教学过程
?Step 1 Warming up
1.Warming up by discussing
First ask students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to see how much they know about disabilities. Then show some photos of people with disabilities. Students will be asked to discuss the following questions in small groups.
Do you know any famous people who are disabled?
What difficulties do they have to overcome in daily life?
What have they achieved?
Suggested answers:
Steven Hawking has a muscle disease,but he makes great contributions in science and puts forward his theory about black holes.
Beethoven was deaf in one ear when he was 26 and totally deaf at the age of 35,but he was a great composer.
Helen Keller was deaf and blind,but she was a great writer.
2.Warming up by talking
First,ask students to look at the pictures and read what these people have achieved even though they each have a disability. Next,work with partners to talk about what disability they might have according to each description below the picture.
Suggested answers:
Rosalyn is in a wheelchair. She has walking difficulty.
Richard has difficulty with eyesight,so he can't read the questions or write the answers for his college entrance exams.
Sally has hearing problems (though not deaf as she can still understand loud speech in the cinema).
Gao Qiang was born with Down's Syndrome,which is a mental disability. Some Doun's Syndrome Down's Sufferers have made a good career as actors.
?Step 2 Pre-reading
Ask students to read the short paragraph in Pre-reading carefully and find out the purpose of the website “Family Village”.
Suggested answers:
1.To give ordinary young people with a disability a chance to share their stories with others.
2.To inspire other disabled people.
3.To get non-disabled people to understand more about how challenging life can be for people with disabilities.
?Step 3 Reading
1.Skimming
Give students 2 minutes;ask them to read the passage fast to fill in the blanks:
Sum up the main idea of each paragraph:
Paragraph 1:A(n)______ to Marty and his muscle disease.
Paragraph 2:How the disease ______.
Paragraph 3:Marty met a lot of ______ at school.
Paragraph 4:How his life has become ______.
Paragraph 5:The ______ of his disease.
Suggested answers:
Paragraph 1:An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.
Paragraph 2:How the disease developed/started.
Paragraph 3:Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.
Paragraph 4:How his life has bec ome easier.
Paragraph 5:The advantages of his disease.
2.Scanning for detailed information
Ask students to read the passage carefully to locate the detailed information.
(1)First ask students to read paragraph one and complete the chart below.
(2)Next read paragraphs two and three and choose the best answer.
Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty's leg?
A.Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out.
B.Because they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本).
C.Because they w ould transplant(移植) the new muscle.
D.Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.
Key:D
(3)Read paragraph four and answer the following questions:
①What is Marty's ambition?
②What is Marty's achievement?
③What is Marty's hobby?
Suggested answers:
①Marty's ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software when he grows up.
②Marty invented a co mputer football game and a big company decided to buy it from him.
③As well as going to the movies and football matc hes with his friends,he spends a lot of time with his pets.He has two rabbits,a parrot,a tank full of fish and a tortoise.
(4)Ask students to find Marty's advice in paragraph five.
Suggested answers:
Don't feel sorry for the disabled.Don't make fun of them.Don't ignore them.Accept them for who they are.Encourage them to live as rich and full a life as healthy people do.
?Step 4 Consolidation
1.Ask students to read the whole passage and choose the best answers.
(1)Which of the following is false?
A.Although there are a few students who look down upon him,Marty never gets annoyed.
B.Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.
C.Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.
D.Marty's disability has made him more independent.
(2)From the passage we can infer that ______ .
A.Marty asks others to feel sorry for him
B.Marty never loses heart
C.Marty is afraid of being made fun of
D.Marty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger psychologically
Keys:(1)C (2)B
2.Ask students to work together to write a mini biography for Marty according to the text.
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