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

Module 6 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Reading Step 1. Lead-in 1.

Enjoy a short video clip. 2.

Question: What things can make you happy? Step 2. Skimming Choose which is the best structure concerning the passage. Step 3 .Detailed -reading Task 1:

Part 1 What is stand-up? Task 2:

Part 2 Types of stand-up: 1.Tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.

2.Rely on visual humor--inspired by objects

3.Absurd humour---funny performance

4.Do impressions--act or speak like a well-known person Practice: Match the behaviours with the tupe of stand-up. Task 3: Part 3 File（档案）

Name Profession Billy Crystal

Sex Special hobby

Quality

Task 4: Part 4

Benefits of laughter:

His Idol（偶像）

Helping a person to live longer. Helping a person’s body to stay healthy Helping a person to fight pain. Step 4: Careful -reading 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 5. Discussion What can laughter bring us?

Step 6: Homework 1.Read the article again 2.Make up a funny story