Unit1TheworldofoursensesWelcometotheunitBrainstormingWithwhatcanweseeandhear?Howcanweknowwhetheradishisdelicious?Howcanweknowthataflowerhasapleasantsmell?Whatdowedowhenwewanttoknowwhetherthewaterinthebasinishotorcold?Howdoweknowabouttheworldaroundus?FillinthetableWedowiththesenseseeeyessightheartastesmelltouch/feelearshearingtongue/tastebudstastenosesmellhands/feet/skintouchWhatwouldhappenifyoulostoneortwoofyoursenses?Apersonwhocannotseeis_______andsomeonewhocannothearis________.blinddeafReadtheshortpassageonpage1Readtheshortpassageonpage1Doyouknowhowblindpeoplecanread?Theycanreadbytouchingraiseddotswhichrepresentnumbersandletters.ThissystemiscalledBraille.Howdothedeafcommunicatewitheachother?Theyusebodylanguageorsignlanguage.Lookatthefourpicturesandanswerthequestionbeloweachpicture.•Whatcanyouseeinthispicture?•Howwouldyoujudgethelengthofthetwolines?•Howcanyouprovethatthetwolinesarestraight?•Canthesymbolsbereadinonlyoneway?•Whyarepeoplemisledbytheirowneyes.•Picture1•Iftheylookatthewhitepart,youcanseeavase,ifyoulookattheblackpart,theycanseetwofaces.•Picture2•Youcanusetwopiecesofpapertocoverbothendsofthetwolines•Picture3•Theycanplacearulernexttotheline.Theycanalsousearulerdrawmorestraightlineswhichrunparalleltothetwolines.•Pictures4•KBRM,orK,13,R,MWhatdoyouseeinthepicture?Howmanypeoplecanyouseeinthepicture?Howmanypeopleinthepicture?Ofcoursewecanseeanoldman.Lookmorecarefully!Whatelsecanyousee?Moveornot?•Whyarepeoplemisleadbytheirowneyes?Becausethebackgroundorotherlinesconfusetheeyes.Also,whatweexpecttoseecanchangewhatwesee.Actually,thebrainisconfusedandnottheeyes.Discussion•Readthethreequestionsintheshortpassageanddiscussthemingroupsoffour.•Reportyouranswerstothewholeclass.•Weoftenuseoneortwoofthefivesensesmorethantheotherswhenweneedto.Forexample,inthedarkness,thesenseofhaeringandthesenseoftouchbecomemoresensetivebacausewecannotseeanything,whenwelistentoourfavouritemusic,wemaycloseoureyesandjustlistenwithourears.whenweeatsomething,wenotonlytasteorsmellit,butlookatitaswell.•Ithinkthatwhenlearingenglish,thesenseofsightandthesenseofhearinghelpmealot.IusuallylistentothetapebeforeIread.WhileI’mlisteningtothetape,I’lllookatthetext.AndIoftenreadiitaloud.ThecombinationofthesensesbesthelpsmerememberwhatIhavelearned.•Doyouknowofanypeoplewhohavemadegreatachievementseveniftheyhavelostoneortheirsenses?Whatdidtheyachieve?SomegreatpeoplewhohavelostoneortwoofhissensesLanguagepointsWhenhegotthere,he_________thattherewasadarkhole.He________intoit,butcould________nothing.He________withhisears,hecould_______nothing,either.He_________itforalongtime.He_______somethingstrange.He___________thesideofthehole.It______hot.Suddenlysomenoiseswere________fromthehole.It________likesomeonewascookinginside.Fillintheblankswithwordsthathavesomethingtodowith“senses”.noticedlookedseelistenedhearwatchedsensedfelt/touchedfeltheardsoundedLanguagepoints:1.sensen.thesenseoftouch/smell/taste/sight/hearingDogshaveakeensenseofsmell.v.Thedogsensedsomethingstrangeandstopped.Ihavesensedmymistake.makesensemakesenseof2.Oneanother=eachotherTheystoodtherelookingatoneanother=Theystoodtherelookingateachother.3.AswellVstooWhileyouareattheshop,couldyougetafewthingsformeaswell?Ourvacationwasadisaster:notonlywastheterriblefood,theweatherwasawfulaswell/too.
