Unit2Whatishappinesstoyou-ReadingThesearchforhappiness同步素材牛津版選修6

1、Unit 2 What is happiness to you? ReadingThe search for happinessStep 1: Lead-inLet' enjoy a video. It can make us feel very happy and in good mood. And we can see most ordinary healthy people around us live a happy, meanin gful and colourful life. We work and live with smiles every day. But how

2、do you know disabled people stay happy in their life? Today we are going to talk about a special girl n amed Sang Lan, who used to be a successful gymn ast. What do you know about this girl?1. Different people find happ in ess and fun in differe nt thin gs. There are certa inly no criteria assessing

3、 which way of being happy is the best. 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?2. Suppose you had a chance to talk face to face with Sang Lan, what would you like most to ask her about?

4、The follow ing are suggested an swers:-childhood and school educati on-thi ngs or experie nces that had left herthe deepest impressi on before the accide nt-reas ons for lear ning gymn astics-things that encourage her during hard times-curre nt physical con diti on-expectatio ns for future-future ca

5、reer pla ns-attitudes towards life, success and failureStep 2: Fast reading for general ideasThe readi ng text is an in terview from a TV programme about happ in ess. Dr Brain, a psychologist who studies happ in ess, is in terviewed in a televisi on talk show and tells a story about a brave girl cal

6、led Sang Lan.Go through the passage quickly to find answers to the three questions in Part A.Answers1. Happ in ess2. Dr Brai n.3. In Ningbo, China in 1981.Step 3: Careful-reading for detailed information1. Read the passage aga in and complete Part C1. Questi ons in Part C1 are to check your read ing

7、 comprehe nsion by making correct judgme nts of the stateme nts.2. Listen to the tape and complete C2 . Questions in Part C2 are for students to note some specific in formatio n accord ing to the time seque nce.AnswersC11 F2 T3 F4 F5 T 6 F 7 T8 FC22 b3 f4 e5 a6 d3. Ask stude nts to describe Sang Lan

8、's pers on ality.1. More releva nt in formati on in the in terview which shows Sang Lan 'pers on alityBefore going to hospital being successful in her sport whe n she was young being described as en ergetic, happy and hard-work ingwork ing towards someth ing special trying to make her pare n

9、ts proudWhile stay ing in hospital being in good spirits thinking about what she could do to get better being proud of the things she had accomplished feeling happy to be alive, and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new thingsAfter leavi ng hospital study ing jour nalism at Beiji ng Uni ve

10、rsity hosti ng a sports show about the 2021 Beijing Olympics looking forward to playing table tennis in the special Olympics for disabled people in 2021 thinking about positive thi ngs and stay ing optimistic believi ng that keep ing busy helps her stay positiveStep 4: Practice1. Complete Part DFind

11、 these words and expressi ons in the in terview. Guess their meanings from the con text. Then match them with the correct defi niti ons.Answers1 g 2 c 3 b 4 f 5 d 6 I 7 a 8 e 9 h2. Complete Part ERead this newspaper article about Sang Lan. Complete it with the words below.Answers1dedicated2 mistake3

12、 wall4 n eck5 visitors6 positive7 journ alism8 programme3. Let's read the Readi ng strategy on page 19. Do you know what an in terview means? An in terview is a formal meeti ng at which one pers on asks ano ther pers on a series of questi ons on a topic. When read ing or watch ing an in terview,

13、 you should pay atte nti on to the topic, the opinions related to the topic, the questi ons asked and the an swers to the questi ons.Step 5: Post-reading activities1. Think about the follow ing questi ons aga in.What is happ in ess?What is the real value of being alive?Does being healthy and wealthy

14、 mean happ in ess?Does being respected and well-liked mean happ in ess?2. Have a debate. The topic is Sang Lan was happier before the accident than she is now.3. Go over Part F in pairs and continue the dialogue after the example.Step 6: Language PointsVocabularyWordsinjure, struggle, disability, ps

15、ychologist, gymnast, tournament , dedicated, en ergetic, specialist, severe, injury, hopeless, overcome, accomplish, journalism, positive, admirable, rebuild, un bearable, disabled, optimisticuseful expressionsin hospital, devote to,apart from, cheer up, in good spirits,rush sb. to, be proud of, stay positivesentence patterns1. In case some of our viewers don 'tknow her story, can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is?2. While she was injured and in hospital, the