Unit 2 Section グWelcome to the unit Reading课件（牛津版高中选修6）.ppt

The search for happiness Host：　　We’re talking about happiness today.To some，happiness is being surrounded by family and friends.To others，happiness means achieving success in something，such as meeting a goal.To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability，happiness can simply mean a day without suffering，or just being alive. 译文助读 Our guest today is Dr Brain，who has written several books about happiness and the things people do to keep themselves happy.Dr Brain，thank you for joining us today. Dr Brain：Thank you for inviting me.Today，I’m going to talk about how to find happiness. Host：　　I understand that you often use the example of the gymnast Sang Lan to show how people can find happiness even during times of a personal catastrophe. Dr Brain：Yes，Sang Lan is a very good example of someone who is happy with her life，even when people expect her to be sad.Before her accident，we knew her as a young girl who was happy and successful in her sport.While she was injured and in hospital，she amazed the world by the way she remained cheerful.Now，she finds happiness through reaching much smaller goals，and through the love of the people around her. Host：　　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? Dr Brain：Of course.Sang Lan was born in Ningbo，China in 1981，and began learning gymnastics when she was only six years old.By the time she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games，she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years.Sang Lan’s best event was always the vault.She started winning competitions in 1991 and kept working hard.Her teammates described her as energetic，happy and hardworking. Even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents，she was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.Sang Lan knew that in those years，she was working towards something special，and she was making her parents proud.In 1998，a small accident during one of her