Reading(1)：The search for happiness教案设计（一等奖）

牛津高中英语

M6U2 Reading －the Search for Happiness

江苏省宝应中学

王丹

Learning Aims: 1. To get a general idea and be familiar with the detailed information about the text. 2. To master the reading strategy about how to read an interview. 3. To understand how to look for happiness. Learning Important and Difficult Points: 1. To improve the key skills in reading an interview. 2. To know more information about how to search for happiness. Learning methods:

1. Task-based activities. 2. Discussion. Learning Procedures: Part One－Self-exploration Step1. Lead-in

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Ask all the students to sing the song “If you’re happy”. 【设计说明】用歌曲引起学生的兴趣，使课堂充满轻松和愉快的氛围。

2. Get students to have a free talk in English.

Please do it in class! Please talk about the happiest thing you have ever experienced in your life in class.

【设计说明】通过小组之间的讨论，既可以使学生进行合作，也可以进一步地引出本课文的话题。

Step2. Fast reading（Read the text quickly and answer the following questions）

1. What is Dr Brain going to talk about today?

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2. How did Sang Lan get injured?

A coach changed the way the equipment was set up but Sang Lan was not aware of the change. She hit her head and then fell to the gymnastics mat with a broken neck.

3. What helps Sang Lan to be positive?

Keeping busy helps her to stay positive. 【设计说明】培养学生快速阅读课文的能力，为下面各个环节的理解和开展做好铺垫。让学生们整体理解课文，从而可以梳理清楚课文的线索。

Step3. Detailed-reading (True or false questions) 1. The topic of the TV interview was the story of Sang Lan.

2. Dr Brain studies happiness.

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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.

理解课文，为下面活动做好铺垫。

【设计说明】培养学生的自主探究的能力，通过对文章细节的处理，可以让学生更加深一步地Step4. Task-based reading（Read the text and fill in each blank with a proper word）

Title: the Search for Happiness Periods of Sang Lan’s story (1)________ about Sang Lan’s strong personality 

Sang Lan, who was born in 1981 and began to learn gymnastics at the age of 6, was a junior gymnast for 11 years and (2) ________ in her sport. Before the accident 

She was (3) ________ as energetic, happy and hardworking by her teammates. 

She was (4) ________ to gymnastics and always worked toward something special. 第

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She was rushed to a top hospital and treated by specialists from many parts of the world. While (5)________ in hospital 

Instead of crying, she thought about what she could do to get better. 

When told her condition, she succeeded in (6)________ disappointment and be proud of her (7)________ . 

She (8) ________ to China and graduated from Peking University. After leaving the hospital 

She hosted a program about the 2008 Beijing Olympics and

(9) _________ to be a popular figure on TV. 

She believes that keeping busy helps her to remain (10) _______. 【设计说明】与高考题型相吻合，让学生在充分理解课文的基础上，可以进行相关的能力训练。

Step5. Reading Comprehension 1. The purpose of the interview from a TV program is to tell people ______ . A. different opinions of happiness

B. the ways to look for happiness D. the special experience of Sang Lan

C. how to be as successful as Sang Lan 2. The world was amazed by Sang Lan's ______ . A. unexpected injury

B. way to remain cheerful D. energetic, happy and hard-working spirit C. success in her sports career

3. According to the interview, a disabled person should find happiness in the following ways EXCEPT

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A. focusing on much smaller goals

B. waiting for other’s help

D. seeing things from a positive side C. understanding the love of people around 4. What can we infer from the story of Sang Lan? A. Sang Lan will be considered the greatest gymnast of China. B. The event of Vault will be dropped out of sports games because it’s very dangerous. C. What Sang Lan did will inspire many Chinese teenagers. D. Leonardo DiCaprio is interested in gymnastics. 【设计说明】此题型的训练，既可以加深学生对课文的深刻理解，又可以挖掘文章的深层意义，从而可以引出文章的主题。

Step6. Reading strategy

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Please fill each blank with one proper word! How to read an interview

the first paragraph Introduce the (1)

of the interview the following

paragraphs 1. Carefully (2)_______ each question,

2. Fully (3)

the question,

3. Ask the interviewee to (4)

the background of topic.

Interviewer:

; Interviewee:

; Topic of the interview:

【设计说明】阅读策略的引入，这是非常有必要的，可以让学生掌握此阅读策略，从而提高学生的阅读理解能力。

Step7. Enjoy the following sentences and fill in each blank with a proper word. 1. ________

________（对一些人来说）, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends, but ________

________（对其他人来说）, happiness ________

________

________（意味着取得成功）in something, such as meeting a goal. 2. While she ________

________（受伤）and ________

________（住院）, she amazed the world by the way she ________

________（保持快乐）.

3. ________

________（即使）her training meant that she had to live ________

________（远离）her parents, she was happy to ________

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________（献身于）gymnastics. 4. Everyone ________

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________（见到她的）, from nurses to famous visitors like Leonardo DiCaprio from the film Titanic, who went to see her in the hospital to ________ ________

________（使她振作起来）, all said she was ________

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________（情绪很好）.

5. When the doctors told her that she ________

________（永远不会）again be a gymnast, she was able to ________

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________（克服悲伤）by being proud of the things she __________

_________（已经完成）. 【设计说明】对课文中重难点句型和词汇重视，可以帮助学生进一步地理解课文，解决课文中的重难点，提高一些语言技能，为下面的活动做好了准备。

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Post reading Part Two－Ability training A Press Conference

(Supposing you are from CCTV, you are holding a press conference about Sang Lan……) Useful words and expressions:

1. success

2. devote to

3.focus on

4. attitudes

5. adapt to new life

6.search

7.deal with

8. positive

9. optimistic

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【设计说明】让学生学以致用，既可以培养他们之间的合作精神，又可以利用所学知识来解决实际问题。

Host: We’re lucky to invite SL to our interview. Today’s topic is happiness…

Sang Lan: Thank you for inviting me.

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Journalist A:

___ Sang Lan:

_____ Journalist B:

___ Sang Lan:

____

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Host: I hope we can learn much from Sang Lan and try to achieve more goals.

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