1、Unit 6 The Admirable Lesson 3 The Superhero Behind Superman Who do you think is a superhero? What makes him/her a superhero? Activity 1 Superman Christopher Reeve How has Christopher Reeve changed? What do you want to know about Christopher Reeve? Christopher Reeve Why is Reeve known as the superher
2、o behind Superman? Activity 2 Activity 3 Read the story. Have you found the answers to any of your questions? Please share. Activity 4 Read again, take notes, and then talk about Christopher Reeve. Christopher Reeve Becoming the star in Superman films Becoming a superhero in real life given the lead
3、 role in a Superman film starred in four Superman films in 1978 to 1987 raising awareness for good causes became an advocate for people with back injuries and disabilities raising millions of dollars in support of medical research Activity 5 Read again and answer questions. 1. What was Reeves “wildl
4、y successful Hollywood career” like? 2. How was he injured? Why was it considered a disaster? He raised awareness for good causes and spoke out about health, education and child protection to help those most in need. He was thrown off his horse and broke his neck. His injuries were so severe that he
5、 had no movement or feeling in his body at all and even needed a machine to help him breathe. He was unable to continue with his charity work and his career. 3. How did he come out of the “nightmare”? From where did he get the strength? 4. What did he do as an advocate for medical research? He gaine
6、d the strength from the ongoing support of his wife, family and from focusing on his goal to walk again. He advocated for people with back injuries and disabilities, raising millions of dollars in support of medical research. Activity 6 Pick out the expressions that you feel are the most impressive.
7、 Read them aloud and explain why you chose them. Examples: Having once been a healthy and successful young man to being trapped in a broken body was like a living nightmare to him. “What I do is based on powers we all have inside us ” “ Im too busy with living to think of giving up.” Activity 7 Imag
8、ine yourself in the following situations. Answer the questions. 1) What emotional changes did Reeves wife, family and friends possibly go through after the accident? What might they have said to Reeve? 2) After Reeve became an advocate for people with back injuries and disabilities, what might he po
9、ssibly have said to his audience? 3) What might Reeves doctors have said to Reeve directly after the accident and when he managed to return to his film career? Activity 8 Group Work: Thank and share. 1) Explain the meaning of the sentence “What I do is based on powers we all have inside us and you d
10、ont have to be a superman to do it”. 2) Whats your understanding of the title “The Superhero Behind Superman”? Activity 9 Find words from the story to complete the verbs or phrasal verbs. 1. act on _ 2. gain _ 3. raise _ 4. work with _ 5. fall into _ 6. engage in _ 7. undertake an _ 8. be stuck in _
11、 stage a reputation awareness organisations depression exercises intense exercises programme illness Activity 9 Complete the sentences with the phrases. 1. She has _ as a role model for young people. 2. As a specialist he tried hard to _ for environment protection. 3. John has devoted his spare time
12、 _ which help disabled people. 4. Unfortunately, two members of the team _ before they started the journey. 5. Christopher Reeve started _ when he was 8 years old. 6. When he realised his severe situation, Reeve _. 7. Reeve _ to help him achieve his goal of walking again one day. 8. Christopher Reev
13、e _ to help him rebuild muscle. a reputation raise awareness working with organisations fell into depression started to act on stage was stuck in illness was engaged in exercises undertook an intense exercises programme Activity 10 Synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms job finally unusual serious Antonyms
14、 healthy remarkable negative alive career oppose severe eventually sick support positive dead Activity 11 What inspiration do you get from Christopher Reeve? Share in groups of four. Suggested answer Never give up no matter how bad the condition is. Have a sense of obligation, including the obligation to family, the obligation to society, etc. You dont need to be a superman to help others. Everybody can help others with the kindness inside you. Activity 12 Use what you have learnt to introduce a superhero in real life that you admire. Thank You
