Discussion

1. Discussion Should disabled students be allowed to go to university? Should they get any extra help? Why or why not?

2. Unit 17 Reading Disabled? Not me!

3. Skimming (True or False) • Zhong Xiaowen doesn’t wish to be treated as a little child. • Xiaowen’s story serves as an example to show that physical disabilities can limit a person’s life. • All the students in the Beijing Union University are disabled. • Literature of Chinese Blind Children is a great help in encouraging blind children to overcome difficulties and challenges. • In 2000 Ye Zijie was invited to London and became the first Chinese to study abroad.

4. Scanning (Reading Comprehension ) • The text is mainly about_______. • What makes people disabled • How the disabled live a normal life • What is to be done to assist disabled people • How physical disabilities limit a person’s life

5. 2. By the first sentence in Para 1, Zhong Xiaowen really wants to mean that_____. A. Her classmates actually look down upon her B. She wants to be treated as an independent person C. Disabled students suffer much more hardships. D. She has grown into an adult and is no longer a child

6. 3. What can be learned from Xiaowen’s success from Para 2? • Most of the disabled are gifted. • The disabled need proper opportunities and support. • Physical disabilities have no effect on people’s life. • People should change their attitudes towards the disabled.

7. 4. The disabled ,in the author’s opinion , need all EXCEPT________. • recognition • sympathy and help • discrimination • inspiration and encouragement

8. 5. “…he became the first visually impaired Chinese to study abroad.” (Para.5) The underlined word in the sentence means______. • disabled • gifted • unfortunate • lucky

9. 6. We can infer from the text that ____. • The disabled are useless • We should look down upon the disabled • C. The disabled can do something as well as or better than normal people • D. There is no opportunity for the disabled to make a contribution to society

10. Step 2 Careful reading Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

11. Zhong Xiaowen Paragraph 1 1.What does she do? 2.What kind of disability might she have? 3.How is she doing in her school life?

12. Paragraph 1 • What does she do? She is a 16-year-old middle school student in Northern China.

13. What kind of disability does she have? She was born without the ability to use her legs and she has no feeling below her waist.

14. How is she doing in her school life? She is the best student in her class and has won an award for younger scientist.

15. Is Xiaowen really happy? Why? She is nothappy about that. People treat her___________________ as if she were a child.

16. Para2(transitional paragraph) Para3,4&5

17. Topic sentence examples Para3 The Special Educational College of Beijing Union University The best way to help is often a simply a matter of opening doors and offering guidance. Para4,5 The Magazine Literature of Chinese Blind Children Like all of us, disabled people also need inspiration and encouragement.

18. Para3. Should we do everything for disabled people? No. We should give themrecognitionmore thansympathy and help.

19. What does the magazine make disabled people believe? (Para4) According to Ye Zijie’s words, what is very important for disabled people to know?(Para5) They can realize their dreams. Someone far away is also struggling as they are.

20. “I have learnt to live with my body as it is and adjusted my way of life. Maybe it is time for the rest of society to accept me as I am and get used to the fact that while I may not be able to walk, there are many other great things I can do.” Disabled Not Me ? ! “I know people are trying to help, but I wish they wouldn’t treat me as if I were a child.”

21. How is the text organized? Part 1. para 1 --example para 2 (transitional paragraph) Part 2 Part 3. para6 --conclusion para3 para4&5 --attitudes

22. Discussion What can you learn from them? And what can we do to help them?

23. We young people should call on the whole society to help the disabled!

24. language points

25. 能力；才能； 才智 1.ability I doubt his ability to do the job. = I doubt whether he is ________to do the job. able 他能流利地说英语。 He has the ability to speak English fluently. 她是一个很有才能的妇女。 She is a woman ____ great _______. of ability = She is a very _____woman. able 2.disability 无力, 无能, 残疾 He lost the chance to go to college because of his disability. disable v. 使残废, 使失去能力, 丧失能力 disabled a. 伤残的

26. ☆Helen Keller was not a born disabledperson. − adj.  Nothing disabled her at birth.  She was not a person with disabilities at birth. −vt. −n.

27. 3.get around =get about到处走动 手术之后，他又能走动了. He could get around/about again after the operation. 近来她不大各处走动. She doesn’t get around much these days. get around/about/round(指消息)传播,流传 坏消息传播很快./恶事传千里. Bad news gets around quickly. get around避开,逃避，绕过困难 to get around the tax laws 逃避纳税

28. 4.fair 1.n. 商品展览会, 市集；商品交易会 a book fair 书展 a computer fair 电脑展销会 a job fair. 职业交流会 2 adj.(肤色)白皙的, (头发)金黄的, 干净的, 公平的, (天气)晴朗的 fair hair. a fair businessman 金发 fair skin. 白皙的皮肤 一位公道的商人 fair skies. fairness 晴朗的天空 公平, 正直, fair game. 正大光明的比赛 unfair 不公平的 a fair deal; 公平交易

29. 5.potential ability for further development 潜能, 潜力, His potential in music has been developed since his childhood. adj.可能的；潜在的 每粒种子都可能长成植物 Every seed is a potential plant 潜在的问题 a potential problem.

