unit 2 what is happiness to you ? unit 2 what is happiness to you ?
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Unit 2
What is happiness to you ?
Unit 2
What is happiness to you ?
Brainstorming:
Look at the pictures and figure out what happiness means to them?
Being________creative
Doing _________thingsexciting
Playing_______sport
Reading
Spending time with_______family
_______new thingslearning
The search for happiness
An interview takes place when one person ( ) asks another person ( ) a series of questions on the topic.
interviewer
interviewee
the first paragraph
Introduce _______of the interview, who the interviewee is and what he does.
课前检测: How to read an interview
the topic
How to read an interview
the following paragraphs
1.Fully understand the question.2.Read the interviewee’s response.3.Pay attention to the summary of the background of topic.
Task 1--Skimming:
1.What is the topic of the TV interview?
2.Who is the interviewee?
3. What are the questions the host asked?
Happiness.
Can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is ? Can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is ? How old was she when the accident happened? How old was she when the accident happened? How has she adapted to her new life?How has she adapted to her new life?
Dr Brain
Task 2--Scanning:
Background information of Sang Lan:Birth day: ____Birthplace: __________Teammates’ comments:_________________
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Year of winning competitions____Age of being disabled:___
19811981
1717
Ningbo, ChinaNingbo, China
energetic, happy, hard-energetic, happy, hard-workingworking
19911991
Read Para 5 to find out related information.
Before the accident
While in hospital
Now /After leaving hospital
Happy and successful in her sport
Cheerful
Find happiness through reaching much smaller goals
Through the love of the people around her
Read Para 10 to complete the table.Many (1)________ visitors like Leonardo DiCaprio went to (2)______ her up.
She was always in good (3)_______ and thought about (4)_______ she could do to get better.She was happy for her teammates’ (5)__________ and was proud of the things she had (6)_______________.She was happy to see her (7)_______.
Hearing she would never be a gymnast, she was able to overcome her (8)______________ and felt happy to be (9)______ and (10)_______ to have the rest of her life to learn new things.
While in hospital
famouscheer
spiritswhat
successesaccomplished
parents
disappointmentalive
lucky
What kind of person do you think Sang Lan is?
She is a/an ________ person.
Conclusion of the topic
• What is the intention of the host’s conducting this interview?
He hopes all the viewers can be inspired by Sang Lan because her courage is admirable.
How can you stay optimistic if you failed your exam /exams
or got low marks ?
( )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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Task 3 –careful reading P20 C1
( )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 visited
Sang Lan in the hospital.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
New York
Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio TitanicTitanic
Task 4-Task-based reading comprehension( 1 word )
Sang Lan’s
search forhappiness
Beforethe
accident
Sang Lan was happy to 2. _________herself to gymnastics and was very successful.
While in hospital
She fell from the 3.______ and would never walk again.Many famous visitors like Leonardo went to 4._____ her up. Sang Lan was always in good 5._______and focused on goals.She never cried or felt 6. _____She was also happy for her teammates’ 7.__________ and was proud of her 8._____________ .
1.______leaving hospital
She has 9._________ to her new life and keeps learning and stays 10._____________.
vault
After
cheer spirits
successes
adaptedpositive
devote _______
___________
_______________
___________
____________________
hopeless
accomplishmentsaccomplishments
personality of Sang Lan
brave
cheerful
determined
energetic
hard-working
optimistic
active
positive
courageous
considerate
Set goals
Smile more
Possible ways:
Share happiness
Ready to help others
Have a good sense of humor
Be willing to forgive
Make true friends
Believe in yourself
Respect the weaker
Always smile in spite of difficulties
• When a door of the happiness is closed,
another opens.
The most beautiful future will always depend on the need for forgetting thepast.
You will be able to go from the past aslong as you have overcome the errors of the past.
Homework: Retell the story of Sang Lan.