江苏省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语《Unit2 What is happiness to you》Reading教案 牛津译林版选修6.doc

江苏省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语unit2 what is happiness to youreading教案 牛津译林版选修6【teaching goals】1. to help ss get a general idea about the text.2. to make ss become familiar with the detailed information about the text.3. to help ss master reading strategy.【teaching important points】 1. how to make the students understand the passage better.2. how to help the students finish all the exercises.3. how to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.【teaching difficult points】 how to help the students understand the text exactly, especially the following sentences:1. she must have been very sad.2. while she was injured and in hospital, the world was amazed by the way she remained cheerful.3. she was rushed to a top hospital in new york and【teaching methods】 teachers -class, individuals, pairs【teaching aids】multimedia and blackboard【teaching procedure】step 1 lead-in 1.tell students that they are going to read an interview from a tv programme about happiness. ask students how much information they know about sang lan. if possible, you can ask students to collect some relevant information before class. you may conduct the activity as follows:today we are going to talk about a special girl named sang lan, who used to be a successful gymnast. can you search for more information about this girl?2. ask students to exchange the background information about sang lan they have found with each other. ask students to think about sang lans experiences and answer the following questions: different people find happiness and fun in different things. there are certainly no criteria assessing 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? encourage students to discusss freely their true feelings about sang lans story. 3. ask students to think about the following question: suppose you had a chance to talk face to face with sang lan, what would you like most to ask her about? the following are suggested answers: childhood and school education things or experiences that had left her the deepest impression before the accident reasons for learning gymnastics things that encourage her during hard times current physical condition expectations for future future career plans attitudes towards life, success and failurestep2 presentation for readingt: today were going to read a passage “the search for happiness”,which will get us to know about how to find happiness through the example of sang lang.can you name any famous people with disabilities you admire? what do they have in common? how would you feel if you were injured?how can we find happiness in life?have a discussion with your partner to collect the answers to these questions.step3 skimming1. listeningt: ok. now please listen to the tape first and find the answers to the questions on the screen.(teacher shows the questions on the screen, and the students begin to read the text.)1. whats the topic of the tv interview?2. what is the name of the psychologist?3. where was sang lang born?s1: the topic of the tv interview is happiness.s2: the name of the psychologist is dr. brain.s3: sang lang was born in dingbo.2.fast-reading read the text and then finish the following tasks:1).find the events related to the time listed in the text after reading.1981 _1987 _1991 _1998 _ s1: born in ningbo,chinas2: began learning gymnasticss3: starting winning competitionss4: got injured at the goodwill games.2).decide whether the following sentences are true or false.1the topic of the tv interview was the story of sang lan. 2. dr brain studies happiness. 3. sang lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old.4. sang lan was injured in china in 1998, which practising for the goodwill games.5. before her accident, sang lans best event was the vault.6. sang lan broke her legs and will never walk again.7. leonardo dicaprio visited sang lan in the hospital.8. sang lan believes doing no work keeps her happy. s1:f: s2:t s3:f s4:t: s5:t s6:f s7:t s8:fstep4 scanningt: read the text again carefully and try to match the two.column a column b1.before her accident, 2. after the goodwill games in 1998. 