文档介绍：Group Discussion
Coming Out of the Dark
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English Song — Coming Out of the Dark
Gloria Estefan
Questions about the Song and the Text
Warm-up Exercises
Stories about ing Obstacles
Brainstorming
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Background Information
Olympics
Pole Vault
Some Suggestions to e Obstacles
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Gloria Estefan
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Born in Cuba in 1957, raised in Miami, Gloria Estefan is the second generation of the Cuban exile (被流放者). She wrote this song on March 20, 1990 when she was recovering from a serious road accident that had left her badly injured and near to death.
Gloria Estefan
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B R _ Questions about the Song and the Text
Questions about the Song and the Text
1. Consider the title of the song, what does “dark” refer to?
“Dark” here may refer to
1) near death;
2) loss of consciousness after the car accident ;
3) slow and painful recovery;
4) despair.
is the song related to the theme of the text?
To get over despair after injury is also a form of ing obstacles.
B R _ Stories about ing Obstacles1
Stories about ing Obstacles
Read the following stories about four figures in history to see how they overcame their obstacles, and guess who they are.
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story of her is the story of a child who, at the age of 18 months, was suddenly shut off from the world, but who, against overwhelming odds(失败的可能性), waged(发动) a slow, hard, but essful battle to reenter that same world. The inarticulate little deaf and blind girl grew into a highly intelligent and sensitive woman who wrote, spoke, and labored incessantly for the betterment of others.
Stories about ing Obstacles
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2. At the age of five, she became a paraplegic (截瘫患者), but she never lost heart. Although she missed the chance to go to school, she finished all the courses of primary and secondary schools, she learned English, Japanese, German and Esperanto (世界语) all by her