Unit 17 Disabilities 1
How many different types of disabilities do you know
physical disability B
mental disabilitydeaf, dumb/mute, blind, lame, near-sighted, six fingers, color blindness, paralyzed2
Do you know of any famous people who are disabled
Do you know anyone who is disabled around you
How does he or she deal with the disabilities
Zhang Haidi Writer Paralyzed Beethovena musiciandeafProfessor Hawkinga physics expertHu YizhouConductorMentally disabledHelen KellerEducator/writerDeaf and blindVincent Van GoghPainterEpilepsyJiang XintianCompere( 主持人)Deaf Read the whole text quickly and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph
1 I know people are trying to help, but I wish they wouldn’t treat me as if I were a child
2 Today there are more opportunities for d