1、Three Days to See Developing ideas1 Are the numbers different from what you expected?In what way?2 What special assistance can people with disabilities make use of in thier daily lives?People with limited mobility problems could use wheelchairs,walking sticks,handrails.People who have reduced vision
2、 could usespecial pavements for the blind,Braille signs.Look at the charts and answer the questions.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;
3、silence would teach him 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 Ar
4、ts degree.She was the first deaf blind person to get a degree from college.Helen KellerAfter a long walk in the woods,what can you observe?A seeing friend:Nothing in particular.For me who cannot see:Through mere touch I can find hundreds of things to interest me,how much more beauty must be revealed
5、 by sight?I have imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes,say for just three days.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 after
6、noon,she would take a long walk in the woods and appreciate the beauty of nature.What the author would do if she could see for three days?On the first dayOn 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 o
7、r at the movies.On the second 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.On the third dayIf you were given three days to see,what would you do?At midnight permane
8、nt night would close in on me again.Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I had left unseen.At midnightThe hint given to those who are physically normal:But of all the senses,I am sure that sight must be the most delightful.Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be
9、 stricken blind.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 your tactile sense would fail.Smell the perfume of flowers,taste with relish each morsel,as if tomorrow you coul
10、d never smell and taste again.Helen has often thought it would be a 1_(bless)if each human being 2_(be)stricken blind and deaf for a few days 3_ some time during his early adult life.4_(dark)would make him more 5_(appreciate)of sight;silence would teach him the joys of sound.Recently she asked a fri
11、end 6_ had just returned from a long walk in the woods what she had observed.“Nothing in particular,”her friend replied.A little disappointed,she asked herself,“How was 7_ possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing 8_(worth)of note?I who cannot see find hundreds of things to inte
12、rest me through mere touch.How much more beauty must 9_(reveal)by sight?”Eventually she bit her tongue before all the words rushed out.She is sure that sight must be the most 10_(delight).直击高考直击高考 blessing were at Darkness appreciative who it worthy be revealed delightfulNick Vujicic(December 1982)i
13、s a preacher,a motivational speaker and the Director of Life Without Limbs,a non-profit Christian organization.He regularly gives speeches across subject of disability and hope.Nick Vujicic Another model with disabilities who encourages us!Nick Vujicic was born without limbs and doctors have no medi
14、cal explanation for this birth defect.As you can imagine,he was faced with many challenges and obstacles.It was very hard for him to get used to,but with the support of his parents,he started to develop attitudes and values which helped him overcome these challenging times.He knew that he was differ
15、ent but on the inside he was just like everyone else.Give a talk.Orgnise your talk and make notes.Do you agree?Writing about an experience1 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
16、activity.Read the passage and answer the questions.2 What difficulties did the author have during the meal?The author knocked 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 f
17、ork for five minutes,the author decided to use hands,but stuck one hand into a bowl of warm,thick soup.Even using a spoon,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 chal
18、lenges that blind people face.Experience the lives of the disabled.Write a short passage to describe your experience.Today in class,we played a game called“the blind traveller”,in which one has to walk through some barriers with his eyes blindfolded.It is through this experience that I started to re
19、alise how inconvenient life could be for a blind person.Not being able to see where I was going,I kept going off the path and turning in the wrong direction.Whats more,without the ability to accurately locate the position of the barriers,I often fell over them,even though I was moving at an extremel
20、y slow speed.And a loss of balance increased the difficulty of this short journey.After falling over more than ten times,I finally reached my destination on hands and knees.Without sight,I couldnt even complete this short journey of no more than 15 metres smoothly,let alone overcome all the other va
21、rious difficulties in daily life.I do realise that life must be much more challenging for the blind people.Work in pairs.Make improvements to each others passages and share them with the class.Last winter holiday,my left leg was injured in a car accident,and for nearly one month I had to rely on cru
22、tches.It is through that experience that I started to realise how inconvenient life could be for a person with reduced mobility.It took me much effort to adapt to walking with crutches on the flat ground.And it was even more painful to walk upstairs with them.Eventually,after a few days practice,I c
23、ould go up and down stairs quite easily.But the difficulty which I failed to overcome was when standing up on a crowded bus.My loss of balance and the sudden stopping and starting of the bus often made me fall over.One month in my life without the full use of both my legs was so difficult,it really made me appreciate the challenges of those for whom reduced mobility is permanent.Thank you!
