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What’re they about?
What’re they about?
What’re they about?
The world of our senses
Brainstorming
With what can we see and hear? How can we know whether a dish
is delicious? How can we know that a flower
has a pleasant smell? What do we do when we want to
know whether the water in the basin is hot or cold?
Five senses
We do with the sense
see eyes sight
hear
taste
smell
touch/feel
ears hearing
tongue/taste buds
taste
nose smell
hands/feet/skin
touch
Fill in the table
What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses?
• A person who cannot see is_______ and someone who cannot hear is ________.
blind
deaf
Read the short passage on page 1
Do you know how blind people can read?
How do the deaf communicate with each other?
The blind people can read by touching raised
dots which represent numbers and letters.
This system is called Braille.
The deaf use
body language or
sign language.
Look at the four pictures and answer the question below each picture.
Picture 1 : What can you see in this picture?Picture 2 : How would you judge the length of the two lines?Picture 3: How can you prove that the two lines are straight?Picture 4: Can the symbols be read in only one way?
Picture 1 : What can you see in this picture?
If we look at the
white part, we can
see a vase. If we
look at the black
part, we can see
two faces.
Picture 2: How would you judge the length of the two lines?
We can use a ruler
to measure the two
lines. Or we can
use two pieces of
paper to cover
both ends of the
two lines.
Picture 3: How can you prove that the two lines are straight?
We can place a
ruler next to the
line. We can also
use a ruler to draw
more straight lines
which run parallel to
the two lines.
Picture 4: Can the symbols be read in only one way?
The symbols in
line b can be read
as the letters K, B,
R, M, or K, 13, R,
M.
Discussion
Read the three questions in the short passage and
discuss them in groups of four.
Report your answers to the whole class.
Discussion
1. Do you use one of your senses more than the others? Give an example.
2. Some people cannot remember something until they have seen it. Other people only need to hear something once or twice before they can remember it. Which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you?
3. Do you know of any people who have made great achievements even if they have lost one of their senses? What did they achieve?
Some great people who have lost one or two of his senses
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海伦 · 凯勒 Hellen Keller ( 1880—1968) American writer Disabilities :
blind deaf dumb
Jiang Xintian 姜馨田compere ( 主持人)
Deaf
They can’t talk. They are dumb.
The dancing is performed by 20 deaf girls at the Spring Festival Evening Party in 2005.It is shocking China and the world.
Kwan-yin of 1,000 Hands
Sometimes senses
may
cheat us and they may
affect one another.
What do you see in the picture?
How many people can you see in the picture?
What is it?
A kind of fishA kind of fish
What kind of animal is it?
江苏教育学院附属高级中学陈志耘
Move or not?
How many people in the How many people in the picture?picture?
Why there is a hole?Why there is a hole?
Language points
When he got there, he _________ that there was a dark hole. He ________ into it, but could ________ nothing. He ________ with his ears, he could _______ nothing, either. He _________ it for a long time. He _______ something strange. He ___________ the side of the hole. It ______ hot. Suddenly some noises were ________ from the hole. It ________ like someone was cooking inside.
Fill in the blanks with words that have something to do with “senses”.
noticedlooked
see listenedhear
watched
sensedfelt/touched
feltheard
sounded
Language points: 1. sense n. the sense of touch/ smell/ taste/
sight/hearing Dogs have a keen sense of smell. v. The dog sensed something strange and
stopped. I have sensed my mistake. make sense make sense of come to one’s senses
2. One another= each other They stood there looking at one another = They stood there looking at each other.3. As well Vs too While you are at the shop, could you get a
few things for me as well? Our vacation was a disaster: not only was
the terrible food, the weather was awful as well/too.