Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!名师教学实录

M6U1 Reading

Teaching aims:

1. Help students improve students’ reading ability. 2. Enable students to know about stand-up. 3.Help students learn how to guess the meanings of new words.

Teaching Procedures: Step 1

Lead in 1.

When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop the unpleasant feeling?

2.

Can you name some famous comedians? Who is your favourite comedian? Why?

Step 2

Skimming Task 1

Skim the text and answer these questions 1.

What is the article about?

2.

After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life?

3.

What is laughter good for?

Task 2

True or False

1.

Visual humour can be boring when you cannot see what the comedian is doing. 2.

One comedian did not lose any weight even though he had been doing a lot of physical exercise for a month. 3.

People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being made fun of. 4.

The old actor’s speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound. 5.

Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot.

Step 3

Listening Task 3 Answer the questions in part C2 on workbook. Task 4 Listen to the tape and complete the following exercises. 1. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.

A. enjoys laughing

B. enjoys making fun of himself

C. usually takes advantage of the audience

D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance 2. Billy Crystal started his career ____.

A. as a television actor

B. as a film actor

C. as a stand-up comedian

D. as a host 3. What does the word ‘routine’ in Para 3 probably mean?

A. road

B. performance

C. lines

D. style 4. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.

A. was asked to make a silent speech

B. didn’t turn on the microphone on purpose

C. made the audience laugh

D. couldn’t make himself heard

5. What does the word ‘appropriate’ in Para 4 probably mean?

A. proper

B. clear

C. silly

D. enjoyable 6. We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to ______.

A. enjoy a very long life

B. work till the end of life

C. have no plans to stop work

D. perform stand-up

Step 4 Careful reading Task 5 The structure of the passage and the main idea of each part

Task 6 Complete the following column

Stand up for your health ! What stand-up is

Types of stand-up Stand-up is a kind of comedy ①

on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.

A comedian tells jokes about ②

people behave or about daily life. A comedian tells jokes ③

by objects. Some comedies contain performance of absurd ④

. A comedian ⑤

the actions or accents of a famous person.

He has been ⑥

of the Academy Awards eight times. A famous stand-up One reason for his success is that he has the ability to⑦

and comedian―

Bill

make new jokes about the people and things around him. Crystal He will tell jokes until his life nearly comes to ⑧

. ⑨

of Stand-up makes people burst into laughter often. Research shows stand-up. people laughing a lot enjoy ⑩

.

Step 5 Discussion 1.

Are comedians born gifted ? What are good comedians required to do? 2.

Beside laughter, what are other factors that can help people live longer?

Step 6 Homework Read the passage again to better understand the passage.