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

M 6 U 1 Reading -Stand up for your health 教学目标

Knowledge aim: Know different ways to laugh and understand what is stand up Ability aim: Grasp how to guess meanings of new words Emotion aim: Develop an interest in comedy and know the goodness of laughter to our health

教学重难点

Teaching important points: Know what is stand up and know the importance of laughter to our

health Teaching difficult points: Get students to appreciate stand up;

Grasp the techniques of how to guess meanings of new words or

phrases, especially in test exercises

教学方法

Cooperation and exploration, self-study

教学过程

Step 1

Lead-in

Show a video and discuss some ways to laugh, and then introduce the topic “Stand up for your

health”

Step 2

Pre-reading 1)

Watch a video and guess the meaning of “stand-up”

2)

Reading-strategy-guessing the meanings of new words

A) Some techniques on how to guess the meanings of new words Read the sentences before and after the one containing the new word Look at the words around the unknown word

B) Exercise from this passage Guess the meanings of a new word from the context 1.

A stand-up comedian may tease an audience member or might decide to tell different

jokes.

A. make fun of

B. laugh

C. play

D. trust 2.

Their humour may be inspired by objects. For example, one comedian uses a huge

hammer to break watermelons.

A. things

B. imaginations

C. traditions

D. style 3.

Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show

is broadcast live on TV.

A. road

B. performance

C. lines

D. Style

Step 3

Fast-reading 1)

Scan and answer questions

1. What is the topic of this passage ?

2. What does this passage mainly talk about ?

2)

Skim and analyze the structure of this passage

Part 1

main idea:_________

Part 2

main idea:_________

Part 3

main idea:_________

Step 4

careful-reading Task 1

part 1(Types of stand-up)

Read this part and fill in this format. Types of stand-up observation prop physics impression Comedians make fun of things 1._____(observe)in everyday life It is a type of 2.____

____. Comedians tell their jokes by using objects, without which the jokes are not funny. Comedians use their bodies to make jokes Comedians act or speak like 4.____

____

____who is both known to comedians and audience

Task 2

Part 2(A famous comedian) 1)

Listen to the tape and fill in blanks according to given letters.

A Brief Introduction to Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal, a famous stand-up 1.c____, has become famous 2,____a TV and film 3.a______. He has 4.h______the Academy Awards broadcast 5.l______on TV 9 times. He enjoyed 6.p______ with all age groups, with the intention of keeping 7.w______until the end of his life like Bob Hope and George Burns, 8.f______in the footsteps of them. One reason why Crystal has become so successful is 9.______he is quick minded, so he can 10.m________up with new jokes about the people and things around him. 2)

Read this part again and tell the truth of the following statements.(T/F)

(

) 1. Quite a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actors later

on in life.

(

) 2. The fact that when Crystal hosts the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in

his pocket for good luck is only known to few people.

(

) 3. Billy Crystal has no plans to go on making films or telling jokes.

Task 3

Part 3(Laughter is good for your health) 1)

Multiple choice

According to the lat paragraph, what is the meaning of the sentence “Laughter is the best medicine”?

(

)

A. Laughter is the best kind of medicine

B. Laughter is good for your health

C. Laughter is better than medicine

D. Laughter is a kind of medicine

2)

Translate the following proverbs(further study)

1. Just one smile makes the person ten years younger.

2. He who laughs best laughs last.

3. A smile sweeps all your sorrows away.

4. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, but you weep alone.

Step 5

Homework(Self-study) 1)

words learning

Fill in blanks according to given letters.

Laughter is the best medicine. Many scientists believe that laughter is not only an enjoyable 1.f______but that it also has long-lasting psychological benefits by helping people 2.r______ stress and feel more 3.r______. Surprisingly, it is also claimed that as a form of body exercise laughter has 4.v______physical benefits by burning lots of calories !

Jokes are one of the different ways that can 5.c______at the same jokes. An American scientist made an online 7.s______. He found that there were many 8.d_________in sense of 9.h______ in different countries. But he also found that lots of jokes are able to cross 10.n______borders(界限). 2)

Phrases learning

A) Translate the following phrases

1.stand up for

2.depend on/rely on

3.react to

4.a variety of

5.queue up

6.make jokes/make fun of

7.point to

8.trip over/fall down

9.have affection for

10.later on

11.in front of

12.be broadcast live

13.come up with

14.make up

15.be popular with

16.follow in the footsteps of sb

17.have effects on/upon sb

18.after all

19.in the end

20.go on to do/doing

B) Finish the exercise in the following passage by using techniques learnt during this period(guessing or reciting)

There are a variety of reasons why I stand up for Mr. Zhou. One is that he can come up with creative ideas when necessary. Meanwhile, he is able to make up stories based on daily life. Also he has a great affection for film and follows in the footsteps of other great performers, determined to improve himself all the time. All in all, he has made great contributions to the film industry. That is why he is so popular with all age groups. 3)

Language points self-study

1. Stand

live

variety

fun

such

2. Wh-ever