M7U1 Living well discovering useful words and expressions

1. M7U1 Living well discovering useful words and expressions

2. Marty’s story

3. This is a story beneficial to everyone. Marty is “one in million”. In other words, there are not many people like him. He is very clumsy because of his muscle disease. The doctor cut out a piece of muscle from his leg for tests, but no one could give his disease a name. Marty is very outgoing and has learned to adapt to his disability. He has a lot of problems. For example, he always gets out ofbreath after running a short way. Fortunately his fellow students have accepted him. The few who can’t see him inside do not make him annoyed.All in all, he has a good life. His ambitionis to work for a firm that develops computer software. So he has a very busy life with no time to sit around. As well as going out with his friends, he spends a lot of time with his pets . In many ways his disability has helped him grow stronger psychologically. He wants to tell one thing to the healthy children: Don’t make fun ofthe disabled. Accept them and give them encouragement. Learning tip 1 Learning lexical chunks (词块）instead of single words

4. Competition Anyone who answers a question correctly can get a point for his or her group. The three groups with the higher points can get chocolates as a prize.

5. Round one Make sentences according to the pictures and given words an expressions

6. The baby’s ambition is to become a singer. ambition

7. sit around The boy is just sitting around in the classroom

8. Doing exercise is beneficialtoits health. beneficial

9. out of breath The old gentleman was out of breath while climbing the stairs with his grandson.

10. suitable The man is picking outsuitable clothes.

11. make fun of not polite It is not polite to make fun of the disabled.

12. adapt to Duoduo adapted to the country lifevery well. country life

13. annoyed The loud music made the man annoyed. The manwasannoyed at the loud music.

14. cut out…from The man is cutting out articles from books.

15. 45分 In other words He just got 45 points in the English test. In other words, he failed.

16. Round two ambition clumsy absence noisy suitable psychological encouragement beneficial Word formation is a useful way of enlarging your vocabulary. Learning tip 2

17. Round three beneficial 1. As far as I am concerned, the testing of spoken English is both necessary and _________(benefit). 2. Those who have dreams are more likely to be self-disciplined and well-organized, which are necessary qualities for __________(ambition) people. 3. I can well remember the_____________ (encourage) smile on my teacher’s face when I made some progress and was praised in class. 4. I don't have ________ (suit) clothes to wear for the party. 5. The decision was made in my ________( absent) ambitious encouraging suitable absence

18. Learning tip 3using an English –English dictionary An English –English dictionary is a very useful tool for people learning English because it gives example sentences to show how a word is used as well as the meaning in English. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com adapt cut out

19. Round four Match the meaning with the words in the sentences.

20. adapt 1. Three of her novels have been adapted for television. 2.  Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people. 3. We have had to adapt quickly to the new system. A. to change something in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation B.  to change your behaviour in order to deal more successfully with a new situation C.  to change a book or play so that it can be made into a play, film/movie, television programme, etc. C A B

21. cut out 1. I've been advised to cut sugar out of my diet. 2. Cut unimportant details in your passage. 3. Don't cut your parents out of your life. 4. She cut the dress out of some old material. 5. One of the airplane’s engines cut out. A. to stop functioning or working B. to make something by cutting C. to stop doing, using or eating something D. to not allow somebody to take part in something E. to leave something out of a piece of writing, etc C E D B A

22. There was a time when children with mental disabilities were prevented from living a normal life in many ways. They used to sit around in their own homes after being educated in special schools. Other people sometimes make fun of them. But now things are changing. There are suitable programmes for young people with disabilities, which are very beneficial. Students like Xie Lei, mentally disabled from birth, now have a chance to become athletes. But it is not easy for him. He has to adapt to training programmes as well as mixing with other able-bodied athletes. “Xie Lei’s confidence has grown,” said his father. “He looks much better and is not so often out of breath after his training. All in all, his mother and I are very happy with his progress.” With the encouragement of his parents, Xie Lei becomes part of the mainstream instead of cutting out mainstream activites. In other words he is leading Lei is leading a colorful life like his fellow students. Round five

23. Make up a story ! • about Xiao Ming. • any kind of story is OK. • use the given words and expressions. Round six

24. Learning tip 4 Learning by using

25. summing up 1.words • ambition; ambitious; suitable; beneficial; fellow; annoyed; encouragement 2.expressions • in other words; adapt to; cut out; out of breath; all in all; sit around; as well as; in many ways; make fun of; 3. learning tips

26. Homework • Surf the internet to know something encouraging about a famous disabled person, and write a short passage about him or her, using more words and expressions learned in this period. • Preview the new vocabulary in the second reading passage, using the learning tips to help you.