Read the speech delivered by Christopher Reeve, and accomplish the following activities afterwards. Analyze the text which uses proposition and support patterns.

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today During m ROUND-UP YOUR LEARNING: Perspectives from Superman! innocentl TASK 1: Read the speech delivered by Christopher Reeve, and accomplish the went thr following activities afterwards. Analyz... e the text which uses proposition Five year being ali and support patterns. Over the last few years, we've heard a lot about something called values. And like many of you've struggled to figure out what that means. But since my accident others I've found a definition that seems to make sense. I think it means that we're all family just nee that have we all have value. And if that's true America really is a family, then we to recognize that many members of our family are hurting. the im Just to take one aspect of it, one in five of us has some to ano kind of disability. You may have an aunt with Parkinson's the m disease. A neighbor with a spinal cord injury. A brother with AIDS. And if we're really committed to this idea of family we've got to do something about it. blasti it sa First of all, our nation cannot tolerate discrimination mott of any kind. That's why the Americans with Disabilities one Act1 is so important and must be honored everywhere. It is civil rights law that is tearing down barriers both in architecture and in attitude. and ou Its purpose is to give the disabled access not only to buildings but to every the opportunity in society. I strongly believe our nation must give its full support to the liv caregivers who are helping people with disabilities live independent lives. 92 Sure, we've got to balance the budget. And we will. We have to be extremely careful with every dollar that we spend. But we've also got to take care of our family - and not slash programs people need. We should he enabling, healing. curing. One of the smartest things we can do about disability is invest in research that will protect us from disease and lead to cures. This country Iready has a long history of doing just that. When we put our minds to a problem, we the chance. can usually find solutions. But our scientists can do more. And we've got to give them That means more funding for research. Right now, for example, about a quarter million Americans have a spinal cord injury. Our government spends about $8.7 billion a year just maintaining these members of our family. But we spend only $40 million a year on research that would actually improve the quality of their lives; get them off public assistance, or even cure them. We've got to be smarter, do better. Because the money we invest in research today is going to determine the quality of life of members of our family tomorrow. During my rehabilitation, I met a young man named Gregory Patterson. When he was innocently driving through Newark, New Jersey, a stray bullet from a gang shooting he went through his car window . . . right into his neck . . . and severed his spinal cord. Five years ago, he might have died. Today, because of research, he's alive. But merely on being alive is not enough. We have a moral and an economic responsibility to ease his suffering and prevent nd others from experiencing such pain. And to do that we don't need to raise taxes. We nt, just need to raise our expectations. ve America has a tradition many nations probably envy: We frequently achieve the impossible. That's part of our national character. That's what got us from one coast to another. That's what got us the largest economy in the world. That's what got us to the moon. I's er On the wall of my room when I was in rehab was a picture of the space shuttle of blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at NASA. On the top of the picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible." That should be our motto. Not a Democratic motto, not a Republican motto. But an American motto. Because this is not something one party can do alone. It's something that we as a nation must do together. So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. If we can conquer outer space, we should be able to conquer inner space, too: the frontier of the brain, the central nervous system, and all the afflictions of the body that destroy so many lives and rob our country of so much potential. Research can provide hope for people who suffer from Alzheimer's. We've Main already discovered the gene that causes it. Research can provide hope for people like Muhammad Ali and the Reverend Billy Graham who suffer from Parkinson's. Research can provide hope for the millions of Americans like Kirk Douglas who suffer from Auth stroke. We ease the pain of people like Barbara Jordan who battled multiple sclerosis We can find treatments for people like Elizabeth Glaser whom we lost to AIDS. And now that we know that nerves in the spinal cord can regenerate, we are on the way to State getting millions of people around the world like me up and out of our wheelchairs Fifty-six years ago, FDR2 dedicated new buildings for the National Institute of Health: He said that "the defense this nation seeks involves a great deal more than building airplanes, ships, guns, and bombs. We cannot be a strong nation unless we are a healthy nation." He could have said that today. President Roosevelt showed us that a man who could barely lift himself out of a wheelchair could still lift a nation out of despair. And I believe-and so does this administration-in the most important principle FDR taught us: America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves. America is stronger when all of us take care of all of us. Giving new life to that ideal is the challenge before us tonight. Thank you very much. 1. Americans with Disabilities Act: A federal civil rights law enacted in 1990 that protects citizens with mental or physical disabilities from discrimination in employment or in accessing public accommodations. 2 . FDR: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the 32nd president of the United States. He was stricken with polio as an adult and eventually was confined to a wheelchair during his presidency. 3. This speech was delivered by Christopher Reeve on August 26, 1996. WORDS rehabilitation (re'he-bTI'T-ta'shan) n. the process of being restored to good TO health or useful life through training or therapy KNOW affliction (@-flik'shan) n. a condition of pain or suffering 'sever (sev'er) v. to become separated; to be cut off from the whole Yo Proposition and support is a pattern of organization in which the author states his or her proposal and provides arguments to support the plan. Usually, the writer describes a problem and offers a plan to solve it. He or she offers evidence to support his or her reasoning, and statements that address possible objections, of counterarguments, to the proposal. This type of organization is often used in persuasive speeches, editorials, and essays. Christopher Reeve's speech follows this structure of proposition and support. Analyze his speech by filling out the chart below. ve Main Problem like ch Author's Position or Statement of Proposal om sis nd Statements Supporting Author's Proposal Statements Addressing Counter Arguments to of Conclusion or Statement of Proposal Your general reaction about the speech [Show More]

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