Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Developing ideas Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Period 4 Reading 新 课 导 入 Have you ever read the book Three Days to See? If you have, introduce the main content of the book or some information about the author Helen Keller. Helen Keller (June 27, 1880-June 1, 1968), is an American woman writer, educator and philanthropist (慈善家). When she was 19 months old, she was deprived of her eyesight and hearing due to acute encephalitis (脑炎). Later, she completed her studies at Harvard University with amazing perseverance and became the first blind deaf person to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree. She devoted her whole life to the benefit of the disabled and established many charities, completing 14 books, the most famous of which is “Three Days to See” and “My Life Story”. She was selected as “Top Ten American Idols in the 20th Century” by Time magazine, and also awarded “Presidential Medal of Freedom”(总统自由奖章). On June 1, 1968, Helen Keller died. 1. 通过阅读、理解课文内容并清晰叙述Helen Keller三天的愿望，理解并运用虚拟语气、倒装以及排比等修辞手法。 2. 能在理解课文的基础上，感悟文章主题，加深对单元主题意义的认识，形成面对困难不妥协、面对失败不放弃的积极人生态度。 课 堂 学 习 1 Look at the charts and answer the questions. 1. Are the numbers different from what you expected? In what way? 2. What special assistance can people with disabilities make use of in their daily lives? 1. Your own ideas. 2. People with limited mobility problems could use wheelchairs, walking sticks, handrails... People who have reduced vision could use special pavements for the blind, braille signs... 2 Read the passage and find out what the author would do if she could see. 1 I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. 2 Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently, I asked a friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she replied. 3 How was it