warming up----brainstorming (2m) warming up do you like going to cinema or theatre with your family...

Warming up----Brainstorming (2m)

Warming up

Do you like going to cinema or theatre with your family and

friends?

Suppose that you were disabled. If you feel that the cinema or the theatre is not so convenient for you to use ,will you raise some suggestions to the architect?

Reading I----scanning& skimming (2m)

Read the passage and answer the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph of the letter?

2. What do you think the writer has numbered her suggestions and used italics?

3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

4. Can you think of any other things that the

cinema could do to make it accessible to

disabled people?

To tell the reader the purpose of the letter.

The writer has used numbers and a title in italics for each paragraph to organize the ideas and to make it easier for the reader to understand and remember the five suggestions.

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph of the letter?

2. What do you think the writer has numbered her suggestions and used italics?

3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

To finish the letter in a polite way and to put forward some reasons why the architect should consider the writer’s suggestions.

4. Can you think of any other things that the

cinema could do to make it accessible to

disabled people?

… …(students give answers on their own)

Skimming questions:

1.From the text we know that Alice Major advised the architect to consider _____ things.

A Two B. three C. four D. five

2.If the lifts are at the back of the cinema in cold, unattractive areas, this will make disabled people feel they are _____ other customers. 

A. more important than B. as important as

C. twice as important as D. less important than

 3. What does “hearing-impaired” mean?

 A. 耳聋的 B. 听力受损的 C. 耳朵修理的

reading

Reading II---- detail reading(3m)

Zhang Yuncheng achieves his ambition

Skimming: Zhang’s mini biography

Name

Sex

Health

School education

Interests and hobbies

Ambition

Dream

Zhang Yuncheng

Male

disabilities caused by

a muscle disease; very weak

one day

reading and writing

to write and publish a book

to live a better life

How can we do more to help the disabled in

real life?

Discussion

Homework

Surf the Internet to find more information of the solutions of

how to help the disabled.