Summary of the email Marty's story

■There are not many people in the world like me.

■I have a muscle disease that sometimes makes me very weak.

■I have learned to adapt to my disability. My motto is: live one day at a time.

■Up until I was about 10 years old, I was the same as everyone else in my class.

■One of the worst things about my disease is that I don't look any different from other people.

■My ambition is to work in the computer industry when I grow up.

■In many ways my disability has made me grow stronger and more independent. 2. Learning about the Infinitive

Infinitive

An infinitive is the simple present form of a verb used as either a noun, adjective, or adverb. The verb of the infinitive is normally preceded by the word to. When the infinitive follows some verbs as the direct object, the "to" may be dropped.

　　An infinitive phrase is the infinitive plus any complements and any modifiers of the infinitive and complements.

As a Noun: He helped to write the program.

As an Adjective: Lydia was looking for a way to earn money.

As an Adverb: He shouted to get our attention.

To Dropped: He helped write the program.

In the above examples, the infinitive is italicized and the infinitive phrase is underlined.

3. Listening, reading and completing