Unit+2+Onwards+and+Upwards+Developing+ideas+Reading+高中英語外研版（2019）選擇性必修第一冊+

Unit2OnwardsandUpwardsFREETALKHaveyoumetsomeonewithadisability?Haveyouhelpedthem?Imaginehowyouwouldliveifyoulostyoursightoryourhearing.Watchthevideoandexperiencethelifeofablindperson.WhatdoyouknowaboutHelenkeller?Introduceherandhermainworktotheclass.HelenKellerHelenKeller(1880-1968)wasanAmerican

writer,lecturerandsocialactivist.Agedjust19

monthsold,shebecameillandlostbothher

hearingandsight.Withthehelpofherteacher,

AnneSullivan,she

overcameherdisabilitiesand

wentontoearnaBachelorofArtsdegree.Vocabularyblessingbless

vt.祝福blessed adj.有幸具有的；幸運(yùn)的beblessedwith

有幸得到It'sablessingthat

幸好……練習(xí)：Lackoftrafficisoneofthe___________(bless)ofcountrylife.blessingsVocabulary2.appreciativeappreciate

v.感激；欣賞；理解appreciation n.感激；欣賞；理解beappreciativeof 感激……anappreciativeaudience 有欣賞力的觀眾appreciativelaughter/applause 贊賞的笑聲/掌聲練習(xí)：Iwrotehimalettertoshowmy____________(appreciate)ofhisthoughtfulness.appreciationVocabulary3.worthybeworthyof+n.

值得……的beworthdoing 值得做(動(dòng)名詞的主動(dòng)形式表被動(dòng)意義)beworthyofbeingdone=beworthytobedone

值得做It'sworthwhiledoingsth./todosth.

做某事是值得的練習(xí)：Sheisanordinarywomanbutsheisreallyworth___________(respect)

respectingVocabulary4.apply…to…apply(tosb.)forsth. (向某人)申請某物applyto... 適用于……applyoneselfto(doing)... 致力于(做)……，專心于(做)……練習(xí)：Ihaveapplied________ascholarship.forVocabulary5.pickuppickupacoin 撿起一枚硬幣pickupthephone

接起電話pickupspeed 加速pickoneselfup (跌倒后)站起來pickout 挑選；辨認(rèn)出picksb.'spocket

扒竊；掏包兒pickonsb. (跟某人)鬧別扭；故意刁難挑剔練習(xí)：Pick___________(you)upandbrushyourselfdown.yourselfVocabulary6.embarrassedembarrass v.使尷尬，使窘迫

embarrassment n.尷尬窘迫embarrassing adj.令人尬的，使人難堪的be/feelembarrassedabout/at 因……而感到beembarrassedtodosth. 尷尬地做某事withembarrassment 尷尬地toone'sembarrassment 使某人尷尬的是anembarrassingquestion/situation/moment/mistake令人難堪的問題/處境/時(shí)刻/錯(cuò)誤練習(xí)：Hewasembarrassed__________(know)hissuggestionwasrejectedagain.toknowVocabulary7.beawareofawareness

n.認(rèn)識，意識beawarethat... 意識到/知道......makesb.awareof/that... 使某人意識到......asfarasIamaware 據(jù)我所知raiseone'sawarenessof 提高某人的……意識developanawarenessof 培養(yǎng)……的意識練習(xí)：Peoplearoundtheworldshouldbeaware________therealsituationofthewatershortage.ofLookatthewordcloudandthepicture.Predictwhatistalkedaboutintheinterview.Lookatthechartsandanswerthequestions.1Arethenumbersdifferentfromwhatyouexpected?Inwhatway?2Whatspecialassistancecanpeoplewithdisabilitiesmakeuseofintheirdailylives?Peoplewithlimitedmobilityproblemscouldusewheelchairs,walkingsticks,handrails...Peoplewhohavereducedvisioncouldusespecialpavementsfortheblind,Braillesigns...Readthepassageandfindoutwhattheauthorwoulddoifshecouldsee.Onthefirstday,shewouldwanttoseethekindpeoplewhohavehelpedherandaccompaniedherthroughlife.Thenshewouldliketoseethebookswhichhaveopenedhermind.Intheafternoon,shewouldtakealongwalkinthewoodsandappreciatethebeautyofnature.Onthesecondday,shewouldliketoseeadisplayoftheprogressofcivilisation.Shewouldgotothemuseumsandspendtheeveningatatheateroratthemovies.Onthethirdday，shewouldagaingreetthedawn,anxioustodiscovernewdelights,newrevelationsofbeauty.Shewouldspendthethirddayobservingpeopleintheirday-to-daylife.Para.1 A.Makingbestuseofeyescangetmuchpleasure.Para.2 B.WhatIwilldowithmygoodeyesonthefirstdayPara.3 C.Darknesswouldmakeonemoreappreciativeofsight;silencewould teachonethejoysofsound.Para.4 D.WhatIwilldowithmygoodeyesonthesecondday.Para.5 E.Theauthoroftentestswhatherseeingfriendssee.Para.6 F.Ablindpersongivesadvicetonormalpeople.Para.7 G.WhatIwilldowithmygoodeyesonthethirdday.Para.8 H.Atmidnightpermanentnightwouldcloseinonmeagain.Matchtheparagraphstotheirmainideas.1.Whydoestheauthorthinkitisablessingifpeopleareblindanddeafforafewdays?A.Peoplewilllearntoappreciatesightandenjoysound.B.Sufferingissomethingeveryonemustexperience.C.Shewantsotherstogothroughthesamepainasher.D.Thedisabilitywon'tlastlong.2.Whatwouldn'ttheauthordoonthefirstdayifsheweretorestorehervision?A.Toseethepeoplewhohaveaccompaniedher.B.Toseethebooksthathavebeenreadtoher.C.Towalkinthewoodsandenjoythebeautyofnature.D.TostayupwithherfamilyandfriendsReadthepassagecarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.3.Whydoestheauthorintendtogotothemuseums?A.Tovisitoneofherfriends.B.Toknowmoreabouttheprogressofhumanbeings.C.Totouchthethingssheknows.D.Tolearnmoreaboutthedevelopmentofthemovies.4.Thehinttheauthorgivestothosewhoseeisthat___________.A.theyshouldlistentothemusicofvoices,thesongofabirdandthemightystrainsofanorchestraB.theyshouldtoucheveryobjecttheywanttotouchC.theyshouldsmellfowersandtrydeliciousfoodD.theyshouldusetheireyesasiftheywouldbestrickenblindtomorrowChoosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassageandgiveyourreasons.Read

