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Unit 5 Education
Lesson 1
Watch a video
The brief introduction of Helen Keller
Warming-up
What’s the meaning of “enlightening”?
To enlighten means “to increase knowledge and awareness”.
In Chinese, it means “启迪,指导,教导”.
Warming-up
Work with your deskmate. Place a blindfold (眼罩) over your eyes. Your deskmate tries to teach you how to read and write. Swap places after a few minutes.
Warming-up
Share your feedback of the experience with the class
How much more difficult would it be to teach someone who is both blind and deaf to read and write?
How many parts can the story be divided into? What is each part mainly about? Underline the signal expressions that connect the description of Helen’s learning processes.
The story can be divided into three parts.
The first part is paragraph 1, about Helen.
The second part is paragraph 2, about Anne.
The third part is from paragraph 3 to paragraph 12, about how Helen learnt words.
Reading
Reading
Make a dialogue between
Hellen and her teacher
Fill in the blanks with the words from the story.
Practice
When Helen was young she lost her sight and hearing. With these 1 ________________ to her communication, Helen’s behavior was often 2 ___________ and sometimes she was 3 ___________, stubborn and angry with a 4 __________ to break things when she was not understood. Anne Sullivan was a 5 ________ teacher. Anne’s technique was simple and 6 ______________. She put an object into Helen’s hand and spelt out the word on her other hand. The 7 ________ knowledge she taught Helen gave her hope and joy. From “doll” and “water”, Helen’s knowledge and 8 __________ expanded and this changed her 9 _________ process. As Helen grasped the key to language, she discovered more 10 _________ words. Helen now understood the beautiful truth of the word “love”.
severe restrictions
unbearable
troublesome
tendency
superb
straightforward
precious
vocabulary
thinking
complex
Listening activity—Helen Keller’s story
Listen to the monologue and fill in