高中英语人教版选修7 Unit 1 Living well period 1 教案2.docVIP

Unit 1 Living Well Period 1: Warming up and Reading Teaching Aims To learn something about disabilities and life of disabled people To read about disabilities and life of disabled people. The students should know that people with disabilities can also live well Teaching Procedures Step I. Warming up Warming up by defining: Before we read about disabilities let’s try to define it first. What is disability? How many different types of disabilities do you know?[来源:学科网] disability: the state of being disabled / unable to use his body properly A. physical disability deaf, dumb/mute, blind, lame, near-sighted, six fingers, color blindness, paralyzed B. mental disability depression, learning difficulty, brain injury, phobias (恐惧症) … Warming up by talking: In groups of four talk about what you know about disabilities. Use these words in the above box to support your talk. 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, even achieve great success. Talking about disabilities 1. Do you know anyone who is disabled around you? How does he or she deal with the disabilities? 2. Do you know any famous people who are disabled? What do they do? Have a discussion about what the disabilities are and what difficulties they have to overcome in daily life. Talking about famous people with disabilities Reference One Professor Steven Hawking is one of the disabled who has achieved success in his chosen field of work. In spite of his brain disease, he decides to continue with his research and writing, and his famous book “On History of Time” used to be a best seller. When he speaks, he has to use a computer and a voice box. When he answers questions, it takes about two minutes. Not only d