get annoyedgood/busy
Further understanding (2): We can see that Marty is a ____ person. optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic, independent, strong-minded… optimisticbrave independentstrong-minded
Let me try! 1.Do you think disabled people can live a happy life as normal people now? Group discussion
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 A free debate
( Quoted from the website of China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe: “Even for a withered flower, it longs to contribute all of its fragrance. Even it is a broken tree, it longs to contribute all of its shade.” 哪怕是一朵残缺的花， 也想献出全部芬芳； 哪怕是一棵受伤的树， 也要献出一片绿荫。
To all of us, some things are given and some withheld, over which we have no choice. But one can always choose ones outlook on life, look more on the positive side, and face life’s disappointments with a cheerful and grateful heart. Dance is the visible, colourful embodiment of music. Dance gives beautiful expression to the world within my heart. --- Tai Lihua
所有人的人生，都有圆有缺有满 有空，这是你不能选择的。但你可以 选择看人生的角度，多看人生的圆 满，然后带着一颗快乐的心去面对人 生的不圆满。舞蹈，是我看得见的彩 色音乐，也是我表达内心世界的美丽 语言。 --- 邰丽华
Homework Retell Marty’s story with about 30 words or translate the following passage into English: 马蒂是一个残疾的孩子，但是他有着 积极的生活态度。他从来不为他的残疾 而感到羞愧，相反，他努力使自己和别 人一样独立。他过着充实的生活。
Thank you ！