Reading(2)：The search for happiness主要内容及教案内容

M6U2 reading

Happiness

(period two)

---by Ji mengting Teaching aims: The knowledge aim: Students will understand the article thoroughly and know how to read an interview.

The ability aim:

Students will practise their spoken English through discussion and be able to figure out the most important information of this text.

The emotional aim: Students will learn more about the happiness of Sanglan and get the positive energy from her. The key point: The key point is to make use of the reading strategies, with the help of some pictures to comprehend the whole article.

The difficult points:

1. how to carry out the activities to let the students learn with interest 2. how to raise students’ awareness to get happiness

Step One: Lead-in 1.

What does happiness mean to you? 2.

What is happiness to these people? 3.

A review about Sanglan’s story Step Two: Competition 

Key words: surround

(Line 2) struggle

(Line 4) devote

(Line 29) appreciation

(Line 43) accomplish

(Line 49) adapt

(Line 53) advocate

(Line 57) inspire

(Line 60) 

Important phrases 1.取得成功(L3) 2.实现目标(L3) 3.分离；除了

（L28）

4.情绪好

（L41）

5.克服悲痛（L48）

6.保持乐观（L58）

7.使振作（L42）

8.在遇到个人灾难的时候（L12) 

Translation

(1)

To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends.

To others, happiness means achieving success in something, such as meeting a goal. To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day without pain or just being alive. (L1-5) (2)

她在通过实现一些小的目标和感受周围的人的爱护中找到了幸福. (3)

她的队友把她描绘为一个精力充沛、快乐和勤奋的人。

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Sentence patterns 1)Well, in case some of our viewers don’t know her story, can you tell us a little bit

about Sang Lan and who she is.

(L20) 2)By the time she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she had been a dedicated junior gymnast for many years. (L23—24) 3) In 1998, a small accident during one of her practice vaults at the Goodwill Games could have cost her future happiness.

(L31-32) 4) Instead of crying about what she had lost and feeling hopeless, Sang Lan thought about what she could do to get better.(L45）

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Appreciation Be Happy! “The days that make us happy make us wise.”----John Masefield When I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the 1.______ was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it. Finally, I seemed to 2.______

his meaning and realized that here was a profound 3.______. The wisdom that happiness makes possible 4.______

in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and 5.______, and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness---not mere satisfaction or contentment ---often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more 6.________ and more 7._______. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your 8.________ vision. Nor are the insights of happiness 9.______ to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles. The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you----people, thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything 10._______

a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.

快乐

“快乐的日子使人睿智。”

--- 约翰·梅斯菲尔德

第一次读到英国桂冠诗人梅斯菲尔德的这行诗时，我感到十分震惊。他想表达什么意思？我以前从未对此仔细考虑，总是认定这行诗反过来才正确。但他冷静而又胸有成竹的表达引起了我的注意，令我无法忘怀。

终于，我似乎领会了他的意思，并意识到这行诗意义深远。快乐带来的睿智存在于敏锐的洞察力之间，不会因忧虑而含混迷惑，也不会因绝望和厌倦而黯然模糊，更不会因恐惧而造成盲点。

积极的快乐, 并非单纯的满意或知足, 通常不期而至，就像四月里突然下起的春雨，或是花蕾的突然绽放。然后，你就会发觉与快乐结伴而来的究竟是何种智慧。草地更为青翠，鸟吟更为甜美，朋友的缺点也变得更能让人理解，宽容。快乐就像是一副眼镜，可以矫正你的精神视力。

快乐的视野并不仅限于你周围的事物。当你不快乐时，你的思维陷入情感上的悲哀，你的眼界就像是被一道墙给阻隔了，而当你快乐时，这道墙就会砰然倒塌。

你的眼界变得更为宽广。你脚下的大地，你身边的世界，包括人，思想，情感和压力，现在都融入了更为广阔的景象之中，其间每件事物

的比例都更加合理。而这就是睿智的起始。

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Writing:A Short Passage About Happiness 1.What is Sanglan’s story about?(30 words) 2.What can you learn from Sanglan to pursue your happiness? (Try to use good sentence patterns or expressions from the text) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step Three: Discussion Can money buy happiness?

Step Four: Homework Finish periods 1-2 in the assessment book. Underline the key words and phrases in the text.