1、Life StoriesLesson 3Blind,deaf and dumb when she was youngpeaceful and mild in her middle agesIntroduction about Helen KellerHelen Keller (June 27,1880-June 1,1968),was an author,lecturer,and humanitarian whose unusual life and dedicated(献身的献身的)work had an international influence on the lives of the
2、 disabled(残疾人残疾人).She became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months through a damaging brain fever and could communicate only through hysterical(歇斯底歇斯底里里)laughter or violent tantrums(发怒发怒).But,with the help of her teacher Anne Mansfield Sullivan,Keller learned to read braille(盲文盲文)and to write by us
3、ing a special typewriter.Bibliography自传自传:Keller,Helen,The Story of My Life and Teacher(1955);Waite,H.E.,Valiant Companions:Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy(1959);1.We can do anything we wantto do if we stick to it long enough.Although the world is full of suffering,it is also full of the overcom
4、ing of it.Helen Keller:2.Keep your face to the sunshineand you will not see the shadows.3.One can never consent to creepwhen one feels an impulse to soar.4.I am only one,but still I am one.I cannot do everything,but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do
5、the something that I can do.5.The best and most beautiful thingsin the world cannot be seen nor touched but are felt in the heart.6.When we do the best we can,we never know what miracle is wrought in our life,or in the lifeof another.8.Security is mostly a superstition.It does not exist in nature.9.
6、Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.10.When one door of happiness closes,another opens;but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.A deaf dancer By the time she was seven years old,she still couldnt speak,read or write.Can you guess w
7、hat is the main idea of the passage?The passage may talk about how Helen Keller learned something by the help of her teacher.a.Look at the title-Life stories,b.look at the picturesc.Read the following sentences:Helen Keller was a very special girl who needed a superb teacher.First reading:Before rea
8、ding,look at the title,pictures and the first couples of lines of the text.Look for clues to help you predict what kind of text it is and what it is about.Reading strategy(1)Read the text to get the general idea.Ignore words you dont know.Read the text again.Try to work out the meaning of important
9、new words.Use a dictionary if you cant.Reading strategies(2)Read any comprehensive questions and try to think of possible answers.Then find answers to questions in the text.Read and think of possible answers to these questions.1.How was the girl different from other children?2.Why was her teacher so
10、 important to her?3.How did she learn new words?4.Why did she feel happy when she understood the meaning of the word“water”?5.Why was the word“love”difficult for her to understand?6.Why did she think that love might be the sun?8.What do the words“love”and “think”have in common?Because she couldnt to
11、uch it.Because she thought love was a beautiful thing and there could be nothing as beautiful as the sun.They are both something she could not touch.Answers to exercise 3 1 severe 2 precious 3 eager4 straightforward 5 restrictions 6 valuable 7 apparent Answers to exercise 4 1 precise 2 complex 3 warmth 4 uncertain 5 troublesome 6 gradual 7 stubbornWriting and Speaking 5 Choose a memory from your life.write down notes about these things:your age,place and time,who you were with,what happened,how you felt,what happened in the end
