内容正文:
Three Days to See
Activity 1 warm up
Imagine you are blind, and try to write down a sentence.
Write down "I like learning English."
Tell us what your feelings are.
Feelings
embarrassed
frightened
terrible
nervous
…
helpless
Hellen Keller (1880-1968), a blind American writer, completed 14 books, the most famous of which
is Three Days to See.
Activity 1 warm up
Background information about Helen
Activity 2 Predict
What would Helen want to see if she were given three days to see?t
Activity 3 Read for information (P26)
Read the passage and find out what the author would do if she could see.
On the first day On the second day On the third day
On the first day On the second day On the third day
1.the kind people who have helped her and accompanied her through life
7.the books which have opened her mind
2.walk in the woods and appreciate the beauty of nature
5.a display of the progress of civilization
4.the museums and spend the evening at a theatre or at the movies.
3.new delights, new revelations of beauty
6.people in their day-to-day life
Activity 4 Read for structure
What's the structure of this text?
A.
B.
C.
Activity 4 Read for structure
This passage can be divided into 3 parts.
para.
para.
para.
1-3
4-7
8
the author's thoughts
how to spend 3 days
the author's advice
How does the writer express her emotions?
By parallelism.
By giving examples.
By comparison.
By listing numbers.
A.
B.
C.
D.
★ 段落排比(Parallel paragraphs)
On the first day, I should want to see...
On my second day, I should like to see...
The following morning, I should again...
★ 段落排比(Parallel paragraphs)
On the first day, I should want to see...
On my second day, I should like to see...
The following morning, I should again...
★ 句子排比(Parallel sentences):
Use your eyes as if tomorrow...
Hear the music of voices, ...as if tomorrow...
Smell the perfume of flowers..., as if tomorrow...
Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow...
Activity 5 Read for purpose (P28)
Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons.
1. To help readers understand what it is like to be blind.
2.To make readers without disabilities appreciate what they have.
3. To persuade readers to care about the blind.
Try to find evidence to support your choice.
appreciate
Try to find evidence to support your choice .
para1. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
para3. If I can get so much pleasure from touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.
para8. Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind...
Activity 6 Think & Share
1. What can you learn from the passage?
Face difficulties in life positively.
Appreciate what we have.
2. What can we do to help the disabled?
Donate some money.
Help them do some housework.
Activity 7 Discussion & Speaking
Suppose Helen wants to have a walk in Ailian Lake Park, how do you show her around and introduce the park?
Gate
Statue
Watching fish
Seat
Bridge
Useful expressions
parallelism
First ...
Second ...
Third...
in front of you, ...
on the left side, ...
on the right side, ...
1. Let's go! There is a gate in front of us.
2. First, go straight and we will find a statue on our left side.
3. Second, go along the road and we...
衔接词
方位词
useful sentences
Hear..., and you can...
Touch..., and you can...
Smell..., and you can...
祈使句式
Gate
Statue
Watching fish
Seat
Bridge
volunteers
initiative
allowance
individuals
communities
government
Who cares about the disabled?
National Day
of assitive
disabled facilities
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
—by Helen Keller
这个世界上最好的和最美的事物我们无法用肉眼感到或用手触摸到,我们只能用心去感受。
Write down your experience with Helen in the park, and
try to use "parallelism".
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