高中英语-Unit2《What-is-happiness-to-you-Reading2》教案-牛津译林版选修6.doc

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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date高中英语-Unit2What-is-happiness-to-you-Reading2教案-牛津译林版选修6Unit 2 What is happiness to you?eadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语throughout the world, broom, legally, cer

2、emony, bride, groom, religious, path, be sent to, cruel, individual, fall in love, make arrangements, disturb, attic, propose to sbb. 重点句式It is interesting to note that African slaves who were brought to the USA started this tradition. African American couples were not allowed to legally marry so in

3、stead they had a ceremony where the bride and groom jumped over a broom “into marriage”.Then on Saturday, there is a religious ceremony in a church, followed by another party when the bride and groom celebrate the wedding with friends and relatives again. Jane is still not completely happy because s

4、he realizes that women do not have the freedom to choose what they want to do she has become a teacher because she has no other choice.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to talk about different wedding customs in different countries and learn the brief introduction of Jane Eyres life.3. Learni

5、ng ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to talk more about happiness.Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点Get the main idea of the texts and answer the questions about each text. Teaching methods 教学方法Skimming and scanning, asking-answering activity.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a pr

6、ojector, and some slides.Teaching procedure & ways 教学过程与方式Step RevisionT: In the last period, we learned about two attitudes towards happiness. Do you still remember the two texts? What do they tell about? Who can briefly tell us the summaries of them?S: The first one is about an old mans opinion ab

7、out happiness. He thinks the golden days at school were the happiest of his life. Because at that time, he didnt have any worries in life. He may play freely with his friends and spend a few hours studying. He neednt think about problems at work, or worry about income or how to take care of a family

8、. When he was young, he also had good health. That is an important part of happiness. So that was the happiest time in his life.T: Well done. And the next one?S: The second text is about a girls opinion about happiness. She thinks her happiness is in the future. Because in the future, new technology

9、 will allow people to live longer and be healthier. She also will be successful in her job. People will have learned to fix many of the problems that affect us now. Robots and computers will assist us with the things that are boring. That is why she thinks her happiest days will be in the future.T:

10、Very good! You have done a very good revision. Today well read another two texts. Please open your books to Page 112.Step Lead-in and Fast-reading (Text A)T: We have learned that different people have different opinions about happiness. But I think whether the happiness lies in the past or in the fu

11、ture, there is a time that is the happiest for all. Can you guess when it is?Ss: The wedding time.T: I think so. In a wedding ceremony the bride and the groom are the happiest in the world. Have you ever attended any wedding ceremonies?Ss: Yes!T: Can you tell us something about that?S: In the mornin

12、g the groom will go to the brides to get the bride. Before entering the brides, the groom has to knock at the door to beg the relatives of the bride to open the door. And the relatives will ask the groom for some money for fun. The groom can only see his bride by overcoming many difficulties. In the

13、 evening, there will be a wedding dinner. Sometimes the couple will be asked to play many games. T: Yes, it is a brief introduction of the wedding custom of Han nationality. Today we will learn about more wedding customs in different countries. Read the passage quickly and then answer the questions:

14、 How many wedding customs are mentioned in the text? And what countries do they belong to separately?Get the students to read through the passage. T: Now, time is up. Lets check the answers. How many wedding customs are mentioned in the text?S: Five wedding customs are mentioned in the text. They ar

15、e in the USA, in France and Germany, in Greece and Italy, and in England.T: That is the answer. Thank you.Step Careful-reading (Text A)Get the students to understand the passage thoroughly.T: You have done very well. Please read the text again carefully, and then answer the questions below the text.

16、 This time I will give you five minutes to read. About five minutes later.T: OK, now lets check the answers. The first question.S: Jumping over a brush in African-American weddings represents the beginning of family life.T: Good! That is the old tradition for African-American. Today some African-Ame

17、rican weddings still include the old tradition. Now next question, who will answer it?S: I will try. In Germany, weddings often last for three days.T: Yes, you are right. Can you explain it in detail?S: OK. On Thursday, there is a simple ceremony at a government office noting the official marriage o

18、f the couple. Then the couple will have a dinner with family and close friends. On Friday, there is a wedding-eve party. Then on Saturday, there is a religious ceremony in a church, followed by another party when the bride and groom celebrate the wedding with friends and relative again.T: Very good!

