Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!全国优秀课堂实录

Module 6 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Reading Teaching aims 1. Have a good understanding of the text and get some information about “stand-up”;

2. Tell different types of stand-up;

3. Learn something about Billy Crystal; Teaching important points and difficult points

Understand the types of comedies, the reasons for Billy Crystal’s popularity

Emotional aim

Have a positive attitude towards life

Teaching procedures Step1 Warming up Do you feel happy in our English class? If you feel happy, what will you react? Ok, next let’s learn to sing a song and maybe we will know how to express our happiness. From this video, we know songs can bring us happiness. Then can you think of any other ways to make us happy? Ok, I’ll give you some tips. Step 2 Lead-in Are you familiar with these comedians? According to these famous comedians and comedy programs, do you know how many groups can comedies be put into?

Funny films

Cross talk Comedy

Sketch

Talk show

programs

stand-up Today we are going to study a passage about comedies and comedians-----

Stand up for your health! 1 How do you understand the meaning of the title? 1 Stand-up

a kind of comedy performed by a comedian on the stage

2 stand up for

support stand up

is used as a pun(双关) –--an expression with double meaning. Step3 Skimming and scanning

Task1 课前预习检测

1.

What is stand up?

2.

How many parts can the passage be divided into? Part 1

Types of stand up Part2

The benefits of laughter Part3

Introduction of stand up

Part4

A famous comedian

Step4

Detailed reading

Task2 Part2

Types of stand up 1.

How many types of stand-up are there?

2. What are they?

Step5 Consolidation Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy. Types How to perform them?

Part3

Profile of Billy Crystal Nationality

Profession Times of hosting the Academy Awards Reason for becoming famous

quick______ and ability to ________people Special habit in Academy Awards Keeping a _______ in his pocket for ____ Idols（

偶像）

Part4: Benefits

Why English saying “Laughter is the best medicine” proves true?

1.

When we laugh, our brain will ________________ around our body. 2.

Laughter can help our body___________ and help us ________ and live longer.

Step5 Group work : Interview Work in pairs. Suppose one of you were the host Zhu Jun and the other was Billy Crystal, and you two were on the stage of the famous CCTV talk show Life of Art. 2

Example: Host: Hello! Everyone. I’m host Zhu Jun. Today we’re lucky to have invited Billy Crystal. He will have a talk with you face to face. So everybody should seize（抓住）the chance to ask him as many questions as possible. Hello，Billy！Welcome to our show！

Billy Crystal：…

Fan A: …

Fan B: …

Step6 Summary

Stand-up for your health Types of stand-up

How many?

A famous comedian

Who?

Laughter is good for your health.

Why?

Step7 Homework Write an email to your foreign friends to introduce a famous comedian in China

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