Reading Marty's_Story

Unit 1 Living WellLive well and do something meaningful!

remember:Good, better,______! best Never have it rest! better Till good is_______, best And better,_______!

Youth Olympic Gamesaged 14-18

Summer / Winter Olympic games

Paralympic Games : physical disabilityThey’re broken in body but firm in spirit.

Special Games : mental disability

Zhang Haidi paralyzed writer & translator

Zhouzhoufamous conductor born mentally disabled with an IQ of a childDown’s Syndrome

Steven Hawkingparalyzed

physicist He put forward his theory about black holes.

高尔基说过,在自然剥夺了人类用四肢走路 的本领时,它就给予他一根拐杖,那就是理想。而 霍金无疑为这句话做了最完美的诠释。 他以瘦弱之躯挑战生理极限的勇气以及霍金 式的顽皮笑容都向世人证明了：他赢了！

Beethovendeaf Musician & composer26岁时听觉衰退 35岁时完全耳聋…… ——世界不给他欢乐,他 却创造了欢乐给与世界。

Pre-readingThere is a website called “Family Village” on the Internet. Let’s see what can we see in it.

Welcome to the Family Village!

The purpose of the website, “Family Village”:1. To give young disabled people the chance to share their stories with others. 2. To inspire other disabled people. 3. To get non-disabled people to understand more about the challenging life the disabled people lead.

Let’s read a story from the family village website and find out what has been written in the story.

Reading:

MARTY’S STORY

Fast-reading: Medical Record of Marty Name: Marty

Gender: male Disease: an unknown muscle disease Symptom (症状): weak…can’t run/climb… sometimes …clumsy… bump into…