3.while she was in hospital, 4.back in china, 5.she tells people thata.she likes to think about positive things. b.sang lan made a mistake while practising a vault. c.we knew her as a young girl who was happy and successful in her sport. d.she now studies journalism and hosts a sports programme. e.the world was amazed by the way she stayed cheerful.step5 post-readingt: discuss the following questions with your partner.1. what does the example of sang lan show us?2. in the opinion of sang lan, whats the secret to happiness for many people?3. how did she stay positive?s1: it shows how people can find happiness even in difficult times.s2: she thinks it is to think about good things, and to focus on goals.s3: by keeping busy.step 6 discussiont: after reading the text, i think you can learn a lot from sang lang. lets read what sang lang has said: “get up from where you fall is the most ordinary thing for a gymnast. and its my motto. ill arrange my time scientifically and work hard on my studies so as to be a winner in life.” t: what adjectives can you use to describe sang lan? suppose one day, you became disabled, how would you go on living?s1: strong will and determination are needed when one meets with difficulties so i think i will try as much as i can to keep up my courage to live a meaningful life.s2: life is always hard for the disabled. in my opinion, to be patient is the most important.t: very good. in face of misfortune, what should we do ? next lets enjoy some famous sayings.people dont lack strength ,they lack will. -hugo人缺失的不是力量，而是意志。 雨果chances favor the minds that are prepared. -pasteur机遇总是垂青于有准备的人。 巴斯德every man is the master of his own fortune. -r. steels每个人都是自己命运的主宰者。 斯蒂尔斯step 7 consolidationfill in the blanks.when sang lan got to the goodwill games held in new york, she felt very happy. she was a d_ athlete,who had spent many years practising her sport. her strongest event was the vault and she was the best in china. she hoped to win this event at the games. however, during a practice vault, this young girl made a small m_. her mistake cost her the ability to w_. instead of landing on her feet, sang landed on her head and broke her n_. she was rushed to a top hospital, and doctors said she would never walk again. while in hospital, sang had many v_, including christopher reeve, an actor who once played superman. reeve could not walk either, due to an unfortunate horse riding accident. he encouraged sang to stay p_ and told her that being sad wouldnt help her get better. sang already knew this, and won the sympathy and admiration of people across the world with her good attitude and beautiful smile.sang returned to china, and now studies j_ and is also hosting a sports p_ about the 2008 beijing olympics. sang lan works hard at everything she does. she enjoys learning new things and has a good attitude towards life. with her positive thinking, she is a role model for young people nationwide.answers:dedicated; mistake; walk; neck; visitors; positive; journalism; programestep 8 homeworkfinish exercise d on page 20.【作业布置】 【教学后记】reading: the search for happinessstep9: language points:1. the search for happiness (p18标题) 找寻快乐search sb/sp 在搜查， 在搜索 search some place for sth. 在某地搜寻某物search for sth /sb 搜寻以找到某人或某物警察搜查他的身体,寻找那丢失的钱包. the police searched him for the lost wallet. the enemy searched the mountain for the wounded. 敌人搜山寻找伤员。they searched for_ (寻找)the lost child everywhere. search n. 搜查，搜索in search of/ in ones search for/ in the search for they went out _in search of /in their search for/ in the search for(寻找)a cheap hotel. (p18 line 3 )goal 1）目的，目标 e.g. achieve/reach/realize ones goal实现目标； 2）（球戏等的）得分，赢分 make/score/get a goal 得一分1. to those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day without pain or just being alive. (p18 line 4 )1) injure vt 伤害，损害 injury n.