新课标人教版选修七Book7 Unit1 Reading.ppt

disease: difficulties: motto : * 人教新课标选修7 Unit 1 Living well Disabilities can be visible or invisible. People with invisible disabilities don’t look disabled. Depression, sleep disorders and learning difficulty are invisible disabilities. No matter what disability one has, life is not easy. They have many difficulties to overcome, but please keep in mind they can also live well, and even achieve great success. Warming up Types of Disabilities Physically disabled blind can’t see deaf can’t hear mute can’t speak lame can’t walk normally paralytic have no feeling in a certain part of the body Types of Disabilities Physically disabled Mentally disabled armless legless handless lose a certain part of the body hunchbacked have a hump (驼峰) on the back can’t behave properly or normally Composed Beethoven (1770-1827) deaf 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.” Zhang Haidi: paralytic, in a wheelchair writer, translator Sanglan: 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). What do you learn from these disabled? They’re broken in body but firm in spirit. （身残志坚） Think it over the disabled people belief optimism will patience confidence independence determination What spirits and characteristics make the disabled successful? mental disability learning difficulty hearing problem difficulty with eyesight brain injury loss of an arm or a leg Down’s Syndrome infantile paralysis walking difficulty Look at the pictures on Page 1, and discuss what their disability might be. The following list might help you. Marty’s Story An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease. How his disability developed. Para. 1 Para. 2 Sum up the main idea