Unit 2 What is happiness to you?
6. even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she was happy to devote herself to gymnastics. p18
7. she was rushed to a top hospital in new york and specialists from many parts of the world said that because of her severe injuries, she would never walk again. p19
8. everyone who saw her, from nurses to famous visitors like leonardo dicaprio from the film titanic, who went to see her in the hospital to cheer her up, all said she was in good spirits. p19
9. instead of crying about what she had lost and feeling hopeless, sang lan thought about what she could do to get better. p19
10. when the doctors told her that she would never again be a gymnast, she was able to overcome her disappointment and just be proud of the things she had accomplished. p19
11. all i had to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying when i came home. p30
12. it is hard to stay happy and cheerful when you are ill, or when you are old and your body aches. p30
ⅲ. 教材分析與教材重組
1. 教材分析
本單元以what is happiness to you 為話題，展開什么是幸福、如何尋找幸福的討論 。通過閱讀一篇采訪，使學(xué)生了解體操運動員桑蘭是如何面對困難，以及如何在困境中尋找幸福的。同時讓學(xué)生了解采訪提問的技巧以及采訪文章的閱讀策略。運用所學(xué)的詞語、結(jié)構(gòu)正確表達(dá)自己的心情，學(xué)生將綜合運用各種技能（確定問題，通過提問獲取信息，討論解決方案）針對網(wǎng)站上的文章提出建議，最終完成該任務(wù)。課堂活動是寫一篇關(guān)于對幸福的理解的文章，學(xué)生將先閱讀兩篇文章，了解不同的人對幸福的不同理解，然后完成寫作任務(wù)。通過本單元的學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)生能夠正確認(rèn)識、珍惜幸福，及時調(diào)試自己的心情，積極面對問題、解決問題，以利于自己身心的健康發(fā)展。
1.1 welcome to the unit 板塊提供了六幅圖畫，要求學(xué)生根據(jù)自己對每幅圖畫的理解用一兩句話加以描述，然后討論并回答相關(guān)問題。
1.2 reading 包括a、b、c1、c2、d、e、f 7部分。a 所設(shè)計的三個問題要求學(xué)生通過快速閱讀了解這篇采訪的主題， 被采訪人的姓名以及著名運動員桑蘭的一些個人基本信息； b部分要求學(xué)生通過閱讀對一名心理學(xué)家的采訪，了解體操運動員桑蘭是如何在困境中尋找幸福的； c1是對采訪細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容的考查； c2 要求學(xué)生通過連線， 理清有關(guān)桑蘭故事的發(fā)展脈絡(luò)，同時也可以看作是對文章細(xì)節(jié)內(nèi)容的考查； d 訓(xùn)練學(xué)生根據(jù)課文正確理解新的詞匯與表達(dá)的能力； e是一篇關(guān)于桑蘭的新聞報道， 要求學(xué)生能夠根據(jù)采訪內(nèi)容以及該部分的上下文， 正確選填詞語。 f設(shè)計了與采訪內(nèi)容相關(guān)的三個問題， 要求學(xué)生展開討論， 以獲得對文章內(nèi)容的更進(jìn)一步了解。reading strategy 介紹了采訪文章的閱讀策略。
1.3 word power 要求學(xué)生運用正確的詞匯與習(xí)語來表達(dá)情緒； 所設(shè)計的三個練習(xí)在于檢測學(xué)生靈活運用這些詞匯的能力。
1.4 grammar and usage 總結(jié)了將來時和過去時態(tài)的用法,并提供一篇文章要求學(xué)生改錯。檢查學(xué)生在具體的語境中正確區(qū)分并靈活運用這兩種時態(tài)的能力。