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Reading

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Warming up

With a partner, discuss what their disability might be.

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Do you know of any famous people who are disabled? What do they do?

肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 霍金无边界条件的量子宇宙论

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Ludwig Von Beethoven

路德维希· 范· 贝多芬(1770-1827德国伟大的作曲家 26岁时听觉衰退

35岁时完全耳聋……——世界不给他欢乐 他却创造了欢乐给与世界

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Hellen Keller(1880-1968)

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1964年被授予美国公民最高 的荣誉——总统自由勋章 次年又被推选为世界十名杰 出妇女之一主要著作: 《我生活的故事》 《愿我们充满心》 《从黑暗中出来》 《我的后半生》

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张海迪 五岁时因患脊髓血管瘤,

高位截瘫 自学掌握了英语 日语 德语和世 界语 当代知名作家 翻译家

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Vincent Van Gogh Epileps 癫痫症 painter

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Pre-reading

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The purpose of the website: 1. To give ordinary young people with a disability the chance to

share their stories with others.2. To inspire other disabled

people.

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Let’s read Marty’s Story which is from the family village website. Then do the following exercises. What kind of person is Marty? brave, unlucky, weak, clumsy, strong-minded意志坚强的, optimistic, happy, independent, stupid

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Others’ ◆ At primary school, sometimes at me. attitude kids laughed _________ ◆ At high school, my fellow students have begunaccept to ______ me for who I am. stupid His ◆ I used to feel ______ because own of being behind the others. attitude ◆ Now I have no time to sit aroundsorry feeling _____ for myself. ◆ My disability has made me independent grow stronger and more ___________ .

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2 Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph 1: An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease. Paragraph 2: How his disability

developed.

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Paragraph 3: Marty met a lot of difficulties at scMhool. Paragraph 4: How his life has become easier. Paragraph 5: The advantages of his disease.

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3 Discuss these questions.1. What kind of person do you think Marty is? Marty seems to be a fairly positive person who considers he has a good life. He is realistic about his disability, but does not let this stop him doing as much as he can. He is a psychologically strong, independent boy.

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2. What do you think is the most difficult thing that Marty has to deal with in his life?Missing lots of school, not being able to run around and play sports like other boys at his age, people not understanding that he has a disability.