1、Lesson 3 Life StoriesAnne SullivanHelen KellerHelen Keller (June 27,1880-June 1,1968),was an author,lecturer,and humanitarian whose unusual life and dedicated(献身的)work had an international influence on the lives of the disabled(残疾人).She became blind and deaf at the age of 19 months through a damagin
2、g brain fever and could communicate only through hysterical(歇斯底里)laughter or violent tantrums(发怒).But,with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan,Keller learned to read braille(盲文)and to write by using a special typewriter.Bibliography自传:Keller,Helen,The Story of My Life and Teacher(1955);Hellen Kell
3、er1.I am only one,but still I am one.I cannot do everything,but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.2.When one door of happiness closes,another opens;but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one wh
4、ich has been opened for us.Do you know Helen Keller?Can you see what was special about her?BlindDeafrestrictionsBecause of these restrictions on her communication,Helen could not speak,read or write.If there are restrictions on us,we cannot do things freely.What do you think of behavior?1 A _ person
5、 does not like to change his/her idea.2 A _ person will cause a lot of trouble.3 An _ person is one that people cannot stand.unbearablestubborntroublesometrouble+someun+bear+able(v.)stubborntroublesomeunbearablestub+born（香烟或铅笔的）残根，殘头Read the first TWO paragraphs and answer the following questions.Wh
6、at kind of a teacher did Helen need?Why?What did Anne Sullivan do before she became a teacher?What did Anne Sullivan need to do first to prepare Helen to learn language?She needed a superb teacher,because she couldnt see or hear.She needed to stop Helens troublesome behaviour first.What does“superb”
7、mean?She was a former student at a school for the blind.What does“former”mean?Guess“fearsome,bothersome”Brainstorming Imagine you are Miss Sullivan,and discuss in groups how you can teach the following words to Helen:love water think Remember!Helen cannot see or hear anything.Skim the rest of the te
8、xt quickly and reorder these words according to when Helen learn them.dolllovethinkwaterdollwaterlovethinkloveRead the text again and work in pairs to find out how Anne Sullivan taught the words to Helen.Anne Sullivan let Helen _ the doll and _ the letters into _.Anne let water _ over one of _ and _
9、 the letters into the other _.Anne _ Helen closer to her and pointed to _.When Helen _ about her mistakes when making _,Anne touched Helens _ and _“think”into _.After Helen asked again if love was _,Anne told her that love could not be _ but she could feel the _ of love.dollwaterthinkloveloveplay wi
10、thher handspelledflowHelens handsspelledhanddrewher heartthoughtnecklacesspelledheadher handthe suntouchedsweetnessWork in pairs.Take turns to ask and answer the following questions.How did Miss Sullivan teach Helen the word“doll”?“water”?“love”for the first time?“think”?“love”for the second time?Re
11、ad the text for the third time and fill in the chart in pairs.Words learnedHow Helen felt when learning the wordsWhat it meant to herdollShe felt excited.waterlove(the 1st time)She still could not understand anything that she could not touch.think love(the 2nd time)She knew her teacher loved her and
12、 how to express her own feelings.It was just a game for her.She did not know words existed.She felt hopeful and joyful.She began to enter the world of language.She was puzzled.She felt confused and disappointed.It was the first time she had understood an abstract word.She felt the meaning of“love”wa
13、s beautiful.Discussion:What do you think happened later to Helen Keller?HomeworkWrite a summary of the story in about 100 words based on your retelling.Combine the information in the graph and the chart above,and work in groups to retell the story with the key words provided.play with spell excited game not existFlow spell hopeful joyful world of languagedraw closer heart puzzled confused Mistakes head spell first time abstractlike the sun cannot touch sweetness beautifuldollwaterlovethinklove
