Teaching aims 1 Grasp Reading Strategy on how

Teaching aims: 1. Grasp Reading Strategy on how to read an interview. 2. Read an interview on happiness and learn how to stay happy in difficult times. 3. Interview Sang Lan.

Brainstorming: What does happiness mean ……

What is happiness to the cat? Eating fish every day.

What is happiness to the dog? Eating meat every day.

What is happiness to Ultraman? Protecting people from being attacked by monsters and safeguarding world peace.

What is happiness to these people? Winning the games and bringing honour to the country and the team

What is happiness to you?

Playing computer games. Having no classes every day. Having no homework. Having much money. Passing an exam or get a high score. Winning the classmates’ respect or the teachers’ praise. . . .

Sang Lan Who is she? Learn something about her from Reading.

The search for happiness For Sang Lan, happiness means…

An interview takes place when one person ( ) interviewer asks another person ( ) interviewee a series of questions on the topic.

How to read an interview the first paragraph the topic of Introduce ____ the interview, who the interviewee is and what _____ he does.

Find the related information(1’) Interviewer: Host Interviewee: Dr. Brain Topic: Happiness

How to read an interview(2’) the following paragraphs questions 1. Fully understand the ____. 2. Pay attention to the summary of the ______ background of the topic.

What are the questions that the host asks Dr Brain? (3’) 1. Can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is? 2. How old was she when this happened? 3. And how has Sang Lan adapted to her new life?

Skimming 1. How did Sang Lan get injured? At the Goodwill Games in 1998, when Sang Lan was practicing, she fell to the gymnastics mat and got injured. 2. How did Sang Lan stay positive? By keeping busy.

Careful reading ( F )1. The topic of the TV interview was the offor Sang Lan. ( the story search happiness )2. TDr Brain studies happiness. ( F )3. Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven six years old. York ( F )4. Sang Lan was injured in New China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games.

( T )5. Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault. ( F )6. Sang Lan broke her neck legs and will never walk again. ( T )7. Leonardo Di. Caprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital. ( F )8. Sang Lan believes doing no keeping workhelps keepsher hertohappy. busy stay positive

Reading Comprehension Read Para 1 to find out what happiness is. (3’) 1. Being surrounded by family and friends Achieving success in 2. something A day without 3. suffering or just being alive (Those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability)

Read Para 5 to find the related information. (3’) What kind of life did/does Sang Lan live? Before the accident Happy and successful in her sport While in Cheerful Now /After leaving hospital Find happiness through reaching much smaller goals and through the love of the people around her. hospital

Read Para 7&8 to complete SL’s file. File（档案） Name Sang Lan Birth year 1981 Birth Place Ningbo, China Best event the vault Personality photo energetic, happy and hard-working Experiences: 1987(at 6) She began learning gymnastics. 1991 She started winning competitions. 1998(at 17) She made a mistake while practicing vaults. She fell and broke her neck.

Read Para 10 to complete the table. (10’) Many (1)____ famous visitors like Leonardo Di. Caprio went to (2)______ cheer her up. spirits and She was always in good (3)_______ thought about (4)_______ what she could do to get better. While in She was happy for her teammates’ (5)_____ successes and was proud of the things hospital she had (6)________. accomplished Hearing she would never be a gymnast, she sorrow and felt was able to overcome her (7)____ alive lucky thankful to be (8)______ and (9)_______ to learn have the rest of her life to(10 )______new things.

Describe Sang Lan's personality 考虑周到的, 能体 谅人的, 体贴的 Personality of Sang Lan

Conclusion 1. What is happiness to Sang Lan ? To Sang. Lan Before going to hospital, happiness devoting…to…working…and making… means____________ While staying in hospital, happiness means_______ being alive and having the rest… _______ After leaving hospital, she finds happiness through_________ reaching…and having the love…

2. What does the example of Sang Lan show Itus? shows how people can find happiness even during times of a personal catastrophe. 3. In the opinion of Sang Lan, what’s the secret to happiness for many people? The secret is to have appreciation for good things in life and to focus on goals.

Task-based reading Before going to hospital (4) successful in her sport when she was young Being (1) _____ energetic happy and hard. Being described as (2) _____, working Working towards something special pride Trying to make her parents take (3) _____in her spirits Being in good (5) _____ She was also happy for her teammates’ successes and accomplishments was proud of her (6) ________. While _____staying in hospital Feeling thankful to be alive, and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new things After leaving hospital (7) ______ Graduating from Peking University Hosting (8) _____ a sports programme about the 2008 Beijing Olympics Continuing to be a popular figure on TV Advocating better treatment for disabled people (9) _____ Believing that keeping busy helps her stay (10) positive _______

Life as a popular figure on TV Interview Yao Ming

Consolidation Make a Talk Show Suppose you are the host and invite Sang Lan to your Talk show "Her village (天下女人)" and the other two are talk show guests. Now you are required to make an interview according to the following useful expressions.

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 )

H: We’re lucky to invite SL to our interview. . S: Thank you for inviting me. G: … H: … S: … H: I hope we can learn much from SL and try to achieve more goals.

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 difficult times.

Summary An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist the thorn. 乐观的人看到的是玫瑰， 悲观的人只看到它的刺。 Happiness is a form of courage. 幸福是勇气的一种形式。

Homework: 1) Retell the story of Sang Lan. 2) Preview the language points.