2020年第二学期牛津译林版模块三Unit 1 Welcome to the unit(共38张PPT)

4. What do we do when we want to know whether the water is hot or cold? We put our hands in the water to feel it.
5.How do we know about the world around us?
Read the passage on page 1 and answer.
1. Do you know how blind people can read? They can read by touching raised dots
which represent numbers and letters.
What do they have in common?
They all made great achievements even if they lost some of their senses.
To be a person with passion
Live like tomorrow is the end of the world;
smelleel hands/feet/skin touch
What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses?
A person who cannot see is_b_l_in__d and someone who cannot hear is _d_e_a_f_.
❖ Learning English
In learning English, the sense of sight and the sense of hearing help you a lot. If you usually listen to the tape before you read it. While you listen to the tape, you’ll look at the text. And you often read the English text aloud. The combination of these two senses best help you remember what you have learnt.
1. Do you use one of your senses more than the others? Give an example.
❖ In the darkness ❖ Listening to music ❖ Reading an interesting book ❖ Eating
We use one or two of the five senses more than the other when we need to. For example , in the darkness , the sense of hearing and the sense of touch become more sensitive because we cannot see anything . When we listen to our favorite music, we will close our eyes and just want to listen with our ears . When we read an interesting book , we’ll lose ourselves in it , and hardly hear anything around us . When we eat something , we do not only taste or smell it . We look at it as well .
3. Do you know of any people who have made great achievements even if you have lost the ability to use one of their senses? What did they achieve?
❖ Beethoven 9th symphony ❖ Helen Keller three days to see
This system is called B__r_a_il_le__.
Braille
. raised dots
2. How do the deaf communicate with each other? They use body language or sign language.
However, even if we have good senses, they can still confuse us. Look at the following pictures and try to answer the questions.
we expect to see can change what we see. Actually, it is more the brain that is confused than the eyes.
More examples
How many people can you see in the picture?
Are these lines straight?
How can you prove that the two lines are straight? You can place a ruler next to the line. You can also use a ruler to draw more straight lines which run parallel to the two lines.
What do you see? Butterfly and flowers or a woman’s face?
After seeing these pictures, what do you think of the saying “To see is to believe?” In most cases, the saying is true. However, sometimes our senses will cheat us. To see the world clearly, we should also be armed with scientific knowledge and think twice before action.
There are quite a few people who have made great achievements even when they have lost one of their senses . For example, Beethoven , the great German composer and Helen Keller , the great American writer .
Which is longer? Actually the two lines are of the same length.
How can you find out whether the two lines are of the same length? We can use a ruler to measure the two lines. Or you can use two pieces of paper to cover both ends of the two lines.
How can you read line b?
For line b in picture 4 we can read
them as letters K, B, R, M, or K, 13, R, M.
Why are people misled(误导) by their own eyes?
Because the background(背景) or other lines confuse(混淆) our eyes. Also, what
2. Some people cannot remember something until they have seen it. Other people only need to hear something once or twice before they can remember it. Which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you?
We usually use our five senses.
What are our five senses?
Fill in the form with proper words:
We do
with
the sense
see
eyes
sight
hear
ears
hearing
taste
tongue
taste
Love like you’ve never been hurt;
Work like you don’t need money;
Study like tomorrow is the day for final exams.
Homework
1.Find information about some famous people who are disabled yet they made great contributions to the world. 2.Preview the next part Reading.
Leading-in
Can you count the black dots?
Can you tell me which circle in the middle is bigger , a or b?