Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!优质课教案

Unit 1 M6

Reading

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- 长沙县六中高二英语备课组

Teaching aims:

(1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main idea of the article and understand the fact that laughter is good for your health. (2) Students are expected to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and improve

their reading comprehension ability.

Important points & difficult points: (1)

Find the main idea and the information sentences (2)

Improve the reading ability

(3)

Learn several important and difficult language points

Procedure: Step 1 Lead-in

First let's enjoy one of his shows: Billy Crystal is an American comedian and film director. He became a Hollywood film star and he has hosted the Academy Awards nine times .

Step 2 Fast reading

Read the passage on page 2-3 quickly and answer the questions.

1. What is Stand-up? (No more than 15 words)

2. After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life?(No more than 7 words)

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What is laughter good for?(No more than 2 words)

4. What is the article about? (No more than 2 words)

Step 3 Further reading Read the passage again and choose the best answers according to the article. 1. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.

A. enjoys laughing

B. enjoys making fun of himself

C. usually makes fun of the audience

D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance 2. The reason why Billy Crystal has become so famous might be that

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A. he is very quick-minded.

B. he has hosted the Acadamy Awards nine times

C. he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket.

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D. he started practising stand-up as a child. 3. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.

A. was asked to make a silent speech

B. turn off the microphone on purpose

C. made the audience laugh

D. couldn’t make himself heard

4. According to the article, Bob Hope and George Burns could live longer than others because they

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A. ate well

B. kept on working until the end of their lives.

C. laughed a lot

D. had some special medicine good for them

Step 4

Language points: (一)、The important points: Listen and find out the important phrases: 1.be good for

2.depend upon 3.a variety of

4.queue up 5.rely on

6.make jokes about 7.point to

8.lose weight 9. trip over

10. fall down

11. make fun of

12. have affection for 13. come up with

14. give a speech 15. instead of

16. make up 17. be popular with

18. follow in the footsteps of 19. have an effect on

20. in the end

(二)、The difficult points: while 的难点突破

While this kind of humor may sound cruel, it usually only works ...(Line 20-22)

While

= Although

1）While he loves his students, he is very

strict with them. 知识链接：while的其他用法：

2）They phoned while you were out.

while = when

3）She drinks black coffee while I prefer it with cream.

while = but 高考链接：

1).（12湖南卷）

I always felt I would pass the exam, I never thought I would get an A. A. While

B. Once

C. If

D. Until 2）. (山东07) ______ I really don’t like art, I find his work impressive.

A. As

B. Since

C. If

D. While

Step 5 Homework

Write six sentences about "Laughter is good for your health"

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