江苏省海门市包场高级中学高二英语《M6 Unit 2 What is happiness
to you》导学案、
1. To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends.
2. To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness
can simply mean a day without suffering, or just being alive.
3. I understand that you can often use the example of the gymnast Sang Lan to show
how people can find happiness even during times of a personal catastrophe. 4. Well, in case some of our viewers don’t know her story, can you tell us a little
bit about Sang Lan and who she is?
5. By the time she completed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill
Games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years.
6. Even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she
was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.
7. She hit her head, and then fell to the gymnastics mat with a broken neck. 8. Specialists from many parts of the world said that because of her severe injuries,
she would never walk again.
9. 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. 10. Sang Lan knew that for many people the secret to happiness is to have appreciation
for the good things in life, and to focus on goals.
11. When the doctors told her that she would never again be a gymnast, she was able
to overcome her sorrow by being proud of the things she had accomplished. 12. She felt thankful to be alive and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn
new things.
13. And how has Sang Lan adapted to her new life.
14. She went to China, and graduated from Peking University in 2007 with a degree
in broadcasting.
15. However, her primary goal is to advocate better treatment for disabled people. 16. I think her courage is admirable.
17. I know I will think about how she rebuilt her life whenever my life feels
unbearable.
18. They may eat sweets, drink alcohol, or do other things to make themselves feel
good.
19. However, this almost never works, because pleasure is only a temporary feeling
that comes from the world that surrounds us.
20. However, once we forget about the film. We may again remember our sorrow—the
pleasure of the film lasted just a short time, and did not touch the depths of our soul.
21. At that point in my life, I could have done anything or become anyone.
22. I remember sometimes feeling in a rush to grow up and be independent, but I was
still very happy.
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23. At the weekends, for entertainment I could see friends, visit my grandparents,
read books or play sport.
24. As an innocent child, I didn’t need to think about hardships such as problems
at work.
25. It is hard to stay happy and cheerful when you are ill, or when you are old and
your body aches.
26. I have been happy about different thins at different times during my life, but
my most vivid and happiest memories are those of school days.
27. I predict there will be new technology which will allow people to live longer
and be healthier.
28. I imagine that the workday will be only four hours long, and everyone can work
part-time jobs that are very interesting.
29. We will have handy robots and computers to assist us with the things that are
boring.
30. Maybe there will even be automatic kitchens to cook instant meals.
31. Then families will be able to spend the maximum amount of their precious time
enjoying each other’s company and the minimum amount of time doing housework. 32. In the future, I will be more mature and be able to make my own decision and
do the things that I enjoy.
33. Thinking this way gives me the motivation to work hard now so that I can enjoy
my future life.
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