Unit
The First Period Warming up
一．Aims:
a. 掌握以下重点词汇和短语
ambition, disability, fellow, independent, beneficial, encouragement, in other words, all in all, out of breath, make fun of.
b. 理解和运用以下重点句型
1. I have to adapt to my disability.
2. Just accept them for whom they are and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.
二．Contents
Step1．Leading in（导入）
从提问入手引出残疾人的话题，通过观看影片和猜测游戏让学生了解这些残疾人的顽强意志及其取得的辉煌成就。
1）Ask students a questions
Do you know her name? What’s her disability? What’s she famous for?
Play a video for students to watch. (同时播放《千手观音》片断)
2）A guessing game
Who are they? What are their disabilities? What’s their achievements?
Show the pictures of Edison, Stephen Hawking, Beethoven, Hellen Keller and Zhang Haidi.
Step2. Warming up(读前热身)
让学生将书本上的四幅图对应的人物与其取得的成就进行配对。让他们了解残疾的种类，简短地讨论各种残疾给人们的生活带来的种种不便。尽管如此，仍然有许多残疾人在不同领域取得了非凡成就，为本单元的Reading部分精彩故事做好了铺垫。
Gao Qiang 1. represented her country in an athletics competition
and won a gold medal in the 50-meetre race.
Barry 2. owns a personal website on the Internet.
Sally 3. played a major part in the school play; takes singing
and dancing lessons after school.
Rada 4. passed the university entrance exam; will train to be a teacher.
The Second Period
一．Aims:
Teaching Goals:
1. Enable the Ss to talk about the history of Californa
2. Let the Ss learn the reading skill of getting the main idea of each para./ part & each passage .
Target Language:
Strait, means, slavery, Spain, majority, Catholic, Mexico, Immigration, percentage, Denmark, Danish, aircraft, Korea, Korean, Pakistan, mix, mixture, nationality, racial, the Bering, by means of, the Pacific Islands, make a life
However, it’s likely that Native Americans were living in
