Unit1 living wellWarming up and speaking
高二选修 7
How many different types of disabilities do you know?
disability: the state of being disabled / unable to use his body properly
Lead-in
How many different types of disabilities do you know?
A .physical disability
B .mental disability
deafness, dumb/mute, blindness, lame( 跛足的 ), near-sighted, six fingers, color blindness, paralyzation( 瘫痪)
depression, learning difficulty brain injury phobias ( 恐惧症 ) …
Warming up
Do you know ?
1 .Do you know anyone who is disabled around you? How does he or she deal with the disabilities?
2 .Do you know any famous people who are disabled? What do they do?
Reference One
Professor Steven Hawking. In spite of his brain disease, he
decides to continue with his research and writing, and his famous
book “On History of Time” used to be a best seller.
Hellen Keller ( 1880-1968 ) 1882—1968United Kingdom blind and dumb
Reference Two
Franklin Roosevelt 1882--- 1945, America .
the 32nd, 33rd and 34th president, and was selected the 35th a year before he died. The only one who was selected the president four times in American history.
a disease in legs and had to use wheel chair
Reference Three
Vincent Van Gogh
凡高
Epilepsy 癫痫症
painter
Reference Five
Zhang Haidi
1955 China
paralyzed
Famous writer
Reference Six
Hu yizhou ( 胡一舟)
1978--- ,China
some problems in his brain. His IQ is only 30.
A famous conductor ( 指挥家)
And more…
SanglanSanglan (桑兰)(桑兰) 1981 --, China1981 --, 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)
Reading
• Read the introduction about the people on page 1 and guess what their disability might be.
Rada is mentally disabled.
Barry is vision impaired.
Sally was born with spina bifida and relies on a wheel chair to get around
Gao Qiang has diabetes ( 糖尿病) .
the disabled people
confidence
What spirits and characteristics make the
disabled successful?
belief
will
determination
patience
optimism
independence
Discussion
What do you learn from these disabled?(10What do you learn from these disabled?(10 分钟)分钟)
They’re broken in body but firm in spirit. (身残志坚)
祝同学们学习进步!