A Happy Day in My Life

Helpful words and expressions

birth promotion exciting congratulation

wedding Successful content celebration

anniversary proud life-changing achievement

be admitted to incredible anxious opportunity

champion relieved amazing enthusiasm

A sample conversation

• A: I've got some good news!• B: What is it?• A: I'm getting married this autumn.• B: Really? Congratulations! When is the big day?• A: We have't set the date yet.• B: When did you get engaged?• A: Jason proposed last week on my birthday party. It was so rom

antic！• B: Did he give you an engagement ring?• A: Yes, he did. Do you want to see it?• B: Sure.• A: Here it is. What do you think of it?• B: Wow! It's beautiful.• A: Thanks. I'll let you know when we agree on the date for the we

dding.• B: Congratulations again! I won't miss your wedding.

Words for the listening

be accepted into 被录取pass v. 及格catch a cold 患感冒depressed a. 沮丧的，抑郁的mail n. 邮件pretend v. 假装hide her joy 掩饰她的喜悦opportunity n. 机会

Questions for the listening

• 1. When was the speaker’s happiest day?• 2. How did the speaker feel during the exam?• 3. How did the speaker feel after writing the exams?• 4. Who opened the letter from Tsinghua University?• 5. How did the speaker feel after hearing she’d been

accepted?• 6. What does the speaker believe she can have if she is

accepted into Tsinghua university?• 7. How did the speaker celebrate it?

More expressions

1. Happiest time The happiest time was when I won the gold medal in my badminton match.

2. Couldn’t believe I couldn’t believe I was first in the class.

3. Jump for joy I jumped for joy when I was told I had won.

4. Try I tried and tried to succeed.

5. Hear the news When I heard the news, I was so happy.

6. Surprised I was surprised to have been chosen.

7. Win I won my first medal when I was five.

8. Success I felt all my work helped my success.

9. Never forget I’ll never forget the time when I won a singing contest.

10. Proud My parents are proud of me.

A story

• It was a quiet and cloudy afternoon and I was sitting across the room from the window of my office, working on the computer. I was writing a report to give to my boss the next day. As I was thinking about what to write next, I heard a sudden rumble of thunder in the distance. I got up to close the window and as I was walking over to the window, there was a big flash of lightning somewhere outside near our building. I saw everyone jump a little and a few people were walking over to look out to see the rain. The rain was falling from the sky in big drops and the drops were quickly becoming round, hard balls of ice. We heard loud noises on the roof.

• Just as I was closing the window, I heard a sudden, sharp crack. Someone was throwing a baseball through the window! I was just reaching out to close the window when the ball landed in my hands. I caught the ball, but it was very cold. I was brushing window glass off my shirt when I saw that this was no ordinary baseball — it was an enormous ball of hail! My co-workers were running over to help me and they couldn't believe it! We were lucky. No one was hurt. After we cleaned up the glass, we decided to keep the ball in the refrigerator for a while. For a few days, people were always coming over to our office to look at the ball. The ball was slowly melting, but I remember thinking that my memory of this baseball will never go away.

Assignment

• 1. Retell the sotry about the ball of hail in your own words.

• 2. Describe a lucky day to your partner, tell him/her why you think it's a lucky day and how you feel about it.