How many types of disabilities
can you think of?
disability types
blind
handless
leglessdwarf
deaf
lame
paralytic
hunchbackedarmless
mute
blind lame deaf-muteparalytic
armless
leglesshandless hunchbackedarmless
Steven Hawking
• A famous scientist
• Known for his theory about
black holes and big bangs
• A famous German musician
• He is deaf
Beethoven
• A famous writer & educator
• She is blind and dumb
Hellen Keller
Zhang Haidi (张海迪)
• She is a modern Chinese writer.
• She must stay in the wheelchair.
• She became disabled at the age of 5,
taught herself English and took up
writing in 1983.
• She is an model whom people learn
from.
• He is a famous conductor(乐队指挥).
• He is Chinese, whose career is related
to the music.
• He is not tall and a little fat.
• He was born mentally disabled with
an IQ of a child.
Zhouzhou (舟舟)
What do they have in common?
They are disabled but famous and successful.
They are broken in body but firm in spirit.
身残志坚。
The purpose of the
website is to tell
stories about the
disabled young people.
Marty’s story
• Who is the person in the story?
• What happens to him?
• In what order does he tell his story?
Marty Fielding
He gets weaker and weaker because
he has a muscle disease.
In order of time
Match the main idea of each paragraph:
• Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
• How his life has become easier.
• The advantages of his disease.
• An introduction to Marty and his muscle
disease.
• How his disability developed.
difficulties
A _______ disease
makes him very weak.
Can’t ____ or ______ stairs
as quickly as other people.
Sometimes he is ________
And drop things or ______
_____furniture.
muscledisease
run climb
motto live one day __________.at a time
clumsy
bump
into
1. What’s Marty’s dream when he was a
child?
A. Being a professional football player
B. Being a doctor.
C. Being a college student.
D. Being a basketball player
Para. 2&3
2. Why did the doctors cut out a piece of
muscle from Marty’s leg?
A. Because they could cure the disease by
cutting it out.
B. Because they wanted to use it as a
specimen (标本).
C. Because they would transplant (移植)
the new muscle.
D. Because they wanted to find out the
cause of the disease.
work for a firm that develops computer
software when he grows up.
invented a computer football game and
a big company has decided to buy it.
movies, football matches; look after
pets.
• What are the advantages of his disease?
• What advice does Marty give to healthy
children?
It helped him grow stronger
psychologically can become more
independent.
Don’t feel sorry for the disabled or make fun
of them; don’t ignore them; accept them for
who they are; encourage them to live as rich
and full a life as you do.
1.背诵第一自然段
2. 熟读单词
1. ambition
n[C]. 理想
n[U]. 抱负, 雄心, 野心
She was young and full of ambition.
她年轻而且野心勃勃。
You have to make every effort to achieve your ambition.
你必须尽一切努力实习你的抱负。
be full of ambition 野心勃勃, 抱负满满
achieve one's ambiton 实现某人的抱负/野心
1. ambition
ambitious adj. 有雄心的, 野心勃勃的
The prince was attracted by the girl‘s beauty, and ambitious
to marry her.
王子为女孩的美貌打动了，渴望能娶到她。
be ambitious to do sth. 热切渴望/希望做某事
2. suitable adj. 合适的, 适宜的
This programme is not suitable for children.
这个节目少儿不宜。
He is suitable to work in the countryside.
他适合去农村工作.
be suitable for sb. 适合某人
be suitable to do sth. 适合做某事
suit n. 制服 vt. 合适
unsuitable adj. 不适合的, 不相称的
3. beneficial
adj. 有益的, 受益的
A temperate climate is beneficial to our health.
温和气候有利于我们的健康。
be beneficial to... 对...有益
benefit n. 利益, 好处
v. 有利于, 受益
A temperate climate is of benefit to our health.
A temperate climate benefits our health.
Our health benefits from a temperate climate.
be of benefit to... 对...有益
benefit sb./ sth. 对...有益
benefit from... 从... 受益
4. adapt
4. adapt
(2) v. 改编
It’s hard to adapt the story for the film.
要把这故事改编成电影很难。
The film is adapted from a novel.
这部电影是由一部小说改编的。
adapt sth for sth. 将...改编为...; 为...而改编...
be adapted from... 由...改编
5. absence
n. 缺席;不在(某处)
I am doing Julie’s job in her absence.
