unit 4- reading- E 10

Schools for disabled children are called special schools... The dumb The dumb pl.n : những người câm Dumb adj = unable to speak : câm... What do you call t he pe ople who cannot he ar?T

The woman is using her fingers to

read Guess her disability

She is blind

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

disability

They are dumb

What is it?

It is the Braille Alphabet which is used for the blind

A B C D E F G H I J

Z EX: Car

a teacher in a special class

Which schools in Viet Nam are used for disabled

students?

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 pe ople who cannot he ar?

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

• Dumb /dʌm/ (adj) : câm

•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

• Proper schooling (n) : học hành đầy đủ

= enough and good study

• Opposition /ɑ:pə'zɪ∫n/ (n) : sự đối lập

→ make effort (v) : nổ lực, cố gắng Ex: She is making efforts to receive scholarship

• Proud /prɑʊd/ (adj) : tự hào

Ex: He is proud of his son

Task 1:

Matching

The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their

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:

Task 3 :

1- At f irst, the parents of the disabled children

agreed to send their children to the class

2- They believed that their children couldn't learn anything at all

3- I n the f irst week, many children attended the class but gradually less children arrived

Task 4:

GAME : LUCKY

animal

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6

Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

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

Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

At first the parents were……the idea of sending their children to the special

Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

It can be inferred from the second paragraph

of the reading passage that 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.

Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

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

Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D

The writer’s attitude towards

Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as……

A humorous

B angry

C suspicious

D admiring

AFTER YOU READ

Read the text again and

complete the chart

25 Students

Disabled

mental retarded

Dump Deaf

Poor & large

Believe:

Couldn’t learn

Realize : The great efforts

of the young teacher

-Raised 2 arms & opened up fingers

by one

→ until all ten stood up

- Closed fingers one by one

- Continued → realize : learn how to add & subtract

Using the chart and summary the text

Te a m B i s w i n n e r !!!

Te a m A i s w i n n e r !!!