ReadingandWritingWarmingupBrailleBlindedbyanaccidentinhisearlychildhood,15yearoldLouisBraille(1809-1852)inventedasystemofreadingandwritingbytouch.ABraillecellconsistsofsixraiseddots.Byarrangingthedotsinvariouscombinations,64differentpatternscambeformed.Braille,atruealphabet,isreadbymovingthehandfromlefttorightalongeachline.Readersaverageabout104-125wordsperminute.Somecanread250wordsbyusingbothhands.BrailleBlindedbyanaccidentinhisearlychildhood,15yearoldLouisBraille(1809-1852)inventedasystemofreadingandwritingbytouch.ABraillecellconsistsofsixraiseddots.Byarrangingthedotsinvariouscombinations,64differentpatternscambeformed.Braille,atruealphabet,isreadbymovingthehandfromlefttorightalongeachline.Readersaverageabout104-125wordsperminute.Somecanread250wordsbyusingbothhands.Listening1.WhatcountrydidLouisBraillecomefrom?2.Whatdisabilitydidhehave?3.WhatdidbooksfortheblindlooklikewhenLouiewasaboy?4.WhatinventiongaveLouietheideaforhissystem?YearAgeEvent1809_________18134_________181910_________182112_________182415_________182718_________182543_________从懂事那天起，我就面临只能活28岁的无情命运。10岁，我只能举起一个枕头；12岁，我只能拄着棍儿走路。14岁，我走不出院子；16岁，完全不能走了，只能直直地站着。Readingandwritingtask《假如我能行走三天》18岁，不能下地；20岁，胳膊举不过头顶。如今,我拿不起一杯水……生活完全不能自理。行走对于一个正常人来说是最为容易的事，而对于我来说比登天还难，所以，假如我能行走三天，我将万分珍惜三天中的每分每秒。他因病从小到大只上过一天学。23年只能天天在炕上坐着，眼中惟一的风景是自家院子。肌肉萎缩到不能自己穿衣和洗脸，拿不起一本书，一杯水。他叫张云成，家住黑龙江省五大连池风景区青泉村。他写就了一部十余万字的书稿。这是第一部由肌无力患者写就的、真实再现肌无力患者生活以及坚强的励志之作。他说：我终于证明了一点，在这个世界存在过、奋争过……“我觉得可能我比别人更能理解ZHANG，我们都被某种‘锁链’禁锢，而且很难挣脱，但没有人能够禁止向往，更不能阻止我们彼此激励。-----贝克汉姆ScanthetextandwriteaminibioforZhangYuncheng.AMiniBioName:Sex:Health:ZhangYunchengMaledisabilitiescausedbyamuscledisease;veryweak,canhardlypickupapenSchooleducation:Interestsandhobbies:Ambition:Dream:onedayreadingandwritingtowriteandpublishabooktoliveabetterlifeWriteashorttextof150wordsaboutZhangYuncheng.ZhangYuncheng,bornin1980inHeilongjiang,isthewriterofthebestseller“IfIcanwalkforthreedays”.Hehasadiseasewhichaffectsoutofhismusclesinhisbody.Hedevelopedthediseaseattheageof3.Becauseofhishealthcondition,hewenttoschoolforonlyoneday.AsampleofthewritingSoYunchengstayedathomeandovertheyears,hisconditiongotworseandworse.At16,hecouldnotwalkatall.At18,hecouldnotgethisbed.At20,hecouldnotraisehisarmsabovehishead.However,Yuncheng’sdiseasehasnotstoppedhimmakingmostofhislife.Hetaughthimselftoreadandwrite.Helovesreadingandwritingandwantstobecomeawriter.WiththehelpofZhangDanuo,aneditor,attheageof25,Yunchengachievedhisambitiontowriteandpublishabook.Homework1.SpeakingtaskonP522.AnswerthequestionsoncheckingyourselfonP53.
