Reading(1)：The search for happiness优质课教学设计

Reading

The search for happiness

Step 1: Lead-in Let’s enjoy some picturesand a song. They can make us feel very happy and in good mood. And we can see most ordinary healthy people around us live a happy, meaningful and colourful life. We work and live with smiles every day. Ask students a question: What is happiness?

1. 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? 2. 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 1.

More relevant information in the interview which shows Sang Lan’s personality Before going to hospital ·

being successful in her sport when she was young ·

being described as energetic, happy and hard-working ·

working towards something special ·

trying to make her parents proud

While staying in hospital ·being in good spirits ·thinking about what she could do to get better ·being proud of the things she had accomplished

·feeling happy to be alive, and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new things After leaving hospital ·studying journalism at Beijing University ·hosting a sports show about the 2008 Beijing Olympics ·looking forward to playing table tennis in the special Olympics for disabled people in 2008 ·thinking about positive things and staying optimistic ·believing that keeping busy helps her stay positive

Step 2: Scanning The reading text is an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Dr Brain, a psychologist who studies happiness, is interviewed in a television talk show and tells a story about a brave girl called Sang Lan. Go through the passage quickly to find answers to the three questions in Part A.

Answers 1. Happiness 2. Dr Brain. 3. In Ningbo, China in 1981.

Step 3 Skimming Sang Lan’s experiences (para5—12)

COMPETITION

Round 1

Some information of Sang Lan: Age of being disabled:___ Birthplace: __________ Best event :_________ Place of the accident: ________

Round 2 Important events 1981 ______________ 1987 ______________ 1991 ______________ 1998 ______________

2008 _______

Step 4: Careful-reading for detailed information 1. Read the passage again and complete Part C1. Questions in Part C1 are to check your reading comprehension by making correct judgments of the statements.

2. Listen to the tape and complete C2. Questions in Part C2 are for students to note some specific information according to the time sequence.

Answers C1

1 F

2 T

3 F

4 F

5 T

6 F

7 T

8 F

C2

2 b

3 f

4 e

5 a

6 d

Step 5: Discussion: What adjectives can you use to describe Sang Lan?

considerate brave

courageous

Personality of Sang

Lan

determined

optimistic

hard-working

Step 6: Practice

1. Complete Part D Find these words and expressions in the interview. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with the correct definitions.

Answers

1 g

2 c

3 b

4 f

5 d

6 I

7 a

8 e

9 h

2. Complete Part E Read this newspaper article about Sang Lan. Complete it with the words below.

Answers 1dedicated

2 mistake

3 wall

4 neck

5 visitors

6 positive

7 journalism

8 programme

Step 7: Homework Do D and E on Page 20-21.