Reading(1)：The search for happiness多媒体教学设计及其点评

Module 6

Unit 2

What is happiness to you

Reading

The search for happiness

Teaching Aims: 1.

To train the students’ reading abilities. 2.

To learn how to read an interview. 3.

To get some information about Sang Lan and always stay positive even in difficult times.

Teaching Important Points

To train the students’ reading abilities.

Task 1

Read the interview quickly and answer the questions. 1. What is the topic of the TV interview?

2. What is the name of the doctor?

3.How did Sang Lan get injured?

Task 2

Read the passage carefully and answer these questions. 1. How old was Sang Lan when she competed at the New York Goodwill Games?

2. Why was she happy to devote herself to gymnastics?

3. How was she after the accident?

4. How has she adapted to her new life?

Task 3

Read the passage and decide whether the following sentences are T or F.

(

)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, 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. (

7. Sang Lan believes doing no work keeps her happy.

Task 4

Choose the best answer 1. Dr Brain used Sang Lan as an example to _____.

A. talk about his study on happiness

B. talk about how to find happiness in difficult times

C. present his own views about happiness

D. introduce his books about happiness

2 What impressed us most is Sang Lan’s _____

A.positive attitude towards life

B.spirit of competition

C.hard work in pracitsing the vault

D.achievements in gymnastics

3 Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the passage?

A. Different people have different views about happiness.

B. Sang Lan's courage to rebuild her life even in unbearable condition is admirable.

C. All people can find happiness even in difficult times.

D. Sang Lan likes to think about positive things and stay optimistic.

4 What is the secret to happiness to Sang Lan's mind?

A. To think about good things and to focus on goals.

B. To love the people around her.

C. To host a sports programme in 2008.

D. To keep busy.

5.According to the text, Sang Lan may be described as the following EXCEPT______.

A.happy

B.hardworking

C.strong-minded

D.jealous

Task 5 Competition

Round 1

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

_Round 2 Important events 

1981 _______________________________________________________ 

1987 _______________________________________________________ 

1991 ________________________________________________________ 

1998 ________________________________________________________ 1

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2007_______________________________________________________ 

2008________________________________________________________

Round 3 Use as many adjectives as possible to describe Sang Lan. _____________________________________________________________

Task 6

Show time

Useful expressions 1. Could you tell us something about your birth?

(when and where )

2. When did you begin to learn gymnastics?

When did you begin to win competitions?

3. We heard that your best event is…

4. Can you tell us a little bit about the accident?

(when ,where and how )

5. That must have been very difficult for you.

6. How did you deal with it?

(think about ;focus on; stay ;keep busy…)

7. What did you do when you were back to China?

(study, host )

Task 7 Homework Write a composition “happiness”.

Happiness

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If you are happy

If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands If you are happy and you know it Clap your hands If you’re happy and you know it

Never be afraid to show it

If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands

If you’re happy and you know it Stomp your feet If you’re happy and you know it Stomp your feet If you’re happy and you know it

Never be afraid to show it

If you’re happy and you know it Stomp your feet

If you’re happy and you know it Wink your eye

If you’re happy and you know it Wink your eye

If you’re happy and you know it

Never be afraid to show it

If you’re happy and you know it Wink your eye

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