1、Look at the charts and predict the main idea of the text.1.Are the numbers different from what you expected?In what way?2.What special assistance can people with disabilities make use of in their daily lives?People with limited mobility problems could use wheelchairs,walking sticks,handrails.People
2、who have reduced vision could usespecial pavements for the blind,Braille signs.I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight;silence would teach h
3、im the joys of sound.Helen Keller(1880-1968)was an American writer,lecturer and social activist.Aged just 19 months old,she became ill and lost both her hearing and sight.With the help of her teacher,Ann Sullivan,she overcame her disabilities and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.She was the
4、 first deaf blind person to get a degree from college.Helen Kellerskimming scanning Read the title and subtitle to find out what the text is about.Read the first and last sentence of each paragraph.Dont read every word or every sentence.Let your eyes skim over the text and look out for the key infor
5、mation.Read the passage and find out what the author would do if she could see.On the first day:she would want to see the kind people who have helped her and accompanied her through life.Then she would like to see the books which have opened her mind.In the afternoon,she would take a long walk in th
6、e woods and appreciate the beauty of nature.On the first dayRead the passage and find out what the author would do if she could see.On the second day,she would like to see a display of the progress of civilization.She would go to the museums and spend the evening at a theatre or at the movies.On the
7、 second dayOn the third dayOn the third day,she would again greet the dawn,anxious to discover new delights,new revelations of beauty.She will spend the third day observing people in their day-to-day life.Read the passage and find out what the author would do if she could see.Answer the questions Ch
8、oose the authors purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons.A.To help readers understand what it is like to be blind.B.To make readers without disabilities appreciate what they have.C.To persuade readers to care about the blind.Read the sentences from the passage and answer the questions.U
9、se your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind.And the same method can be applied to the other senses.Hear the music of voices,the song of a bird,the mighty strains of an orchestra,as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow.Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow you tactile sense
10、 would fail.1.What sentence structure is used repeatedly?What figure of speech is?2.How does this technique help to express the authors emtions?A similar structure is used repeatedly.Namely,“Use.as if.Hear.as if.Touch.as if.”.It is parallelism(排比修辞排比修辞).1.What sentence structure is used repeatedly?W
11、hat figure of speech is?The use of parallelism in speech or writing allows speakers or writers to maintain a consistency within their work and creates a balanced flow of ideas.Moreover,parallelism can be used as a tool for persuasion.2.How does this technique help to express the authors emtions?Lear
12、ning to learnParallelism（排比修辞）as a literary device is the use of expressions,clauses or sentences that are similar in their structure.It can make the content more rhythmic（有节奏的）,engaging and easier to remember.It is commonly used in literary works and speeches.Give a talk.Orgnise your talk and make
13、notes.Do you agree?1 Why did the author go to the“dark restaurant”?Because the author wanted to understand the experience of being blind,thinking eating would be the most difficult activity.Read the passage and answer the questions.2 What difficulties did the author have during the meal?The author k
14、nocked over glasses and dropped food.The author ate much more slowly,trying to guess what was being eaten.Pouring water was very difficult.After failing to pick up any food with a fork for five minutes,the author decided to use hands,but stuck one hand into a bowl of warm,thick soup.Even using a spo
15、on,most of the soup ended up on the authors shirt.3 How did the author feel after finishing the meal?The author left the restaurant feeling hungry,though much more aware of the challenges that blind people face.Experience the lives of the disabled.Write a short passage to describe your experience.La
16、nguage points1.(be)appreciative of _ 2.now and then _ 3.in particular _ 4.worthy of note _ 5.probe into _ 6.go about _感激感激；感谢；感谢时常；偶尔时常；偶尔特别地；尤其地特别地；尤其地值得注意值得注意调查调查；探究探究着手做；处理着手做；处理7.close in on _ 8.descend on/upon_ 9.greet the dawn _ 10.apply to _ 11.give one hint to _ 12.care about _ 13.interact w
17、ith _ 给给一点提示一点提示关心；担心关心；担心和和交流；和交流；和互动互动迎接黎明迎接黎明适用于适用于逼近；围住逼近；围住降临降临；突然到达突然到达1.I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.Important sentences翻译：翻译：我经常想，如果每个人在年轻的时候都有几天失明失聪，我经常想，如果每个人在年轻的时候都有几天失明
18、失聪，也不失为一件幸事。也不失为一件幸事。注意：本句使用了注意：本句使用了虚拟语气虚拟语气，对未发生的事情进行假设。，对未发生的事情进行假设。虚拟语气在虚拟语气在 if 条件句中的用法条件句中的用法If 从句从句的谓语的谓语形式形式 主句主句的谓语形式的谓语形式与与现在现在事实事实相反相反did/were should/would/could/might+do与与过去过去事实事实相反相反had+done should/would/could/might+have done与与将来将来事实事实可能相反可能相反did/wereshould+dowere to+do should/would/cou
19、ld/might+do1)如果我是你，我就抓住这次出国的机会。如果我是你，我就抓住这次出国的机会。2)如果我得到消息，就会告诉你的。如果我得到消息，就会告诉你的。If I were you,I would seize the chance to go abroad.If I got the information,I would tell you.If it were to snow this evening,I would not go out.3)如果你早一点起床，就会赶上火车的。如果你早一点起床，就会赶上火车的。4)如果今天晚上下雪的话，我就不出去了。如果今天晚上下雪的话，我就不出去了。
20、If you had got up earlier,you could have caught the train.2.How was it possible,I asked myself,to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note?我我问自己在树林中走了一小时，怎么可能什么值得注意的东西都没有看到呢？问自己在树林中走了一小时，怎么可能什么值得注意的东西都没有看到呢？句型：句型：It is(impossible)possible for sb to do sth.3.If I can get so m
21、uch pleasure from touch,how much more beauty must be revealed by sight?如如果凭触觉果凭触觉就就能让我获得如此多的乐趣，能让我获得如此多的乐趣，那么那么凭凭视觉视觉我还会发现多少美好的事我还会发现多少美好的事物啊？物啊？4.And I have imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes,say for just three days.我想象过，如果我我想象过，如果我能恢能恢复视觉复视觉，比如比如只只有三天，我最希望看到
22、什么？有三天，我最希望看到什么？say 在本句中的意思是：在本句中的意思是：“认为；假定；比方说认为；假定；比方说”在表示可能发生或可能正确时使用，常用形式为在表示可能发生或可能正确时使用，常用形式为 .say.例如：If we put out,say,ten chairs,would that be enough?5.Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I had left unseen.注意：本句是一个倒装句，强调时间状语。本句是一个倒装句，强调时间状语。Only+Only+状语状语+主句部分倒装主句部分倒装唯有在黑暗再次来袭时，我才意识到我还有那么多事唯有在黑暗再次来袭时，我才意识到我还有那么多事 情没有看到。情没有看到。1)Only then did I realize the importance of study.2)Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get happily back to work.HomeworkWrite a short passage to describe your experience.
