Dalian No. 21 Middle School
Diana
A beautiful smile
-Zhang Bei
When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an
Day by day, I became closer to everyone in
important gift. It was a smile.
my class. The boy with the lucky smile has
It was the early autumn of my first year at a
become my best friend now.
junior high school, and my old school was far
One day, I asked him why he smiled, but
away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was
he couldn't remember smiling at me!
very lonely, and afraid to make friends with
It doesn't matter because all the dark
anyone.
days have gone. Now I believe that the
Every time I heard the other students talking
world is what you think it is. If you think
and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't
you are lonely, you might always be alone.
talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't
So smile at the world and it will smile back.
want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily
with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily
as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the
classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed
me and then turned back. He looked at me and,
without a word, smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright
and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and
warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk
with the other students and made friends.
Main idea The answers to the “wh-questions” can
help us get the main idea.
Who are in the story (main characters)?
Zhang Bei (the writer) and the boy
What did they do?
Zhang Bei went to a new school, and she felt lonely.
The boy gave her a beautiful smile.
Where did the story happen?
At a junior high school.
When did the story happen?
When Zhang Bei was 13 years old.
Why is it called “A beautiful smile”?
The smile changed the Zhang Bei’s life.
Main idea: What did who do, where, when and why?
Main idea: Zhang Bei went to a new junior high school
when she was 13 years old. She felt lonely, and a boy
gave her a beautiful smile. The smile changed her life.
A beautiful smile
When?
one day
-Zhang Bei
Who? talked
What?happily
classmates
sat unhappily
Zhang Bei
a boy
entered, passed, turned back,
looked at, without a word, smiled
lonely, afraid
heart feeling
break
Zhang
Who? Bei
early
When?
autumn, first year
junior
Where?
high school, far away
No one
What?
knew…
the touch of
(bright, friendly)
feeling
happy, lively, warm
changed
started
to talk with;
What?
made friends
became closer
smile: ______________________________
an important gift, beautiful, lucky
What’s Zhang Bei’s advice?
Smile at the world
and it will smile back.
A beautiful smile
one day
-Zhang Bei
classmates
Zhang Bei
a boy
talked happily
sat unhappily
entered, passed, turned back,
looked at, without a word, smiled
lonely, afraid
heart break
Zhang Bei
early autumn, first year
junior high school, far away
No one knew…
the touch of
(bright, friendly)
happy, lively, warm
changed
started to talk with;
made friends
became closer
Advice: Smile at the world and it will smile back.
Let’s discuss!
1. Why was the smile an important gift?
2. Where does she now think her feeling of
unhappiness came from?
1. Why was the smile an important gift?
a. Zhang Bei’s old school was far away.
b. Zhang Bei’s didn’t know who the boy was.
c. It made Zhang Bei feel happy ,lively and warm.
d. The smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
2. Why couldn’t Zhang Bei talk to anyone about her problem ?
a. Because she didn’t want her parents to worry about her.
b. Because she didn’t have any friends in her new school.
c. Because she was in the first year at a junior high school.
d. Because she was always unhappy.
3. Why do you think the boy smiled?
a. He was happy to see his friends.
b. He saw Zhang Bei was unhappy.
c. He really liked Zhang Bei.
d. He was a very friendly boy and smiled at everyone
4. How did the smile change her life?
a. She began to make friends.
b. She became best friends with the boy.
c. She became best friends with the boy.
d. She realised that it’s important to smile at people.
5. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
a. From her old school.
b. From other people in the world.
c. From herself.
d. From the children at the new school.
(c) 1. Why was the smile an important gift?
a.Zhang Bei’s old school was far away.
b. Zhang Bei’s didn’t know who the boy was.
c. It made Zhang Bei feel happy ,lively and warm.
d. The smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
(b) 2. Why couldn’t Zhang Bei talk to anyone about her
problem ?
a. Because she didn’t want her parents to worry about her.
b. Because she didn’t have any friends in her new school.
c. Because she was in the first year at a junior high school.
d. Because she was always unhappy.
(d) 3. Why do you think the boy smiled?
a. He was happy to see his friends.
b. He saw Zhang Bei was unhappy.
c. He really liked Zhang Bei.
d. He was a very friendly boy and smiled at everyone
(a) 4. How did the smile change her life?
a. She began to make friends.
b. She became best friends with the boy.
c. She became best friends with the boy.
d. She realised that it’s important to smile at people.
(c) 5. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness
came from?
a. From her old school.
b. From other people in the world.
c. From herself.
d. From the children at the new school.