1. Living well
Unit 1

2. Words preview
disability
disabled
hearing
eyesight
lap
ambition
n.伤残；无力；无能
adj. 伤残的
n. 听力；听觉
n. 视力
n. 跑道的一圈；重叠部分
大腿的上方
n. 雄心；野心

3. Words preview
ambitious
dictation
noisy
suitable
entry
beneficial
adj. 有雄心的；有野心的
n. 口授； 听写
adj. 吵闹的；嘈杂的
adj. 适合的；适宜的
n. 项目；进入；入口
adj. 有益的；受益的

4. Warming Up lose their left legs
Look at the pictures below.
What are their problems?
lose their left legs

5. lose her hearing

6. lose her sight

7. What is Disability?
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.

8. Do you know anyone with a mental
or physical disability?
Does their disability make it
difficult for them to do some things?
What have they tried to do to
overcome these difficulties?

9. Do you know these people
below and what disease they
have? How they face their
life with disabilities?

10. Steven Hawking
physicist /
mathematician
famous scientist known
for his theory about
black holes and big bangs:
A Brief History of Time

11. Zhouzhou (舟舟)
famous conductor
born mentally
disabled with an
IQ of a child

12. Zhang Haidi (张海迪)
writer
became disabled at the
age of 5, taught herself
English and took up
writing in 1983

13. Ma Li Zhai Xiaowei
(马丽 翟孝伟)
dancer
第四届CCTV电视舞蹈大赛群众创作表
演舞蹈专场中，由残疾人马丽、翟孝伟
表演的舞蹈《牵手》令观众震撼。

14. singer Yang Guang (杨光) though named “杨光”, he has lived in a world
of darkness since he was
8 months old.
He impressed the audience at 2008 Spring Festival Gala Evening.

15. Beethoven
musician

16. Beethoven's hearing gradually worsened
in his twenties, yet he continued to compose, and to conduct and perform, even after he was completely deaf.
Let’s enjoy his well-known work Symphony(交响乐) No. 5. also named The Destiny Symphony.

17. 邰丽华
deaf
dancer

18. 邰丽华: 我感觉残疾不是缺陷，而是人
类多元化的一个特点，残疾不是不幸，
只是不便，其实每个人的人生都是一样的，有圆，有缺，有满，有空，这是你
没有办法选择的，但是你可以去选择看
人生的角度，然后带着一颗快乐而感恩
的心态去面对人生的不圆满。这就是我
对生活的感悟。

19. 千手观音
21位舞者是生活在无声
世界的聋哑人，他们平
均年龄17岁，最小的只
有13岁。
Let’s see their
performance.

20. American educator/writer
Light in My Darkness
Helen Keller
American educator/writer

21. Helen Keller became
blind when she was
less than 2 years old.
She was deaf soon after
that. He grew into a
highly intelligent
woman with her teacher’s
help. Her most famous article Three Days
to See.

22. Pair Work
What can you learn from them?

23. diligent
passion
belief
confident
courage
persevere
optimistic
patient
independent
strong-minded

24. Look at the pictures on page 1 and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability. With a partner, discuss what their disability might be.

25. The following list might help you.
mental disability learning difficulty
hearing problem difficulty with eyesight
brain injury loss of an arm or a leg
walking difficulty

26. Discuss
Suppose one day, you became disabled. How would you go on living?

27. Pre-reading
Do want to know more about disability. Let’s get online to

28. Please read the family village website

29. Welcome to the Family Village! We are a
global community that integrates
information, resources, and communication
opportunities on the Internet for persons
with cognitive and other disabilities, for
their families, and for those that provide
them services and support.
Our community includes informational
resources on specific diagnoses, communication
connections, adaptive products and technology,

30. education, worship, health issues and literature,
and much, much more!
So stop in, stroll around, and visit some of the
Family Village's attractions. Simply click on a
place to explore and discover an useful
information! Let us know what you like and
visit often, for our village is constantly
changing.

31. After reading the website “Family village”， discuss with a partner what kind of things you think people write about.
The Family Village website gives ordinary people with a disability the chance to tell their personal stories. These stories are very positive and describe the satisfying lives these young people live even though they have some difficulties. Other disabled people find the website beneficial because

32. they can read about people with similar difficulties to their own
they can read about people with similar difficulties to their own. The website is also a way for non-disabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities.

33. Homework
1. Look up the new words and expressions of the reading in the dictionary.
2. Preview the reading:
Marty’s Story

34. Thank you!