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Unit 2 What is happiness to you? Welcome to the unit and reading Teaching aims: After learning this period, the students will be able to

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describe their own understanding of happiness 2.

talk about the gymnast Sang Lan 3.

describe feelings and emotions 4.

learn some new words and phrases and language points Teaching procedures: Step 1

lead in

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Listen to a song to create a happy atmosphere. 2.

Show some pictures about different people’s opinion on happiness and ask the students to talk about them in pairs or groups. 3.

Show a picture of Sang Lan and ask the students to guess her happiness. [ Step 2

Scanning and Reading Strategy

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Ask students to identify the genre of the article and introduce the elements of a TV interview. 2.

Scan the text and find out the .main elements.

Step 3

Skimming

Read the passage more carefully to find out some details about SangLan

Step 4

Post-reading activities

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Use some adjectives to describe the characters of Sang Lan, and use the contents in the text as evidence. 2.

What does the example of Sang Lan show us?

3.

How can we search for happiness even in difficult times?

Step 5

Further discussion

Suppose one day, you became disabled, how would you go on living?

Step 6

Supplementary reading

Appreciate a little poem about happiness to extend their understanding of happiness.

Step 7

Homework

Write a little poem on happiness.

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