选修7unit1LivingwellWarmingUpandReading课件

Unit 1 Living Well

How many different types of disabilities do you know?

Disabled people

blind

deaf-mute [def mju:t] lame [leim]

paralytic [ pæ r litik]

handless

armless

legless

dwarf [dw :f] hunchbacked

Can you name some great disabled people? And what have they tried to do to overcome these difficulties?

Steven Hawking Speech impaired 损害 physicist / Mathematician

Beethoven (1770-1827) deaf Composed

Three Days To Live

Light in My Darkness

Helen KellerBlind, deaf and dumb

educator/writer

Thomas Edison

deaf, a great inventor, more than 1000 inventions in his life

Zhang Haidi: paralytic, in a wheelchair writer, translator

Sanglan (桑兰) China.a famous gymnast (体操运 动员). She hurt herself seriously in a competition and can’t stand. She helped to bid 2008 Olympic Games and helped organize the Paralympics (残疾人运动会).

DiscussionWhat spirits and characteristics make the

disabled successful?

belief will

optimism

confidence

the disabled people

patience

determination

independence

Warming up

With a partner, discuss what their disability might be.

There is a website called “Family Village” on the internet. Let’s see what can we see in it.

Welcome to the Family Village!

The “Family Village” is a website _______.The purpose of the website: To give ordinary young people with a disability a chance to tell their personal stories.