1. Guess!
Zhang Haidi

2. Unit 17. Disabilities

3. Sang Lan
disabled in a wheelchair
She wants to go to university

4. Helen Keller
deaf and blind
famous writer

5. disabled in
a wheelchair
great thinker ,
physician
Stephen Hawking

6. deaf
dancers
dancers in Qianshouguanyin(千手观音)

7. Skimming

8. What are talked about in this passage?
Zhong Xiaowen
Bejing Union University
Magazine Literature of Chinese Blind Children

9. Read the text, put the correct letter of the following main ideas under each paragraph

10. Paragraph
Par 1
Par 2
Par 3
Par 4
Par 5
Par 6
Main idea e d f b a c
a. Disabled people are the writers and readers of Literature of Chinese Blind Children.
b. Disabled people need help, they also need inspiration and encouragement.
c. Living with disability is frustrating and challenging.
d. Disabled citizens’ achievements taught society to respect and value them.
e. Zhong Xiaowen’s life and feelings about people’s attitude towards her.
f. Beijing Union University provides
chances and guidance for disabled people.

11. Scanning

12. Read the text again, according to the
text, which of the following sentences
are true, which are false.
Put T or F before the sentences.

13. T F F T ( ) 1.Zhong Xiaowen doesn’t wish to be treated
as a little child.
( ) 2.Xiaowen’s story serves as an example to
 show that physical disabilities can limit a
person’s life. 
( ) 3.In the Beijing Union University, All the 
students of special education college are 
disabled.
( ) 4.The students without disability learn how to
assist and cooperate with disabled students. T F F T

14. T T F T ( )5.The disabled people need recognition,
inspiration and encouragement.
( )6.Literature of Chinese Blind Children is a great help in encouraging blind children to
overcome difficulties. 
( )7.Ye Zijie is the first Chinese to study abroad.
( )8.It might be frustrating and challenging to 
live with disability.  T T F T

15. Discussion 1.What are some of difficulties Xiaowen and
other disabled students have to overcome
(克服)?
a. They can’t make everyday activities freely.
b. people’s attitude makes them feel unfair.
2. According to the text, how does the society view(看待) the disabled people now?
Society respects and appreciates them.

16. Suppose you are a disabled person, try
Groupwork
Suppose you are a disabled person, try
to imagine or feel about their life in
situations
Situation one Situation Two
Situation Three Situation Four
Situation Five Situation Six

17. Situation one: Situation Two: Suppose you are blind, you borrowed
an English book from one of your group members. Now you need to put it back on his/her desk.
Situation Two:
Imagine you are blind, and you want to take
a bus. When you are waiting at the bus stop,
three buses arrive.
Can you take the correct one?
What difficulties will you meet?

18. Situation Three: Situation Four:
Suppose you are deaf. One day, you have a serious cold and you can’t sleep. Explain your symptoms(症状) to doctors. (suppose you can’t write)
Situation Four:
Imagine you sit in a wheelchair. If you want to go to a nearby supermarket to buy something, what difficulties you will have?

19. Situation Five: Situation Six:
Suppose you lose one arm, then how can you tie your shoe?
You need to do it everyday, what do you hope others to treat you?
Situation Six:
Suppose you lose one arm, then how can you put all your books back to your backpack and carry it on your back?
You need to do it everyday, what do you hope others to treat you?

20. Homework 1.Finish the word study on the language study
2.Finish the exercise one and two of the practicing part on the workbook