【正文】 Shall we check the answers now? I will ask some of you to read the article first. Ask some students to read the article and check the answers together. T: Well done! Next let’s talk about Exercise F in pairs, and later I’ll ask some of you to show us your dialogue. Are you clear? Ss: Yes! Give the students enough time to do that. Then check the answers. Sample dialogue: A: Have you ever heard about the story of Sang Lan? B: Yes, of course! She is very famous in gymnastics, which is a dangerous sport, only top athletes should be allowed to try the most difficult moves. A: Why do you think so? B: Because these athletes, who could be chosen to take part in the international games, must be talents in this field. They are trained professionally and practice almost day and night, bearing tiredness, hardship, and other things that we have never thought about. A: I do think so. But I also think that even though we can not be the top athletes in the world, training hard at a sport can make us more hardworking in other areas of our life. B: I can’t agree more. Training hard at a sport not only helps us build up our determination, challenge various difficulties bravely, and also helps us learn to collaborate with other team members. A: Yes. From the story of Sang Lan, we can find that the sport spirit can help her hold a positive attitude towards her life and the world. B: So, she keeps busy and thinks about positive things to enrich her life. A: By doing so, she will think little about herself and more about others. When she recalls all these meaningful things she has done, she’ll be very happy. B: Quite right! Step V Discussion Enable the students to talk about their experiences to overe the difficulties and bee happy. T: Up to now, we have learned the story about Sang Lan and her struggle for happiness. And what can we learn from her? Next, bine your own experience and discuss the questions with your partners. I will give you some minutes to finish the task. Show the students the following questions. 1. Have you ever had some painful experiences? 2. If you have, how did you search for your happiness? Give the students some time to discuss the questions in groups of four. During this period, the teacher may go into the students to give them help if necessary. After several minutes, check the answers. T: Well, time is up. Have you finished the discussion? Ss: Yes. T: OK. I’ll ask some of you to tell your stories. S: When I was twelve years old, I had a bad accident. I was knocked over by a car. After two months of treatment, I was nearly recovered. But I couldn’t stand up easily. So I had to sit in the wheelchair. It was a shock to me. I was so afraid to bee disabled. During that period of time, I felt very frustrated. Fortunately, my parents and my friends gave me much encouragement. They spared every free minute to stay with me and help me do exercise. Because of their encouragement and help, I cheered up again. I was determined to stand up again. Now I am as healthy as the others. After that experience, I realised that be optimistic, and everything will bee better. T: Very good. You are brave. I believe in the future nothing will stop you. You will have a bright future. S2: To me, the most painful experience was the first month in the school. My home is far from here, so I had to be in residence(住校 ). I could meet my parents once a week. I felt so lonely. Everything was new to me. In that month, my study fell behind sharply. However, I thought, I couldn’t be like that any more. My aim was to get further education, not to miss my parents. So I concentrated on study. In my spare time, I tried to talk with my classmates and made friends with them. Everything became better and better afterwards. S: The painful experience I had was my failure in one exam. I had never failed in any exams before. That time I felt frustrated and even lost heart in my study. After a talk with my teacher, I realized: No pains, no gains. I looked back upon my attitude towards study before. Even the easiest things will bee hard for you if you don’t try. So now I try my best to do everything. The results turn out that my effort is not in vain. I feel satisfied and happy. T: Good! You have expressed yourselves very clearly. Step Ⅵ Text analysis Help the students learn something about interview. T: The text we learned today is an interview. Can you tell me how to read a n interview? S: First I will get the topic of the interview. And then I will read the questions and answers carefully. T: Good! Let’s read a reading strategy to know how to read an interview. Please open your books to Page 19. After several minutes. T: Can you tell me what an interview is? S: An interview takes place when one person asks another person a series of questions on a topic. T: When reading an interview, what is important for us to do? S: It is important to carefully scan the first paragraph to find out the topic of the interview. T: What should we do after that? S: Then we should carefully read each question and try to fully understand the question before reading the interviewee’s response. T: If we want to get a better understanding of the topic, what should we do? S: We should pay special attention to the answer to the question. T: Thank you, very good. In this class, we learned Sang Lan’s search for happiness and we also learned how to read an interview. Everyone did a very good job. Class is over. Step Ⅶ Homework 1. Remember the new words and expressions. 2. Retell the text. The Third Period Word study Teaching goals 教學(xué)目標(biāo) 1. Target Language 目標(biāo)語(yǔ)言 a. 重點(diǎn)詞匯和短語(yǔ) excitement, happiness, frustration, sadness, fear, content, hot under the collar, over the moon, down in the dumps, on cloud nine, feel blue, fly off the handle