Finding Happiness Through Sang Lan's Inspiring Journey

1. Unit 2 What is happiness? Reading (1 ) The Search for happiness

3. What can you tell me about this girl?

5. Brainstorming: Suppose you had a chance to interview her, what would you like most to ask her about?

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

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

8. How to read an interview the following paragraphs • Fully understand the question. • Read the interviewee’s response. • Pay attention to the summary • of the background of topic.

9. Skimming Skim the first paragraph to find out the topic of the interview. Happiness.

10. Skim the rest of the the interview quickly and answer the questions . • Who is being interviewed? What is he? • When and where was Sang Lan born? Dr Brain , a psychologist . She was born in Ningbo, China in 1981.

11. The vault Readother paras for the detailed information 1. What was Sang lan’s best event? 2. Why was she happy to devote herself to gymnastics? 3. What did his Sang Lan’s teammates think of her ? She was working towards something special, and she was making her parents proud. They describe her as energetic , happy and hard working.

12. 4. When and where did Sang Lan hurt herself? And how did she get hurt? She hurt herself during one of her practice vaults at the Goodwill Games. She made a mistake while practicing . She fell and broke her neck.

13. The Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games are another important sports event where the world’s best athletes have another opportunity to come together and prove their abilities on the world stage. They were first held in Moscow in 1986.In 2001, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia successfully held the Games. It was the first time that the Goodwill Games were hosted by a city outside of the USA and the former USSR

14. 5. Was she sad when staying in hospital? 6. How did people who went to see her find her? 7. How has she adapted to her new life? No. She was in good spirits. Thinking about positive things, staying optimistic, and keeping busy

15. Scanning

16. True or False ( )1.The 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, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. F T F F

17. ( )5. Before her accident, Sang Lan’s 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. T F T F

18. Describe Sang Lan's personality brave courageous considerate Personality of Sang Land optimistic determined hard-working

19. Retelling Complete the following sentences using as much information in the interview as you can. Sang Lan ______________________.

20. Say something about Sang Lan : Before going to hospital : six 1991 eleven best event 1981 described as working towards proud accident

21. While staying in hospital : in good spirits thought about her parents her teammates felt happy the doctors After leaving hospital : study host look forward to believe think about

22. Discussion : What can you learn from Sang Lan’s story and how can you find happiness in life, especially at school?

23. How to be happy? Step 1 Be a do-gooder Step 2 Don’t sweat(使干苦活，拼命) decisions Step 3 Spend well Step 4 Aim high, but not that high Step 5 Be a joiner Step 6 Stop dwelling(思索，详述) Step 7 Be grateful

24. Enjoy a songHappiness Is Here Now! Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, Nowhere to go, Nothing to do, No longer in a hurry Happiness is here and now, I have dropped my worries, Somewhere to go, Something to do, But I don’t need to hurry.

25. Homework : • Part A&B on workbook. • Unit revision: Period 2

26. Thank you!