人教版选修七课件Unit 1 Living Well Reading and writing

ReadingandWriting Warmingup BrailleBlindedbyanaccidentinhisearlychildhood,15yearoldLouisBraille(1809-1852)inventedasystemofreadingandwritingbytouch.ABraillecellconsistsofsixraiseddots.Byarrangingthedotsinvariouscombinations,64differentpatternscambeformed.Braille,atruealphabet,isreadbymovingthehandfromlefttorightalongeachline.Readersaverageabout104-125wordsperminute.Somecanread250wordsbyusingbothhands. Listeningtask1.WhatcountrydidLouisBraillecomefrom?2.Whatdisabilitydidhehave?3.WhatdidbooksfortheblindlooklikewhenLouiewasaboy?4.WhatinventiongaveLouietheideaforhissystem? YearAgeEvent1809______________18134_____________________181910_____________________182112_____________________________________________________________182415__________________________________________182718________________182543_______________BornBecamecompletelyblindSenttoschoolinPairsHeardasoldiertalkaboutacodeconsistingofaraisedsystemofdotsCompletedtheBraillesystemoftouchreadingFirstBraillebookpublisheddied ListeningtextMYHERO:LOUISBRAILLEPaul’steacherhasaskedeveryoneintheclasstoprepareatalkaboutagreatinventor.ListentoPaul’stalkaboutLouisBraille. Goodafternoon,everyone.TodayIwouldliketotellyouaboutamanwhoseinventionhasbenefitedmillionsofpeople.HisnameisLouisBrailleanditismostlybecauseofhimthatblindpeopleareabletoreadandwriteandusecomputers.Louiswasbornin1809,andwhenhewasalittleboyhehadanaccidentwhileplayingwithhisfather’sshoemakingtools. Bythetimehewasfouryearsold,hewascompletelyblind.Attheageof10,LouiswasluckyenoughtobesenttoParistooneofthefirstschoolsfortheblind.Attheschooltheyhadspecialbooks.TheywerewritteninordinaryFrenchbuttheletterswereraisedupoffthepagesothatblindpeoplecouldfeelthewordsandsoreadwiththeirfingers. Butthelettershadtobeverybigandthebookswerehugeanddifficulttoread.Theywerealsoveryexpensiveandtheschoollibraryhadonly14ofthem.Louis,whowasverycleverandcreative,thoughtthattheremustbeabetterwayforblindpeopletoread.In1821,whenLouiswasjust12yearsold,asoldiercametovisittheschool. Thismanhadinventedacodeforsoldierstosendandreceivemessagesinthedark.Theideawasthatsoldierscouldpushawireintoapieceofpaperandthenreadthemessagebyfeelingtheraiseddotsontheothersideofthepaper.Howeverthecodewastoodifficultforsoldierstolearn.Louistookthesoldier’sideaandbeganexperimentingtomakethecodesimpler. Bythetimehewas15,hehadinventedacodethatusedonlysixdots.Overthenextfewyears,hecontinuedtoimprovehiscode.Healsoinventedcodesforreadingandwritingmathematicsandmusic.Thenin1827,thefirstbookinbraillewaspublished.However,ittookalongtimebeforepeoplerealisedwhatawonderfulinventionitwas. Infact,Louisdidnotlivetoseethesuccessofhissystembecausehediedin1852whenhewasonly43yearsold.Today,thebraillesystemhasbeenadaptedtoalmosteverylanguageintheworld.Blindandweak-sightedpeopleareabletoreadandwriteindependently,thankstoLouiseBraille’sinvention. 从懂事那天起，我就面临只能活28岁的无情命运。10岁，我只能举起一个枕头；12岁，我只能拄着棍儿走路。14岁，我走不出院子；16岁，完全不能走了，只能直直地站着。Readingandwritingtask《假如我能行走三天》 18岁，不能下地；20岁，胳膊举不过头顶。如今,我拿不起一杯水……生活完全不能自理。行走对于一个正常人来说是最为容易的事，而对于我来说比登天还难，所以，假如我能行走三天，我将万分珍惜三天中的每分每秒。他因病从小到大只上过一天学。 23年只能天天在炕上坐着，眼中惟一的风景是自家院子。肌肉萎缩到不能自己穿衣和洗脸，拿不起一本书，一杯水。他叫张云成，家住黑龙江省五大连池风景区青泉村。他写就了一部十余万字的书稿。这是第一部由肌无力患者写就的、真实再现肌无力患者生活以及坚强的励志之作。他说：我终于证明了一点，在这个世界存在过、奋争过…… ScanthetextandwriteaminibioforZhangYuncheng.AMiniBioName:Sex:Health:ZhangYunchengMaledisabilitiescausedbyamuscledisease;veryweak,canhardlypickupapen Schooleducation:Interestsandhobbies:Ambition:Dream:onedayreadingandwritingtowriteandpublishabooktoliveabetterlife Writeashorttextof150wordsaboutZhangYuncheng. ZhangYuncheng,bornin1980inHeilongjiang,isthewriterofthebestseller“IfIcanwalkforthreedays”.Hehasadiseasewhichaffectsoutofhismusclesinhisbody.Hedevelopedthediseaseattheageof3.Becauseofhishealthcondition,hewenttoschoolforonlyoneday.Asampleofthewriting SoYunchengstayedathomeandovertheyears,hisconditiongotworseandworse.At16,hecouldnotwalkatall.At18,hecouldnotgethisbed.At20,hecouldnotraisehisarmsabovehishead.However,Yuncheng’sdiseasehasnotstoppedhimmakingmostofhislife.Hetaughthimselftoreadandwrite. Helovesreadingandwritingandwantstobecomeawriter.WiththehelpofZhangDanuo,aneditor,attheageof25,Yunchengachievedhisambitiontowriteandpublishabook. Homework1.SpeakingtaskonP52.2.AnswerthequestionsoncheckingyourselfonP53.