高一英语 Unit2 What is happiness to you (Teachers edition)

高一英语Unit 2 What is happiness to you (Teachers edition)
Period one Welcome to the Unit
Teaching Aims:
1.Develop students’ speaking ability by expressing their opinions in the discussion.
2.Students participate in a discussion to conclude what can make us happy.
Step 1:Picture-talking
What are people doing in each picture? How do they feel? (excited, happy, thrilled) What is the definition of happiness? What are the things that make one happy?
Different people have different understanding of happiness. To some people, it means an easy life, a good job, money; to some, it may be helping others, contributions to one’s country......
How do you understand happiness? What are your hobbies? And what do you do when you feel unhappy?
Step 2: Sharing information
Open your books to Page 17. Let’s share information about each picture on this page with each other.
1. Study the six pictures
Picture 1 Being creative
Do you like drawing? When and how did you begin to develop this interest?
What does this hobby bring to you? (Whenever I feel upset and want to escape from everything, I like to go into my bedroom and take up my paints and brushes. It's so wonderful--all my thoughts and ideas can be expressed in my pictures.)
What other things mean 'being creative' to you? (Thinking of different solutions to solve problems, expressing myself in my own ways and making new things.)
Picture 2 Doing exciting things
What are exciting things to you? (like white-water surfing or bungee jumping.) Why do people like exciting things? They bring lots of fun and help people forget all the troubles and worries.
Picture 3 Reading
Do you like reading? Does reading make one happy? Why? It is really enjoyable when reading especially in a peaceful and quiet environment. Sometimes we are so absorbed by the characters in the book and their stories that we forget all about the outside world. Through reading, we gain knowledge and our horizons are broadened.
Picture 4 Playing sport
Which are your favorable sports? It's a really good way to make friends, keep fit and relax. Picture 5 Spending time with family
Do you enjoy spending time with your family? When you feel happy or unhappy, do you talk to them about your problems and achievements? Family is important to everyone. It's a perfect time to talk to
your family about your problems. They can give you good advice and make you confident. They are also happy for the achievements you made.
Picture 6 Learning new things
Have you ever been to a natural history museum? Why do people like museum? In a museum, we can find out more information than we can just through reading books. Visiting these kinds of places can give us a real insight into history.
What other ways do you think may help you learn more new things? (Surfing the Internet and talking to different people.)
2. Talk about each picture and exchange opinions with your partner.
Which things do you often do and like to do? Why do you feel happy when doing these? Step 3: Discussion
Work in groups of 4 to discuss the three questions and then report the answers to the whole class. 1. What are things that make everyone happy?
There are some things in life that make us feel happy. For example, as a small child, something as simple as getting some sweets is enough to make him or her into a happy child. As a student, passing an exam can make him or her feel on top of the world. For an adult, getting a great new job or traveling to different parts of the world are some of the happiest times.
2. What are the things which make you happy?
Eating a hearty meal, getting some new clothes, having enough money for something I really want, reading a great book, watching a really good film, making a new friend or making up with my friends after an argument.
3. If you had a friend who was unhappy, how would you try to help him or her?
In this case, I will try to be a good listener and understand what has made him or her so upset. Offer some advice if necessary. Invite him to go outside for a walk or go shopping together to cheer him up Step 4: Homework
Read the two articles on P112-113.
Prepare the reading part.
Period two Reading The search for happiness
Teaching Aims:
1．To help Ss get a general idea about the text.
