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Unit 1 The world of our senses第1页/共39页第2页/共39页To talk about our senses and the importance of them To think about how to live without one or two sensesTo practise students speaking ability第3页/共39页1. With what do we see and hear?2. How do we know whether a dish is delicious? How do we know that a flower has a pleasant smell?3. What do we do when we want to know whether the water in the basin is hot or cold?第4页/共39页We doWithThe senseseeeyessightheartastesmelltouch/feelearshearingtongue/taste budstastenosesmellhands/feet/skintouch第5页/共39页Sometimes our senses affect one another. Can you give some examples?第6页/共39页Remember holding your nose when your mother was about to give you a spoonful of medicine? Even as a child you realized the close relationship between what you taste and what you smell.If your favorite food no longer tastes delicious, it is usually a decreased sense of smell that is to blame.第7页/共39页The senses of taste and smell are intimately linked to one another. Often the loss of one will result in the loss of the other.If your nose is blocked from a cold, you may find the food is tasteless. 第8页/共39页A person who cannot see is _ and someone who cannot hear is _.blinddeafWhat would happen if you lost one or two of your senses?第9页/共39页Read the passage on Page 1 and answer.1. Do you know how blind people can read? They can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters. This system is called _.Braille第10页/共39页第11页/共39页2. How do the deaf communicate with each other? They use body language or sign language.第12页/共39页However, even if we have good senses, they can still confuse us. Look at the following pictures and try to answer the questions.第13页/共39页What can you see in this picture?第14页/共39页Do you see a vase or two faces?When looking at the white part, we can see a vase, but two faces when looking at the black part.第15页/共39页Which is longer?Actually the two lines are of the same length.第16页/共39页How can you find out whether the two lines are of the same length?We can measure the two lines with a ruler or use two pieces of paper to cover both ends of the two lines. The answer is the two lines are the same length.第17页/共39页Are these lines straight?第18页/共39页How can you prove that the two lines are straight?Place a ruler next to the lines or use a ruler to draw more straight lines which run parallel to the two lines. Then well know the answer.第19页/共39页Are these pillars round or quadrate?第20页/共39页Move or not?第21页/共39页Count the black dots.第22页/共39页Is the woman real or in the jigsaw?第23页/共39页How many people can you see in the picture?第24页/共39页What can you see in the picture?第25页/共39页如果从你座位前的电脑上看上面的图片 左边的图形是生气的脸 而右边的图形是平静的脸 然后请你起立 往后走几步 突然间他们交换位置了!第26页/共39页Why are people misled by their own eyes?Because the background or other lines confuse the eyes. Also, what we expect to see can change what we see. Actually its more the brain that is confused than the eyes.第27页/共39页1.Do you use one of your senses more than the others? Give an example. In the dark, the sense of hearing and the sense of touch become more sensitive because we cant see anything. When we listen to our favorite music, we may close our eyes and just listen with our ears.第28页/共39页2. Some people cannot remember something until they have seen it. Other people only need to hear something once or twice before they can remember it. Which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you?第29页/共39页3. Do you know of any people who have made great achievements even if they have lost the ability to use one of their senses? What did they achieve?第30页/共39页There are quite a few people who have made great achievements even when they have lost one of their senses. For example, Beethoven, the great German composer.第31页/共39页What do they have in common?They all made great achievements even if they lost some of their senses.Beethoven 张海迪 第32页/共39页Fill in the blanks with words relative to senses.When he got there, he _ that there was a dark hole. He _ into it, but could _ nothing. He _with his ears, he could _ nothing, either. noticedlookedseelistenedhear第33页/共39页He _ it for a long time. He _ something strange. He _ the side of the hole. It _ hot. Suddenly some noises were _ from the hole. It _ like someone was cooking inside.watchedsensedfelt/touchedfeltheardsounded第34页/共39页What do you see in this picture?Tree birds or a womans face?Enjoy the pictures.第35页/共39页What do you see?flowers or a womans face?第36页/共39页Which hand is drawing picture?第37页/共39页Find information about some famous people who are disabled yet they made great contributions to the world.第38页/共39页感谢您的观看！第39页/共39页
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