用于指人体如手、臂、腿等部位受伤。用于物指损坏、损害。he injured_(injure) his left leg while playing football.dishonesty injured a business. 欺骗有损生意。the injured 指受伤的人 get injured the injured _were (be) taken to the nearest hospital.he got slightly/seriously/badly injured in the fight. 他在打斗中伤的很轻/重比较： 1 hurt vt. 使受伤; 伤害 尤其指肉体，精神或心灵上的伤害，含较强烈的“疼痛”之意, 指肉体上的伤害时，hurt可与badly，slightly，seriously等连用；但如果指精神上的创伤，只能说very much/rather/deeply hurt。vi.疼痛my feet hurt when i walk.2 harm 常用于口语，一般只作及物动词，表示“对有害，损害”。其名词也为harm，只能用作不可数名词，意为“伤害，损害”。 wound常指在战争、暴力或灾害中受伤，也可指精神上的创伤。其名词仍为wound，指战斗中刀或枪的创伤、伤口。injure主要指在事故中受伤， 其名词为injury，可指平时的大小创伤或伤害，还可指事故中的伤害。用wound, harm, hurt, injure的正确形式填空： dont harm your eyes by reading in dim light. the bullet wound him in the shoulder.she was badly injured in the car accident. the criticism has hurt him deeply and he still feels sad now. the head injury healed(愈合) slowly.2) struggle (p18 line 4) vi 挣扎 n. 打斗，搏斗，斗争，努力struggle with与打架, 与斗争 struggle for为而斗争 struggle through挣扎着度过 struggle to do挣扎/奋力做某事 the two boys are struggling with each other. we struggled through the crowd. the two leaders are struggling for power. the thief struggled to escape (逃跑), but failed. after a long struggle, she gained control of the business. 经过长期努力，她在业务上已经能够应付自如。a life-and-death struggle 生死斗争 3) disability (p18 line 4) n. 残疾，无能，无力able/unable adj. 能够的，有才干的，能干的/不能的，不会的 enable/disable vt. 使能够/使丧失能力be able to do , enable sb to do ability/disability n. u能力，本领；c才能/ u无能；c残疾disabled adj. 残疾的 the disabled = people with disability 残疾人 the disabled are (be) well looked after in the country.用以上所给单词的正确形式填空：1 his disability prevents him from doing the job.2 as his disease has disabled him, hawking has to sit in his famous wheelchair and speak through a computer.3 a very little baby is unable to walk or talk.4 he was disabled _in the war.the pass (通行证)enables me to travel half-price on trains (p18 line 12 )times 时代;时势；境况（常用复）; the times 当代 the times are different. 时代不同了。 in modern/ancient times 在近（古）代what wonderful times we are now living in! 我们生活的时代是多么幸福的啊!this is one of the most important issues of the time. 这是当代最重大的问题之一3. well, in case some of our viewers dont know her story, can you tell us a little bit about sang lan and who she is? (p.18, lines 20-21) 1) in case (p18 line 20 ) 假设，万一，以防,后接从句你最好带雨衣以防下雨。you d better take a raincoat in case it rains.in that case 如果那样 in case of + 名词in any case 无论如何，总之 in no case 在句首要用倒装句,意思是 无论如何不操练：用以上case 构成的短语填空。 in no case will we give in.call the number in case of emergency.bring your dictionary with you in case you use it. in this case, you wouldnt have a pan on fire. 【高考试题】im afraid mr. wood cant see you until 4 oclock. oh, _c_i wont wait.（2005浙江） a no doubt b after all c in that case d in this waymy father may have to go into hospital, b he wont be going on holiday.a. in that case b. in which case c. in case d. in the case 2) a bit 程度副词 = a little= a little bit 有点儿 在名词前要用a bit of, 修饰不可数名词 eg. your article is _a bit/ a little/a little bit long. 你的文章有点儿长. i need a bit of water.我需要一点水.【翻译】 im not a bit tired. 我一点也不累. im not a little tired. 我非常累.【注意】 not a bit= not at all 毫不 not a little= much 非常4. by the time she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the new york goodwill games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years. (p18, lines 23-25) 1) by : not later than; before与完成时连用by the time 后面常跟一个句子，表示“到时候为止”，主句通常用完成时态：如果by the time 所在分句的谓语动词为一般过去时，则主句的谓语动词使用过去完成时；如果by the time 所在分句的谓语动词为一般现在时，则主句的谓语动词使用将来完成时；by the time 引导时间状语从句时，其主句是表状态的动词时，可用一般时。by the time he arrives, we_will have_completed the project.by the time the doctor arrived, the patient _had_died.(3)by the time the doctor arrived, the patient was dead2) junior 地位或身份低的 （通常无比较级）be junior to sbhe is several years junior to mr. cooper. 他比库柏先生小几岁。反义词senior be senior to 比某人年长 he is 10 years senior to me. 他比我大十岁。5. even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.