1、Pre-reading Background Information Helen KellerHelen 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,Anne Sullivan,she overcame her disabilities and went on to earn a Bachelor
2、 of Arts degree.1.Read the passage and find out what the author would do if she could see.Fast reading:Find the specific informationthe first day the second day the third dayFast reading:Find the specific informationthe first dayOn the first day,she would want to see the kind people who have helped
3、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 the woods and appreciate the beauty of nature.Fast reading:Find the specific information the second day On the second day,she would like to see a displa
4、y of the progress of civilisation.She would go to the museums and spend the evening at a theater or at the movies.Fast reading:Find the specific information the third dayOn the third day,she would again greet the dawn,anxious to discover new delights,new revelations of beauty.She would spend the thi
5、rdday observing people in their day-to-day life.Intensive reading:Answer the questions Choose 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 reade
6、rs to care about the blind.Read the sentences from the passage and answer the questions.Use 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 st
7、ricken deaf tomorrow.Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow you tactile sense would fail.1.What sentence structure is used repeatedly?What figure of speech is it?2.How does this technique help to express the authors emtions?Intensive reading:Answer the questions A similar structure is us
8、ed 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?What figure of speech is?Intensive reading:Answer the questions The use of parallelism in speech or writing allows speakers or writers to maintain a consistency within th
9、eir 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?Intensive reading:Answer the questions Intensive readingParallelism（排比修辞）as a literary device is the use of expressions,clauses or sen
10、tences 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.Learning to learnIIIPost reading Post reading:Group work it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf f
11、or a few days at some time during his early adult life.1.Read and discuss the meaning of the sentence and decide whether you agree or disagree with it.Point of view Arguments Supporting examples2.Organize your talk and make notes.Post reading:Group work3.Present your talk to the class.Post reading:G
12、roup workLanguage points 1.be stricken blind/deaf _2.(be)appreciative of _ 3.now and then _ 4.in particular _ 5.worthy of note _ 6.probe into _ 7.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Language points:Important phrases 失明失明/失聪失聪 8.greet the dawn _ 9.close in on _ 10
13、.descend on/upon _ 11.be applied to _ 12.give one hint to _ 13.tactile sense _ 14.fail _ 迎接黎明迎接黎明适用于适用于给给一点提示一点提示触觉触觉衰退，减弱衰退，减弱Language points:Important phrases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 som
14、e time during his early adult life.Language points:Important sentencesParaphrase:I have often thought that if everyone became blind and deaf for a few days at some time when they are young,it would be a good thing.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失聪，也不失为一件幸事。也不失为一件幸事。2.And I have
15、 imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes,say for just three days.Language points:Important sentencesParaphrase:I have thought of what I would like to see of this world,if I were given eyesight for three days.翻译：我想象过，如果我翻译：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，有三天，我最希望看到什么？我
16、最希望看到什么？Language points:Important sentences 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?如果我们搬出去比方说如果我们搬出去比方说1010把椅子，够不够？把椅子，够不够？3.Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how muc
17、h I had left unseen.Language points:Important sentencesParaphrase:I would realize how much I had been able to see only when darkness returned to me again.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。翻译：唯有在黑暗再次来袭时，我才意识到我还有那么多事翻译：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.翻译：只有用这种方式，你才能在英语上取得巨大进步。翻译：只有用这种方式，你才能在英语上取得巨大进步。Language points:Important sentences当副词当副词only及其修饰的状语放在句首时，主句通常及其修饰的状语放在句首时，主句通常用用部分倒装结构。部分倒装结构。Only by this means can you make great progress in English.
