Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!课件配套优秀

M6U1 Reading

Teaching aims:

1.

Guide Ss to gain some basic knowledge of each section and reinforce their reading comprehension.

2.

Stimulate the Ss’ interest in learning English by talking about their own opinions when it comes to the topic “Laughter is the best medicine”.

3.

Help Ss to form the positive attitude towards life. Important points & difficult points: 1.

Find the main points in the sections and express them. 2.

Understand the text. 3.

Speak freely and act out the stand-up comedies Teaching methods: Task-based and student-oriented teaching approaches Teaching procedures Step1: Lead-in Step2: Fast reading Go through the passage and try to understand the structure of the text.

Step 3: Detailed reading ⅠThe definition of stand-up

A kind of ________that is done on a stage by a _______ talking straight to ______ members.

ⅡTypes of stand-up . 1.

Read the second paragraph and fill in the blanks. Type1:

_________ about how people behave or about daily life.

Type2:

___________ inspired by objects

Type3:

__________ like tripping over chairs and falling down on stage Type4:

_______________ ---act or speak like a well-known person 2.

Perform on the stage Make up a stand-up comedy with your group members and act it out. A.

A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down.

B.

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.’

C.

………

Ⅲ

A famous stand-up comedian 1.Reading comprehension

(1) Billy Crystal started his career ____.

A. as a television actor

B. as a film actor

C. as a stand-up comedian

D. as a host (2) At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.

A. was asked to make a silent speech

B. turn on the microphone

C. made the audience laugh

D. couldn’t make himself heard

(3) What does the word ‘routine’ in line 29 probably mean?

A. road

B. performance

C. lines

D. style 2.

Profile of Billy Crystal

Nationality(国籍): ________________ Profession(职业): ________________ Times of hosting the Academy Awards(奥斯卡): ________________

Reason for becoming famous: be ________; have ability to ______people

Special habit in Academy Awards: ________________ Idols(偶像) : ________________, who lived to be 100 years old 3.

Work in pairs Now you need to find out some important information about Billy crystal. Your friend happens to be a big fan of Billy Crystal. Please ask him or her some questions about Billy Crystal by using the words on the paper.

Possible questions Hello, I'd like to know something about Billy Crystal, could you help me?

What’s his nationality? ………. Ⅵ

Laughter is good for your health 1.

Why is laughter good for your health? 2.

Which English saying proves to be true in this paragraph? Step4: Appreciation Enjoy some proverbs about laughter A good laugh is sunshine in a house．

Laughter can help us forget about worries. The world looks brighter from behind a smile．

Laughter is man’s friend, for it lightens all his burdens．

A home without laughter is a home without love．

Step5: Homework 1.

After class make up a stand-up comedy for your family. 2.

Finish the part E in the textbook.