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GlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightGroupDiscussionComingOutoftheDarkBR_mainEnglishSong—ComingOutoftheDarkGloriaEstefanQuestionsabouttheSongandtheTextWarm-upExercisesStoriesaboutOvercomingObstaclesBrainstormingGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_mainBackgroundInformationOlympicsPoleVaultSomeSuggestionstoOvercomeObstaclesGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_GloriaEstefan1GloriaEstefanGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_GloriaEstefan2BorninCubain1957,raisedinMiami,GloriaEstefanisthesecondgenerationoftheCubanexile(被流放者).ShewrotethissongonMarch20,1990whenshewasrecoveringfromaseriousroadaccidentthathadleftherbadlyinjuredandneartodeath.GloriaEstefanGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_ComingOutoftheDarkGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_QuestionsabouttheSongandtheTextQuestionsabouttheSongandtheText1.Considerthetitleofthesong,whatdoes“dark”referto?“Dark”heremayreferto1)neardeath;2)lossofconsciousnessafterthecaraccident;3)slowandpainfulrecovery;4)despair.2.Howisthesongrelatedtothethemeofthetext?Togetoverdespairafterinjuryisalsoaformofovercomingobstacles.GlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_StoriesaboutOvercomingObstacles1StoriesaboutOvercomingObstaclesReadthefollowingstoriesaboutfourfiguresinhistorytoseehowtheyovercametheirobstacles,andguesswhotheyare.GlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_StoriesaboutOvercomingObstacles21.Thestoryofheristhestoryofachildwho,attheageof18months,wassuddenlyshutofffromtheworld,butwho,againstoverwhelmingodds(失败的可能性),waged(发动)aslow,hard,butsuccessfulbattletoreenterthatsameworld.Theinarticulatelittledeafandblindgirlgrewintoahighlyintelligentandsensitivewomanwhowrote,spoke,andlaboredincessantlyforthebettermentofothers.StoriesaboutOvercomingObstaclesGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_StoriesaboutOvercomingObstacles32.Attheageoffive,shebecameaparaplegic(截瘫患者),butsheneverlostheart.Althoughshemissedthechancetogotoschool,shefinishedallthecoursesofprimaryandsecondaryschools,shelearnedEnglish,Japanese,GermanandEsperanto(世界语)allbyherself,andsheassiduously(勤勉地)studieduniversityandpostgraduatecoursesformaster’sdegree.In1983,shebegantoengageinliterarycreativework.StoriesaboutOvercomingObstaclesGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_StoriesaboutOvercomingObstacles43.Hebecamethe32ndpresidentoftheUnitedStatesinMarch1933atthedepthoftheGreatDepression,andwasreelectedforanunprecedentedthreemoreterms.Despiteanattackofpoliomyelitis(小儿麻痹症),whichparalyzed(使瘫痪)hislegsin1921,hewasacharismatic(有超凡魅力的)optimistwhoseconfidencehelpedsustaintheAmericanpeopleduringthestrainsoftheeconomiccrisisandtheworldwar.StoriesaboutOvercomingObstaclesGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_StoriesaboutOvercomingObstacles5—1942—1962—1966—1979BorninOxford,England.Receivedabachelor’sdegreeinphysicsandthenenrolledasaresearchstudentingeneralrelativityattheUniversityofCambridge.EarnedhisPh.D.degreeattheUniversityofCambridge.StayedattheUniversityofCambridgetodopost-doctoralresearch.DiagnosedashavingAmyotrophicLateralSclerosis(ALS)(肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化).AppointedLucasianProfessorofMathematicsatCambridge,apostonceheldbyIsaacNewton.4.StoriesaboutOvercomingObstaclesGlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_GroupDiscussionGroupDiscussionA.Discussingroupstheobstaclesthatyouhavebeenfacedwithinyourlife.B.Discussingroupsthewaysinwhichyouovercamesuchdifficulties.C.Discussingroupstheproblemsthatyoustillhaveinovercomingtheseobstacles.GlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_BrainstormingBrainstormingImaginethatyouhavereceivedunlimitedfundstostartyourownfoundation.Brainstorm:1.Howwouldyouliketostartit?2.Whowouldbenefitfromyourfoundation,andhow?3.Whatspecialprogramswouldyourfoundationoffer,andwhy?GlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeightBR_Olympics1OlympicsOrganizedandgovernedbytheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC),theOlympicGamesarethemostimportantinternationalsportseventintheworldheldeveryfouryears.1.Olympicsymbol:fiveinterlockedrings—red,blue,yellow,blackandgreen—onawhitefield,representingthecontinentsoftheworldjoinedinfriendship.GlobalReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingUnit5TrueHeightUnit5TrueHeigh