Listeningtask

&ReadingandWritingtask

Workbook(P50-52)Warmingup

BrailleBlindedbyanaccidentinhisearlychildhood,15yearoldLouisBraille(1809-1852)inventedasystemofreadingandwritingbytouch.ABraillecellconsistsofsixraiseddots.Byarrangingthedotsinvariouscombinations,64differentpatternscambeformed.Braille,atruealphabet,isreadbymovingthehandfromlefttorightalongeachline.Readersaverageabout104-125wordsperminute.Somecanread250wordsbyusingbothhands.Listeningtask

1.WhatcountrydidLouisBraillecomefrom?

HecamefromFrance.2.Whatdisabilitydidhehave?

Hewascompletelyblind.ListentoPaul’stalkaboutLouisBraille.Thenanswerthequestions.3.WhatdidbooksfortheblindlooklikewhenLouiewasaboy?Theywereordinarybookswithlettersraisedupoffthepage.4.Whatwerethetwoproblemswiththebooksfortheblind?Theletterswerehugeanddifficulttoread,andthebookswereveryexpensive.5.WhatinventiongaveLouietheideaforhissystem?Asystemforsoldierstosendandreceivemessagesinthedark.6.WhatadvantagesdoyouthinkLouis’ssystemhas? IthinkBraillesystemhastheadvantageofbeingeasytolearn,andsoitiseasytoproducebooksofnormalsize.Ithelpsmakeblindpeopleindependentbecausetheycanreadasmuchassightedpeopledo.YearAgeEvent1809______________18134_________________________181910_________________________182112_____________________________________________________________________182415___________________________________________________182718_________________________185243_________________________BornBecamecompletelyblindSent

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schoolinPairsHeardasoldiertalkaboutasystemconsistingofaraisedsystemofdotsCompletedtheBraillesystemoftouchreadingFirstBraillebookpublisheddiedReadingandwritingtask從懂事那天起，我就面臨只能活28歲的無情命運。10歲,我只能舉起一個枕頭；12歲,我只能拄著棍兒走路。14歲,我走不出院子；16歲,完全不能走了,只能直直地站著?！都偃缥夷苄凶呷臁?/p>

18歲,不能下地；

20歲,胳膊舉不過頭頂。如今,我拿不起一杯水……生活完全不能自理。行走對于一個正常人來說是最為容易的事，而對于我來說比登天還難,所以，假如我能行走三天，我將萬分珍惜三天中的每分每秒。他因病從小到大只上過一天學。23年只能天天在炕上坐著,眼中惟一的風景是自家院子。

肌肉萎縮到不能自己穿衣和洗臉,拿不起一本書,一杯水。

他叫張云成,家住黑龍江省五大連池風景區(qū)青泉村。

他寫就了一部十余萬字的書稿。

這是第一部由肌無力患者寫就的、真實再現(xiàn)肌無力患者生活以及堅強的勵志之作。

他說:我終于證明了一點，在這個世界存在過、奮爭過……

ScanthetextandwriteaminibioforZhangYuncheng.AMiniBio

Name:Sex:Health:ZhangYunchengMaledisabilitiescausedbyamuscledisease;veryweak,canhardlypickupapenSchooleducation:Interestsandhobbies:Ambition:Dream:onedayreadingandwritingtowriteandpublishabooktoliveabetterlife

Writeanewdraftofyourarticle.

AlthoughZhangYunchengisunabletowalkorevengetoutofbedwithouthelp,hehasachievedhisambitiontowriteabook.Becauseofhisdisability,Yunchengwenttoschoolforonlyoneday.However,whenhewas12yearsold,hetaughthimselftowrite.SamplewritingWhenhewas17,Yunchengwrotetoanewspaperabouthislifeandhisambitiontowriteabook.ZhangDanuo,aneditoratthenewspaperhelpedhimbysettinghimwritingassignmentseveryweek.Theseassignmentshavenowbeenturnedintoabook,whichmanypeoplehavebought.Yunchengsa