Reading(1)：The search for happiness精品学案

The Search for happiness

Pre-reading 1. Can you name any famous people

with disabilities you admire?

What do they have in common? 2.

How would you feel if you were

injured? 3. How can we find happiness in life?

Listening 1. What’s the topic of the TV interview?

2. What is the name of the doctor?

Happiness. Dr. Brain.

3.When and Where was Sang Lang born? At the Goodwill Games in 1998, when Sang Lanwas practicing, a coach changed the way the equipment was set up, but she was not aware of the change until too late. She was not aware of the change until too late. She was badly injured when she fell to the gymnastics mat with a broken neck.

Skimming

Say something about Sang Lang in different years. born in Ningbo, China 1981 1987 1991 1998 began learning gymnastics starting winning competitions got injured at the Goodwill Games.

Describe Sang Lan's personality

brave courageous considerate Personality of Sang Land

optimistic determined hard-working

Relevant information from the interview which shows Sang Lan’s personality

I.Before going to hospital

1.successful in her sport when she was young 2. described as energetic, happy and hard-working 3.working towards something special 4.make her parents proud

幻灯片10 While staying in hospital

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in good spirits 

Had appreciation for the good things in life and focused on goals 

thought about what she could do to get better 

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

幻灯片11 After leaving hospital

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graduated from Peking University with a degree in broadcasting 

hosted a sports show about the 2008 Beijing Olympics 

a popular figure on TV 

advocated better treatment for disabled people 

optimistic positive

幻灯片12 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. (

)4.Sang Lan was injured in China

in 1998, which practising for the

Goodwill Games. T

F

T

F

幻灯片13 (

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

) 6. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital.