课程内容
高中英语《生活好了 Unit 1 Living well（part 1）》(选修7)
Can you name some great disabled people?And what have they achieved despite their disabilities?
Steven Hawking England
肌萎缩性侧索硬化症
amyotrophic
Speech impaired,can only move one of his fingers physicist/mathematician,research into the beginning of space,matter and time.(Black holes theory)
Helen Keller
1882-1968
United Kingdom blind,deaf and dumb
learn to read Braille (盲文),to speak and write.Finished the stuies in Radcliff College,educator and writer"Three days To See."
Zhang Haidi:paralytic,in a wheelchair writer,translator
The "Family Village"is a website.
The purpose of the wedsite:
To give ordinary young people with a disability a chance to share their stories with others.
Reading
Marty's story
Let's read Marty's story which is from the family village website.Then do the following exercises.
Skimming
Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.P3
Para 1: An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
Pala 2:How his disability developed.
Para 3:Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
Para 4:How his life has become easier.
Para 5:The advantages of his disease.
Scanning Para 1
disease   A muscle disease makes him very weak.
difficulties     Chumsy and can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people.
motto    live one day at a time.
What does"live one day at a time"mean?
Live a rich and dull life every day.
Paras.2&3
Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty's leg?(D)
A Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out.
B Because they wanted to use is as a specimen(标本）.
C Because they would transplant(移植）the new muscle.
D Because thet wanted to find out the cause of the disease.
Para 4   What are the Marty's ambition,ahievement and hobby?
1)Marty's ambition
work for a firm that develops computer software when he grows up.
2)Marty's achievement
invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it.
3)Marty's hobby
movies,football matches;look after pets.
Para. 5    Marty's advice
1.Don't feel sorry for them.
2.Don't make fun of them.
3.Don't ignore them.
4.Accept them for who they are.
5.Encourgae them to live as rich and full a life as you do.
We can see that Marty is a/an( )person.
optimistic,brave,positive,active,independent,strong-minded...
根据课文内容用合适的单词填空。
Marty Fielding suffered from muscle (disease)when he was 10,which sometimes made him (clumsy)and drop things or bump into furniture.
The doctors don't know exactly what is wrong with him,so they don't know (how)to make him better.But he has to learn to (adapt)to his disability.When some people cannot accept him for who he is,he doesn't get (annoyed).He just (ignores)them.
All (in) all,he has a good life.His (ambition)is to work in the computer (industry)when he grows up.He has a very happy life and doesn't have time to sit around (feeling)sorry for himself.He is (happy)to have found many things he can do really well.
In many ways his disability has made him grow stronger and more (independent).He has had to work hard to live a (normal)life,but it has been (worth)it.From him,we can learn more;Just having a (disability)doesn't mean your life is not (satisfying).
So don't feel sorry for the (disabled)or make (fun)of them and don't ignore them either.Just accept them for who they are,and give them (encouragement)to live as rich and full a life (as)you do.
After-reading
Do you think disabled people can live a happy life as normal people now?
A free debate
For:Disabled people can live a happy life as normal people now.
Against:Disabled people may not live a happy life as normal people now.
Homework
Retell Marty's story in your own words.