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Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards
----- Three days to see
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Open your book and turn to P26
Without your hands
Get the cup
with your eyes closed
Live with a disability
Games
Lead-in
Look at the word cloud and the picture.
Predict what is talked about in the interview.
pie chart
What special assistance can people with disabilities make use of in their daily lives?
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...
Helen Keller
(1880-1968)
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Three days to see
A suggestion
Experience
Read for structure
Fast reading
First sentences
Part 1(Para.1-3)
Helen’s experience
1.What does Helen think about
human being without disabilities? Why?
2. How did Helen feel when her friend told
her she had observed nothing in particular
in the woods?
doubtful
Key words
Part 1(Para.1-3):Helen’s experience
Helen’s seeing friends observe nothing,
Helen hundreds of interesting things
It depends on whether she/he appreciates
what she/he has and makes use of them.
Deep thinking
?
why?
On the first day
On the second day
On the third day
To ___________having helped her and accompanied her;
To ____________which have opened her mind;
To ____________in the woods and ______________ on the beauty of nature.
To ____________of the progress of civilization and go to museums
To _________the soul of man and spend the evening at _______
or at the _____________.
To _____________again, anxious to discover new delights, new revelations of beauty.
To spend the third day ________________in their day-to-day life.
see the people
see the books
take a long walk
Intoxicate my eyes
observing people
probe into
theater
movies.
greet the dawn
see the pageant
Part 2(Para.4-7):What Helen desires to see in 3 days
She is grateful to the people who
love her and help her
She loves nature and life.
She cares for the lives of people.
She is thirsty for spiritual food.
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She is grateful to the people who love her and help her
She loves nature and life.
She is thirsty for spiritual knowledge
She cares for the lives of people.
success
The qualities in Helen
What’s the figure of speech (修辞手法) in this paragraph
Use... as if...
Hear... as if...
Touch... as if...
Parallelism (排比)
Part 3(Para8):A hint/ suggestion
What’s Hellen’s hint?
to remind people to appreciate and treasure everything in their life
Parallelism(排比) as a literary device(文学修辞) is the use of expressions, clauses or sentences that are similar in their structure. It can make the content more rhythmic(有节奏的), engaging(吸引人的) and easier to remember. It is commonly used in literary works and speeches.
How does the parallelism help to
express the author’s emotions?
A. To help readers understand what it is like to be blind.
B. To make readers without disabilities appreciate what they have.
C. To persuade readers to care about the blind.
What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
Helen Keller once said, “Once I cried because I had no shoes, until one day I saw a man who had no feet.”
Think about everything you have now, what makes you feel lucky to have? And Why?
I feel so lucky to have... (sight/hearing/one person/ certain object/… ).
With its/their help, I can ...
Without it/them, I can’t ...
Therefore, I appreciate having … and I will ...
Post-reading
Think & Share
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