As we've been dealing with the topic of 'Fitness',
I thought you might find this article entitled 'I am not my body' quite interesting.
I) Read the article and answer T (true), F (False) or DS (Doesn't Say).
JUSTIFY your True and False answers.
1. The author is disabled.
2. She's always accepted her condition.
3. She didn't have her parents support.
4. She had a difficult adolescence.
5. She reacts aggressively when people feel sorry
for her.
II) Read again
and find words in the text which match these definitions:
1. The period of life between the ages of 40 and 60 (paragraph 1)
___________
2. A short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed,
etc. (paragraph 2) ___________
3. Contending,
battling, or fighting (paragraph 3) ___________
4. At the very end;
finally (paragraph 4) ___________
5. Sympathy or sorrow
felt for the sufferings of another (paragraph 5) ___________
III) Answer
1. What did the author learn to do, despite her
condition?
2. In which ways did her parents help her?
3. How, do you think, people treat someone like her
with prejudice or pity?
4. What would you do if you were in her condition?
5. The author says "I am much more than a
body". Do you agree with this? Why / Why not?
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