Reading(1)：The search for happiness教学目标

Module

6 Unit 2 What is happiness to you ？

Reading The search for happiness

一、教材简析和教材处理:

Module 6 What is happiness to you? 是高中英语模块六的一个谈论如何追求幸福真谛话题的单元。本单元共分为7个大部分。此处为本单元核心部分阅读的第一课时，根据高中英语新课程标准，教师主要任务是通过向学生介绍一定的阅读策略并凭借一些阅读技巧来指导学生如何提高自己整体阅读水平的一课，只着重如何培养学生在阅读教材的阅读能力，因此知识点的讲解在此课时不被纳为为重点。

二、Teaching Aims：

1.

Check and enhance students’reading abilities. 2.

Train Ss to gain an overall understanding of the article and learn to adopt different reading strategies. 三、Teaching important points: 1.

Help Ss know something about Sang Lan. 2．

Help them learn something about “happiness”.

四、Teaching difficult points: 1. How to read an interview. 2．How to undersatand the passage better. 五、Teaching methods: 1. Improve the students’ reading comprehension.

2. Practice to get the students to master what they’ve learnt.

3. Discussion to make every student work in class. 六、Teaching aids: 1. the multi-media 2. the blackboard. 七、Teaching procedures: Step 1: Lead-in (Show some photos about Sang Lan to the students): Today we are going to talk about a special girl named Sang Lan, who used to be a successful gymnast. What do you know about this girl?

Now let’s think about Sang Lan’s experience: Do you think Sang Lan had had a happy life before she was injured? Do you think Sang Lan has a happy life now? What would you do if you had the same problem? Suppose you had a chance to talk face to face with Sang Lan, what would you like most to ask her about? 【设计说明】通过看图片和谈论，让学生走近桑兰，把学生很自然地引入到新课中，同时激发了他们学习课文内容的浓厚兴趣。

Step 2: Reading strategy The reading text is an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Dr Brain, a psychologist who studies happiness, is interviewed in a television talk show and tells a story about Sang Lan. Do you know what an interview means and how to read an interview? Let’s read the Reading strategy on page 19. From here we can learn that an interview is a formal meeting at which one person asks another person a series of questions on a topic. When reading or watching an interview, you should pay attention to the topic, the opinions related to the topic, the questions asked and the answers to the questions. 【设计说明】此处我突破了传统的教学模式，把书上原本安排在的每一单元阅读后面的教学策略拿到前面来讲，这样能够更好地帮助学生了解这篇课文的结构以及该如何读这篇文章，为下面的正式阅读做好了铺垫。

Step 3: Fast reading for general ideas

Go through the passage quickly to find answers to the three questions in Part A. 1.

What is the topic of the TV interview? 2.

What is the name of the psychologist?

3.

When and where was Sang Lan born?

【设计说明】通过快速阅读，培养学生迅速寻找有用信息的能力，使他们初步对课文的体裁和内容有所了解。。

Step 4: Careful-reading for detailed information 1. Read the passage again and decide the sentences below which ones are true (T) and which ones are false(F). 1) The topic of the TV interview was the story of Sang Lan. T/F 2) Dr Brain studies happiness. T/F 3) Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old. T/F 4) Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practising for the Goodwill Games. T/F

5) Before her accident,Sang Lan’s best event was the vault. 6) Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again. T/F 7) Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital. T/F 8) Sang Lan believes doing no work keeps her happy. T/F T/F 2.

Analyze the structure of the text, and finish the following table.

（附参考答案）

Type of writing Main idea of the passage stndThis is a talk show. It tells about how to find happiness Topic sentence of 1

and 2

Greet the viewers. And an introduction to the topicparagraph th—how happiness means to different people Topic sentence of 3rd and 4

A brief introduction to Sang Lan to show how she paragraphs ththenjoys her life. Topic sentence of 5

and 6 More details about Sang Lan—her life, her paragraphs thpersonality and her accident. Topic sentence of 7th and 8

How she overcame all the difficulties and remains paragraphs a cheerful and happy person. Topic sentence of 9th-12th and How she adapted to her new life.

paragraphs Topic sentence of 13th Conclusion—how to search for happiness in our life.

paragraph 【设计说明】通过判断正误的练习和概括文章的段落大意，让学生进一步加深对课文的了解。

Step 5: Discussion( work in groups )

Now we’ve gone through the passage and known a lot more about Sang Lan. Appreciate her several beautiful photos again. Look at smiles on her face. What do you think of her? Can you describe what kind of girl she is? You may use the spidergram below to help you.

brave

hard-working determined optimistic Personality of Sang Lan considerate courageous 【设计说明】通过学生分组讨论，有效地锻炼了他们分析事物的能力，使桑兰这一人物的性格在他们脑海中留下了较为深刻的印象。

Step 5: Practice 1. Complete Part D on page 20. Find these words and expressions in the interview. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with the correct definitions. 2. Complete Part E on page 21. Read this newspaper article about Sang Lan. Complete it with the words below. 【设计说明】单词配对练习巩固了学生对所学的词汇的掌握; 同时为学生更好地理解课文减少了障碍，而根据课文填空的练习则进一步加强了学生对文章的理解。

Step 6: Post-reading activities 1.

Think about the following questions again. What is happiness? What is the real value of being alive? Does being healthy and wealthy mean happiness? Does being respected and well-liked mean happiness? 2.

Have a debate. The topic is “Sang Lan was happier before the accident than she is now.”

【设计说明】在此让学生再次思考了本课的主要任务，让他们对人生的真谛，幸福的含义有了更好的诠释，充分体现了本课的教学目标。

Step 7: Homework 1. Finish Parts A1 and A2 on page 108 in Workbook. 2. Go over the reading passage.