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Dining in the Dark
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Writing about an experience
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Writing about an experience
Look at the picture and title, predict what the passage is about.
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It is about an experience of eating in the dark.
Para. 1
Why did the author go to the “dark reastaurant”?
Because the author wanted to understand the experience of being blind, thinking eating would be the most difficult activity.
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Para. 2
What difficulties did the author have during the meal?
The author knocked over glasses and dropped food.
The author ate much more slowly, trying to guess what was being eaten.
Pouring water was very difficult.
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Para. 3
What difficulties did the author have during the meal?
After failing to pick up any food with a fork for five minutes, the author decided to use hands, but stuck one hand into a bowl of warm, thick soup.
The author ate much more slowly, trying to guess what was being eaten.
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How did the author feel after finishing the meal?
Para. 4
The author left the restaurant feeling hungry, though much more aware of the challenges that blind people face.
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Beginning
Body
Ending
Para. 1
Paras. 2-3
Para. 4
I wanted to understand the experience of being blind.
My experience in the dark restaurant.
My feelings.
Try to experience what it is like to have a disability and make notes.
1 What kind of experience you had
2 What the most difficult thing was and why
3 How you overcame the difficulty
4 What have you learnt
Writing about an experience
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