Unit 4 - E10 - Reading

Look at the pictures and answer the question: What are
they doing in these pictures?
Picture 1
She is listening to music.

Picture 2
He is watching TV.

Picture 3
He is using the computer.

Picture 4
She is singing.

Picture 5
They are playing football.

Picture 6
They are reading books.

Look at the pictures again. Then tell the class which
activities you think would be difficult for blind and
deaf people
Eg: blind people find it difficult to
Eg: blind people find it difficult to
use the computer.
use the computer.

Look at the 2 pictures and find out the differences between
them.


Lesson 1: Reading
Monday, October 5
th
, 2009

W E ARE THE WORLD
……. …… ………

Look at the Braille Alphabet. Then work out the
message that follows
I. Before you
read

American Sign Language ( ASL )

Vocabulary
1. blind ( a ) [ blaind ]:
2. deaf ( a ) [ def ] :
3. dumb (a) [d mʌ ]:
4. oppose to ( v) [ə'pouz ]:
5. opposition ( n ) [, pə'zi∫n]ɔ :
6. arm ( n ) [ :mɑ ]:
7. finger ( n ) ['fiηgə]:
8. Effort ( n ) ['efət]:
mù
điếc

câm
phản đối
sự phản đối
bàn tay
ngón tay
cố gắng
9. To be proud of ( a ): tự hào
eg: The children have every reason to be proud of their
efforts.

II. While you
read

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 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match
them with their definitions in B.

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Task 2: Choose one of these stars below and answer the
questions behind them.

After you read: Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a
suitable word from the box.
read write disabled efforts opposition
time- consuming Maths arms fingers proud
Twenty-five(1) _________children have the chance of learning
how to (2)_______and (3)_______ thanks to the (4)_______ of
a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with(5)__________from the
parents of the disabled children, more children attended her
class later.
The teaching work in the special class is (6)_____________.
For example, in a (7)_______ lesson, the teacher has to use
her(8)_______and (9)_______ to teach the children how to add
and subtract. The children are now (10)________and happy.
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Maths
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( adj )

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Learn new words by heart
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Think of what you should do to help
the disabled
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Prepare new lesson

Answer the questions
Answer the questions
1. How are the children in Pham Thu Thuy’ class ?
They are disabled children.
2. why did the parents oppose the idea of sending their
2. why did the parents oppose the idea of sending their
children to the special class at first
children to the special class at first
Because they used to believe that their children could not
Because they used to believe that their children could not
learn anything at all.

learn anything at all.
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. In what way did Thuy teach the children how to add and
. In what way did Thuy teach the children how to add and
subtract?
subtract?
she raised both arms and open up her fingers one by one
she raised both arms and open up her fingers one by one
until all ten stood up. Then she closed the fingers one by
until all ten stood up. Then she closed the fingers one by
one.
one.

Question 1 : Thuy’s class is different from other classes
because the children______
A. are from large families
B. are less mentally developed
C. love Maths very much
D. Are disabled
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Question 2: At first the parents were _____the idea of
sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in
B. opposed to
C. satisfied with
D. worried about
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Question 3: It can be inferred from the second paragraph of
the reading passage that there has been__________ .
A. a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
B. a lot of protest from the parents against the class
C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
D. a belief in the parents’ opposition
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Question 4: The writer describes how Thuy teaches the
children to add and subtract in order to prove
that_____ .
A. the children like Maths
B. the teacher is proud of her work
C. the teaching work takes time
D. adding and subtracting are important
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