（p18, line28）1)even though/if 尽管/即使 as though/if_好像/仿佛 even so _虽然如此/即使如此_he likes to help us even though/if he is very busy. 尽管他很忙, 他还是愿意帮助我的.【高考试题】allow children the space to voice their opinions, b they are different from your own. (05湖南) a. until b. even ifc. unless d. as though your uncle seems to be a good driver; _a_, i wouldnt dare to travel in his car. aeven so beven though ctherefore dso 2) apart (adv.) （时间或空间上）分离； 相隔； 不在一起，分开apart from 远离，和不在一起；除外 know/tellapart 识别，区别 takeapart 拆开，拆卸；痛斥翻译: 我认为你分不清这兄弟俩._i dont think you can tell the two brothers apart.当他结婚后，他就不和父母一起住了。_after /when he got married, he lived apart from his parents.工人们把机器拆开了。_the workers took the machines apart.apart from : besides in addition to as well as on top of 除了之外，若不是apart from some wine, he drank some beer. _apart from_his nose, he is quite good-looking. 他除了鼻子，哪儿都好看。_apart from_ (besides/ in addition to) the injuries to his face and hands, he broke both legs. 他除了脸部和双手受伤外，两条腿也断了。3) devote devote oneself to sb/sth 献身于，致力于 devote sth to sth 把用于 devote /dedicate ones energy/life/time/money/attention to 把精力/生命/时间/注意力用在adj. devoted 忠诚的；挚爱的；全心全意的 be devoted to 献身于a devoted son/ friend/ supporter孝子/忠实的朋友/不遗余力的支持者the doctor is determined to devote his whole life to _rearching_(研究)aids virus.he devotes all his efforts to the task. her son, _to_whom she was so devoted, went abroad 10 years ago. devotion n. 1.奉献, 献身, 忠诚2.热爱, 挚爱 6. in 1998, a small accident during one of her practice vaults at the good will games could have cost her future happiness. (p18 line 31)1)句中could have done 语气委婉，意为 “ 过去本能”.eg. the accident could have been prevented. 这事故本来是可以防止的.另外,还可以表示 “那时(过去)可能”.eg. dont worrythey could have just forgotten to phone. 别着急, 可能他们只是忘了打电话.【归纳拓展】: 情态动词+ have donemust have done 一定做了can have done 可能做过cant/ couldnt have done 不可能做过may/might have done 或许做过may/might not have done 可能没做过should/ought to have done 本该做某事(事实上没做)should not have done / ought not to have done 本不该做某事(事实上已经做了)neednt have done 本不必做某事had better have done 当时最好做了某事would rather have done 宁愿当时做了某事 we b have proved great adventures, but we have done the greatest march ever made in the past ten years.a. neednt b. may not c. shouldnt d. mustnt the weather turned out to be fine yesterday. i c the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.a. should have taken b. could have takenc. neednt have taken d. mustnt have taken as you worked late yesterday, you a have come this morning.a. neednt b. maynt c. cant d. mustnt he b have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldnt be enjoying himself by the seaside.a. should b. must c. wouldnt d. cant i b have been more than six years old when the accident happened.a. shouldnt b. couldnt c. mustnt d. neednt he paid for a seat, when he a have entered free.a. could b. would c. must d. need2)cost: to lead to the loss of something vt. cost sb. sth. 使付出代价；花费; 使丧失 the mistake cost him his job. 这个错误使他失去了工作。 writing a book costs time and patience. 写书要付出时间和耐心的。 the house cost him $ 15000. 这幢房子花了他十五万美元。7. she was rushed to a top hospital in new york (p19 line 35) rushvi. 仓促，匆忙；猛冲 _dont rush me（别催我）! i need time to think about it.rush into s.p 猛冲进某地she rushed _into_ the room. vt. 紧急送往；使冲向；仓促行事 rush sb. to s.p. 紧急送某人到某地 after the accident, the injured _were rushed to (被急送）the hospital.n. in a rush 急忙，匆忙rush hour （上下班的）交通高峰期 i dont like _the rush of modern life (快节奏的现代生活) as everyone seems to be doing things _in a rush (匆忙地，仓促地). the traffic on the streets during the rush hours(高峰期间) came to a standstill.8.all said she was in good spirits . (p19 line 41) spirit 精神，心灵 he is troubled in spirit. 他内心苦恼。spirits 通常用复数形式，意思是“精神状态，情绪，心境; 烈酒, 酒精” raise sbs spirits 鼓舞某人的情绪 in poor/ low /high spirits 情绪低落/情绪高昂 9. sang lan knew that for many people the secret to happiness is to have appreciation for the good things in life, and to focus on goals.(p19 line 42)appreciation n. 感激，感谢；欣赏；理解；（艺术方面的）鉴定，评估as he grew older, his appreciation of art grew. 随着年龄的增长