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who invented it ?









Louis Braille








A: Reading

unit 4: Special education
Before you read
Tell the message

We are the world
I. Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Deaf
(can’t hear anything)
Dumb
(can’t say anything)
Disabled
Mentally retarded (adj)

Time – comsuming

Ex: I am doing this difficult exercise. It takes me a lot of time. (It is very time – comsuming).
Oppose (V)
-> Opposition (N)
~mind
While you read
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B



Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, D



1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because
the children …………………
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
are disabled
2. At first the parents were ………..the idea of sending
their children to the special class.
interested in
opposed to
satisfied with
worried about
d
b
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been………….
A change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
A lot of protest from the parents against the class
A feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
A belief in the parents’ opposition

a
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
5. The writer’s attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as……….
A. Humorous B. angry
C. suspicious D. admiring

c
d
After you read
Ring the golden bell
Fill each of the blank with a suitable words
Twenty-five …………………children have the chance of learning how to …………………and ………………..
2. At first, her idea met with……………….from the parents of the disabled children
3. The teaching work in the special class is ………………….
disabled
read
write
opposition
time-comsuming
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