• Call them and thank them
• Write a thank-you letter to let them know
how you feel
• Send an e-mail
• Do something for hem in the future
• …
How do you usually thank someone who helps
you? Discuss this with a
Before reading
I think helping people in need is the best way to
thank someone who helps you.
2
What kind of people need our help?
hungry/poor people old people
sick children disabled people
3
What can we do to help disabled people out?
be unable to see
blind
be unable to hear and speak
deaf and dumb
disabled people
can’t use their arms or legs well/easily
2021/4/24
a special trained dog
a guide dog
understand owners' words
follow orders
Who is Lucky in the picture?
What do you think they are doing?
What is a guide dog able to do?
You’re my eyes, which can
help me see the world.
Video News
[Event Review]
On Mar. 16th, a disabled passenger
was refused (被拒绝) to get on the train
with his dog helper at the train station in
Shanghai.
[Survey Result]
According to the law(法律), disabled
people should be allowed(被允许) to take
the train with dog helpers. However, it
doesn’t work well in our daily life.
A. Read the letter quickly and finish the
following exercises.
2、This letter is mainly
about_____.
introduction of Animal
Helpers
difficulties of disabled
people in the daily life
thanking Miss Li for
helping him have a dog helper
1. wrote
the letter to Miss Li.
Ben Smith
Step 1 Reading comprehension
8
Read the letter and answer the
questions.
wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?
did Miss Li do?
Ben Smith ,because he wanted to thank
her for giving money to Animal helpers.
She helped to make it possible for Ben Smith
to have Lucky.
While reading
2b
Task 1
Characters:
Miss Li
Ben Smith
Lucky
Animal Helper
A woman who gives money to Animal
Helper
a disabled man /
can't use arms and legs well
a special trained dog
a group to help disabed people
2021/4/24
1. What’s wrong with Ben Smith?
2. What is “Animal Helpers”?
3. What does Miss Li do for “Animal Helpers”?
4. What does Lucky usually help Ben to do?
5. Why does Ben think “Lucky” is the good
name for his dog?
Because he feels very lucky to have him.
He can’t use his arms or legs well.
“Animal Helpers” is a group set up to help disabled
people.
She gives some money to help the disabled people.
He can understand many English words.
Task 2
11
1. The writer is deaf.
2. Lucky was brought to the
writer by a friend of hers.
3. The dog hasn’t been
specially trained.
4. Lucky can understand
different orders even
understand English.
5. Lucky can help Ben Smith
well.
F
T
F
T
F
Read and judge True or False Task 3
Learning strategy:
Understanding Parts of Speech
If you don’t understand a word or a
phrase in English, ask yourself what part
of speech it is. It might be a noun, a verb
or a preposition. Knowing what it is can
help you understand better. And it allows
you to use the new English word or
phrase correctly in the future.
Task 4
n noun 名词
v ver
b
动词
adj adjective 形容词
adv adverb 副词
pron pronoun 代词
prep preposition 介词
conj conjunction 连词
B. Read silently and fill in the blanks.
Main Idea Details (细节)
Introduction
This group was set up to help
1 .
They have problems doing
2 things.
It’s a 3 dog at Animal
Helpers.
After 4 of training,
Ben was able to bring him home.
The dog is 5 and can
understand Ben’s orders.
Conclusion
(结论)
Lucky is a fantastic dog.
C. Read aloud and write down the
key words.
Main Idea Details
Introduction
_______
This group was set up to help
disabled people.
_______
They have problems doing
normal things.
_______
It’s a special trained dog at
Animal Helpers.
After six months of training,
Ben was able to bring him home.
The dog is clever and can
understand Ben’s orders.
Conclusion
(结论)
Lucky is a fantastic dog.
Animal Helpers
Disabled
people
Luck
y
'd like to thank you _______money to “Animal
Helpers”, I’m ____you know that this group was
________help people ____me. You helped to make
_________for me ________Lucky. Lucky makes a big
___________my life. Let me ___you my story.
would it be like to ________or______? Or
______you can’t walk or use your hands _____. Most
people would never _________this, but many people have
these______, I can't use my arms ____legs well, so normal
things like _____the telephone, _____and closing _____or
______things are difficult for me. Then one day last year,
a friend of ____helped me____. She talked to Animal
Helpers about _____me a special ______dog. She also
thought a dog might__________. I love animals and I was
___________the idea of _____a dog.
six months of _____with a dog ___Animal Helpers,
I was able _____him home. My dog's name is Lucky---a
good name for him ____I feel very lucky ___ have him.
