1. Unit 1
Reading

2. Free Talk
Is there anyone with disability living around you?
What disability does he / she has?
How does he / she live?
Have you ever helped him / her?

3. Let’s enjoy one dance.

4. Let’s enjoy another dance.

5. The dance Thousand-hand Bodhisattva
creates an artistic image known to all on
Spring Festival Eve TV Entertainment. 
Tai Lihua and her companions made the
performance a great hit!

6. However, can you imagine how hard they practised as disabled dancers?
Cheer for them!

7. Now let’s read a text written by a student in Family Village website.
Read the text quickly and fill in the form.

8. Marty’s advice on how to treat the disabled
Marty’s disease
Marty’s difficulties
Marty’s ambition
Marty’s achievement
Marty’s hobby
Marty’s motto
Marty’s advice on how to treat the disabled
Don’ts
Dos
a muscle disease that makes him very weak
clumsy and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as other people
to work in the computer industry
invented a computer game
going to the movies and football matches and keeping pets
to live one day at a time
feel sorry, make fun, ignore
accept, encourage

9. Choose the best answer. C
Marty is ________ person.
A. a healthy B. an ill
C. a disabled D. a rich
2. Marty has _______ disease.
A. a mental B. a muscle
C. an eye D. a leg B

10. 3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The doctor could give Marty’s
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 Marty’s disease
a name. D

11. 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 won’t accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger B

12. spite of his disability
Read the text carefully and fill in the form.
Problems caused by his
disability
What Marty does in
spite of his disability
1. weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. enjoys writing and
computer programming
clumsy and often drop things
or bump into furniture
invented a computer
football game
can’t play football and can only enjoy football matches from a bench at a stadium
looks after pets
Disability has helped him grow stronger psychologically and more independent .
has missed a lot of school
felt stupid because of being behind the others.

13. Write a short summary for each paragraph.
An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease
Para 1
How his disability developed
Para 2
Marty met a lot of difficulties at school
Para 3
How his life has become easier
Para 4
The advantages of his disease
Para 5

14. Discuss the questions in groups.
What kind of person do you think Marty is?
What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?
What kind of thing does Marty do in order to make his life happy and satisfying?
What can other people do to help Marty and others like him live a good life?
Why has his fellow students' conduct changed towards Marty?
How would your life change if you were to develop a muscle disease like Marty's?

15. What kind of person do you think Marty is?
Marty seems to be a fairly positive person
who considers he has a good life. He is
realistic about his disability but he never
stops doing as much as he can. He is a
psychologically strong, independent boy.

16. What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?
Missing lots of school, not being able to run around and play sports like other boys at his age, people not understanding that he has a disability.

17. What kind of thing does Marty do in
order to make his life happy and
satisfying?
Marty keeps busy doing things that do not
require physical strength, like computer programming. He has friends with whom he
can go to movies and football matches and he has lots of pets. He also studies hard.

18. What can other people do to help Marty
and others like him live a good life?
They can accept people with disabilities like Marty for who they are rather than focus on their disability. They can encourage them to
live rich and full lives.

19. Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty?
Because they found that Marty was able to live as rich and full a life as everyone else.
How would your life change if you were to develop a muscle disease like Marty's?
I think I may ...

20. What is the main idea of the story?
Though Marty is a disabled person, he never feels sorry for himself and he enjoys his life.

21. Important structures
I guess you could say that I am “one in a million”.
The verb “guess” is usually used when you’re suggesting an answer to a question and you do not know the real answer. In this text it is used instead of “I suppose”.

22. The phrase one in a million is usually used to highlight a person who has a very rare ability or skill. In this text it is used for a boy who has a very rare illness. This is made clear in the next sentence in the text.

23. I want to introduce you to a person who is one in a million.
He was one in a million. He was my best mate.

24. 2. Even after all that, no one could give
my disease a name and it is difficult to
know what the future holds.
Marty means that although he had all
those tests, the doctors have not been
able to find out anything that would
help him get better or improve his life.
what the future holds means what the
future will be like.

25. 3. All in all I have a good life.
This sentence means that Marty is
evaluating the good and bad things in
his life. He is considering his
disability and what he can do in spite
of it and still finds that there is a lot
in his life that gives him pleasure.

26. What spirits and characteristics make the disabled successful?
Discussion
What spirits and characteristics make the disabled successful?
a strong will　 optimistic
determination perseverance
brave heart live a meaning life

27. Read the two poems. The Heart of the Strong By Tom Krause
Strong is the heart that knows not the way
of comfort and ease while living each day.
Yet continues to believe from the depths of its soul
that the future is destined to silver and gold.

28. Strong is the heart whose yearning is waned
by storms in life filled with heartache and pain.
Yet still gives its all -- everything that it can
in search of a dream -- God's ultimate plan.
When there is a victory -- when battles are won
when burdens are lifted and bright shines the sun --
when struggling souls gather -- where heroes belong --
they find in themselves -- the heart of the strong.

29. Carry On
By Tom Krause
At times when you feel troubled
when your happiness is gone
look to the heart within you
for the strength to carry on.
In your heart you will find special virtues
such as faith and hope and love.
These gifts have been sent down to you
from a power up above.

30. It is faith that keeps the soul searching
for the joy the heart hopes for.
It is love that heals the spirit
making it stronger than before.
And if your heart be broken
if your strength should fade away
the power of these virtues
will still win out the day.
So remember when you are troubled
when your happiness is gone
look to the heart within you
for the strength to carry on.