课件31张PPT。 Unit 2
What is happiness to you ?Reading (1 )The Search for happinessBrainstorming:
1. How much do you know about the girl?
2. Suppose you had a chance to talk face
to face with her, what would you
like most to ask her about? Prediction:
Do you think Sang Lan had had a
happy life before she was injured?
2. Do you think Sang Lan has a happy
life now?New lesson:
Listen to the interview and check
if your answers are right.Reading strategy : An interview takes place when one person (interviewer) asks another person (interviewee) a series of questions on the topic.Reading an interviewthe first paragraphIntroduce the topic of the interview, who the interviewee is and what he does.How to read an interviewHow to read an interviewFully understand the question.
Read the interviewee’s response.
Pay attention to the summary
of the background of topic.the following
paragraphsSkim the first paragraph to find out
the topic of the interview.
Happiness.Skim the rest of the the interview quickly and answer the questions .
Who is being interviewed? What is he?
2.When and where was Sang Lan born? Dr Brown , a psychologist . She was born in Ningbo, China in 1981.
Read the interview for the detailed information
Why did Dr Brown use Sang Lan as an example ?
2.What does Dr Brown really mean by saying “ she had a dedicated junior gymnast for eleven years”?He used her as an example to talk about how to find happiness in difficulties. He really means “Sang Lan devoted herself to gymnastics and was working towards something special.”3. How does Sang Lan find happiness now?
4. What was Sang Lan’s best event?
5. What did his Sang Lan’s teammates think of her ? Through reaching much smaller goals , and through the love of the people around her. The vault. They describe her as energetic ,
happy and hard working. 6. When and where did Sang Lan hurt herself? And how did she get hurt?
She hurt herself during one of her practice vaults at the Goodwill Games. She made a mistake while practicing . She fell and broke her neck. The Goodwill Games
The Goodwill Games are another important
sports event where the world’s best athletes
Have another opportunity to come together
and prove their abilities on the world stage.
They were first held in Moscow in 1986.In
2001, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
successfully held the Games. It was the first
time that the Goodwill Games were hosted by
a city outside of the USA and the former USSR7. Was she sad when staying in hospital?
8. How did people who went to see her find her? No. She was in good spirits.
Competition
Complete the following sentences using as much information in the interview as you can.
Sang Lan ______________________. Say something about Sang Lan :Before going to hospital :1981 six1991eleven best eventdescribed asworking towardsproudaccident After leaving hospital :studyhostlook forward to think aboutbelieveWhile staying in hospital :in good spiritsthought about her teammatesher parentsthe doctors felt happyRead a newspaper article about
Sang Lan. Complete it with the
words given.(Finish Part E on page 21)Discussion :
Could you be happy if you were unable to walk?
2. How could you be happy? Happiness Now!
Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.
Homework :
Finish the exercises on workbook.
Write something about Sang Lan. Unit 2
What is happiness?Reading ( 2 )Language pointsThe world was amazed by the way
she remained cheerful.(p 18,lines 16-17)= ------ by the way she ------Eg. 1. I don’t like the way ___(你嘲笑他).2. People like the way ___ (他写小说).thatin which---in case some of our viewers don’t
know her story-----(p.18,lines 20-21) 3.万一他在我回来前到, 请叫他等我.Eg.1.I’ll cook plenty of potatoes just
__ __ they decide to stay for dinnerin case+clause / in case of sth.2.__ __ __ fire, ring the alarm clock.By the time she competed in the -----
(p. 18, lines 23-26)by: not later than/ before
by the time + clauseEg.1. ___ ___ ___ the doctor arrived,
the patient had died.
2. 到今年年底,他在澳大利亚住
两年了。Her teammates described her as
energetic---(p. 18, lines 27-28) Eg. 1. He __ __ __ (称他自己) a business
executive; in fact, he is a clerk.
2. Weihua __ her school life in Britain
__ interesting and exciting.
describe sb/ sth as sth.A small accident--- could have cost
her----(p.18-19,lines 32-34) cost:使付出代价,使丧失(某物)Eg. 1.His lazy attitude ___ the boy his
place in the team. 2.His mistake ___ him his life.She was rushed to a top hospital---
(p.19, lines 36-38)be rushed to “被急送至… ”
More soldiers were rushed to the front.
rush n.
a rush on /for sth. “急需…”
There is a rush for medicine in the
flooded area.
1.The baby’s crying ____ his mother
many nights of sleep.
2. The seller __ it as a vintage car, but
I’d call it an old wreck.
3. By next Friday, I ought to __the project.
4. __ your umbrella in case it __.
5. Supplies of food __ to those
flooded area.
cost take describe
finish rain rushHomework:
Reviewing the new words and phrases
Finish the exercises in the workbook