Reading(1)：The search for happiness教学实录及点评

Module6 Unit2 What is happiness to you? Reading—The search for happiness

Step1 Lead-in 1.

Comments on the Ss’ assignments.

2.

Qs:

What makes you happy?

What is happiness?

Step2 Reading—The search for happiness 1.

Reading strategy—reading an interview ♦ Read the article quickly to find: Interviewer: _____________ Interviewee: _______________________ The topic of the interview: _______________________ The questions: _______________________________________

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Understanding the structure of the article. ♦☺♦ Match the correct main idea with each part.

A. Dr. Brain do some research on happiness Part

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) B. Brief introduction of happiness and Sang Lan Part

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) C. How Sang Lan searched for happiness Part

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) D. Sang Lan’s accident

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Sang Lan’s search

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Further understanding of the article 1)

What is happiness to Sang Lan before going to hospital? Before going to hospital, happiness means ______________________________.

Line 53 — Line 59 _____________________ Line 39 — Line 50 _____________________

E. Conclusion ♦☺♦ Part

(How Sang Lan searched for happiness) Line 22 — Line 37 _____________________ for happiness

2)

How did Sang Lan search for happiness while in hospital?

☺ be in ________ spirits; ☺ have _________ for good things in life and focus on goals; ☺ be ______ for her teammates; ☺ be ______ of the things she had accomplished; ☺ feel ____ to be alive and ____ to have the rest of her life to learn new things. 3)

After leaving hospital, how did Sang Lan adapt to her new life?

(graduate, host, advocate, keep) 4)

What is the personality of Sang Lan? Use as many adjectives as possible to describe her. Step3 Post-reading 1.

Making an interview (Pair work)

Suppose you are the host and invite Sang Lan to your interview. Now you are required to make an interview according to the following key words. Please work with your partner and make the interview by practicing questioning and answering. key words

1. birth

2. success

3. accident

4. attitudes

5. new life Useful expressions 1. Can you tell us a little bit about …?

2. We’d like to know something about …

3. We heard that your best event is …

4. That must have been difficult for you.

5. How did you deal with it?

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Interview H: We’re lucky to invite SL to our interview. Today’s topic is ...

S: Thank you for inviting me. ... H: .... S: .... H: I hope we can learn much from SL and try to achieve more goals. 2.

Discussion (Group work) Happiness always looks small when you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you will learn at once how important and precious it is. So how can you search for happiness even when you may come across some unhappy things? You can come up with as many ways as possible to search for happiness in our daily life. Or when you are unhappy, what can you do to make yourself happy again? Step4 Homework