Reading(1)：The search for happinessppt配套的教学设计及说课稿

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Reading

The search for happiness Preparation before class课前预习

True or False questions. (

) 1. The topic of the TV interview was the story of Sang Lan.

(

) 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. (

) 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 visited Sang Lan in the hospital. (

) 8. Sang Lan believes doing no work keeps her happy. Choose the best choice. 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 3 .What is the secret to happiness in 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. Task-based reading comprehension( 1 word ) Before Sang Lan was happy to work hard and was very successful.

going to hospital She fell from the 2.______ and would never walk again. Many 3._______ visitors like Leonardo went to see her.

Sang Lan’s

While staying in Sang Lan was always in good 4.________and focused on search for 5.__________. hospital happiness She never cried or 6._________ up hope. She was also happy for her teammates’ 7._________ and was proud of her 8.__________. 1.______ She has 9.________ well to her new life and she continues to be leaving hospital one of the popular _________ on TV.

Display and discussion

展示交流

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Revision Sang Lan began learning gymnastics at six years old and _______ herself to gymnastics, which made her live ______ from her parents. Her teammates described her ___ energetic. However, a small accident could have ____ her future happiness. She was _______ to a hospital where her parents and friends ______ her up and she _________her sorrow. She was in good ______ and stayed ________ even in difficult ______. She ________with physical disability, and gradually _______ to her new life and feels happy to be alive and lucky to have the rest of life to learn new things II、词汇拓展

1. surround vt. 围绕,包围→

adj. 周围的,附近的

→

n. 环境

2. suffering

n. 痛苦；困难

→

v. 受苦；遭受

3. junior

adj. 年少的；下级的

→

adj.

年长的；前辈的

4. appreciation

n. 鉴赏；评价

→

vt. 赏识；感激

5. adapt

适应；改编

→

n.

改编；适应

6. admirable adj.值得称赞的,极好的

→

vt.佩服,称赞

→

n.感叹,佩服

7. unbearable adj.无法忍受的,忍不住的

→

adj. 可忍受的→bear

v./n.

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8. advocate (vt.)→_____________ (n) 9. sorrow (n) →_____________ (adj)悲伤的

10. accomplish (vt.)→_____________ (n)成就 11. depth n.深度,深处

→

adj. 深的

→

v.

使……变深

→

deeply

12. severe adj 严重的，严厉的，严格的，艰巨的→_________n. 严重性

III、必背短语

1.意味做某事

11.使某人失去…

2.在某方面取得成功

12.被急送至一家顶级医院

3.实现一个目标

13.鼓励某人

4.与… 做斗争

14.心情好

5.身体残疾

15.幸福的秘诀

6.遭遇个人灾难时

16.克服悲伤

7. 以防,万一

17.适应她的新生活

8.描述…为

18.提倡给残疾人更好的治疗

9.与…分开住

19.通过实现较小的目标

10.专注于目标

20. 只要

Guidance & activities

点拨探究

1. To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability…(L4)

In order to achieve success, we must struggle for it.

1)

struggle against /with …

与…斗争，抗争

When he struggled_______success,he had to struggle _______physical pains and difficulties. 2) He always struggles ___________ the pain and struggles ______ future happiness. Now he is struggling ____

win the game.

3) Life is a struggle.If we want to be the winner we must experience hard struggle. Traslation

(1)We are ready to__________________any difficulties. 对抗

(2) The thief

,but failed. 努力逃跑

(3) After

,she gained control of the business. 长期的奋斗

2. By the time she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill games, she had been a junior gymnast for 11 years. 1）by the time 意为“在……之前；到……的时候”，引导的从句使用过去时，主句通常用过去完成时，表示主句动作在此时间已经完成。

我到达车站时，火车早已开走了。

2）by the time引导的从句用一般现在时，主句用将来完成时，表示到将来某个时间，主句动作将已完成。

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By the time his father gets home, he will have finished his homework.

