Unit 2

What is happiness to you ?

Unit 2

What is happiness to you ?

Brainstorming:

Look at the pictures and figure out what happiness means to them?

Being________creative

Doing _________thingsexciting

Playing_______sport

Reading

Spending time with_______family

_______new thingslearning

The search for happiness

An interview takes place when one person ( ) asks another person ( ) a series of questions on the topic.

interviewer

interviewee

the first paragraph

Introduce _______of the interview, who the interviewee is and what he does.

课前检测： How to read an interview

the topic

How to read an interview

the following paragraphs

1.Fully understand the question.2.Read the interviewee’s response.3.Pay attention to the summary of the background of topic.

Task 1--Skimming:

1.What is the topic of the TV interview?

2.Who is the interviewee?

3. What are the questions the host asked?

Happiness.

Can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is ? Can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is ? How old was she when the accident happened? How old was she when the accident happened? How has she adapted to her new life?How has she adapted to her new life?

Dr Brain

Task 2--Scanning:

Background information of Sang Lan:Birth day: ____Birthplace: __________Teammates’ comments:_________________

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Year of winning competitions____Age of being disabled:___

19811981

1717

Ningbo, ChinaNingbo, China

energetic, happy, hard-energetic, happy, hard-workingworking

19911991

Read Para 5 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 10 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

famouscheer

spiritswhat

successesaccomplished

parents

disappointmentalive

lucky

What kind of person do you think Sang Lan is?

She is a/an ________ person.

Conclusion of the topic

• What is the intention of the host’s conducting this interview?

He hopes all the viewers can be inspired by Sang Lan because her courage is admirable.

How can you stay optimistic if you failed your exam /exams

or got low marks ?

( )1. Dr Brain studies happiness.

( )2. Sang Lan became a gymnast

when she was eleven years old.( )3 Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.

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Task 3 –careful reading P20 C1

( )4. Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games( ) 5. Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again.

( ).6 visited

Sang Lan in the hospital.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

New York

Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio TitanicTitanic

Task 4-Task-based reading comprehension( 1 word )

Sang Lan’s

search forhappiness

Beforethe

accident

Sang Lan was happy to 2. _________herself to gymnastics and was very successful.

While in hospital

She fell from the 3.______ and would never walk again.Many famous visitors like Leonardo went to 4._____ her up. Sang Lan was always in good 5._______and focused on goals.She never cried or felt 6. _____She was also happy for her teammates’ 7.__________ and was proud of her 8._____________ .

1.______leaving hospital

She has 9._________ to her new life and keeps learning and stays 10._____________.

vault

After

cheer spirits

successes

adaptedpositive

devote _______

___________

_______________

___________

____________________

hopeless

accomplishmentsaccomplishments

personality of Sang Lan

brave

cheerful

determined

energetic

hard-working

optimistic

active

positive

courageous

considerate

Set goals

Smile more

Possible ways:

Share happiness

Ready to help others

Have a good sense of humor

Be willing to forgive

Make true friends

Believe in yourself

Respect the weaker

Always smile in spite of difficulties

• When a door of the happiness is closed,

another opens.

The most beautiful future will always depend on the need for forgetting thepast.

You will be able to go from the past aslong as you have overcome the errors of the past.

Homework: Retell the story of Sang Lan.