thediaryagainandthencompletethestructureofit.1.mythoughtaboutsightandsound2.testmyseeingfriends3.askmyself4.onthefirstday5.onmyseconddayablessing,darkness,silence...seethepeople/bokks,takealongwalk,intoxicatemyeyes6.onthelastday7.giveonehint.........useeyes-bestrickenblindhear-bestrickendeaf...Whatarethemainwishesoftheauthor?Giveanexample.Doyouknowofanystoriesaboutpeoplewithdisabilities?Shareonewiththeclass.Howshouldweinteractwithpeoplewithdisabilities?Whatqualitiesdobothreadingpassagesinthisunitconvey?Think&shareTheauthorwouldliketobeabletoseeforthreedays.Shewouldliketobeabletoseethepeoplewhohavehelpedherandwithwhomshespendshertime.Shewouldliketoseethebooksshehasread.Facingdifficultiesandsetbacksinlifewithapositiveattitude.Readthesentencesfromthepassageandanswerthequestions.Whatsentencestructureisusedrepeatedly?Whatfigureofspeechisit?Howdoesthistechniquehelptoexpresstheauthor’semotions?Itisparallelism.Theuseofparallelisminspeechorwritingallowsspeakersorwriterstomaintainaconsistencywithintheirworkandcreatesabalancedflowofideas.Moreover,parallelismcanbeusedasatoolforpersuasion.Parallelism“That’sonesmallstepforman,onegiantleapformankind.”—NeilArmstrong燕子去了,有再來的時(shí)候；楊柳枯了,有再青的時(shí)候；桃花謝了,有再開的時(shí)候?！熳郧濉洞掖摇反禾煜駝偮涞氐耐尥?，從頭到腳都是新的，它生長著。春天像小姑娘，花枝招展的，笑著，走著。春天像健壯的青年，有鐵一般的胳膊和腰腳，領(lǐng)著我們上前去。——朱自清《春》Nowmakeyourownsentencesusingthistechnique.Workingroups.Giveatalkaboutyouropiniononthesentencefromthepassage.1Readanddiscussthemeaningofthesentenceanddecide

whetheryouagreeordisagreewithit.2Organiseyourtalkandmakenotes.3Giveyourtalktotheclass.Nowthinkaboutyourperformanceduringgroupdiscussion.Didyouactivelyparticipateandcontributeideas?Workingroups.Discussandpresentyouropinionoftheequationfromthepassage.Nowthinkaboutyourperformanceinthisactivity.Whatcontributiondidyoumaketoyourgroup?Howcouldyouimproveyourperformance?WritingaboutanexperienceReadthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions:(1)Whydidtheauthorgotothe"darkrestaurant"?(2)Whatdifficultiesdidtheauthorhaveduringthemeal?(3)Howdidtheauthorfeelafterfinishingthemeal?Becausetheauthorwantedtounderstandtheexperienceofbeingblind,thinkingeatingwouldbethemostdifficultactivity.a.Theauthorknockedoverglassesanddroppedfood.b.Theauthoratemuchmoreslowly,tryingtoguesswhatwasbeingeaten.c.Pouringwaterwasverydifficult.d.Afterfailingtopickupanyfoodwithaforkforfiveminutes,theauthordecidedtousehands,butstuckonehandintoabowlofwarm,thicksoup.e.Evenusingaspoon,theauthorspilledmostofthesouponhis/hershirt.Theauthorlefttherestaurantfeelinghungry,thoughmuchmoreawareofthechallengesthatblindpeopleface.Trytoexperiencewhatitisliketohaveadisabilityandmakenotes.Nowwriteashortpassagetodescribeyourexperience.Todayinclass,weplayedagamecalled"theblindtraveler",inwhichonehastowalkthroughsomebarrierswiththeireyesblindfolded.ItisthroughthisexperiencethatIstartedtorealisehowinconvenientlifecouldbeforablindperson.Notbeingabletoseewherelwasgoing,Ikeptgoingoffthepathandturninginthewrongdirection.What'smore,withouttheabilitytoaccuratelylocatethepositionofthebarriers,loftenfelloverthem,eventhoughIwasmovingatanextremelyslowspeed.Andalossofbalanceincreasedthedifficultyofthisshortjourney.Afterfallingovermorethantentimes,Ifinallyreachedmydestinationonhandsandknees.SampleWithoutsight,Icouldn'tevencompletethisshortjourneyofnomorethan15metressmoothly,letaloneovercomealltheothervariousdifficultiesindailylife.Idorealisethatlifemustbemuchmorechallengingfortheblindpeople.SampleReadthetwopointsofviewandexplaintheirmeaningsinyourownwords.Activity1Workingroupsanddecidewhichopinionyouagreewithmore.Thinkofargumentstosupportyourpointofviewandmakenotes.Activity2Workingroupsandd