The search for happiness
江蘇東海高級中學 楊金鋒
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following words and expressions:
goal; times; devote; remain; adapt; apart; rush; cheer; spirit; focus…on; cost; due to; range;
2. Train the students’ reading ability.
3. Get the students to learn about the gymnast Sang Lang.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Learn to use the following useful phrases:
goal; times; devote; remain; adapt; apart; rush; cheer; spirit; focus…on; cost; due to; range;
2. Train the students’ reading ability.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students understand the text exactly, especially the following sentences:
1. She must have been very sad.
2. While she was injured and in hospital, the world was amazed by the way she remained cheerful.
Teaching Methods:
1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.
2. Careful reading to get the detailed information.
3. Asking-and-answering to help the students understand the text exactly.
4. discussion
Teaching Aids:
1. the multimedia
2. a tape recorder
Teaching Procedures:
The search for happiness
Lead in:
T: We talked about happiness yesterday, do you think happiness is easy to get?
S: Yes.
T: Can you give some examples?
S: Spending time with family; learning new things, reading Doing excitings …
T: But different people have different opinions ,do you think so?
Happiness changes when age changes. I n children’s eyes, it is a toy or candy or a delicious meal . in elder’s eyes it is peaceful in young men’s eyes, it is money or honour what is the happiness to you ?
S: Reach our goal… make rapid progress…
T: what’s the happiness in the disabled eyes?
S: without pain or be alive
T :However everyone try to find happiness.
Presention : ( Learn reading strategy P19) Let’s read an interview how to find happiness> do you know what an interview is? ( Learn reading strategy P19)
S: An interview takes place when one person asks another person a series of questions on a topic
Where is the topic ? in the first para.
What should we pay attention to ? questions and answers
Fast-reading
Read the text quickly and answer the following questions:
1. What is the topic of the TV interview?
2. What is the name of the psychologist?
3. When and where was Sang Lan born?
4. What does Sang Lan hope to do in 2008?
Careful-reading
Listen to the tape of the text and then try to do True or False questions. If it is False, correct it.
(1) The topic of the TV interview was the story of Sang Lan.
(2) Dr. Brain studies happiness.
(3) Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old.
(4) Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games.
(5) Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.
(6) Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again.
(7) Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital.
(8) Sang Lan believes doing no work keeps her happy.
Since the topic of this interview is happiness, let’s see how does Sang Lan find happiness and try to describe what kind of girl she is. Fill in the following form.
How to find happiness Before going to hospital (1) She had been a _____ junior gymnast for 11 years.
(2) She started winning _____ in 1991 and kept working hard.
(3) She was happy, _____, hard-working and successful in her sport.
(4) She was happy to _____ herself to gymnastics though she had to live apart from her parents.
(5) She was working towards something _____, and making her parents proud.
While staying in hospital (1) She is in good spirits, remaining _____.
(2) She is able to overcome her _____ and just be proud of the things she had accomplished.
(3) She feels happy to be _____ and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new things.
(4) She finds happiness through reaching much smaller _____, and through the love of the people around her.
After leaving hospital (1) She went back to China and studied _____ at Peking University.
(2) She is _____ a sports programme about the 2008 Olympics.
(3) She likes to think about _____ things and stay _____.
(4) She believes that keeping _____ help her to stay positive.
Consolidation :
1. We’ve learn more about sang lan. Can you describe her? What great personality of her? Using a spider and ask ss to write adjs to on the Bb.
Dedicated, energetic, hard working, successful, outgoing, positive, optimistic…
2. Suppose you were a reporter from CCTV5, you will interview Sanglan , what would you ask her according to the interview or others?
For example
Reporter: What’s the secret to happiness?
Sanglan : to think about good things…
Discussion:
what can you learn from Sanglan?
Draw a conclusion:
with happiness, life becomes colorful and wonderful
Without happiness, life is dry and meaningless, we should work hard
Homework:
Write a short passage about Sanglan.
課文閱讀理解
The Search for Happiness
All about Sang Lan Detailed information
Her life and work She was born 1. _________ in 1981 and began learning 2. _________ at the age of 6;her best event was vault.
Her characters She is 3. _________, happy and hard working. She likes to think about positive thins and stay 4. _________.
Her accident and result Sang made a mistake while practicing a 5. _________ and fell and broke her neck. She would never 6. _________.
Her bravery and courage She was in good spirits; she didn’t cry about what she had lost and feeling hopeless, but thought about what she could do to get better. She was able to 7. _________ and just be proud of the things she had accomplished. She felt happy to be alive and lucky to have the rest of her life to8. _________.
Her new life She has studied 9. _________ at Peking University. She is also hosting a 10. _________ about the 2008 Beijing Olympics.