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Unit 1,Reading Martys Story,Venus,A disabled person is one who has a condition called a disability that interfere with his or her ability to perform one or more activities of everybody living.,Warming Up,Could you name some other famous disabled people and briefly introduce them? (disability, achievement),Steven Hawking Speech impaired损害 physicist / mathematician,Franklin Roosevelt the 32nd president of the USA,Zhou Zhou mentally disabled a famous conductor,Zhang Haidi has no feeling below the waist, uses a wheel chair writer,Beethoven Deaf Musician,Tai Lihua deaf and dumb a famous dancer The Thousand-hand Bonhisattva,deaf, a great inventor,more than 1000 inventions in his life,Thomas Edison,Hellen Keller (1882-1968) Blind,deaf and dumb a famous writer,Sang Lan a famous gymnast seriously hurt in a competition,Thinking,What does these peoples stories tell us?,As long as they dont lose heart, the disabled can also make great contributions with their efforts. Some are even better than normal people.,Pre-reading,Predicting,1.What does the family village include in this website? 2.What kind of articles can you read in this website? 3.What is the value of the website?,3.What is the value of the website?,1.Share the disableds stories with other disabled people. 2.Non-diabled people understand mour about how challenging life can be for people with disablities.,Please read the family village website,Reading,Martys Story,Lets read Martys Story which is from the family village website. Then do the following exercises.,Martys mini biography,Martys disease Martys symptoms Martys ambition Martys achievement Martys hobby Martys motto Martys advice,A muscle diasase Weak,clumsy, tired To work in the computer industry Invented a computer game Watching movies and football natches, keeping pets Dont feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them but accept them and encourage them,Main idea,Para1. Para2. Para3. Para4 Para5 Para6,An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease,How the disease developed/started,The difficulties Marty has to deal with every day,His leading an easier life because his classmates accept him for who he is,His interests,hobbies and ambitions,The advantages of his disease,2. Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Martys leg? A. Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out. B. Because they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本). C. Because they would transplant the new muscle. D. Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.,D.,3. From the passage we can infer that _. A. Marty asks others to feel sorry for him. B. Marty never loses heart. C. Marty is afraid of being made fun of. Marty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger.,B.,4. Whats Martys dream? A. Being a famous football player and representing his country in the World Cup. B. Being a doctor. C. Being a college student. D. Being a basketball player.,A.,5. Which of the following is false? Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed. B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled. C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends. D. Marty disability has made him more independent.,C.,Comprehending,1. Read Martys story and fill in the chart.,Problems caused by his disability,weak and cant run or climb stairs as quickly as others,2. clumsy and often drop things or bump into furniture,3. sometimes too tired to get out of bed,4. has missed a lot of school and lessons,5. feels stupid because of behind the others after a long absence from school,What Marty does in spite of his disability,2. invented a computer football game.,3. looks after pets,4. Disability has made him grow stronger and more independent .,1 enjoys writing and computer programming,2 Discuss these questions with others in your class.,1 What kind of person do you think Marty is? 2 What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?,1. What kind of person do you think Marty is?,Marty seems to be a fairly positive person who considers he has a good life. He is realistic about his disability but does not let this stop him doing as much as he can. He is a mentally strong, independent boy.,2. What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?,Missing lots of school, not being able to run around and play sports like other boys at his age, people not understanding that he has a disability.,3.How would your life change if you were to develop a muscle disease like Martys?,Maybe at the beginning I will feel low and disappointed but Martys story will feel encourage one to overcome the difficulties. Ill learn to adapt to the disability and try to live a positive and satisfying life. It is not frightening if you are disabled in a body, but it is so if you are not healthy in mind.,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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