You see, I'm only able to have a “dog-helper”
______your______!Lucky is very ______ and _______
many English words. He can understand me when I give
him_____. For example, I say, “Lucky! _____my book,”
and he does it_______.
is a fantastic dog. I'll ____you a photo of him
____you like, and I could show you how he_____ me.
Thank you again ________my life.
'd like to thank you _______money to “Animal Helpers”, I’m s___you know
that this group was ________help people ____me. You helped to make
_________for me ________Lucky. Lucky makes a big ___________my life. Let me
___you my story.
would it be like to ________or______? Or ______you can’t walk or use
your hands _____. Most people would never _________this, but many people have
these______, I can't use my arms ____legs well, so normal things like _____the
telephone, _____and closing _____or ______things are difficult for me. Then one
day last year, a friend of ____helped me____. She talked to Animal Helpers about
_____me a special ______dog. She also thought a dog might__________. I love
animals and I was ___________the idea of _____a dog.
six months of _____with a dog ___Animal Helpers, I was able _____him
home. My dog's name is Lucky---a good name for him ____I feel very lucky ___
have him. You see, I'm only able to have a “dog-helper”
______your______!Lucky is very ______ and _______ many English words. He
can understand me when I give him_____. For example, I say, “Lucky! _____my
book,” and he does it_______.
is a fantastic dog. I'll ____you a photo of him ____you like, and I could
show you how he_____ me. Thank you again ________my life.
D. Fill in the blanks with some adjectives
and try to RECITE the story.
Ben Smith is a 1 person, many 2 things
are 3 for him. Miss Li and Ben’s friend made
it 4 for him to have a 5 6 dog.
Ben feels very 7 because the dog made
a 8 difference to his life. Lucky is very
9 and can understand Ben’s orders.
We should try our 10 to help disabled people
and care for animals.
disable
d
norma
ldifficul
tpossible specia
l
trained
lucky/
excited big
clever
best
Look at the list of words below . Circle the parts of speech
of each word and make your own sentences with these
words.
(adj./ n.)________________________________
(adj./ adv.)_____________________________
(adv./ n.)_____________________________
(v. /n.)_________________________________
(n. / adj.)____________________________
(adv. / adj.)_____________________________
(adv./ n )______________________________
(n./v.)________________________________
2c
Use the information in the letter to make true
sentences by matching the different parts.
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
Miss Li can get unable to move well.
Ben Smith trains money to Animal
Helpers.
Lucky sent animals like Lucky.
Animal Helpers is things for disabled
people.
2d
Task 5
A disabled person named Ben Smith wrote a
letter to thank Miss Li , because Miss Li
helped him out .
Read the letter again, tell the main idea.
The money was well used to help the
disabled people and changed their life.
Miss Li gave money to a group called
Animal Helpers. It gave her a special trained dog.
He called it Lucky because he is very lucky
to have it.
Task 6
23
be unable to… normal…,
imagine…
A group ….
make it possible..
make big differences….
Miss Li & a friend of hers….
help… out; Animal Helpers
a specially trained dog…
A dog ….; be trained to
understand… get…
for giving money to Animal
Helpers; for changing …
Retell in
groups
Task 7
24
what other ways do you think dogs
are able to help people?
other animals can we train
to help people?
2e After reading
Discussion
The Big Board Facts Game
Exercise
Detail
Knowledge
5 1
0
15
Rules: Each team chooses your favorite topic and answers
it in turn. You can get your point if you are right.
(游戏规则：每组轮流选择喜欢的主题，答对者加分。若答错，其他组可抢答并加分。)
What did Miss Li do to help
Ben?
She gave money to Animal
Helpers and helped him get a
dog helper.
Listen, repeat and translate.
当我给他下达命令时，他能明白我
的意思。
He can understand me when I
give him orders.
What normal things are difficult
for Ben?
Answering the telephone, opening
and closing doors, or carrying
things.
翻译：Lucky使我的生活大不相同。
Lucky makes (made) a big
difference to my life.
Which kind of dogs is usually
chosen as a dog helper?
A. B. C. D.
When is World Disabled Day
(世界残疾人日)?
He can’t use his arms or legs well.
What‘s wrong with Ben?
A. noun B. adjective C. verb
What is the part of speech of the
underlined word?
Ben Smith feels very lucky to have
Lucky.
Make a sentence with
“thank you for…”.
Which team is the winner?
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Step 3 SUMMARY
: dear, sure, disabled, possible, big,
blind, deaf, most, many, normal, difficult,
last, special, trained, excited, able, good,
lucky, clever, fantastic, best
2. Phrases: thank you for, make a big
difference to, disabled people, be excited
about, a special trained dog
