Teaching aims:

1. Read two essays on happiness.

2. Learn some important language points in the two essays.

3. Ask students to share their opinions on happiness.

Teaching difficult points:

How to motivate students to participate in the class activities.

.Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

1. Play a song about happiness and share my opinion on happiness.

2. Ask students to share their opinions on happiness.

Step 2 Golden days

I. Fast reading

Do two multiple choices.

1. What does “Golden days” refer to in the first essay?

A. The author’s happy childhood.

B. The author’s school days .

C. The author’s college life.

D. The author’s whole life .

2. Why was the author very happy when he was young?

A. Because he was very independent.

B. Because he could do anything he liked.

C. Because he needn’t to think about hardships.

D. Because he had no worries and was healthy.

II Careful reading

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

III Consolidation

A. Find out the phrases in the text.

B. Fill in the blanks with proper phrases mentioned above.

C. The explanation of some important sentences

Step 3 My future happiness

I. Task-based reading

Title: My future happiness

Opinion My happiest days will be in the future

Reasons New (1)____________ Successful job

Descrip-

tions .It will (2)_________ people’s good health and happiness.

.People will learn to (3)_________ many of the problems(4)________ us now.

.Robots and computers will (5)___________us with boring things.

.Automatic kitchens will cook (6)___________ meals for us. .I will be more (7)___________.

.I can make my own(8)___________.

. I will have a (9)__________ job that I like.

Conclusion Thinking my happiest days are ahead of me gives me the (10)____________ to work hard now.

II. Consolidation

Important words and phrases

Step 4 Discussion

Ask students to discuss about their idea of happiness.

Step 5 Homework

Try to write an essay about happiness.