【点拨】

1. 当by／by the year／by the end of后跟的时间(或从句)如果是过去时间，主句中常用过去完成时；如果指的是将来时间，主句中常用将来完成时。

2. by then如指将来某一时间点，且语境表示在将来这一时刻正在发生的动作，则要用将来进行时。

E.x.

1) (2012陕西卷) —

Can I call you back at two o’clock this afternoon?

—I’m sorry, but by then I ______ to Beijing. How about five?

A. fly

B. will fly

C. will be flying

D. am flying

2) (2012北京卷)By the time you have finished this book, your meal ______ cold.

A. gets

B. has got

C. will get

D. is getting 3) 译：

到下个月末，我们将已完成这任务的一半了。

junior

adj. 年少的；低级的

n. 年少者；晚辈

be junior to…

比……年少

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He is junior to me by four years. = He is four years junior to me.

他比我年轻四岁。

【拓展】be senior to 比……年长

be superior to 优于

be inferior to 比……差

E.x.

Tom ______ me _______ 5 years turns out to be an outstanding artist.

A. junior than; by B. junior to; than C. junior to; by

D. junior to; to 3. Even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she was happy

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to devote herself to gymnastics. apart from

远离，和……不在一起；除……以外(别无)，除……以外(尚有) = aside from

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He lives

.

他住得离家乡很远。

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We had a pleasant time,

. 除了天气不好外，我们玩得很愉快。

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, what was fire used for?

除了用来取暖，火还有什么用处？

【拓展】set sb. ／sth. apart

使……显得独特，使与众不同

take sth. apart 将……拆卸开

tell A and B apart

分辨出A与B

E.x.

whether weight loss is your goal, it makes sense to include low fat food in your diet.

A. Apart from

B. As for

C. According to

D. Regardless of 4. In 1998, a small accident during one of her practice vaults at the Goodwill Games could have cost her her future happiness.

【句型重点】could have done---本可以做但未做”。

【当堂操练】你本可以在考试中更仔细的。你犯了太多的错误。

cost

vt. 花费，要价；牺牲

n.

代价；费用；牺牲；成本

【常见搭配】cost sb. +时间/金钱

译：

cost sb. sth. 译：

at all costs= at any cost译：

at the cost of…译：

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The ticket

.

这张票花了我十美元。

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Your carelessness driving will

.使你付出你的生命为代价。

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The hero saved the boy’s life out of the burning library

.

英雄牺牲了自己的生命从燃烧着的图书馆里救出了那男孩。

【词义辨析】

sth. + cost + sb. + 时间/ 金钱

sb. +spend +时间/ 金钱

+ (in) doing/ on sth.

花

sb. +pay+ 金钱

+ for +sth.

费

It takes + sb. +时间/ 金钱+ to do sth.

金钱covers sth

钱够。。。花销

E.x.

Lack of creativity and passion_____her the chance to win the first prize in the competition.

A. lost

B. cost

C. took

D. made 5. She was rushed to a top hospital in New York. rush

v. 冲，使猛冲；仓促行动；催促（某人）；冒冒失失地做……；突然出现；突袭

n. 猛冲；蜂拥而至；匆忙

【搭配】rush at冲向

rush into冲进

rush out 冲出

rush sb./sth. to ...迅速送某人/某物至…

rush to / into (doing) sth. 冒冒失失做某事

in a rush

匆忙地，急切地

in a rush to do sth.

急于做某事

during/ in the rush hour

在高峰时刻

完成句子: 1. After the accident, the injured __________________________. 事故后，伤者马上被送到医院。

2. I ____________________, and for a long time I walked up and down my bedroom.

我冲了出去，接下来的很长时间我就在卧室来回踱步。

3. Tom ____________________________.

汤姆不急于做出决定。

4. She ____________________________ a coffee shop without any experience.

她在毫无经验的情形下贸然开始经营咖啡店。

5. A boy ______________________ in the middle of the exam. 考试中间，有个男孩冲进了教室。

6. Have you heard of it? Firefighters ____ a burning house, three of them unfortunately caught in and losing their lives.

