Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!优秀教学设计

M6U1 Stand up for your health! ReadingⅠ

Step 1：Fast reading for the structure

Title: E. Stand up for your health!

A. A brief introduction B. A famous comedian

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Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

C. Types of stand-up D. Laughter is good for you E. Stand up for your health! Step 2: Read for details (

) 1. A stand-up comedian would do the following EXCEPT

once he or she gets on the stage. A. talking directly to auduence members B. acting or speaking like a well-known person C. standing on the stage, smiling or laughing only D. telling different jokes in response to the audience’s reaction

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) 2. How many types of stand-up comedy are mentioned in the article? A. Three

B. Four C. Five

D. Six (

) 3. The reason why Billy Crystal has become so famous might be that

. A. he is very quick-minded B. he has hosted the Acadamy Awards nine times C. he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket. D. he started practising stand-up as a child

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) 4. What can we infer from this text? A. Billy Crystal is only popular with people in English-speaking countries. B. There is some connection between comedy and the reason why both Bob Hope and Geroge Burns lived a long life. C. Laughter is good for all kinds of people. D. When you are ill you need to laugh only and don’t need to take any medicine.

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) 5. What’s 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.

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Step 3: Retell Part 3 by filling blanks with proper words.

Billy Crystal is one of the most famous stand-up 1. _______ (comedian). He has also become well-known 2.___ a television and film performer later on in life. People around the world enjoy 3.________ (watch) him when he hosts the Academy Awards. One reason Crystal has become so famous

is 4.____ he is very quick thinking, and he is often able to come up 5._____ new jokes about the people and things around him. Crystal is popular with all age groups and

is able 6._________ (amuse )people all over the world .

He 7.___(enjoy) his job and never gives up. We can expect to hear a lot 8._____ from Billy Crystal.

He hopes to follow in the footsteps of other famous comedians like Bob Hope and George Burns, 9.____ lived to be 100 years old

and kept working

10.___ nearly the end of his life.

Step 4.

Retell Part 4 by correcting mistakes in the passage

Nowadays, stand-up comedy is popular all over world. Doctors have been researched what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us, and have discovered that people which laugh a lot live long. They say this is why when you laugh, your brain send chemicals around your body that are good for you. Laughing helps your body keep health and this can even help you fight pain. Perhaps

what explains the long lives of men such as

Bob Hope and George Burns. Laughter

was

the best medicine .So, go and make someone to laugh.

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