2019-2020年高中英語 Unit 1《Laughter is good for you》reading教案1 牛津譯林版選修6.doc

2019-2020年高中英語 Unit 1Laughter is good for youreading教案1 牛津譯林版選修6Step 1: Lead-in T: Do you know who this person is?S: Charlie Chaplin, a famous American edian.T: What kind of imagine will appear in your mind?S: He always wears a small black hat, very wide trousers and a moustache, and carries a stick that he swings in the air as he walks.T: How do you feel at the sight of him?S: He is humorous and makes us laugh.T: whats the style of his film?S: In his film, hes never the Mr. Big and he always has much trouble in his life. However, he uses his sense of humor to teach people that there are always ways to face problems if you are able to laugh.T: Do you think laughing is good for peoples health?S: Yes. Laughter is a bridge that can lead people to health, happiness and peace. It is a good therapy to help people get rid of bitterness and forget all the problems.T: Today, well learn a passage entitled “Stand-up for your health!” Do you know the meaning of “Stand-up” here? Does it mean you have to stand up to keep healthy?S: No. “Stand-up” is a kind of edy in which the edian stands in front of the audience and talk directly to audience members.Step 2: Fast-reading for general idea.Go through the passage as quickly as possible and find answers to the three questions in Part A.1 What is the article about?2 How many types of stand-up are there?3 What is laughter good for?Answers 1 Its about stand-up edy. 2 There are four main types. 3 Its good for our health.Step 3: Careful-reading for detailed information 1. Lets read the passage again more carefully and try to finish part C1 after your reading.1 What is special about stand-up edy?2 what are the four main types of stand-up?3 When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?4 What is one reason Billy Crystal has bee so famous?5 How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?6 Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?7 What dies your brain do when you laugh?8 What is the English idiom about laughter mentioned in the text?Answers1 Stand-up is different from other forms of edy because the edian is in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members.2 They are observational, prop physical, and impressionist.3 He began practicing stand-up when he was a child.4 His outstanding ability to improvise.5 Eight times.6 They were two edians who lived to be 100 years old and kept working until the end of their lives.7 It sends chemicals that are good for you into your body.8 Laughter is the best medicine.2. Next lets listen to the tape and decide whether the following sentences are true or false. 1 A stand-up edian is not allowed to make fun of an audience member. 2 If the edians act or speak like a well-known person, this is called observational edy. 3 What the physical edians usually do is tripping over chairs, walking into doors and falling down on stage. 4 Quite a few stand-up edians have bee famous as television and film actor later on in life. 5 The fact that when Crystal hosts the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck is only known to a few people. 6 Billy Crystal has no plans to go on making films to go on telling jokes. 7 The reason why people who laugh a lot live longer is that when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you. Answers 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 F 7 T1. Now lets e to Part C2. The four main types of stand-up edy are explained in the article. Match each type with an appropriate example. Write the correct letter in the bracket.Answers 1 d 2 a 3 c 4 b Step 4: Practice1. Part DFind these new words and expressions in the article. Guess their meanings from the contest. Then match them with the correct definitions.Answers 1 b 2 d3 e4 h5 g6 a7 c8 f2. Part EGao Hua is writing a biography of Billy Crystal for his English class. Help him plete it.Answers1 American 2 observe 3 appropriate 4 edy 5 television 6 actors 7 improvise 8 host 9 healthy 10 edian Step 5: Post-reading activities.1. Discuss the following questions in groups, then role-play the dialogues and act out before the class. (1) What are necessary qualifications a good edian needs to have? (2) When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings? (3) Besides laughter, what are other factors that can help people keep healthy and live longer? Sample answers1 l Having enough courage to perform in front of the audience l Practicing a lot to perfect their routine l Being able to read their audiences thoughts to know exactly what they would like to seel Watching as many edies as they can to learn about more techniquesl Making full preparations before going on stage2l Watching a edyl Listening to music or watching films l Seeing friendsl Surfing the Internetl Locking myself in my room and doing reading3l Having a balanced dietl Exercising regularlyl Having a good moodl Being optimisticStep 6: Language PointsVocabularyWordslaughter, stand-up, humor, well-loved, edy, edian, response, reaction, main, physical, humorous, queue, visual, tennis, stage, actor, act, academy, award, routine, live, little-known, toothbrush, mirror, outstanding, microphone, lip, appropriate, silent, howl, amuse, brain, sayingUseful expressionsmake fun of, in response to, make jokes about, queue up, trip over, later on, broadcast live, make up, have effect on, after allSentence patterns1. One little-known fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket of good luck!2. Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.3. It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent film.4. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of edy have on us.Step 7: Consolidation exercises:1 Fill in the blanks according to the text.Stand-up is one of the most well-known and well-loved types of edy. In observational edy, the edian makes jokes about 1_ things he or she 2_ in everyday life. Prop 3_ use props to tell their jokes. Physical edians use their 4_ to make jokes. Impressionist edians act or speak like a well-known person, which is called doing an 5_ of the person, Billy Crystal is one of the stand-up edians who have bee famous as television and film actors later on in life. His 6_ with all age groups and his ability to 7_ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone. Doctors have been 8_ the effect stand-up and other forms of edy have on people. They have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. This agrees with the English saying “9_ is the best 10_”.Answers1 humorous 2 observes 3 edians 4 bodies 5 impression 6 popularity 7 amuse 8 researching 9 laughter 10 medicine2 Translate the following sentences into English.1 有一種非常出名，深受人們喜愛的喜劇形式叫做單口喜劇。2 單口喜劇演員可以拿某一觀眾開玩笑，也可以根據(jù)觀眾的反應隨機應變說不同的笑話。3 觀眾只能看見他站在那里兩片嘴唇動個不停。4 克里斯托放棄了講事先準備好的笑話，即興編了一個。5 克里斯托深受各年齡斷人群的喜愛，他有能力讓世人感到開心，這證明單口喜劇能被所有人欣賞。Sample answers1 One of the most well-known and well-loved types of edy is called stand-up.2 A stand-up edian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.3 The audience could only see him standing there moving his lips.4 Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one. 5 Crystals popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.3句型轉(zhuǎn)換：1. He or she might decide to tell different jokes to respond to the reactions of an audience.He or she might decide to tell different jokes _ _ to the reactions of an audience. 2. One such person is Billy Crystal.Such_ person is Billy Crystal. 3. Instead of telling the joke he had planned, he made up a new one.He didnt tell the joke he had planned._ he made up a new one. He didnt tell the joke he had planned _made up a new one. 4. He hopes to follow the way that other famous edians usually do.He hopes to follow _ _ _ of other famous edians. 5. Doctors have been researching what stand-up and other forms of edy affect us.Doctors have been researching what_ stand-up and other forms of edy have_ us. 6. David Canadian Mark Roswell from Canada, called Da Shan in China, is well known for his great ability to study Chinese.David Canadian Mark Roswell from Canada,_ in China_ Da Shan, is well known for his great ability to study Chinese 7. His classes are well received by his students from abroad.His classes are very _ _the students from abroad. 8. Go out and see what is up there.Go out and see what is_ _there.9. Do you mind if I sit down here?Do you mind_ _ down here?10. Later on, the servant re-entered, magazine in hand.Later on, the servant re-entered _ a magazine in_ hand. Answers1. in response 2.a 3.Instead; but 4. in the footsteps 5.effect, on6. known, as 7.popular with/among 8.going on 9.my sitting 10.with,hisStep 8: Homework1 Prepare a funny story to tell to your classmates.2. Prepare the part Word Power3 Finish A1 and A2 on page 100 of the workbook.