How many kinds of disabilities have you seen in the video of Paralympic Games?

Do you know any famous people whoare physically disabled?

What have they achieved?

Steven Hawking has a muscle disease.He makes great contributions in science.He put forward his theory about blackholes.

Ludwig Von Beethoven

路德维希 · 范 · 贝多芬（ 1770-1827 ）

Beethoven was deaf in one ear when hewas 26 and totally deaf at the age of 35.He was a great composer.

Hellen Keller was deaf and blind.She was a great writer.

张海迪 五岁时因患脊髓血管瘤 ,

高位截瘫

She got high paraplegia. She teaches herselfmany languages such as English, Japanese,German and has become a famous writerand translator.

邰丽华两岁时因高烧注射链霉素失去了听力。 2004 年 9 月，在雅典残疾人奥运会的闭幕式上，《千手观音》一舞世界惊。她曾以表演舞蹈《雀之灵》被广大观众熟知，也是中国惟一登上两大世界顶级艺术殿堂— 美国纽约卡内基音乐厅和意大利斯卡拉大剧院的舞蹈演员。

Pre-reading

1. To give ordinary young people with a disability the chance to share their stories with others.

The purpose of the website ：

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.

Words preview

beneficial

clumsy

adapt

motto

microscope

breath

adj. 有益的；受益的adj. 笨拙的vt. 使适应；改编n. 座右铭；格言n. 显微镜n. 呼吸；气息

Words preview

absence

stupid

fellow

annoy

annoyed

n. 缺席；不在某处adj. 愚蠢的n. 同伴；同志；伙

伴adj. 同伴的；同类

的vt. 使…不悦；惹恼adj. 颇为生气的

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industry

tank

independent

encouragement

n. 工业；行业n. 大容器；缸；大

桶adj. 独立自主的； 不受约束的n. 鼓励；奖励

Expressions preview

in other words

out of breath

all in all

make fun of

换句话说上气不接下气总而言之取笑

Marty’s Story

What’s the main idea of the text?

Scanning

• Though he is a _________ person, Marty

never feels ________ for himself and he

________ his life.

disabled

sorry

enjoys

Marty has __________ disease.A. a mental B. a muscle C. a brain D. a hand

B.

Para1: An ____________to Marty and his muscle disease.

Para 2: How the disease______________.

introduction

developed/started

Para3: Marty met a lot of _________at school. difficulties

Para 4: How his life has become_______.easier

Para 5: The __________of his disease.advantages

Marty’s story

Skimming: Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.

While reading

difficulties

____ ____ _________ that makes

him very weak.

_________and can’t ____ or ______

stairs as quickly as other people.

A muscle disease

disease

Clumsy run climb

motto To live one day ___ _____ ______.at a time

Para. 1

What does “live one day at a time” mean?

Live a rich and full life every day.

1. 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 would transplant( 移 植 ) the new muscle.

D.Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.

Para 2-3:

2. What’s Marty’s dream?

A. Being a famous football player and

representing his country in the World

Cup.

B. Being a doctor.

C. Being a college student.

D. Being a basketball player.

A.

Problems caused by his disability1.weak and can’t run or climb stairs as

quickly as others

2. clumsy and often drop things or bump into furniture

3. sometimes easily get out of breath

4. has missed a lot of school and lessons

5. feels stupid because of behind the others after a long absence from school

1. Why is life much easier for Marty at high school?

Para 4:

2. What are the Marty’s ambition, achievement

and hobby?

a. Marty’s ambition ______________

b. Marty’s achievement__________

c. Marty’s hobby________________

3. Which of the following is True according to the text ?

A. While at high school, not all Marty’s

classmates accept him.

B. A big company bought the computer

game from Marty.

C. The doctors know Marty’s disease well

but they hide the truth.

D. Marty looks quite different from other

because of his disease.

According Marty’s opinion, what should we do to the disabled?

a. Don’t feel sorry for them

b. Don’t make fun of them

c. Don’t ignore them

d. Accept them for who they

e. Encourage them to live as rich and full a life as you do

Para 5:

Quiz

10

15

30

20

40

10

Which of the following is false? (10 points)

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.

From the passage we can infer that ______. （ 10 points)

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

What Marty does in spite of his disability (20 points)

2. invented a computer football game.

3. looks after pets

4. Disability has made him grow stronger and more independent .

1 enjoys writing and computer programming

What can other people do to help Marty and others like him live a good life? (30 points)

1. They can accept people with disabilities for who they are rather than focus on their disability.

2. They can encourage them to live rich and full lives.

3. ……

What kind of person do you think Marty is (15 points)?

Marty seems to be a fairly p______ person who considers he has a good life. he is r_________ about his disability but he never stops doing as much as he can. He is a psycholologically strong, i_____________ boy.

ositive

ealistic

ndependent

Retell Marty’s story (40 points)

Name:

Career:

Health:

Interests and Hobbies:

Ambition:

Motto:

Advice:

What can you learn from Marty and

Nick Vujicic?

As normal people, what can we do

for the disabled people, and for us?