内容正文:
What defines you?
学校:高邮市第二中学
执教:周粲
By the end of the class, we will be able to
1. have a better understanding of the passage;
2. write a summary based on Velasquez’s story;
3. learn what beauty really means.
What question does Velasquez raise in the video?
What defines you?
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Analyzing the structure of the passage and
finding the main idea of each part
Part 1 (Para 1) the ___________ to the passage
Part 2 (Para ___- ___) other people’s _________ to Velasquez’s outer appearance
Part 3 (Para ___- ___) Velasquez’s decision to be a
motivational speaker and ___________ to success
introduction
2
4
5
7
reactions
commitment
2. What are people’s various reactions to Velasquez’s outer appearance?
From doctors:
She had no _________ to do anything; she couldn’t
cry; she couldn’t walk; she couldn’t crawl.
ability
From ________________________:
No one wanted to play with her or stand by her.
No one wanted to do a single thing with her.
From netizens:
She was labeled “the World’s Ugliest
Woman” in one video, and the comments going
along were ______________, saying “Why would
her parents keep her?!”, “Kill it with fire!” and
“Put a gun to her head and kill herself.”
classmates/playmates/peers
horrible/cruel/awful
From family :
They __________ her so normally that when she
started kindergarten she had not realized that she
was different;
They encouraged her to continue school and be
herself so eventually everyone would see she was
_____ ____________;
Again with family _________ her, she was brave
enough to channel the hatred into motivation and to
rise above the cruelty.
raised
no different
helping
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3. What are Velasquez’s reactions in different
periods?
Kindergarten
At five
In high school
In college
Present
she had no clue that she was different
she couldn’t understand
she had to go home and ask her parents.
she