2．To make Ss become familiar with the detailed information about the text.
2.To help Ss master Reading Strategy.
Procedures:
Step 1: Lead-in
Let’s 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, meaningful and colourful life. We work and live with smiles every day. But how do you know disabled people stay happy in their life? Today we are going to talk about a special girl named Sang Lan, who used to be a successful gymnast. What do you know about this girl?
1. 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? Step 2: Fast reading for general ideas
The reading text is an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Dr Brain, a psychologist who studies happiness, is interviewed in a television talk show and tells a story about a brave girl called Sang Lan.
Step 3: Careful-reading for detailed information
1. Read the passage again and complete Part C1. Questions in Part C1 are to check your reading comprehension by making correct judgments of the statements.
2. Listen to the tape and complete C2. Questions in Part C2 are for students to note some specific
3. Ask students to describe Sang Lan's personality.
1.More relevant information in the interview which shows Sang Lan’s personality
Before going to hospital
·being successful in her sport when she was young
·being described as energetic, happy and hard-working
·working towards something special
·trying to make her parents proud
While staying 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 things
After leaving hospital
·studying journalism at Beijing University
·hosting a sports show about the 2008 Beijing Olympics
·looking forward to playing table tennis in the special Olympics for disabled people in 2008 ·thinking about positive things and staying optimistic
·believing that keeping busy helps her stay positive
Step 4: Practice
1. Complete Part D
Find these words and expressions in the interview. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with the correct definitions.
2. Complete Part E
Read this newspaper article about Sang Lan. Complete it with the words below.
3. Let’s read the Reading strategy on page 19. Do you know what an interview means? An interview is a formal meeting at which one person asks another person a series of questions on a topic. When reading or watching an interview, you should pay attention to the topic, the opinions related to the topic, the questions asked and the answers to the questions.
Step 5: Post-reading activities
1.Think about the following questions again.
What is happiness?
What is the real value of being alive?
Does being healthy and wealthy mean happiness?
Does being respected and well-liked mean happiness?
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: Homework
1. Finish Parts A1 and A2 on page 108 in Workbook.
2. Go over the reading passage.
1.幸福意味着在某个方面取得成功
2.与身体残疾作斗争
3.在艰难时期
4.依然开朗
5.实现较小目标
6.万一，以防
7.把她描述为精力充沛，精神愉快，勤奋刻苦
8.专心致志的体操小将
9.奉献于体操事业
10.被紧急送往医院
11.精神状态良好
12.幸福的秘诀
13.克服失落感
14.因为----而自
15.适应新的生活
16.主持一档体育节目
17.考虑事物的积极面和保持乐观的态度
18.对----特别留意
19.由于一次不幸的骑马事故
20.成为全国年轻人的楷模
Period3 Reading (2) Teaching aims:
(1) Make students pay attention to the environment problems and think what they can do to help protect the environment.
(2) Improve the Ss’ other basic abilities: the use of the words and expres sions in reading Important points & difficult points:
(1) Help the students learn how to keep the balance between economy and environment.
(2) Enable the students to refer to dictionaries
Teaching procedures:
1.search 搜查搜寻
1) 名词in search of
2) 动词search---for
search for
I went off _____________a garage where I could buy some petrol.
They searched all the room for the missing papers.___________________________________ Scientists are still ____________a cure to the common cold.
2.injure (v ) 伤害，损伤（主要指在事故中受伤）;
损害，伤害（自尊，名誉等）
________(n)
He was badly injured in the accident.
Smoking will injure your health.
He injured his pride.
3. struggle with ( n/v)
struggled with 与……搏斗/斗争
struggled against 为反对……搏斗/斗争
struggling for 努力争取；为了……而挣扎/努力
He ____________cancer for four years.
The shopkeeper ________________the thief.
The two leaders are______________ power.
We struggled through the crowd.
Don’t give up without ________________.
Reading was a___________for him. 阅读对他来说是件费劲的事。

