be blind be deaf and be unable to speak broke her legs be unable to walk lost his arms be unable to use hands If you are a volunteer how can you help these disabled people Do you think animals can help disabled people What kinds of animals can help them How does the money help the disabled man It can lead the way carry things open the door In what ways do you think dogs can help disabled people A helper dog fetch things Hope Project is an organization set up to help the poor children who have no money for education The Red Cross is an organization set up to help the sick people all over the world People set up some organizations to help others Disabled Persons Federation 残联 is an organization set up to help the disabled people Before You Read How do you usually thank someone who helps you Discuss this with a partner Maybe you can do like this Call them and thank them send a card to show the thanks send a flower with a card Do something for them in the future Write a thank you letter to express the thanks 2a How do you keep in touch with your friends have a call write a letter or send an e mail have a call write a letter chat on QQ send micro message Skim the letter and answer the questions 1 Who wrote the letter to Miss Li Why 2 What did Miss Li do Ben Smith He wanted to thank her for sending money to Animal Helper and to tell her how Animal Helper helped him She sent money to Animal Helpers a group that was sent up to help disabled people 2b Dear Miss Li I d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers I m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky Lucky makes a big difference to my life Let me tell you my story What would it be like to be blind or deaf Or imagine you can t walk or use your hands easily Most people would never think about this but many people have these difficulties I can t use my arms or legs well so normal things like answering the telephone opening and closing doors or carrying things are difficult for me Then one day last year a friend of mine helped me out She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a special trained dog She also thought a dog might cheer me up I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog After six months of training with a dog at Animal Helpers I was able to bring him home My dog s name is Lucky a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him You see I m only able to have a dog helper because of your kindness Lucky is very clever and understands many English words He can understand me when I give him orders For example I say Lucky Get my book and he does it at once Lucky is a fantastic dog I ll send you a photo of him if you like and I could show you how he helps me Thank you again for changing my life Best wishes Ben Smith to from groupdisabled difference imagine difficulties normal training kindness Understanding Parts of Speech Knowing what part of speech a word is noun verb preposition etc can help you understand the word s meaning 词 性 名 词 动 词 介 词 Read and learn the list of words below Mark them in the article and decide the part of speech of each word group disabled difference imagine difficulties normal training kindness Understanding parts of speechUnderstanding parts of speech Look at the list of words below Circle the part of speech of each word and make your own sentences with these words 1 group adj n 2 disabled adj adv 3 difference adv n 4 imagine v n 5 difficulties n adj 6 normal adv adj 7 training adv n 8 kindness n v We d better go in a group We should help disabled people We should help disabled people Can you find the differences of the two pictures You can easily imagine my surprise Each family has its own difficulties It is normal to feel like this It is normal to feel like this Nurses have several years of training Good looks are not as important as kindness 2c Put the main ideas in order 3 2 4 1 Ben Smith introduced his special trained dog Lucky Ben Smith talked his difficulties as adisabled man Ben Smith expresses his thanks for having a fantastic dog and his thanks as well for Miss Li again Ben Smith expressed his thanks to Miss Li for her help 2 Who are they Ben Smith Miss Li Lucky Animal helpers It is a group set up to train animals to help disabled people A disabled person A person who sent money to help Ben A trained dog 1 How many characters 角色 are there in this story There are 4 characters Dear Miss Li I d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers I m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky Lucky makes a big difference to my life Let me tell you my story What would it be like to be blind or deaf Or imagine you can t walk or use your hands easily Most people would never think about this but many people have these difficulties I can t use my arms or legs well so normal things like answering the telephone opening and closing do