Unit 10 You're supposed to shake hands 第6课时 Section B(3a－Writing&Self Check)(word)-【全效学习】2023-2024学年九年级全册英语同步课件及教参（人教版）

第6课时　Section B(3a－Writing&Self Check) Ⅰ.阅读理解 Although I was the class clown at school，there's an introverted(内向的)side to my personality.That's because I have a rarely seen disease that makes it hard for my brain to deal with the information about what I see.Words swim on the page for me.I wanted to learn how to read but couldn't. In primary school，I didn't talk to any teachers or family about this.I was clever at hiding it.When I had to write anything down，I guessed，forming some words which I hoped were right.I became good at learning by heart. When I started secondary school，a student in class made me stand on a chair and read.It was terrible and as a result I developed a terrible stutter(口吃)．I continued to fall through the net.The only thing I loved was practical biology.I wanted to be a doctor. Then I left school and joined the army.I decided to be a doctor and trained hard.But things were discovered when I did a course in prehospital emergency care.I passed all my practical exams，preparing for them by watching others.The problem was the written exam.I was so hopeless but had to tell the examining doctor that I couldn't read.He asked me to get back into education.I was 34. I made up my mind to attend the Open University(OU)to do a medical degree.It was back to basics on the course.I knew the letters and some words，but my vocabulary was small.I paid for a tutor，who worked with me every week，teaching me to understand words through pictures. It took me nine years to get that degree.Now，aged 47，I'm an ambassador for the OU，winning an award for receiving education so late in life.I teach prehospital emergency care to medical school students.I also teach children and adults with learning difficulties because I want to give others the chances I had. I still struggle to read a menu if I'm not wearing my special glasses，but luckily there's always someone around to lend me a hand.I look back and wonder how many other people have struggled with education and where they ar