A. rushed out B. rushed at

C. rushed to

D. rushed into 6. And how has Sang Lan adapted to her new life? adapt

vt.

使适应；改编，改造；改装

【搭配】adapt sth. to... 使某事物适应或适合…adapt (oneself) to (使自己)适应或习惯于某事

adapt (…) for…

使适合于；为（……）改编／改写…

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I have learned to

.

我已经学会了适应我的残疾。

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He

他适应了寒冷的天气。

【辨析】“ SangLan adapted herself to the new life after returning . I think we should adopt some ideas of her. So I write this book adapted from her story and hope it can inspire you in your difficult times

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adapt 指“修改或改变以适应新条件”。

adopt 意为“采纳；采用；收养”。

adjust 指“调整、调节使之适应”。

fit 指“大小适合”。

suit 指“合乎要求、口味、性格、情况或指款式、颜色等适合”。

match 指“大小、色调、形状、性质等相配或相称”。

用adapt, adjust, match, suit, fit的适当形式填空

1. This shirt doesn’t _________ me. The colour is too bright. 2. A red jacket doesn’t __________ green trousers.

3. You can’t see through the telescope until it is __________ to your eyes.

4. This shirt doesn’t __________ me. It’s too large.

5. You should __________ yourself to the new environment.

E.x. At the meeting Mr. William made a wonderful speech on global warming. Although I didn’t agree with him entirely, I

him to a certain degree.

A. approved of

B. disagreed with

C. adapted to

D. relied on

7. Yes, as long as I still had my family and friends.

as long as引导条件状语从句，“只要”。

条件状语从句的引导词主要有if(如果)，as／so long as(只要)，on condition that(如果)，unless(除非)，in case(万一)，provided／providing(假若)，suppose／supposing that(假若)等。

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As long as it doesn’t affect your study, I think you can play computer games.

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We’ll buy everything you produce, provided the price is right. E.x.

One’s life has value ________ one brings value to the life of others.

A. so that

B. no matter how

C. as long as

D. except that

Consolidation & Feedback

检测与反馈

语境填词 1．The house was ____________(环绕) by high walls. 2．She was ____________(遭受) from a headache. 3．We cannot be ____________(感谢的) enough to you for your timely and selfless help. 4．We should not try to ____________(完成) two tasks at once. 5．She ____________(适应) herself quickly to the new climate. 6．Was the judge too ________(严厉的)on the thief? 7．She shows little ____________(欣赏)of good music. 8．Do you ___________(支持，拥护)banning cars in the city centre? 9．He told me in __________(悲伤)that his mother was very ill. 10．She speaks very _________(直接)to people. 单选：

1. Steve is such an efficient boy that he can

_______more in a day than any other boy in his class.

A accomplish

B arrange

C adapt

D

allocate 2. Our failure to ________ ourselves to modern life often causes us trouble in our work.

A．adopt

B．apply

C．adapt

D．appoint 3．________ providing humanitarian aid，the UN is also supposed to enforce agreements.

A．Apart

B．Beside

C．Except

D．Apart from 4．Summer holidays just came and went ________! We’ve had so many things to do that it has kept us always busy.

A. in a row

B. in a rush

C. in a moment

D. in a flash 5. --- I’m sorry. I ________ at the other day.

---- Forget it. I was

bit out of control. A. mustn’t have shouted B. can’t have shouted

C. shouldn’t have shouted D. needn’t have shouted 6. The boy’s bad behaviour ________ his mother many sleepless night. A. made

B. brought

C. cost

D. caused 7. Anger is good for you, ________ you control it properly, according to a new psychology research. A. before

B. when

C. as long as

D. in case 8. The moment the ambulance came to the hospital, the sick man ________ into the operation room. A. rushed

B. was rushed

C. was run

D. was dashed

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