ReadingandWriting Warmingup BrailleBlindedbyanaccidentinhisearlychildhood 15yearoldLouisBraille 1809 1852 inventedasystemofreadingandwritingbytouch ABraillecellconsistsofsixraiseddots Byarrangingthedotsinvariouscombinations 64differentpatternscambeformed Braille atruealphabet isreadbymovingthehandfromlefttorightalongeachline Readersaverageabout104 125wordsperminute Somecanread250wordsbyusingbothhands Listeningtask 1 WhatcountrydidLouisBraillecomefrom 2 Whatdisabilitydidhehave 3 WhatdidbooksfortheblindlooklikewhenLouiewasaboy 4 WhatinventiongaveLouietheideaforhissystem YearAgeEvent1809 18134 181910 182112 182415 182718 182543 Born Becamecompletelyblind SenttoschoolinPairs Heardasoldiertalkaboutacodeconsistingofaraisedsystemofdots CompletedtheBraillesystemoftouchreading FirstBraillebookpublished died Listeningtext MYHERO LOUISBRAILLEPaul steacherhasaskedeveryoneintheclasstoprepareatalkaboutagreatinventor ListentoPaul stalkaboutLouisBraille Goodafternoon everyone TodayIwouldliketotellyouaboutamanwhoseinventionhasbenefitedmillionsofpeople HisnameisLouisBrailleanditismostlybecauseofhimthatblindpeopleareabletoreadandwriteandusecomputers Louiswasbornin1809 andwhenhewasalittleboyhehadanaccidentwhileplayingwithhisfather sshoemakingtools Bythetimehewasfouryearsold hewascompletelyblind Attheageof10 LouiswasluckyenoughtobesenttoParistooneofthefirstschoolsfortheblind Attheschooltheyhadspecialbooks TheywerewritteninordinaryFrenchbuttheletterswereraisedupoffthepagesothatblindpeoplecouldfeelthewordsandsoreadwiththeirfingers Butthelettershadtobeverybigandthebookswerehugeanddifficulttoread Theywerealsoveryexpensiveandtheschoollibraryhadonly14ofthem Louis whowasverycleverandcreative thoughtthattheremustbeabetterwayforblindpeopletoread In1821 whenLouiswasjust12yearsold asoldiercametovisittheschool Thismanhadinventedacodeforsoldierstosendandreceivemessagesinthedark Theideawasthatsoldierscouldpushawireintoapieceofpaperandthenreadthemessagebyfeelingtheraiseddotsontheothersideofthepaper Howeverthecodewastoodifficultforsoldierstolearn Louistookthesoldier sideaandbeganexperimentingtomakethecodesimpler Bythetimehewas15 hehadinventedacodethatusedonlysixdots Overthenextfewyears hecontinuedtoimprovehiscode Healsoinventedcodesforreadingandwritingmathematicsandmusic Thenin1827 thefirstbookinbraillewaspublished However ittookalongtimebeforepeoplerealisedwhatawonderfulinventionitwas Infact Louisdidnotlivetoseethesuccessofhissystembecausehediedin1852whenhewasonly43yearsold Today thebraillesystemhasbeenadaptedtoalmosteverylanguageintheworld Blindandweak sightedpeopleareabletoreadandwriteindependently thankstoLouiseBraille sinvention 从懂事那天起 我就面临只能活28岁的无情命运 10岁 我只能举起一个枕头 12岁 我只能拄着棍儿走路 14岁 我走不出院子 16岁 完全不能走了 只能直直地站着 Readingandwritingtask 假如我能行走三天 18岁 不能下地 20岁 胳膊举不过头顶 如今 我拿不起一杯水 生活完全不能自理 行走对于一个正常人来说是最为容易的事 而对于我来说比登天还难 所以 假如我能行走三天 我将万分珍惜三天中的每分每秒 他因病从小到大只上过一天学 23年只能天天在炕上坐着 眼中惟一的风景是自家院子 肌肉萎缩到不能自己穿衣和洗脸 拿不起一本书 一杯水 他叫张云成 家住黑龙江省五大连池风景区青泉村 他写就了一部十余万字的书稿 这是第一部由肌无力患者写就的 真实再现肌无力患者生活以及坚强的励志之作 他说 我终于证明了一点 在这个世界存在过 奋争过 ScanthetextandwriteaminibioforZhangYuncheng AMiniBioName Sex Health ZhangYuncheng Male disabilitiescausedbyamuscledisease veryweak canhardlypickupapen Schooleducation Interestsandhobbies Ambition Dream oneday readingandwriting towriteandpublishabook toliveabetterlife Writeashorttextof150wordsaboutZhangYuncheng ZhangYuncheng bornin1980inHeilongjiang isthewriterofthebestseller IfIcanwalkforthreedays Hehasadiseasewhichaffectsoutofhismusclesinhisbody Hedevelopedthediseaseattheageof3 Becauseofhishealthcondition hewenttoschoolforonlyoneday Asampleofthewriting SoYunchengstayedathomeandovertheyears hisconditiongotworseandworse At16 hecouldnotwalkatall At18 hecouldnotgethisbed At20 hecouldnotraisehisarmsabovehishead However Yuncheng sdiseasehasnotstoppedhimmakingmostofhislife Hetaughthimselftoreadandwrite Helovesreadingandwritingandwantstobecomeawriter WiththehelpofZhangDanuo aneditor attheageof25 Yunchengachievedhisambitiontowriteandpublishabook Homework 1 SpeakingtaskonP52 2 AnswerthequestionsoncheckingyourselfonP53