4. times时代,倍数
in ancient times in the times of Henry
times have changed. hard times
A是B的三倍___________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
5. in hospital ___________ in the hospital _____________
go to school/go to church
6. the way 方式the way to do; the way of doing; the way (that/ in which)…
I don’t like the way___________you laugh at her.
7. in case以防:万一(后接从句或位于句末)
in case of 如果万一(后接名词代词动名词)
________he arrives before I get back, please ask him to wait
I don’t think I’ll need any more money but I will bring some _________.
We can call for help__________an emergency.
in this/that case在这样/那样的情况下
in any case 无论如何不管怎样
in no case决不
in the case of就……来说
He may not be back at seven, __________we want to leave.
____________, I will come. 无论如何,我都会来。

_____________ shall we allow smoking in the classroom..
___________ will we waste any time.
Failure is no shame ___________ a scientist.
8. describe …as…把……描述成
He described his school life as interesting and exciting.___________________ He__________________________, in fact he is a clerk.(他把自己说成是经理) 9.
must have done
The accident could have been prevented.________________
He must have finished his homework last night,______________?
He must have finished his homework,_______________?
10. cost: 使……付出代价；花费
His lazy attitude ________the child his place in the team.
Writing a book___________ time and patience.
The house_________him $ 15000.
11. rush
vi 冲
She rushed into the room.
We have to ~ to the hospital.
vt 把……急忙送往
rush the letter to the post office
He rushed his wife to the hospital.
n 冲，抢购热潮
rush hour _____________ Christmas rush _____________ in a rush ________________ 12.apart (adv.) （时间或空间上）分离；相隔；不在一起，分开
The two hills______________. 两座山相隔22英里。

The workers took ___________ 工人们把机器拆了。

She __________________others. 她与其他人保持距离。

apart from : besides
tell apart
He drank some beer_____________ some wine,.他除了喝了些白酒以外，还喝了一些啤酒。

_____________the dictionary, my sister gave a pen.
I don’t think you can _______the two brothers apart
13. devote … to sth/doing sth
be devoted to sth/dong sth
He devoted all his hours to_______(work) in the lab.
________ himself to uncovering the secret of nature,the scientst has little time for entertaiment.
________ to uncovering the secret of nature,the scientst has little time for entertaiment.
devoted adj
14. cheer up（使）高兴起来, 振作起来
________! things are not as bad as they seem.
Flowers always cheer a room up.
We all ________________ at the news that they have gotten great breakthrough in their research.
cheer v/n为……欢呼
1) The boy cheered their team.
2) The audience cheered him as he walked on the stage.
15. spirits 复数
be in good/high/low/bad spirits
16 . accomplish : complete
辨析：accomplish 成功地完成
complete 强调某事结束了
achieve 通过努力，克服困难，取得较大成绩
17. adapt to sth.适应
Young people can adapt to new environment very quickly.___________________
It is difficult for him to adapt to the local weather._____________________________ adapt sth. to/for sth. 使……适应 adapt sth. for sth. 改编；修改
The plays were adapted from novels.____________________ 18.
inspire
鼓舞；激励；；激发 inspire sb to do
inspiring/inspired inspiration
I hope this success will ______you to great efforts. What inspires you __________(change )your name? The ________ news made all of us ___________. 19. courage 勇气 不可数名词 ______________(v) He had the courage to speak up. That tookcourage.
20. overcome overcame overcome 克服 We overcame difficulties. We were ~ by the heat.
21. whenever : at whatever time ; at any time I would like to see you ~ it is convenient. You may come and talk to me ~ you feel lonely. 22 try my hardest 尽力 23. be jealous of 嫉妒某人
John is jealous of his friend ’s ability. Jealousy 名词 嫉妒
She showed great ______________ of them. 24. have sympathy for/towards sb.同情某人 We all have sympathy for him
be in sympathy with/out of 心里赞同/不赞同 …I am in sympathy with your suggestion 。

I have some sympathy for this view. a letter of sympathy 慰问信 Step 3 Practice
1.We must work hard to ________ make our country more beautful.
A.take
B.have
C.make
D.build
2 He ______ his foot in the act of saving the child.
A.injured
B. wounded C burnt D cut
3.There are ten people in queue,_______ me.
A .as well B. include C. except for D apart from
4.When I am feeling sad my mother tells me funny stories to ________.
A.make me up B take me up C cheer me up D bring me up
5.Most people of our country had no chance to go to college in old _______
A.perods
B.times
C.steps
D.time
6.Our task is to _______ the modernization of our industry,agriculture,national defence and science and technology.
A.struggle against B struggle for C.struggle with D.struggle to
7.His speech _____ his audience with patriotism.
A. gave
B. joined
C.inspired
D.encouraged
8.He succeeded in his efforts to ______ these weaknesses.
A. get out
B.cut off C overcome D throw
Step 5 Homework
1.WB p.111
2.Unit revision p80。