(共17张PPT)
M6u2
What is happiness to you
Reading
The search for
happiness
Being surrounded by family and friends
Achieving success in something
A day without pain or just being alive
(Those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability)
Read Para 1 to find out what happiness is.
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Topic:
Questions:
1.What’s your opinion of happiness
2.Do you know the girl in the picture below
3.Have you ever heard of her story What impress you most
happiness
Reading strategy
Introduce the topic
Ask questions
Dr. Brain
(A psychologist)
Answer questions
(Interviewer)
(Interviewee)
File(档案)
Name Sang Lan Birth Day photo
Birth
Place Best event
Personality
Experiences:
1981
Ningbo, China
the vault
Energetic, happy
and hard-working
1981
1987(at six)
1991
1998(at 17)
Read Para 6 to complete SL’s file.
She was born in Ningbo, China.
She began learning gymnastics.
She started winning competitions.
She made a mistake while practising a vault.
She fell and broke her neck.
Read Para 4 to find out related information.
Before the accident
While in hospital
Now /After leaving hospital
Happy and successful in her sport
Cheerful
Find happiness through reaching much smaller goals
Through the love of the people around her
Read Para 8 to complete the table.
Many (1)________ visitors like Leonardo DiCaprio went to (2)______ her up.
She was always in good (3)_______ and thought about (4)_______ she could do to get better.
She was happy for her teammates’ (5)__________ and was proud of the things she had (6)_______________.
She was happy to see her (7)_______.
Hearing she would never be a gymnast, she was able to overcome her (8)______________ and felt happy to be (9)______ and (10)_______ to have the rest of her life to learn new things.
While in hospital
famous
cheer
spirits
what
successes
accomplished
parents
disappointment
alive
lucky
Read Para 12 to complete the table.
Now/ After leaving hospital
How has Sang Lan (1)_________ to her new life
1. She went back to China, to study (2)_________ at Peking University.
2. In 2008, she (3)__________ a sports programme.
3. She even hopes to play table tennis in the (4)_______ Olympics for the (5)___________________.
4. She likes to think about (6)_______ things and stay (7)___________.
adapted
journalism
hosted
special
disabled
positive
optimistic
personality of Sang Lan
brave
cheerful
determined
energetic
hard-working
optimistic
active
positive
courageous
considerate
( )1. Dr Brain studies happiness.
( )2. Sang Lan became a gymnast
when she was eleven years old.
( )3. Sang Lan was injured in China
in 1998, while practicing for
the Goodwill Games.
six
New York
( )4. Before her accident, Sang
Lan’s best event was the vault.
( )5. Sang Lan broke her legs and
will never walk again.
( )6. Leonardo DiCaprio visited
Sang Lan in the hospital.
neck
1. Dr Brain used Sang Lan as an example to _____.
A. talk about his study on happiness
B. talk about how to find happiness in difficult times
C. present his own views about happiness
D. introduce his books about happiness
2. The world was amazed by Sang Lan's ________.
A. unexpected injury
B. way to remain cheerful
C. success in her sports career
D. energetic, happy and hard-working spirit
Choose the best answers:
3. “In 1998, a small accident during one of her practice vaults at the Goodwill Games could have cost her future happiness.” What can we infer from the sentence
A. a serious accident always costs one’s future happiness
B. Sang Lan’s happiness was taken away forever
C. Sang Lan had a serious accident, but she could still find happiness in her future life.
D. Sang Lan had a serious accident and she was taken away
4 .What is the secret to happiness to Sang Lan's mind
A. To think about good things and to focus on goals.
B. To love the people around her.
C. To host a sports programme in 2008.
D. To keep busy.
Homework:
Retell the story of Sang Lan.