1、知识改变命运，学习成就未来Unit17DisabilitiesPeriod 1 Let’s listen and speak! Goals ◆ Talking about disability. ◆ Practice talking about ability and inability. ◆ Improve students’ listening and speaking ability. Procedures Leading in: by discussing the pictures. Hello, everyone. Look at the th
2、ree pictures first and discuss the following questions: 1. What is his or her name? 2. Why is he or she famous? 3. What works did he or she write? 4. What can we learn from them? Task 1: Looking and discussing. Look at the first four pictures and discuss what they tell us: 1. Try
3、 to list the difficulties and dangers you might face if you were in a wheelchair or blind. 2. Try to offer some solutions to make the streets safer and better for the disabled. Task 2: Listening and ticking. Talk about the picture in this part to warm up first: 1. Listen to the t
4、ape and answer the three questions. How did John’s parents help him in the morning? What was wrong with John’s house? How did John’s family change the house? 2. Listen again, tick the obstacles John mentions and explain why they make his life difficult. 3. Work in pairs and think
5、 of more creative ideas to solve the problem John describes. What are John’s obstacles? Why do they make his life difficult? How can you solve this problem? items Yes? No? sidewalks cars elevators Bikes Escalators Stairs Fast food restaurants parks Task 3: Speaking and talking. S
6、ituations Difficulties Solutions Blind; visit a friend on the other side of the town; change bus once Deaf; football players; join the school’s football team; learn English In a wheelchair; go shopping; eat at a restaurant; go to a cinema; several floors Closing up by having a di
7、scussion. 欢迎各位老师踊跃投稿，稿酬丰厚邮箱：zxjkw@163.com第5页共5页知识改变命运，学习成就未来Hi, everyone. We can see it is not easy for the disabled people to lead a normal life. Suppose waking up tomorrow morning, you suddenly find you were unable to see, speak, hear or walk. Then how would you feel and what w