朱莉不在, 我正在做她的工作
in one's absence 在某人不在的时候
absence of mind 心不在焉;神不守舍
5. absence
absent adj. 缺席的;不在的
He’s absent from school due to his illness.
由于生病他没来上学。
be absent from... 缺席...
presence n. 出席;到场
present adj. 出席的; 在场的; 现在的
6. annoy
vt. 使生气,使烦恼
It annoyed him when someone made fun of his ugly
handwriting.
当有人取笑他的字迹难看时,他就十分恼火。
annoying adj. 令人恼火的
annoyed adj. 感到恼怒的
6. annoy
These flies are annoying me.
这些苍蝇在烦我。
I was annoyd at his bad temper.
他的坏脾气使我生气。
She was annoyed with him because he was late.
因为迟到，她生他的气。
be annoyed at/ by/ about sth. 因为某事而生气
be annoyed with sb. 生某人的气
7. conduct
n[C]. 行为举止; 指导; 管理
v. 实施, 执行; 指挥(乐队)
His conduct of the business was very successful.
他的事业进展得相当顺利。
code of conduct 行为准则/规范
conduct a survey / an experiment / a research
进行调查/ 实验 /研究
conductor n. 领导者, 经理
8. in other words
换句话说 = that is to say = namely
You can stay at home and needn’t come here any longer. In
other words, you are fired.
你可以在家呆着以后都不用来了。也就是说, 你被解雇了。
in a/one word 总而言之
in words 用语言
have a word with sb. 与某人谈话
have words with sb. 与某人争吵
选用短语并用恰当的形式填空。
1) She has a good handwriting, and is good at writing articles.
__________, she is a qualified secretary.
2) The beauty of sunset can not be described _________.
3) The person who _______________my father is one of my
relatives.
4) The couple _________________ each other in the street
ignoring the eyes of passers-by.
In a word
in words
has a word with
have words with
9. at a time
10. cut out
切掉, 删掉
I cut this article out of the newspaper.
我从报纸上剪下了这篇文章。
Deserts are created because people cut down too many trees.
由于人们砍树挖草导致了沙漠的产生。
The flood cut off their supplies.
洪水切断了他们的供养。
10. cut outcut down 砍倒; 削减,压缩
cut off 切断, 停掉;隔绝, 挡住
cut up 切碎
cut in 插嘴
用恰当的介词填空。
1) You should cut _____ the unimportant details.
2) The car industry cut ______ production.
3) The woodchopper cut _______ the tree and cut it _______.
4) He always cuts ______ while other people are talking.
out
down
down up
in
11. out of breath
上气不接下气
Don’t make him carry such a heavy box, or he will be out of
breath.
take a deep breath 深呼吸
lose one’s breath 喘不过气
hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸
breath n. 呼吸
breathe v. 呼吸
11. out of breath与out of 相关的短语:
out of control 失控
out of sight 看不见
out of order 出故障
out of one’s reach 够不着
out of question 没问题, 毫无疑问
out of the question 不可能
12. as well as也, 又; 和……一样好
He directed as well as acted in the film.
他导演了这部影片并且在里边扮演了角色。
She can sing as well as her sister.
她唱得和她姐姐一样好。
Fruit as well as vegetables ____(be) beneficial to our health.
as well as连接两个主语时, 谓语动词采取就前原则, 即与前面的主语
的人称和数保持一致。
is
12. as well as
as good as 和...一样好
as well 也, 又 (= too / also)
His story is as good as a play.
他的故事很有趣。
I am going to study abroad and my brother is going as well.
我要到国外留学，我弟弟也要去。
Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 他渴望能够环游世界, 我希望他最终实现他的理想。(ambition)
He is ambitious to travel around the world and I hope that he can
achieve his ambition finally.
2. 使用词典有利于孩子们的学习。(beneficial)
Using dictionaries is beneficial to children’s study.
3. 他们很快适应了城市生活。(adapt)
They soon adapt (themselves) to the city life.
4.这部电影是由小说改编的。(adapt)
The movie was adapted from a novel.
5. 由于重感冒, 她没来开会。(absent)
She was absent from the meeting due to a bad cold.
6. 我遇到了一个令人烦恼的问题。(annoying)
I met an annoying problem.
7. 海伦和我一样都渴望参加晚会。(as well as)
Helen as well as I is eager to take part in the party.
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