Lesson 5Jane’s Lucky Life 1 精选 Warming up 2 精选 霍金 3 精选 张海迪 郑智化 4 精选 If you have a problem, what do you do first? Can disabled people live a happy life? Why or why not? 5 精选 New words control v. 控制 telephone n. 电话 hers cheer v. 欢呼 kick v. 踢 focus v. 集中 pity n. 同情 dare v. 敢于 Jane 珍妮 damage v. 损害 unable adj. 不能的 wheelchair n. 轮椅 disabled adj. 残疾的 6 精选 Listening task: True or False Jane became disabled when she was forty. Jane controls her wheelchair with her mouth. Jane has 11 children. 7 精选 Read and answer Jane can’t do many things because_____ She can’t move her arms or legs. How does she write letters? She writes letters by talking to a special computer. Does she live a happy life? Why or why not? Yes. Because she thinks about the good things in her life. 8 精选 Language notes 1. She is unable to do many things. 很多事情她都不能做。 be unable to do意为“不能做某事”,相当于can’t do。其反义短语为be able to do或can’t do。 You are too young. You are unable to understand me. 你太年轻,还不能理解我。 9 精选 Can与be able to区别 can只有两种时态,即can和could,而be able to有多种时态,如was/were able to, will/shall be able to等。 I’ll be able to drive the car in a week. 一周后我将会驾车了。 Through his diligent work, he has been able to read and write. 经过他艰苦的工作,他终于能够读书和写了。 表示过去通过努力终于做成了某事要用be able to,而不能用can。如: I was able to swim to the bank after hard practice. 经过艰苦的练****后,我终于游到河对岸了。 10 精选