课文标题：What is life？教学材料：选编自《心灵鸡汤》授课年级：高中二年级The first day of university our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled,little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.She said,＂Hi handsome.My name is Rose.I’m eighty-seven years old.
一、课例背景
阅读文章“What Is Life？”是南京市教研室和江苏省教研室为选拔参加2014年高中英语课堂教学观摩培训会授课选手时所选取的教学内容，最终南京外国语学校杨梦老师胜出，代表江苏省参加了2014年12月5日至8日在西安举办的培训会。该节阅读课时长为35分钟，指导教师是南京外国语学校尚媛媛老师和南京市教研室邢文骏老师。该课在此次培训会中获得了一等奖和现场展示优胜奖。
