Unit 2

Jiaoling Middle School Tina

Are you happy now?

When will you feel happy?Being allowed to do whatever I want to Pass the examinationsChat with friendsPlay games with best friendsBeing healthyDo interesting things with friends

Reading novels

magazines

Comic plays

Designing posters

Making new things

Designing black-board newspaper

drawing

Having a big family get-together

Badminton volleyball table tennis

Roller-coaster skiing adventuring skateboarding

Roller-coast

Bungee jumping

Water-surfing

Visiting a natural history museum

Observing the dinosaur fossile

Actually ,happiness is easy to get if you put your mind on it .

Apart from the previous ways in which we can get happiness, we have another way to feel happy.

When we help others ,we feel happy.

Zhang Haidi

Sang Lan

Tai Lihua

Helen Kelley

Sang Lan was born in Ningbo ,China in 1981,and began learning gymnastics when she was only six years old. Her best event was always the vault.She started winning competitions in 1991 and kept working hard.In 1989,she competed the Goodwill Ganes held in New York.She hoped to win.But during a practice vault,she made a small mistake which cost her the ability to walk.She now studies journalism and is also hosting a sports program about the 2008beijing Olympics.

Reading ---The search for happiness

Scan the text and finish Part A.

Skim the interview and then finish Part C1.

T(true) or F(false)?

1.The topic of the 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 practising for the Goodwill Games. 5.Before the 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.

FT

F

FT

FTF

Inter-readingRead the interview again and try to find the personality of Sang Lan.

Personality of Sang

considerate brave courageous

determined optimistic Hard-working

Homework

Read the interview again and find out some useful phrases .Then finish Part D.