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1、Before Reading_ word webWord WebThink and SpeakRead and Think Helen KellerDirections: What types of disabilities do you know? What words will occur to you whenever we mention the word “disability”? Write down as many words as possible.Physical Disabilityblindness, color blindness, deafness, deaf-mut
2、eness, dumbness, paralysis, Parkinsons disease, stroke, diabetes, brain injuryMental Disabilitylearning disability, phobia, anxiety disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorderDevelopmental Disabilityattention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, mental retardationSubstance Abuse alcoholism, Nico
3、tine addiction, drug abuse Helen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ read and think1Directions: Read the following introduction to sight diseases. Compared with what you have learned about the diseases before, is this introduction more informative? What new knowledge
4、 can you get from it? Word WebThink and SpeakRead and Think Helen KellerHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ read and think2Word WebThink and SpeakRead and Think Helen KellerHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneWhat can people with sight problems see? Being blind
5、does not always mean living in total darkness. Forty- nine percent of the blind people and eighty percent of the partially sighted people can recognize a friend at one arms length. Other people will be affected by eye diseases in different ways: some will have no central vision or no vision to the s
6、ides; others may see a patchwork of blank and defined areas; or everything may be seen as a vague blur. l Glaucoma (青光眼) can result in tunnel vision, where all side vision is lost and only central vision remains. Diabetic (糖尿病) retinopathy (视网膜眼疾) can cause blurred and patchy vision. Macular degener
7、ation can lead to the loss of central vision while side vision remains.l l It should be remembered that people are affected by eye diseases in different ways. You should not assume that you know what someone can see simply because you know what eye diseases they have.Helen Kellers ChronologyBefore R
8、eading_ think and speak1Word WebThink and SpeakRead and Think Helen Keller1. Imagine you, who used to have good sight, now were told to have only three days to see. How would you spend the last three days with your sight?If I had only three days to see, I wouldHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHele
9、n Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ think and speak2Word WebThink and SpeakRead and Think Helen Keller2. Exchange your ideas with your classmates to see whose decisions are the most impressive.Helen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ Helen Keller1Helen Keller: (1880
10、-1968) deaf-blind American author, activist and lecturerWord WebRead and Think Helen KellerThink and SpeakHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ Helen Keller2Word WebRead and Think Helen KellerThink and SpeakHelen Keller was born in 1880 in northern Alabama, USA.
11、Nineteen months after she was born, she was extremely ill, and lost both her sight and hearing. When she was seven, her parents hired a tutor named Anne Sullivan. She taught Helen to read and write and how to think. Helen entered Radcliffe College, the womens branch of Harvard University at the age
12、of 20. Her first book, The Story of My Life, was translated into many languages. She also did research, gave speeches all around the world, and helped raise money for many organizations for the blind. Helen received dozens of awards, such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that
13、an American civilian can receive. She died in her sleep in 1968.Helen Kellers MiracleHelen Kellers ChronologyHelen and AnneBefore Reading_ Chronology of Helen Keller1Word WebRead and Think Helen KellerThink and SpeakTimeEventsJune 27, 1880She was born at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama. February, 18
14、82 She lost both her sight and hearing after being struck by illness.March 3, 1887She met Anne Sullivan, her life-long teacher.June 28, 1904She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating from Radcliffe College of Harvard University.June,1955She received an honorary degree from Harvard University
15、, the first woman to be so honored.Helen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ Chronology of Helen Keller2Word WebRead and Think Think and SpeakTimeEventsSeptember,1964 She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor. June 1, 1968S
16、he passed away in her sleep.Helen KellerHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ Chronology of Helen Keller3Word WebRead and Think Think and SpeakHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen KellerHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ Chronology of Helen Keller4Word WebRead and Think Think and SpeakHelen Kellers MiracleHelen and AnneHelen KellerHelen Kellers ChronologyBefore Reading_ Chronology of Helen Keller5Word WebRead and Think Thin
