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1、Living well,Reading and Listening,Workbook,assistance companion latter congratulate graduation certificate,n. 协助；援助 n. 同伴；伙伴 adj. 较后的；后半的 vt. 祝贺；庆贺 n. 毕业；毕业典礼 n. 证书,Words preview,architect basement elder elderly dignity accessible bare,n. 建筑师 n. 地下室 adj. 年长的 adj. 上了年纪的 n. 尊严；高贵的品质 adj. 可接近的；可使用的 adj

2、. 赤露的；空的；,Words preview,all the best in particular,(口语) (祝你） 一切顺利 特别,It is a very popular movie that moves 100 million Asians in 2005. Whats the movie?,Whats the movie about? It is about how Xiao Q -a guide dog helps Dubianan odd blind man. There is deep love between its master and Xiao Q.,Xiao Q is

3、 his eyes, his company. But do you know how a guide dog like Xiao Q is trained?,Reading,Read about how guide dogs and their blind owners are trained. Then make a time line that shows the different stages in a guide dogs training.,The first stage: 1-12 months: The puppy lives with a sighted family.,T

4、he second stage13-17 months: It begins five months training at a guide dog school.,The third stage 18th months: When it is trained, it meets its new owner and the two live at the guide school for a month to learn to work together.,The last stage: A trainer goes to the owners home to teach the dog an

5、d its owner how to get round in their own town or city.,Do you know more about guide dogs and their owners? There are several questions below which will help you know more about guide dogs and their owners.,How much does it cost to train a guide dog? It costs more than $30,000 to complete the traini

6、ng of one guide dog. This includes all expenses from breeding to raising the dog to training it and matching it with a blind person.,What exactly is a guide dog trained to do? Guide dogs undergo a comprehensive training program, and only the best complete the training and become working guides. In s

7、hort, guide dogs are taught how to find and follow a clear path, maneuver around obstacles, and,stop at curbs. They also are taught to determine when it is unsafe to move on. They follow their teammates directions, and they know that they can disobey only in the face of danger.,What is the blind per

8、son taught during training? During the training program, blind students first learn about the commands the dog knows. Over a several week period, they are taught everything there is to know about,how to work with a guide dog. In addition, they learn about proper care of the dog, which ranges from fe

9、eding to grooming to medical issues. Access laws, public awareness and other issues also are covered during the 25-day program.,Are guide dogs allowed in restaurants? Guide dogs are allowed everywhere that the general public is allowed to go. This includes restaurants, taxicabs, airplanes, hotels, e

10、tc. This right is protected by a federal law called the Americans With Disabilities Act.,Are there things I should or should not do when I am around a guide dog? The general rule is that working guide dogs should be ignored. Distractions take their concentration away from the work they have to dowhi

11、ch can put the,dog and its teammate in danger. Do not pet or feed a guide dog and do not encourage the dog to misbehave.,Sara, who is blind, has just returned home from a guide school where she learned how to work with her new guide dog. A teacher from the school has come to Saras house to teach her

12、 and her dog how to find their way around their own town. Listen to the following details.,Listening,Name of Saras teacher: _ Name of Saras mother: _ Name of Saras guide dog: _ What Sara wants to teach the dog first: _,Phil,Jane Robinson,Lucy,Sara and Phil will first teach Lucy to take Sara to work.

13、,1. How did Sara get to work before she got her guide dog? 2. Has Sara always been blind? Which sentence tells you this? 3. What did Lucy learn in her first lesson at Saras home? 4. What is Lucy going to learn after lunch?,Listen again and answer the questions.,How did Sara get to work before she go

14、t her guide dog? Her mother drove her in the car.,2. Has Sara always been blind? Which sentence tells you this? No. “She told me how much you have helped her since her accident.”,3. What did Lucy learn in her first lesson at Saras home? Lucy learned how to take Sara to work.,4. What is Lucy going to

15、 learn after lunch? How to get to the train station and onto the train.,Listen to the first part of the tape again and complete the dialogue below. Then act out the dialogue.,SARA: Mum, _ Phil. Phil,_ PHIL: _, Mrs Robinson. MOTHER: Please, _ Jane.,this is,this is my mother,Please to meet you.,call m

16、e,PHIL: Umm, right, Jane. Saras_. MOTHER: Only_, I hope. PHIL: _ She told me how much youve helped her since her accident.,told me a lot about you,good thing,Definitely,introductions,Talking,Tips on how to introduce people,Heres how to make proper introductions at parties, dinners and other social s

17、ituations. 1. Introduce individuals to each other using both first and last names.,2. If youre introducing someone who has a title, a doctor, for example include the title as well as the first and last names in the introduction. 3. Introduce the younger or less prominent person to the older or more

18、prominent person, regardless of the sex of the individuals.,(However, if a considerable age difference lies between the two, it is far more courteous to make introductions in deference to age, regardless of social rank.) For example: “Arthur Prefect, Id like you to meet Dr. Gertrude Smith”.,4. If th

19、e person you are introducing has a specific relationship to you, make the relationship clear by adding a phrase such as my boss, my wife or my uncle . 5. Introduce an individual to the group first, then the group to the individual. For example:,Dr. Brown, Id like you to meet my friends Kym Hsu, Shaw

20、n Kampbell and Michael Via. Everyone, this is Dr. Kurt Brown.,Work in groups of three and act out two dialogues on page 47.,Listening Task on page 50,Discuss these questions with your class. 1 Do you know what braille is? 2 What is it used for? 3 How does it work? 4 Do you know what the Chinese syst

21、em of braille looks like?,Braille Blinded by an accident in his early childhood, 15 year old Louis Braille (1809-1852) invented a system of reading and writing by touch. A Braille cell consists of six raised dots. By arranging the dots in various combinations, 64 different patterns,can be formed. Br

22、aille, a true alphabet, is read by moving the hand from left to right along each line. Readers average about 104-125 words per minute. Some can read 250 words by using both hands.,Listening,1. What country did Louis Braille come from? 2. What disability did he have? 3. What did books for the blind l

23、ook like when Louie was a boy? 4. What invention gave Louie the idea for his system?,What country did Louis Braille come from? Louis Braille came from France. 2. What disability did he have? He was blind.,3. What did books for the blind look like when Louie was a boy? Books were very large because t

24、he words were written in the ordinary alphabet but were raised above the surface so blind people could feel the letter.,4. What invention gave Louie the idea for his system? A system of code to be used by soldiers to send and receive messages in the dark.,Year Age Event 1809 _ 1813 4 _ 1819 10 _ 12

25、_ _ _,Heard a solider talk about a code consisting of a raised system of dots.,Born,Send to school in Paris,Because completely blind,Year Age Event 1824 15 _ _ 1827 18 _ 1825 43 _,Completed the Braille system of touch reading,First braille book published,Died,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；

26、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。,Reading and writing task,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

27、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,“我觉得可能我比别人更能理解ZHANG， 我们都被某种锁链禁锢， 而且很难挣脱，但没有人 能够禁止向往，更不能阻 止我们彼此激励。 -贝克汉姆,Scan the text and write a mini bio for Zhang Yuncheng. A Mini Bio Name: Sex: Health:,Zhang Yuncheng,Male,disabilities caused by a muscle disease; very weak, can hardly pick up a pen,School education: Interests and hobbies: Ambition: Dream:,one day,reading and writing,to write and publish a book,to live a better life,Write a short text of 150 wo