Unit 20
Life is Beautiful!
Lessons 1-2
It’s a beautiful spring day. Maria gets up early. She feels happy. She knows that it’s a nice day because she puts her hand on the glass of the window. It is very warm. She opens the window and the singing of the birds fills the room. She can smell the flowers outside her home. They smell sweet and fresh. After Maria gets dressed and has her breakfast, she puts her books in her bag. She is reads for school.
Maria is a lot like any other students in her neighbourhood. She goes to school and likes to be with her friends. But Maria cannot see the beautiful spring day. She cannot see the flowers, the blue sky or the singing birds. She cannot see the new green leaves on the trees. She cannot see these because she is visually impaired. She has been unable to since she was born.
But Maria is happy. She goes to school everyday. She can learn the information because she reads Braille. Braille is a script that uses raised dots. Each letter is made from dots. People move their fingers across the raised dots to read. Maria learned to read Braille as a young child. Her books at school are in Braille. She enjoys reading poems and history. Maria’s teachers says that she is a good learner.
Maria hopes to go to university one day. Her teachers think that she can. Maria wants to set up a school of her own so that she can teach visually impaired children. Before this, Maria wants to be a writer. She wants to write a book about her feelings and experiences.She wants to show other impaired people that they can do amazing things in their lives!
Choose the best answer.
1. Maria cannot see because_.
a) it is dark
b) she is visually impaired
c) she doesn’t feel well
Ans: b. she is visually impaired
2. Maria knows it is a warm day because_.
a) the birds are singing
b) her friends tell her
c) she feels the glass of the window
Ans: c) she feels the glass of the window
3. At school, Maria learns a lot of information by_.
a) reading books in Braille script
b) having her friends read to her
c) listening to the teacher read
Ans: a. reading books in Braille script.
4. If she goes to University, Maria will probably study_.
a) history b) maths c) science
Ans : a) history
Complete the sentences with a word from the box.
business person computer engineer doctor
farmer pilot teacher
1. A works in a school. Children learn how to read and write from this person.
Ans : Teacher
2. A studies computer science and can fix computers.
Ans : Computer engineer
3. A looks after ill people and helps
them to become healthy.
Ans : Doctor
4. A flies planes. He or she travels around the world.
Ans : Pilot
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