◆A muscle disease makes me very (1)weak and I can't run Problems or climb stairs as (2)quickly as others. ◆Sometimes I'm (3)clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. Interests and hobbies ◆(4)Writing and computer programming. ◆Going to the (5)movies and football matches. ◆Spending a lot of time with my pets. ◆At primary school, some children Classmates' attitude (6)laughed_at me. ◆At high school, my fellow students have (7)accepted me for who I am. ◆I used to feel (8)stupid because of being behind the others. Marty's attitude ◆Now I have no time to sit around feeling (9)sorry for myself. ◆My disability has made me stronger and more (10)independent. Summary Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks. Marty is a boy who looks the same as other people 1.but has a muscle disease which sometimes makes him very weak. Not being able to climb stairs as quickly as 2.others,_ he gets out of breath after running just a short way and he has to stop halfway up the stairs and rest 3.before he can get to the top, which makes kids make fun of him. He always feels stupid for being a bit 4.behind the others after a long 5.absence (absent) from school. Although doctors can't give his disease a name and it's difficult to know 6.what the future will be like, Marty 7.has_learnt (learn) to adapt to his disability. His motto is: live one day at 8.a time.

He has a busy life without time to sit around 9.feeling (feel) sorry for himself. Besides writing and computer programming, he goes to the movies as well as football matches with his friends and spends a lot of time with his pets. His ambition is 10.to_work (work) in the computer industry when he grows up.

Discussion

Can you imagine yourself being disabled?

①No,_I_can't!_I_am_completely_normal._It's_hard_to_imagine_myself_being_in_a_state_of_disability.

②If_so,_I_must_adapt_to_it_and_force_myself_to_work_hard_to_live_a_normal_life._Because_many_people_with_disabilities_have_achieved_success_in_their_fields,_I'll_learn_from_them.

Section_ⅡWarming Up & Reading — Language Points

(一)根据英文释义及首字母提示写出单词

1．clumsy:_moving in an awkward way and tending to make things fall over 2．adapt:_to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes so that you get used to a new situation

3．suitable:_right or appropriate for a particular purpose or occasion 4．fellow:_people who work, study etc. with you

5．conduct:_the way someone behaves, especially in public, in his job etc. 6．hearing:_the sense which you use to hear sounds (二)根据词性和汉语意思写出单词

7．disability n．伤残；无力；无能→disable vt.使(某人)残废；使……无能→disabled

adj.伤残的

8．ambition n．雄心；野心→ambitious adj.有雄心的；有野心的

9．beneficial adj.有益的；受益的→benefit n．好处；益处v.有益于；获益 10．annoy vt.使……不悦；惹恼→annoyed adj.颇为生气的→annoyance n．烦恼 11．encouragement n．鼓励；奖励→ encourage vt.鼓励；激励→courage n．勇气；胆量；勇敢

12．absence n．缺席；不在某处→presence n．出席；在场(反义词)→absent adj.缺席的

13．psychology n．心理(学)→psychological adj.心理(学)的；精神上的→psychologically adv.心理(学)地；精神上地

1．suitable adj.适合的；适宜的

[教材原句] Although some may think the cinema is noisy, it is suitable for Sally's condition.

尽管有人可能认为电影院里太吵了，但它很适合萨莉的身体状况。 ①It is not suitable for you to dress like that for a party. 你穿那样的衣服参加聚会并不十分得体。

②We need to find someone suitable to replace Mary. 我们需要找合适的人来代替玛丽。

③be suitable for/to 适合于 ④be suitable to_do sth. 适合做某事

2．beneficial adj.有益的；受益的

[教材原句] Glance at the title and picture, then discuss with a partner what kind of thing you think people would write about and why disabled people find the website beneficial.

浏览标题和图片，然后和你的伙伴讨论你认为人们会写什么样的内容以及为什么残疾人觉得这家网站对他们有益。

(1)be beneficial to sth./sb. 对……有益 (2)benefit v．& n. 有助于；受益；利益；好处 be of benefit to ...＝ be beneficial to 对……有益 for the benefit of sb.＝ for sb.'s benefit 为了某人的利益 benefit from/by 得益于；从……中受益 ①A lower GDP target may in fact be beneficial to the development of China. 事实上较低的GDP目标可能有利于中国的发展。

②It is of great benefit to everyone to save time.

节约时间对每个人都非常有益。

③He lost his life for_the_benefit_of his country. 他为了国家的利益而献出了自己的生命。

④As we know, books are the source of knowledge, from which I benefit a lot. 我们都知道书是知识的源泉，我从中获益匪浅。 3．adapt

[教材原句] Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing and have learned to adapt to my disability.

不幸的是，大夫们不知道如何治好我的病，但是我很开朗乐观，学会了适应身体的残疾。

(1)vt.使适应；使适合

①We must adapt our thinking to the new conditions. 我们必须使自己的思想适应新的情况。

②After graduation from college, I gradually adapted (myself) to living on my own.

大学毕业后，我逐渐适应了独立生活。

③Most of these tools have been specially adapted for use by disabled people. 这些工具多数已经过特别改装，供残疾人使用。

④adapt ... to ...

使……适应……

⑤adapt (oneself) to ... ⑥adapt sth. for sth.

使(某人自己)适合 使适应；使适合

(2)vt.改编；改写

adapt ... for ... adapt ... from ... 把……改编成…… 根据……改编…… ⑦The writer helped him to adapt his novel for the screen. 作家帮他把他的小说改编成了电影。 4．annoy vt.使不悦；惹恼

[教材原句] The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed, and I just ignore them.

看不到我的内心世界的那些少数同学不会让我生气，我只是不去理会他们。 ①It annoyed your teacher that you were late for class again. 你又一次上课迟到使老师很生气。