【精品】高中英语（人教大纲）第二册下：Unit17 Disabilities(第一课时).docVIP

Unit 17 Disabilities Ⅰ.Brief Statements Based on the Unit This unit mainly tells us the difficulties that the disabled people may face.The text“Disabled? Not me!”shows us a middle school student—Zhong Xiaowen,who could only move around in her wheelchair,could overcome lots of difficulties,and finally succeeded.From her success,we learn something important.There is nothing difficult in the world if you stick to it.When you meet with difficulty in your life and study,please don’t lose heart. The teacher should train the students’ mental and moral character of taking pleasure in helping the disabled and help the students to know how to help the disabled to build up the spirit of 揵eing stronger,independent and equal to normal people in activities?Of course ie t is necessary for students to master the important phrases and sentence patterns in this unit.Meanwhile we should review the usage of the Direct and Indirect Object. Ⅱ.Teaching Goals 1.Talk about disability. 2.Practise talking about ability and inability. 3.Review Direct and Indirect Objects. 4.Write an argumentative essay. Ⅲ.Background Information 1.Will Inspired Life The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned,pot-bellied coal stove.A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames.They dragged the unconscious little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive.He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.From his bed the dreadfully burned,semiconscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother.The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die梬hich was for the best,really梖or the terrible fire had devastated the lower half of his body. But the brave boy didn’t want to die.He made up his mind that he would survive.Somehow,to the amazement of the physician,h