30. 6.guidance n 指导，指引 他在老师的指导下做了这件工作。 He did the work under his teacher's guidance. vt. guide Be guided by your feeling. 按你的感觉行事 They guided us to the office. 他们带领我们到了办公室 n 向导；导游; 指南；指导 a shopper's guide. 购物指南

31. adj. 有天才的;有天赋的=talented 7.gifted a gifted child; a gifted pianist. 有天赋的孩子；有才华的钢琴家 He is gifted in painting. gift 天赋，天资；才能 他有做诗的天赋。 He has a gift for poetry. 多才多艺的人 a man of many gifts

32. 8.assist v. --- to help or support. e.g. She assisted (him) in building the house. Good glasses will assist you to read. help与assist 意义常相同。 assist 常指受协助的人能做一部分工作。 aid 指援助一群人,特别是用钱。辅助设备 e.g. Onehelpssomeone who is drowning. Oneassistssomeone who is moving a piano. Aid fordeveloping countries. visual aids such as slides 视觉辅助器，如幻灯片 I aided him with money. 我资助了他

33. 9.sympathy 同情；体谅; 同感; have/feel/show sympathy for sb. 同情某人 be in sympathy with 赞同； 同……一致 They are in sympathy with your views. He received many letters of sympathy n v encourage 10.encouragement encouragement With the _____________ from his father , he went abroad. encouraged His father ______________ him to study abroad. 11. productive adj. 生产的, 多产的; 富有成效的 a very productive writer 多产的(多作品的）作家 a productive life 有作为的生活

34. 12.impair v. 削弱; 损害；使弱 The accident impaired his vision. 他的工作因愚蠢的错误而受损。 His work was impaired by stupid mistakes. 13.visual adj. 视觉的, ；视力的；形象的, 栩栩如生的 a visual organ 视觉器官； a visual memory of the scene. 对场景的形象记忆 adv visually visually impaired弱视的 a visually impaired boy

35. visually是个副词,修饰动词的过去分词impaired.在英语中常见这样的用法，即:一个副词加一个过去分词,构成了一个复合形容词,表示“在…方面是被…的”visually是个副词,修饰动词的过去分词impaired.在英语中常见这样的用法，即:一个副词加一个过去分词,构成了一个复合形容词,表示“在…方面是被…的” genetically modified mentally disabled physically disabled 转基因的 在智力方面残疾的 身体残疾的 14.motivate 引起动机；促起；激发 考试能促使学生去追求更多的知识吗？ Do examinations motivate a student to seek more knowledge?

36. 15.adjust表示调整，调节,校正,调解时,是vt., She adjusted her clothes and her hair before going out. 她在出门前整了整头发和衣服。 He must adjust the errors. 他必须校正误差。 I have had the brakes of my bike adjusted adjust (oneself) to …(使)适合;(使)适应adapt 他很快就适应了军中生活. He soon adjusted to the life in the army. He adjusted himself very quickly to the heat of the country.

37. 16.get used to, be used to, used to辨析 get used to sth/doing表示由不习惯到习惯的变化. be used to sth/doing表示已形成的状态。 be used to do used to do. 被用来做… 表示过去常常

38. 17.candy sweet 糖果 sweets candies important social occasions 18.ceremony 典礼, 仪式, a wedding ceremony 结婚典礼 at the graduation ceremony 在毕业典礼上 19.victory Success in a struggle against difficulties or an obstacle. 胜利, 战胜, 克服 self-respect and honour 尊严, 高贵 20.dignity Although she is very poor, she has not lost her dignity.

39. 21.participatevi. = take part 参与, 参加 Iparticipated(took part) inthe game participant n.参与者,参加者 22.conduct v 1.behave 行为;举动, 举止 He conducts himself well. Although he is twenty, he conducts himself like a child 2. lead or guide. 领导或引导 The headmaster conducted us round the school. 3.direct , manage or control. He conducts his business very successfully. 4.allow (heat , electric current )to pass along or through Some metals conduct heat. 某些金属导热

40. 1. He always dreams _____ a world champion in the Olympic Games. A. to become B. of becoming C. to turn D. of turning dream of 梦想；向往 渴望；梦见

41. 2.None would have dreamed of there _____ such a place. • -------- A．was-------- B．to be------ C．be-------- D．being

42. 3. It _____ that only Linda in the class could work the problem. A. turned up B. turned out C. turned off D. turned down turn out 证明是,结果是,外出,到场,生产,制成

43. 4. --- Would you like some wine? --- Yes, just ______. C A. little B. very little C. a little D. little bit

44. Every man is the master of his own fortune. — R. Steels

45. Retelling: 1）travel around China in a wheelchair 2）always dream of coming to China 3）have difficulty sometimes 4）go to the Summer Palace tomorrow 5）no problems there You can begin like this: The visitor is now traveling around China in a wheelchair because he has always dreamt of coming to this country.

46. The visitor is now traveling around China in a wheelchair because he has always dreamt of coming to this country. Now his dream has come true. Though he is in a wheelchair， he seldom has any difficulties.Sometimes these disabled people aren't able to get into every building because there are too many steps. But he is determined to enjoy himself as much as possible even though he can't see everything. Tomorrow these visitors will go to the Summer Palace. He is told that they shouldn't have any problems there. Though one of the towers is on the top of a hill，the rest of the buildings are easy to get to.

47. Thank you!