Love Is Blind (1)

A French couple helps blind orphans live life to the fullest
When it comes to blessing others, some people make lofty plans that end up going nowhere. But that's not the case with Delphine and Guillaume Gauvain. When they opened an orphanage for blind children in China, they planned to bless the kids. But they were willing to learn along the way.

Path to China
The French couple's first step was moving from Canada to Hong Kong. Their first step toward serving orphans was adopting David, a Chinese boy with a birth defect. Guillaume, a jazz pianist, first met David while playing at the boy's foster home. As soon as David ran up to him, Guillaume was immediately hooked!

In search of people they could help, the couple moved to Beijing in 2002. After some research, they discovered that blind children needed a staggering amount of special care.

That's why they started Bethel - a foster care program focusing on blind children. In December 2003 they rented a house and received their first three children. Because two of the children were autistic as well as blind, Delphine was overwhelmed at first. But she soon found ways to help the kids.

Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: The Exclamation Point
美國:驚嘆號 exclamation point
英國:驚嘆號 exclamation mark
使用原則就是不要過度使用
- Guillaume was immediately hooked!
課文中這句使用驚嘆號,
表示當時感受到的強烈情緒,
本文只有這句使用驚嘆號,
要記得正式的文章更要避免使用驚嘆號

Grammar Gym
- When it comes to blessing others, some people make lofty plans that end up going nowhere.
to go nowhere
- Because of the rain, we went nowhere and just stayed in the house.
- We discovered we were going nowhere with the plan, so we had to think of a new plan.
- The meeting was going nowhere, so we decided to take a break.

Language Lab
lofty adj.
1: lofty mountains, buildings etc are very high and impressive:
- lofty pine trees 高聳的松樹
2: lofty ideas, beliefs, attitudes etc show high standards or high moral qualities
- Many people admire William for his lofty ideals.
3: seeming to think you are better than other people - used to show disapproval:
- Nicky's lofty attitude made his colleagues stay away from him.

birth defect n.
something wrong with a baby when it is born
- Prenatal care can help reduce the chance of birth defects.
- The girl was born with multiple birth defects.

staggering adj.
extremely great or surprising [= amazing]
- Billy had accumulated a staggering fortune by the age of 30.
- The company made a staggering 50% increase in sales last year.

autistic adj.
a mental disorder (=problem) that makes people unable to communicate properly, or to form relationships
- Ian is autistic, and he seldom interacts with others.
autism n.
a mental disorder (=problem) that makes people unable to communicate properly, or to form relationships
- Both of Jonah's children suffer from autism.


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