1. Listening task &Reading and Writing task Workbook(P50-52)

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3. Braille Blinded by an accident in his early childhood, 15 year old Louis Braille (1809-1852) invented a system of reading and writing by touch. A Braille cell consists of six raised dots. By arranging the dots in various combinations, 64 different patterns cam be formed. Braille, a true alphabet, is read by moving the hand from left to right along each line. Readers average about 104-125 words per minute. Some can read 250 words by using both hands. Braille Blinded by an accident in his early childhood, 15 year old Louis Braille (1809-1852) invented a system of reading and writing by touch. A Braille cell consists of six raised dots. By arranging the dots in various combinations, 64 different patterns cam be formed. Braille, a true alphabet, is read by moving the hand from left to right along each line. Readers average about 104-125 words per minute. Some can read 250 words by using both hands.

5. Listening task 1. What country did Louis Braille come from? He came from France. 2. What disability did he have? He was completely blind. Listen to Paul’s talk about Louis Braille. Then answer the questions.

6. 3. What did books for the blind look like when Louie was a boy? They were ordinary books with letters raised up off the page. 4. What were the two problems with the books for the blind? The letters were huge and difficult to read, and the books were very expensive.

7. 5. What invention gave Louie the idea for his system? A system for soldiers to send and receive messages in the dark.

8. 6. What advantages do you think Louis’s system has? I think Braille system has the advantage of being easy to learn, and so it is easy to produce books of normal size. It helps make blind people independent because they can read as much as sighted people do.

9. Year Age Event 1809 ______________ 1813 4 _________________________ 1819 10 _________________________ 1821 12 _________________________ ____________________________________________ 1824 15 _________________________ __________________________ 1827 18 _________________________ 1852 43 _________________________ Born Became completely blind Sent to school in Pairs Heard a soldier talk about a system consisting of a raised system of dots Completed the Braille system of touch reading First Braille book published died

10. R eading and writing task 从懂事那天起，我就面临只 能活 28 岁的无情命运。 10 岁, 我只能举起一个枕头； 12 岁, 我只能拄着棍儿走路。 14 岁, 我走不出院子； 16 岁, 完全不能走了, 只能直 直地站着。 《假如我能行走三天》

11. 18 岁, 不能下地； 20 岁, 胳膊举不过头顶。如今, 我拿不 起一杯水 …… 生活完全不能自理。行走对 于一个正常人来说是最为容易的事，而对 于我来说比登天还难, 所以， 假如我能行走三天，我将万 分珍惜三天中的每分每秒。 他因病从小到大只上过一天学。

12. 23 年只能天天在炕上坐着, 眼中惟一的风 景是自家院子。 肌肉萎缩到不能自己穿衣和洗脸, 拿不起 一本书, 一杯水。 他叫张云成, 家住黑龙江省五大连池风景 区青泉村。 他写就了一部十余万字的书稿。 这是第一部由肌无力患者写就的、真实再 现肌无力患者生活以及坚强的励志之作。 他说 : 我终于证明了一点，在这个世界存 在过、奋争过 ……

13. Scan the text and write a mini bio for Zhang Yuncheng. A Mini Bio Name: Sex: Health: Zhang Yuncheng Male disabilities caused by a muscle disease; very weak, can hardly pick up a pen

14. School education: Interests and hobbies: Ambition: Dream: one day reading and writing to write and publish a book to live a better life

15. Write a new draft of your article.

16. Although Zhang Yuncheng is unable to walk or even get out of bed without help, he has achieved his ambition to write a book. Because of his disability, Yuncheng went to school for only one day. However, when he was 12 years old, he taught himself to write. Sample writing

17. When he was 17, Yuncheng wrote to a newspaper about his life and his ambition to write a book. Zhang Danuo, an editor at the newspaper helped him by setting him writing assignments every week. These assignments have now been turned into a book, which many people have bought.

18. Yuncheng says that because his life will not be a long one, he must do as much as he can within the time he has left.

19. Homework 1. Speaking task on P52. 2. Answer the questions on checking yourself on P53.