19、 And what about the third one?S: In Greece and Italy, people eat special kinds of sweets at the wedding and they also have their own special wedding dances.T: Right! Next question.S: The Russian couples tie a doll to their wedding car if they want to have a daughter. If they want to have a son, they

20、 tie a toy bear.T: OK. And the last question.S: The woman who catches the bouquet is supposed to be the next person to get married.T: Good, well done. I believe every one of you have had a better understanding of the text. Right?Ss: Yes!T: Good! Now lets move to the next text.Step Lead-in (Text B)T:

21、 Have you ever read Jane Eyre?S: Yes!T: Whats the end of the story?S: She and her busband lead a happy life.T: So, what qualities do you think help her find the happiness.S: I think it should be diligence. Or we can say hard-working.S: Self-confident.S: Strong-willed.S: Positive no matter how hard t

22、he time is.S: Do what she thinks is right.T: Yes, I think all the qualities are important. Now we will read a book review of Jane Eyre. After numerous difficulties, Jane Eyre won her happiness at last. It is one of the literary classics of the nineteenth century. Do you know the writer of the novel?

23、S: She is Charlotte Bronte.T: You are right. Before reading the text, lets learn something about the author.Show the students the following introduction:Charlotte is the author of Jane Eyre and a member of the remarkable Bronte family. The sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne first published their poet

24、ry under pseudonyms: Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell (三姐妹的笔名：柯勒贝尔、艾利斯贝尔、阿克顿贝尔)was released in 1846, selling only a few copies. Charlottes novel Jane Eyre was published in 1847, shortly after Emilys Wuthering Heights; the sisters had almost simultaneously written what later became known as two

25、of the great novels of English literature. Jane Eyre was an immediate success and Charlotte went on to publish Shirley（雪莉1848) and Villette（维莱特1853). She outlived her sisters but still was only 38 when she died in pregnancy. Charlotte was the only one of the sisters to marry. Her novel The Professor

26、（教师1857）was written before Jane Eyre but not published until 1857. As children the three sisters and their brother Branwell dreamed up and wrote intricate histories of the fantasy kingdoms of Angria and Gondal; Legends of Angria, a collection of Charlottes childhood writings, was published in 1933.S

27、tep Careful-reading (Text B)T: As you have read the novel before, I think it is easy for you to understand the book review. Now I will give you five minutes to read the passage carefully. And then try to answer the questions below the passage.About five minutes later.T: OK, time is up. Lets check th

28、e answers. Who will answer the first question?S: I will. Helen believes that it is better to do without the things you want. But Jane believes that both rich and powerful people and poor people deserve equal human rights.T: Very good. Thats the answer. Next one.S: Jane is still unhappy because she r

29、ealizes that women do not have the freedom to choose what they want to do she has become a teacher because she has no other choice.T: Yes, actually at that time, women couldnt enjoy the equal rights as men. Now the third question.S: Although Jane loves Rochester, she knows since his wife is still al

30、ive, it would not be a good idea to stay with him. So she makes the difficult decision to leave him.T: A good answer! Who will answer the next question?S: Jane doesnt truly love St John Rivers, so she refuses him even though he is a good man.T: Right! Now lets move to the last question.S: Jane finds

31、 happiness in the end by following what she believes is right.T: Good! You all have done a good job. Step Self-assessmentT: In this unit, we have learned a lot, which are all listed on Page 32. Next, lets do a self-assessment to check if you have mastered all the skills in the unit well. Rank your c

32、onfidence level.Several minutes laterT: Have you finished? If you are not confident about some of the items listed, please make an action plan after class so that you can improve on them. Thats all for today.Step HomeworkPreview Unit 3.附件. 课文注释与疑难解析1 Technology will guarantee good health and happine

33、ss for all.科技将为每个人的健康、幸福提供保障。guarantee 保证，担保guarantee sth 保证E.g. They guarantee this clock for a year. 他们对这个钟表保修一年。I guarantee the success of the show. 我保证这场表演会成功。guarantee sb sth / guarantee sth to sb 保证某人E.g. Buying a train ticket doesnt guarantee you a seat. 买到火车票并不保证你有座位。They guarantee their wor

