unit 4- reading- E 10

The woman is using her fingers to
The woman is using her fingers to
read. Guess her disability
read. Guess her disability


She is blind
She is blind


These people are using their hands to
These people are using their hands to
express what they mean. Guess their
express what they mean. Guess their
disability
disability


They are dumb
They are dumb

What is it?
What is it?
It is the Braille Alphabet which is used for the blind.





A
B
C
D
E
F G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N O
Q
R S
T
P
U
V W
X
Y
Z

EX: Car
Kid
Finger
Arm
Deaf
This is the basic English Braille alphabet


a teacher in a
a teacher in a
special class
special class






Which schools in Viet Nam are used for disabled
Which schools in Viet Nam are used for disabled
students?
students?


Nguyen Dinh Chieu school, Xa Dan school…
Nguyen Dinh Chieu school, Xa Dan school…
Schools for disabled children are called special
schools.

UNIT 4:
LESSON A:






Who uses sign language with fingers to
communicate?
The dumb
The dumb (pl.n) : những người câm
Dumb (adj) = unable to speak : câm


What do you call t he people who cannot hear?
The deaf
The deaf (pl.n) : những người điếc
Deaf (adj) = unable to hear : điếc


What do you call the people who use Braille Alphabet to read?
The blind
The blind (pl.n) : những người mù
Blind (adj) = unable to see : mù


What do you call these people?
The disabled
The disabled (pl.n) : những người bị tàn tật

Disabled (adj) : tàn tật


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Dumb /dʌm/ (adj) : câm
→ The dumb (pl.n) : những người câm
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Deaf /def/ (adj) : điếc
→The deaf (pl.n) : những người điếc
•
Blind /blaɪnd/ (adj) : mù
→ The blind (pl.n) : những người mù
•
Disabled /dɪs'eɪbld/ (adj) : tàn tật
→The disabled (pl.n) : những người tàn tật
•
Mentally retarded
/'mentəlɪ rɪ'tɑ:rdɪd / (adj) : thiểu năng trí tuệ


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Proper schooling (n) : học hành đầy đủ
= enough and good study
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Opposition /ɑ:pə'zɪ∫n/ (n) : sự đối lập
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Effort /efət/ (n) : sự nổ lực
→ make effort (v) : nổ lực, cố gắng
Ex: She is making efforts to receive scholarship
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Proud /prɑʊd/ (adj) : tự hào
→ to be proud of : tự hào về
Ex: He is proud of his son




Task 1:
Matching


The words in A appear in the reading
passage. Match them with their
definitions in B.
A B
1. Disabled
2. Mentally retarded
3. Gradually
4. Time-consuming
5. Demonstration
a. Taking or needing a lot of time
b. An act of showing or
explaining how to do
something.
c. Unable to use a part of the
body in the normal way.
d. Slowly, over a long period of
time.
e. Less mentally developed than
normal

Task 2:


Collecting information
Pham Thu Thuy’s job:
Numbers of students
in her class:
The matter of the
students:
Their families’
condition:
Twenty-f ive
Large and
poor
Teacher
They are
(disabled)