Unit 18 Disabilities 教案

task 1: fast reading for general ideas.
1. skim the test and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
topic sentence of each paragraph
para. 1 i know people are trying to help, but i wish they wouldn’t treat me as if i were a child.
para. 2 today there are more opportunities for disabled people to develop their potential, live a richer life and make a contribution to the society.
para. 3 disabled people need recognition, more than sympathy and help.
para. 4 like all of us, disabled people also need inspiration and encouragement.
para. 5 about one third of the articles in literature of chinese blind children are written by disabled authors and blind children.
para. 6 living with disability is frustrating and challenging.
2. scan the text and decide whether the following sentences are true or false.
(1) zhong xiaowen doesn’t wish to be treated as a little child.
(2) xiaowen’s story serves as an example to show that physical disabilities can limit a person’s life.
(3) all the students in the beijing union university are disabled.
(4) the disabled people need both recognition and inspiration and encouragement.
(5) literature of chinese blind children is a great help in encouraging blind children to overcome difficulties and challenges.
(6) ye zijie’s story is mentioned to show how disabled people write articles for newspapers and magazines.
(7) in ye zijie was invited to london and became the first chinese to study abroad.
(8) it might be frustrating and challenging to live with disability.
task 2: reading and copying,
now it’s time to read the text again and copy down all the useful expressions.

useful expressions
treat… as…, win an award for…, move around, have no feeling below…, use a wheelchair, get around, get dressed, create program, receive an award, at a science fair, receive education, limit a person’s life, make a contribution to…, a matter of…, offer guidance, launch a special education college, have no abilities, students without abilities, study together with…, reach one’s goals, play a valuable role within society, need recognition/inspiration/encouragement, realize one’s dream, overcome challenges and difficulties, live a meaningful and productive life, a visually impaired person, feel comfortable with…, adjust to…, get used to …
task 3: discussing and commenting.
1. discuss the difficulties how xiaowen and other disabled students overcome them in their everyday life.
2. according to the text, the way society views disabled people has changed. how has it changed and why?