34、kers regular employment. 他们保证长期雇佣他们的工人。guarantee to do sth 保证做某事E.g. I guarantee to pay off his debt. 我保证付清他的债务。I guarantee to be here tomorrow. 我保证明天来这里。guarantee sth (to be). 保证是E.g. The art dealer guaranteed the picture (to be) genuine. 那个工艺品商保证这幅画是真品。guarantee that . 保证E.g. I guarantee that you

35、will be satisfied with the result. 我保证你会对结果感到满意。2 I had all my friends around me and the encouragement and guidance of my family.朋友和家人都陪伴着我，鼓励我，开导我。guidance 指导，指引E.g. I need guidance on this matter. 这件事我需要有人指导。I need some guidance with my studies. 我需要有人指导我的学习。Under his guidance, I managed to solve t

36、he problem. 在他的指导下我设法解决了那个问题。I learned how to ski under his guidance. 我在他的指导下学习滑雪。3. We will have robots and computers to assist us with the things that are boring.机器人和电脑会帮我们做那些烦人的事。assist 帮助，协助assist sb with sth 帮助某人做某事E.g. Two students assisted me with the experiment. 两个学生帮我做这个实验。She employed a wo

37、man to assist her with the housework. 她雇了一位妇女帮她做家务。assist sb in doing sth 帮助某人做某事E.g. He assisted my father in cleaning the car. 他帮我的父亲清洗汽车。She asked us to assist her in carrying out the plan. 她请我们帮她实施那项计划。assist sb to do sth 帮助某人做某事E.g. He assisted us to establish a new company. 他帮助我们成立了一家新公司。A goo

38、d dictionary will assist you to understand English. 好词典会帮助你理解英文。assist in (doing) sth 帮助做某事E.g. My father assisted in building our new house.我父亲帮助我们盖新房子。He thought he had a duty to assist in this movement. 他认为他有责任帮助这次活动。. 补充材料What is happiness?Happiness and unhappiness are opposite sides of a judgme

39、nt about your situation. If you judge your situation as bad for you, thats unhappiness. If you judge a situation as good for you, thats happiness.The experience of happiness is one of those general terms we use to say, “I feel good emotionally.” People use different terms to describe what feels good

40、 for them. For someone it might be excitement, passion, exhilaration, fulfillment, freedom, feeling fully alive with inspiration and joy. For another it might be more peaceful, content, capable, hopeful, satisfied, and comfortable feeling. Whatever you call it, it just feels darn good.Our natural st

41、ate of being is to be happy. When you remove all the uncomfortable emotions we humans can experience (and they are numerous), youre left with happiness. So its easiest to define happiness by what it is not.Happiness is what you feel when youre NOT feeling.self doubt, depressed, hateful, fearful, wor

42、ried, unsatisfied, bored, grief, shame, guilt, discontent, anxious, annoyed, angry, irritated, stressed, frustrated, upset, down, sad, envious, or, jealous.Whew! Thats a long list!Pleasure vs. HappinessHappiness is not pleasure although they can appear similar. Pleasure is enjoyment of an outside st

43、imuli. You might find pleasure in buying a new car, or in going on vacation, or having friends over for dinner, or.the list is long on what you might enjoy experiencing. Pleasure requires an external stimulus for you to experience it. Happiness does not. Happiness is a belief about yourself and the

44、outside world. You can be doing something you normally experience as pleasurable but not be happy! Pleasure is born from the external world; happiness is born from the internal workings of our own minds. Tips for Happiness in Daily LifeBy Remez Sasson Daily life can be made happier. It is a matter o

45、f choice. It is our attitude that makes us feel happy or unhappy. It is true, we meet all kinds of situations during the day, and some of them may not be conductive to happiness. We can choose to keep thinking about the unhappy events, and we can choose to refuse to think about them, and instead, re

46、lish the happy moments. All of us constantly go through various situations and circumstances, but we do not have to let them influence our reactions and feelings. If we let outer events influence our moods, we become their slaves. We lose our freedom. We let our happiness be determined by outer forc

47、es. On the other hand, we can free ourselves from outer influences. We can choose to be happy, and we can do a lot to add happiness to our lives. What is happiness? It is a feeling of inner peace and satisfaction. It is usually experienced when there are no worries, fears or obsessing thoughts, and

48、this usually happens, when we do something we love to do or when we get, win, gain or achieve something that we value. It seems to be the outcome of positive events, but it actually comes from the inside, triggered by outer events. For most people happiness seems fleeting, because they let changing outer circums