1. 人教课标版
高二 选修7
Unit 1

2. Warming up & Reading

3. How many different types of disabilities do you know?

4. disabled people
lame
blind
deaf-mute
paralytic

5. disabled people
legless
handless
armless
hunchbacked

6. Types of Disabilities blind can’t see deaf can’t hear can’t speak mute
Physically
disabled
lame
can’t walk normally
have no feeling in a certain part of the body
paralytic

7. Types of Disabilities armless lose a certain part of the body legless
Physically
disabled
legless
handless
have a hump(驼峰) on the back
hunchback
can’t behave properly or normally
Mentally disabled

8. Goddess of Mercy of a thousand hands

9. 中国残疾人艺术团的经典节目《千手观音》

10. Can you name some great
disabled people? And what
have they tried to do to
overcome these difficulties?

11. 肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 amyotrophic
Steven Hawking
England
肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 amyotrophic
Speech impaired, can only move one of his fingers
physicist / mathematician, research into the beginning of space, matter and time.
(Black holes theory)

12. Beethoven ( )
deaf
Composed
Symphony of Fate

13. Helen Keller 1882—1968 United Kingdom blind, deaf and dumb
learn to read Braille (盲文), to speak and write. Finished the studies in Radcliff College. educator and writer
“Three days To See.”

14. Zhang Haidi: paralytic, in a wheelchair writer, translator

15. Sanglan (桑兰) China.
a famous gymnast (体操运动员). She hurt herself seriously in a competition and can’t stand. She helped to bid 2008 Olympic Games and helped organize the Paralympics (残疾人运动会).

16. Pre-reading

17. The “Family Village” is a _______. website
The purpose of the website：
1. To give young disabled people the chance to share their stories with others.
2. To inspire other disabled people.
3. To get non-disabled people to understand more about the challenging life the disabled people lead.

18. Reading
MARTY'S STORY
Let’s read Marty’s Story which is from the family village website.
Then do the following exercises.

19. Skimming Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
How his disability developed.
Para. 1
Para. 2

20. Para. 3
Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
How his life has become easier.
The advantages of his disease.
Para. 4
Para.5

21. Scanning Para.1 __ ______ _______ makes him very weak.
A muscle disease
disease
Clumsy
______ and can’t ___ or _____ stairs as quickly as other people.
run
difficulties
climb
motto
live one day __ _ ____.
at a time
What does “live one day at a time” mean?
Live a rich and full life every day.

22. Paras.2&3
Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg?
Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out.
Because they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本).
Because they would transplant(移植) the new muscle.
Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.

23. Para.4 What are the Marty’s ambition, achievement and hobby?
2) Marty’s achievement
__________________________________
3) Marty’s hobby
work for a film that develops computer
software when he grows up.
invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it.
movies, football matches; look after pets.

24. Para.5 Marty’s advice : 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.

25. the change of Marty’s feelings:
Further understanding (1):
the change of Marty’s feelings:
hopeless
stupid
hopeful
good/busy
not get annoyed

26. We can see that Marty is a ____ person. Further understanding (2):
optimistic
optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic,
independent, strong-minded…
brave
independent
strong-minded

27. Choose the right answer.
1) When Marty says “I am one in a million”, he really means _____. A. he is unique B. he has a rare disease C. he has a muscle disease D. he lives a hard but happy life

28. 2) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text. _______ A
2) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? _______ A. While at high school, not all Marty’s classmates accept him. B. A big company bought the computer game from Marty. C. The doctors know Marty’s disease well but they hide the truth. D. Marty looks quite different from others because of his disease.

29. 3) 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 will not accept any
encouragement because he has grown
stronger.

30. 4) What’s Marty’s dream?
A. Being a famous football player and
representing his country in the
World Cup.
B. Being a doctor.
C. Being a college student.
D. Being a basketball player.

31. 5) Which of the following is false?
Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed.
B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D. Marty disability has made him more independent.

32. 6) What is the tone of the text. A. sad. B. happy. C. positive. D
6) What is the tone of the text? A. sad. B. happy. C. positive. D. negative.

33. (Questions on textbook)
Comprehending
(Questions on textbook)
Read Marty’s story and fill in the table. 1

34. Problems caused by his disability
_____ and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others
______ and often drop things or bump into furniture
3. can’t play football and can only enjoy football matches from a bench at a stadium
4. has missed a lot of school
5. feels stupid because of being behind the others
weak
clumsy

35. What Marty does in spite of his disability
1. enjoys ______ and computer programming
2. invented a computer football game.
3. looks after pets
4. Disability has helped him grow
psychologically and become more independent.
writing

36. Others’ attitude
◆ At primary school, sometimes kids _________ me.
◆ At high school, my fellow students have begun to ______ me for who I am.
His own attitude
◆ I used to feel ______ because of being behind the others.
◆ Now I have no time to sit around feeling _____ for myself.
◆ My disability has made me grow stronger and more ___________ .
laughed at
accept
stupid
sorry
independent

37. 3 Discuss these questions.
1. 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 does not let this stop him doing as much as he can. He is a psychologically strong, independent boy.

38. 2. 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.

39. 3. 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.

40. 4. 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.

41. 5. 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.

42. What’s the main idea of the text?
Though he is a ________ person, Marty never feels sorry for himself and he enjoys his life.
disabled

43. 根据课文内容用合适的单词填空。
　 Marty Fielding suffered from muscle ______ when he was 10, which sometimes made him ______ and drop things or bump into furniture.
disease
clumsy

44. The doctors don’t know exactly what is wrong with him, so they don’t know ___ to make him better. But he has to learn to _____ to his disability. When some people cannot accept him for who he is, he doesn’t get _______ . He just ______ them.
how
adapt
annoyed
ignores

45. All __all, he has a good life
All __all, he has a good life. His ________is to work in the computer ________when he grows up. He has a very happy life and doesn’t have time to sit around ______ sorry for himself. He is ______to have found many things he can do really well.　 in
ambition
industry
feeling
happy

46. In many ways his disability has made him grow stronger and more ___________. He has had to work hard to live a _______ life, but it has been _____ it. From him, we can learn more: Just having a________ doesn’t mean your life is not ________.
independent
normal　
worth
disability
satisfying

47. So don’t feel sorry for the _______ or make ___ of them and don’t ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them ______________to live as rich and full a life __ you do.　
disabled
fun
encouragement as

48. After-reading Do you think disabled people can live
a happy life as normal people now?

49. A free debate
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.

50. Homework Retell Marty’s story according to the mini bio.
Surf the internet to learn more about the life of disabled people.

51. Thank you for listening!