Post on 02-Jan-2016
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Do you know other famous persons with a mental or physical disability? Can you briefly introduce them?
[disability, achievements]
Do you know other famous persons with a mental or physical disability? Can you briefly introduce
them?
Zhou Zhou
mentally disabled a famous conductor i
n China.
BeethovenDeaf
World-famous composer
Tai Lihua
The famous dancerin the Thousand-Hand Guanyin.
Deaf and dumb
Franklin Roosevelt
one of the greatest presidents of the USserved up to four terms of office.
paralyzed
Steven Hawking He can only move one of his fingers. He is Physicist and mathematician. He researches into the beginning of space, matter and time.
Thomas Edison
deaf
A great inventorMore than 1000 inventions in his lifeincluding lights and phonograph
Zhang Haidihas no feelingbelow the waist,uses a wheel chair
writer
What does the Family Village include? What is the value of this website?
Pre-reading
Marty’s disease: _________________________Marty’s motto :_______________________Marty’s symptoms: ________________________Marty’s achievement:_____________________Marty’s ambition: ___________________________Marty’s hobby: ___________________________Marty’s advice:___________________________ ____________________________ _____________________________
A muscle disease
weak, clumsy, tired
To work in the computer industry
Invented a computer game
Watching movies\football matches, keeping pets
To live one day at a time
Don’t feel sorry for the disabled or
make fun of them but accept them
and encourage them
Problems caused by his disability
What Marty does in spite of his disability
1. weak and can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as others
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1. enjoys writing and computer programming
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clumsy and often drop things or bump into furniture
too tired to get out of bed
has missed a lot of school and lessonsfeels stupid because of being behind the others after a long absence from school
invented a computer football game
looks after pets
Disability has made him grow stronger and more independent .
DiscussionWhat kind of person do you think Marty is?Marty seems to be a fairly positive person who considers he has a good life. he is realistic about his disability but does not let this stop him doing as much as he can. He is a mentally strong, independent boy.
In Paris, the disabled girl, Jinjing devoted her life to protect the Olympic Torch on April 8th.
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Let me try!
How should we treat the disabled persons? What can we do to help them?
Write an email to the website “Family village” about your discussion!
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kkfamilyvillage@waisman.wisc.eduOur discussion of what to help the disabled persons
Dear Sirs:
We think we should respect the disabled……
Let’s enjoy the song “Everyone is No.1”