Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!PPT及课堂实录内容

Unit 2 Reading 1 Step1.Learning aims: 1. Read and understand the article about “The search for happiness”.

2. Improve our reading ability and master how to read an interview. 3. Share the experiences about happiness in our daily life. Step2. Self-study guidance 1. Fast reading: answer the following questions: What is the topic of the TV interview? What is the name of the doctor? How did Sang Lan get injured? 2. Careful reading: Decide the following statements true or false. 1)

Dr Brain studies happiness. 2)

Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old. 3)

Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.

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Sang Lan was injured in china in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. 5)

Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again. 6)

Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital.

Step3.Checking (omitted) Step4.Explanantions and expansion

1. Background information about Sang Lan Age:_______

Age of being disabled:_______

Birth place:__________

Best event:________________

Cause of disability:_____________________ Reactions after being hurt:________________ Present living condition:____________________ 2. Discussion: 1)

What does the example of Sang Lan show us? 2)

How can we search for happiness even in difficult times? 3. Structure analysis: Translate the following sentences and analyze the sentences. 1) To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day without suffering, or just being alive.(L4-5) 2) I understand that you often use the example of the gymnasts Sang Lan to show how people can find happiness even during times of a personal catastrophe.(L11-13) 3) Yes, Sang Lan is a very good example of someone who is happy with her life, even when people expect her to be sad.(L14-15) 4) Even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.(L28-29) 5) A coach changed the way the equipment was set up, but SangLan was not aware of the change until it was too late.(L32-34) 6) When the doctor told her that she would never again be a gymnast, she was able to overcome her sorrow by being proud of the things she had accomplished.(L47-49) 7)Everyone who saw her, from nurses to famous visitors like Leonard DiCaprio from the film Titanic, who went to see her in the hospital to cheer her up ,all said she was in good

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sprits.(L39-41) Step5 Classroom assessment 1. Read the article again and choose the best answers. 1)

In the opinion of Dr Brain, Sang Lan now finds happiness through________.

A. success in her sport

B. reunion with her family

C. reaching the smaller goals

D. respect from around the world 2) Which of the following statements about SangLan is NOT true? A. She began learning gymnastics in 1987.

B. In 1998 she became a senior gymnast. C. She received training away from home.

D. The competition continued after her accident 2. Fill in the blanks using the correct words.

The search for happiness →Stay 1.______.

Before the

Goodwill She began learning gymnastics at 2.______, and was 3.______

to it though living Games apart from her parents. She started winning competitions in 1991 and was good at the 4 ._______. She was described as 5.______, happy and hard-working. During the Goodwill 6.______ of the change in the equipment, she fell to the mat with a broken neck. Games Instead of feeling hopeless, she remained in 7._______ sprits. Back to China She went back to china and graduated from Peking University in 2007 with a degree in 8.________. She 9._______ a sports program about the 2008 Olympics. She 10._______ better treatment for disabled people. 3. Find out the phrases and underline it in reading.

1) be surrounded by

2)struggle with

3)be happy with

4)in hospital

5) by the way 6)in case

7)apart from

8)devote to

9)be aware of

10)cheer up 11)adapt to

12)stay positive

13)be inspired by 14)the secret to

15) in good spirits 4. Complete the following sentences. 1)To others, happiness ___________________________________(意味着成功),such as meeting a goal. 2)Her teammates ______________________(把她描绘为) energetic, happy and hard-working. 3)_______________(到…时间为止) she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the NewYork Goodwill Games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years. 4)Sang Lan knew that for many people_________________________________(幸福的秘诀在于欣赏生活中美好的事物)，and_____________________(集中精力实现自己的目标). 5）I know I will think about how she rebuilt her life _______________________________(每当我生活感到难以忍受的时候).

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