Live well and do something meaningful

Do you know him?

Make a judgement

What difficulty may he/she have in daily life?

Make a judgement

deaf blind

Make a judgement

dumb

mentally handicapped

Make a judgement

paralyzedcrippled

Game playing

Please act it out according to what you are required:

1. Go around the class with one leg.

2.Go back to your seat quickly with your eyes closed

3. Use your body language to express that you want to have lunch with your friend.

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dumb/deaf

blind

crippled lame

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Pre-reading: get close to “family village”

Q: What is the website about?

A: It tells stories of the disabled.

MARTY’S STORY

Reading:

Medical Record of Marty

Name: Marty

Gender: male

Disease:

Symptom ( 症状 ):

Fast-reading:

an un-known muscle disease

sometimes …sometimes …

In what order does Marty tell his story?He tells his story in order of time.

before 10: …

at high school: …

now: …

after 10 : …

Detailed-reading (1):

Detailed-reading (2):

before 10 the same as…

dreamed about

hopefulafter 10get weaker

a billion tests

…difficult… what future will be like

hopeless

Detailed-reading (2):

the worst thing

look the same…

kids laugh at me

stupid

Detailed-reading (3):

at high schoola lot easier…accept…

though a few…

not get annoyed

Detailed-reading (4):

now

a very busy life

have a good lifethings I can do…

ambition

happy

Further understanding (1):

hopeful

the change of Marty’s feelings:

hopeless stupid

not get annoyedhappy

“ Live one day at a time.” ---Marty

Further understanding (2):

“ Live one day at a time.” ---Marty

We can see that Marty is a ____ person.

optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic, independent, strong-minded…

optimisticbraveindependentstrong-minded

Further understanding (3):

Fellow students’ conduct changed.

laugh at…

accept though can’t understand

Q2. Why has his fellow students’ conduct changed towards Marty? (理解题 )

A. Because they are now high school students.

B. Because they are all disabled people. C. Because Marty is now a healthy boy like

them. D. Because they found that Marty was able to

live as rich and full a life as everyone else.

Listen and read ：

MARTY’S STORY

“ Don’t feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them, and don’t ignore them either. Just accept them and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.”

Marty’s advice (1):

Marty’s advice (2):

Dos Don’ts feel sorry

make fun of

ignore

accept

encourage

To tell the story of Marty:

after 10

at high school

nowbefore 10

Role-play: how to get along with Marty

Sample answers

Encourage and help him to fight against the disease

Respect him and treat him as a normal child

Show great love to him

Encourage and respect him Tell other children not to laugh at him Show equal love to him as to other

students

Not laugh at him, but respect him Help him and as much as we can Play with him as often as we can

Not laugh at him Help him if necessary Respect him and learn from him

Sample answers

Not laugh at him Show our great respect to him Try to learn from him Help him as much as we can

Sample answers

Retell the passage and write your retelling in the exercise book.

Search the Internet http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ to find more stories of those disabilities.

Tell others the story of Marty and learn from him.

Homework