1、Unit 2 Reading The search for happiness,Brainstorming:,What does happiness mean to you?,Brainstorming:,What does happiness mean to them?,Being creative,Doing exciting things,Playing sport,Reading,spending time with family,learning new things,Skimming (3 minutes),Answer some questions: What is the to

2、pic of the TV interview? Happiness 2. When and where was Sang Lan born? 1981, Ningbo. 3. What did Sang Lan study after leaving hospital? Journalism.,Main idea of each part Multiple choices: 1. The main idea of part 1(para. 1para. 4) : A. Dr. Brain do some research on happiness B. Brief introduction

3、of happiness and Sang Lan C. A sorrowful accident 2. The main idea of part 2(para. 5para. 12): A. Sang Lans accident B Sang Lan achivements C. How Sang Lan searched for happinss 3. Conclusion (para. 13),B,C,1. Brief introduction (2 minutes) Read para.1para.4 and answer the questions: 1) What does ha

4、ppiness mean to common people? To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. To others, achieving success in something. 2) What does happiness mean to the disabled? Happiness can simply mean a day without pain or just being alive. 3) How did Sang Lan search for happiness after the ac

5、cident? She finds happiness through reaching much smaller goals and through the love of the people around her.,Detailed reading,2. Sang Lans experiences (para512) 3 minutes,COMPETITION,Rules：1. If you give the right answer, you will win a point for your group. 2. If you make a mistake, the other gro

6、up will get a point.,Round 1 Some information of Sang Lan: Age: _ Age of being disabled:_ Birthplace: _ Best event :_ Place of the accident: _,29,17,Ningbo, China,vault,New York,Round 2Important events,1981 _ 1987 _ 1991 _ 1998 _ 2008 _,she was born,began learning gymnastics.,start winning competiti

7、ons,an accident during Goodwill Games,she hopes to play table tennis in the special Olympics for disabled people in 2008.,personality of Sang Lan,brave,cheerful,determined,energetic,hard-working,optimistic,active,positive,Round 3 Use as many adjectives as possible to describe Sang Lan.,Task-based re

8、ading comprehension( 1 word ),vault,After,famous,spirits,goals,gave,successes,accomplishments,adapted,optimistic,3. Conclusion,Her courage is admirable.,Everyone will think about how she rebuilt her life whenever his life feels unbearable.,Her example shows how people can find happiness even in diff

9、icult times.,H: Were lucky to invite SL to our interview Todays topic is S: Thank you for inviting me. H: S: H: I hope we can learn much from SL and try to achieve more goals.,SHOW TIME,Reading strategy how to read an interview,When reading an interview, it is important to 1) scan the first paragrap

10、h to find out the topic 2) take note who is being interviewed and what they do 3) try to think about the kind of opinions on the topic they might have 4) carefully read each question and try to fully understand the question before reading the interviewees response,Discussion: What impressed you most

11、 after knowing her story?,Make an interview,Group work,Suppose you are the host and invite Sang Lan to your interview . Now You are required to make an interview according to the following key words. Please write down your questions and answers.,Share happiness,Ready to help others,Smile more,Respect the weaker,Set goals,Be confident,An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist