Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!教案和学案内容

Module6 Unit1 Reading

Stand up for your health

津市一中龚道霞

Teaching aims 1. Let the students gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy.

2. Master the basic skills of how to guess the meanings of new words from the context.

3. Reforce the students’ reading comprehension.

Teaching key points

1. Develop the students’ reading comprehension.

2. Apply what they have learnt to practice.

Teaching procedures Step1 Lead- in

Let the students enjoy some funny pictures.

Step2 Skimming Read the magazine article for five minutes and answer the three questions in Part A on Page2. 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?

Step3 Structure of the article 1. Look at the title and subtitles carefully; how many parts can the article be divided into? Stand up for your health

Introduction

Types

A famous comedian

Benefit 2. What’s the main idea of each part?

Step4 Detailed reading

1. Read the first part, and answer the question on the screen.

What is stand-up?

2. Read the second part carefully and find out the important sentences belonging to the types.

Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy. 

A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else. (Type _________) 

A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down. (Type _________) 

A comedian says, ‘My grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. She’s 89 now, and we don’t know where she is!’

(Type _________) 

A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana to his ear. He says, ‘Hello? Hello? I’m sorry I can’t hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.’

(Type _________)

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3. Choose the best answer according to the article

①

Billy Crystal started his career as____.

A. a television actor

B. a film actor

C. a stand-up comedian

D. a host

②

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 (故意地) C. made the audience laugh

D. couldn’t make himself heard

③

The reason why Crystal has become so famous might be that ____. A. he has an outstanding ability to make people laugh B. he has hosted the Academy Awards nine times C. he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket

D. he started practising stand-up as a child

4. Decide whether the sentences are true or false. ①

Doctors have been researching how stand-up and other forms of comedy affect us.

②

The English saying “Laughter is the

best medicine” is completely true,

because laughing helps you stay healthy and fight pain.

Step5 Summary Fill in the blanks with proper words. Stand-up is a type of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members. There are 1._______ types of stand-up mentioned in the article.

Among 2._______ stand-up comedians is Billy Crystal, a most famous one, who has hosted the Academy Awards nine times. Each time, he performs his stand­up routine in front of millions of people 3._______ the show is broadcast live on TV. Crystal is popular with all age groups 4._______ he is very quick thinking, and is often able to come up 5._______ new jokes about the people and things around him. Besides, he has the ability to amuse people all over the world, 6._______ proves that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.

Stand-up is good for 7._______ health, as it can make us laugh. Laughing helps our body stay healthy and can even help us live longer. 8._______ let’s enjoy stand-up more.

Step6 Discussion When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings?

Step7 Homework 1. Read the passage fluently.

2. Find out all the important phrases and sentence structures.

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