【同步备课参考】2014-2015学年高中英语（重庆大学版）必修2课件：Unit2 reading（ 2014高考）.pptVIP

Read the text quickly and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). _____ 1)Helen likes the ship in a heavy fog． _____ 2)Miss Sullivan spelled “d-o-l-l” into Helen’s hand and Helen suddenly understood． _____ 3)At first, Helen just imitated the spelling of words without understanding them． _____ 4)Helen realized that everything has a name after her teacher had been with her for several weeks． _____ 5)While water flowed over one of Helen’s hands, Miss Sullivan spelled the word “w-a-t-e-r” into her other hand． * * She remains a symbol of the human spirit’s ability to overcome limitations. 她是人类有能力克服自身局限的象征。 Unit 2 learning from Helen Keller Suppose: you are a blind man, can you tell me the difference? Getting ready Look at the picture and guess what they are. Is this a picture of Chinese Ma jiang(麻将)? 2)Is this a picture of a kind of alphabet? Braille alphabet Braille System Louis Braille, who became blind from an accident at age 3, developed the Braille System to help teach blind children to read and write. The system of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks consists of six raised points or dots used in 63 possible combinations. What are these letters in the Braille alphabet? h e l e n k e l l e r Helen Keller How much do you know about Helen Keller? Have you ever read her book (s)? Mark Twain said: “ The two most interesting characters of the 19th century are Napoleon and Helen Keller.” Learn about Helen Keller Helen Keller educator writer blind Reading The Most Important Day in My Life 沉默的 proud A One day, we walked to the well-house. Someone was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream flowed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still. Suddenly the mystery of language was fully made known to me. I knew then that “w-a-t-e-r” meant the wonderful cool thing that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened m