Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!名师教学实录

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Laughter is good for you!

Reading

Stand up for your health

Step 1

Lead in

some famous saying and interesting pictures.

Step 2

Fast reading

How many parts can we divide the passage into?

Step 3

Careful reading

Task 1

Match the types with their actions:

Types

Actions 1.Tell jokes about the way people behave or A. By using a hammer to break watermelons.

about daily life. 2.

Rely on visual humour inspired by B. By telling how people act when they queue up.

objects. 3. Perform absurd physical actions to make C.

By imitating the actions or accent of a famous people laugh. person.

4. Act or speak like a famous person. D. Comedians may trip over chairs, walk into doors and fell down on stage.

More situations:Choose the correct type of stand-up

for them

a.

A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else. b.

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

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!’

d.

A comedian stands on the 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.’

Task 2

An introduction to Billy Crystal （Filling in the blanks according to the text）

File（档案）

Name Billy Crystal Birth day March 14, 1947 Birthplace New USA York, Profession

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Graduation University New York His idols University （偶像）

Experiences:

★He ever hosted 3.______ Academy Awards. ★When he was a child ,he 4.________________________. ★He is good at 5._______________new jokes about people and things ★At the 2004 Academy Awards, he 6._________a new joke instead of telling the one he had planned.

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Task 3

Complete the following table. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.

Stand up for your health

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_____________ Stand-up is a type of stage comedy in which a comedian talks straight to the audience.

Telling jokes about people’s behavior or about 2. ________.

Using visual humor which is inspired by 3. ______ .

Types Amusing the audience through the comedian’s 4. ___________. Acting or speaking like a famous person for 5. _____________ making fun of that person.

Often 7._______ the Academy Awards, and always keeping a Billy Crystal tooth brush in his pocket for good luck. —A famous

Being quick thinking and able to come up with 8. _________. 6. _________ Having the ability 9. ______ people around the world and

wanting to follow in the footsteps of other comedian.

Research Showing laughter helps people live longer, stay healthy and 10. _____ pain as laughing makes the brain send beneficial chemicals.

Step 4

Consolidation:

Retelling

Complete the following passages according to the text. Fill in each blank with one word.

Stand-up is a type of stage comedy 1. _____ a comedian talks straight to the audience. There are 2. _____ main types in all.

Billy Crystal is a very famous stand-up comedian 3. _____ he has hosted the Academy Awards nine times. He is very quick thinking and can make 4. ____ new jokes about the people around him. His popularity with all ages and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.

Doctors have been researching the effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have 5. ____ people. They have discovered people 6. _____ laugh a lot live longer. This agree 7. _____ the English saying “Laughter is the 8. _____ medicine.”

Step 5

Discussion: 1. Is it difficult to make others laugh, especially foreigners? Why? 2. Are comedians born gifted? What are good comedians required to do?

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