Reading(1)：The search for happinessPPT专用课堂实录内容

Reading

The search for happiness Objectives: 1. To help Ss get a general idea about the text. 2. To make Ss become familiar with the detailed information about the text. 3. To help Ss master Reading Strategy. Teaching important points: 1.How to make the students understand the passage better. 2.How to help the students finish all the exercises. 3.How to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities. Interaction Patterns: Teachers -class, individuals, pairs Teaching Aids: 1. The multimedia 2. The blackboard Procedures for teaching: Step1: lead-in

1.Tell students that they are going to read an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Ask students how much information they know about Sang Lan. If possible, you can ask students to collect some relevant information before class. You may conduct the activity as follows: Today we are going to talk about a special girl named Sang Lan, who used to be a successful gymnast. Can you search for more information about this girl? 2. Ask students to exchange the background information about Sang Lan they have found with each other. Ask students to think about Sang Lan’s experiences and answer the following questions:

Different people find happiness and fun in different things. There are certainly no criteria assessing which way of being happy is the best. Do you think Sang Lan had had a happy life before she was injured?

Do you think Sang Lan has a happy life now?

What would you do if you had the same problem?

Encourage students to discuss freely their true feelings about Sang Lan’s story.

3. Ask students to think about the following question:

Suppose you had a chance to talk face to face with Sang Lan, what would you like most to ask her about?

The following are suggested answers:

Childhood and school education

Things or experiences that had left her the deepest impression before the accident

Reasons for learning gymnastics

Things that encourage her during hard times

Current physical condition

Expectations for future

Future career plans

Attitudes towards life, success and failure

Step2: First reading

Find the answers to Part A Step3: Read the text again and complete Parts C1 and C2. Step4: cloze (Ep21) Step5: Discussion. (F) Step6: Language points: 1. goal 1）目的，目标

achieve/reach/realize one’s goal

实现目标；

2）（球戏等的）得分，赢分

make/score/get a goal 得一分

2. times 时代;时势；境况（常用复）;

the times 当代

The times are different.

时代不同了。

in modern/ancient times 在近（古）代

What wonderful times we are now living in!

我们生活的时代是多么幸福的啊! This is one of the most important issues of the time.

这是当代最重大的问题之一

3. devote…to…

献身…的；专心于…的；专用于…的;

devote oneself to `1 A /doing 6`

献身于；致力于

She devoted herself to fighting for the

rights for the blacks.

她致力于为黑人权利而战的事业中。

Don’t devote too much time to games.

不要过度沉溺于游戏。

devoted

挚爱的；忠诚的；全心全意的

She devoted herself to her children.

= She was devoted to her children. 4. remain “仍是；保持”后接形容词、名词、介词短语等作表语。

His knowledge remains weak.

The town remains the same as before.

He remains poor all his life.

He remained in poor health.

His work remained unfinished 5. adapt to; adapt oneself to…(使)适应

We have had to adapt quickly to the new changes.

It took him a while to adapt himself to his new surroundings. We should adapt our thinking to the new conditions. 6. apart

1）（指空间或时间）相隔，相距

The two houses stood 500 meters apart.

Their birthdays are only three days apart. 2）不在一起；分离；

分开

We’re living apart now.

She keeps herself apart from other people 7.

rush 急送；猛推

rush sb. to the hospital

火速送某人去医院

Ambulances rushed the injured to

the hospital.

急速

in a rush 匆忙地;

I can’t stop—I’m in a rush.

我不能停下来----我忙着呢。

8. cheer 使振奋;使高兴;欢呼

The good news cheered (up) everybody

who heard it.

Cheer victory

为胜利而欢呼。

Everybody cheered (up) at the news.

大家听了这个好消息都很振奋。

Oh, come on –cheer up ! 哦，快点，振作起来！

9. spirit （常用复数形式）情绪

in high (good) spirits

情绪高涨；兴高采烈

in low (poor) spirits

情绪低落；意志消沉

10. focus (sth.) on/upon …

1) 集中（注意力、精力等）于

The discussion focused on three main

problems.

2) (眼睛、摄影机等) 调节聚焦

In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor’s face.

He focused his eyes on the beautiful girl. I quickly focused the camera on the children. 11.cost

使丧失；使损失

That one mistake almost cost him his life.

The closure of the factory will cost 1,000 jobs.

The accident cost me a visit to the doctor.

Financial worries cost her many sleepless nights. 她为钱发愁，许多夜晚无法入睡。

12. due to=because of

由于；因为;归功于

The team’s success was largely due to her efforts.

My illness was due to bad food.

She arrived late due to the storm.

The train was delayed due to the fog. 13. range from …to…;

range between… and…

The damage was said to range between $ 1 million and $ 5 million.

She has had a number of different jobs, ranging from street cleaner to bus driver. 14. sympathy

have/feel/express sympathy for sb.

对某人表示同情；同情某人

I wish he’d show me a little sympathy.

It is not enough to have sympathy for the disabled. We should learn to respect them and help them understand their valuable role in society. 15. quit vi./ vt.

离开，退出

quit office 离职

quit school 退学

We only just started. We’re not going to quit now.

He quit the show last year because of bad health.

I’ve quit smoking.