Unit1LivingwellWorkbook课件2新人教版选修7.ppt

Listening taskReading and Writing taskWorkbook(P50-52);Warming up;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.;;Listening task ;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.;5. What invention gave Louie the idea for his system? A system for soldiers to send and receive messages in the dark.;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.;Year Age Event 1809 ______________ 1813 4 _________________________ 1819 10 _________________________ 1821 12 _________________________ ____________________________________________ 1824 15 _________________________ __________________________ 1827 18 _________________________ 1852 43 _________________________;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。 ; 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。; 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