Reading(2)：Stand up for your health!教学设计(第一课时)

Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Reading（2）

Teaching aims:

After the class, the students will be able to

1.

understand the passage better.

2.

understand all the language points and use them correctly.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1.

What are the main characteristics of stand-up? 

One person. 

Stand directly in front of the audience and communicate with the audience. 

Improvise. 2.

Complete the passage of Part E on Page5.

Step 2 Language points

1. Stand up for your health stand up 是双关语，一层意思指单口喜剧（stand-up）有益健康，另一层含义为短语stand up for的本意，即“支持，维护”之意。

2. tease 取笑，戏弄

The other children teased him because he was a little fat. 3. …tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to… .

(Line 6)

depend upon / on 依靠、依赖、取决于

Whether we’ll go camping depends on the weather.

我们是否去野营要看天气。

react to

对…作出反应

How did she react to the news? 她对这个消息反应如何?

4. There are a variety of different styles of stand-up comedy.

a variety of

各种各样的，不同种类的

The island has a variety of wildlife. 这个岛屿有多种多样的野生动植物。

5. Some comedians tell jokes about the way people behave… .(Line 9)

The way that / which / 省略

he introduced to us was easy to learn.

先行词作宾语

The way that / in which / 省略

he introduced the book to us was easy to understand.

先行词作状语

6. queue up 排队

They are queuing up to see a film.他们正排着队等候看电影。

jump the queue 插队

7. make jokes about 拿…来开玩笑

We should not make jokes about the disabled.

8. Another comedian points to a video…

I’ve been playing… why I am not losing weight!’, he or she ......

point to 指向，指着, 表明，显示

lose weight 减轻体重

增加体重gain weight/ put on weight

9. trip over sth 被某物绊倒

A wise man should not trip over the same stone. 聪明的人不应该被同一块石头绊倒。

10. make fun of

v. 取笑, 开…的玩笑

= laugh at; play a joke on

别取笑他, 每个人都有自尊。Don't make fun of him, everyone has his self-respect. 11. While this kind of…

while: even though While I like the colour of the hat, I do not like its shape. 12. have (an) affection for喜爱，钟爱

我非常喜欢南京。I have a great affection for Nanjing. 13. later on后来

后来他找了一份教师的工作。Later on, he got a job as a teacher. 14. such 为形容词，意思是“那样的，这样的，如此的”。当它与数词或不定代词any, some, all, no等连用时，常置于它们之后；但与不定冠词连用时，则置于不定冠词之前。

There is no such thing as a free lunch. 天下没有免费的午餐。

You gave me such a fright. 你吓了我一跳！

15. When he hosts the …

host the show tonight

V. 主持

host the Olympic Games

V. 主办

host

n.主人,主持人

hostess

女主人, 女主持人

the host nation

东道国，

主办国

16. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV. live

adv.

现场地；直播地

With all the news broadcast live, the pressure on the announcers is becoming heavier. live adj.

现场的，直播的；有生命的，活的

We are watching the live coverage of the Olympics.

17. …, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth!

brushing

为现在分词作伴随状语

1). Don’t sit there ___ nothing. Come and help me with this table.

A. do

B. to do

C. doing

D. and doing 18. come up with想出

The scientists are trying to come up with a solution to the problem. 科学家正试图找出解决这个问题的办法。

19. …, Crystal made up a new one.

make up

编造; 组成;化妆;弥补;和解

The whole story was made up! Don’t believe it.

20. amuse

vt.

逗笑，逗乐

My funny drawings amused the kids. amused

adj.

感到好笑的

amusing

adj.

逗人笑的，有趣的

amusement

n.

可笑，娱乐

to one’s amusement使某人高兴/发笑的是

21. follow in the footsteps of sb =follow in one’s footsteps 效仿某人

他追随他父亲，成了一名科学家。

He followed in his father’s footsteps and became a scientist.

22. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying ‘Laughter is the best medicine’ may be true after all.

Whatever the reason (is)是让步状语从句，

Whatever her faults, I’ll stand by her side.

不管她做错什么，我都会支持她。

whatever引导让步状语从句，相当于no matter what，意为“不管什么，无论什么”。

[拓展] whatever与no matter what的区别：whatever除了可以引导让步状语从句外，还能引导名词性从句，如：

It is not wise of parents to give their son whatever he wants.

而no matter what只能引导让步状语从句。

Step 3 Story-telling

1.

Ask the students to make up a story in groups of 4. They have to use at least 5 phrases mentioned in class.

2.

Ask several students to present their story and others give comments.

Step 4 Homework 1. Finish A1 and A2 on page100. 2. Preview Word Power.