Стр.142-143 Across the curriculum ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 9 класс
7 Social science Working for the blind or partially sighted 1 Match the sentences with the correct information. 1 The name of the organization which works in the interest of blind people in Britain.
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7 Social science
Working for the blind or partially sighted
1 Match the sentences with the correct information.
1 The name of the organization which works in the interest of blind people in Britain.
2 The number of people registered as blind or partially sighted in Britain.
3 The number of working guide dogs in Britain.
4 The cost of lifetime support for a guide dog including training, health care and food.
5 The age that guide dogs begin their training.
6 The working life of an average guide dog.
7 The name of the largest organization which trains guide dogs for the blind.
8 The cost of a guide dog to its new owner.
a) about 4600
b) the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
c) about 35000
d) 50 pence
e) 6-8 weeks old
f) 6-7 years
g) approximately 150000 people
h) the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Braille
2 Read the text about Louis Braille. Say if the sentences are true or false.
READING ВУ TOUCH
Louis Braille was born near Paris in 1809 with perfect sight, but when he was four years old he had an accident which made him blind. He was intelligent and although he came from a poor family, a wealthy neighbour paid for him to attend one of the first schools for the blind, the Royal Institute for Blind Youth. At school he learnt to read by touch, but the method was difficult to use and it could take months to read one book.
In 1821. a captain from Napoleontasks army visited the school and demonstrated a system of ‘night writingtask which soldiers used for passing messages in silence and in the dark.
Louis realized that a similar system could be developed for blind people and he started to work on his own version.
Louis was still only 15 years old when he developed a coded reading system which worked effectively, now known as braille.
It used a code of six raised dots to represent the alphabet in the space of a fingertip. Louis spent the rest of his life teaching the system to students at the school and translated many books into braille. He suffered from poor health and tuberculosis and died at the age of 43.
In 1952 the French government gave him a herotasks burial in the Pantheon in Paris and the importance of his contribution is recognized worldwide.
1 Louis Braille was blind from birth.
2 Louis Braille came from a wealthy family.
3 Night writing was used by Napoleontasks soldiers.
4 Braille uses a code of 8 raised dots to represent the alphabet.
5 Louis Braille spent his adult life teaching his system to other blind or partially sighted people.
6 The French government gave Louis Braille a herotasks burial when he died.
3 Change the incorrect sentences from exercise 2 so they are true.
4 Read about talking books and complete the text with the words below.
MP3 files
compact disc
vinyl records
cassette tapes
digital
With the development of audio recording facilities, audio books were developed for the blind and partially sighted. In 1932, the American Foundation for the Blind first developed talking books and by 1935 audio books were sent free of charge to some blind adults in the USA. The first recordings were on (1) vinyl record and were available for schools and libraries until the 1970s.
When audio cassettes became available in the late 1960s. more recordings were delivered on
(2) cassette tapes and audio books became very popular through the 1970s and 1980s with portable cassette players
(3) Digital technology for sound reproduction was introduced when the (4) compact disc was first patented in 1970. CDs didntaskt become widely used until the 1990s. but when they did. the CD player made audio books really easy to use. Now with efficient Internet connections, audio books can be downloaded to computers as (5) MP3 files.
The RNIB in Britain runs a Talking Book Service which offers over 16000 audio books delivered on disc to homes for an annual subscription fee. This service uses the Digital Accessible Information System (Daisy) technology which makes it very easy for listeners to skip pages or chapters.
Listening Books, an audio book charity based in Britain, started in 1959. It provides an audio book service through the Internet or via the postal service to anyone who has an illness or disability which makes it difficult or impossible to read a book on paper.
5 Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 When did the first talking books appear?
2 What format were talking books in the past and what format are they now?
3 Is the RNIB Talking Book service free for users?
4 What is the name of the charity which started in 1959 and offers audio books?
Project
You are going to find out about organizations which work to support the blind and partially sighted people in your country.
Plan
Decide what information you want to find out about the organization. For example, does it train dogs for the blind? Does it organize talking books?
Research
Find information about the organization. Look in the library or on the Internet.
Prepare
Make a poster with texts and photographs to illustrate your findings.
Present your material
Present your completed project to your classmates and teacher.