Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!PPT专用教学设计内容

模块六Unit 1 Laughter is good for you学案一

Reading阅读理解

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Step1 Lead in Play a guessing game. Guess the names of three comedians according to their voices.

Step2 Fast reading 1.

Read para.1 and try to give a definition(定义) to “stand-up”.

Stand-up:_______________________________________________________ 2.

Read the subtitles(小标题) and understand the structure of the text. (1)

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________________________ (3)

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Step3 Detailed reading.

1.

Listen to the tape of “Types of stand-up”and read after it. (1)Find out the different types of stand up and explain them. _________________ about the way people _______ or about _________; _________________: inspired by __________; _________________: trip over chairs…in order to __________________;

④____________________: ______________ like a well-known person. (2) Match the types of stand-up with examples.

Types of stand-up

Examples

ask when it only rains when you forget your umbrella

Telling jokes

use a huge hammer to break watermelons

Visual humour

talk about how people act when they queue up

④point to a video tennis game, and ask why he can't lose

Absurd humour

⑤act and speak like a well-known person

Doing impressions

⑥trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage

(3)

Ask 4 students to have a short performance of 4 types of stand-up and other students to guess which type of stand-up they perform. (4)

Enjoy a short video about performance by Billy Crystal.

2. Read the part of “A famous comedian” in silence. (5) Fill in the blanks according to the text. Billy Crystal is one of the most famous stand-up 1. ___________ . He has also become well-known as 2.___________________________later on in life. He has hosted the Academy Awards 3.____________. One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very 4.____________ , and he is often able to 5.____________ new jokes about the people and things around him. Crystal is popular with all age groups and is able 6._________ people all over the world . He hopes to 7. ____________________ other famous comedians like Bob Hope and George Burns who lived to be 8._________________ .

(6) Who are Bob Hope and George Burns and how old were they? _______________________________________________________

3. Ask students to read the part of “Laughter is good for your health”together. (7) Why is laughter good for your health? _______________________________________________________

(8) Which English saying proves the importance of laughter? _______________________________________________________

Step4. Further reading (after class) 1) Which of the following is true?

A. Crystal has become famous because he always puts a toothbrush in his pocket.

B. Crystal has become famous because he is quick thinking and can come up with new jokes.

C. Crystal is only popular in western countries.

D. Only old people like Billy Crystal’s performance.

2) What can we infer from the passage?

A. At the 2004 Academy Awards, the audience couldn’t hear the old actor because he had turned off the microphone on purpose.

B. People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being made fun of.

C. Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot.

D. Crystal might stop performing stand-up in order to make more films.

3) After reading the passage carefully, which word below cannot be used to describe Billy Crystal?

A. quick thinking

B. confident

C. hard-working

D. persevering (坚持不懈的）

4) What does the word “routine” in L29 mean?

A. process

B. route

C. court

D.

show

5) How do you understand the title “Stand up for your health”?

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Step5. Discussion Besides stand-up, what else can bring us laughter?

Step6 Conclusion Review what we learned.

Step7 Homework 1.Read the text again and finish exercises in Further reading. 2. Try to find some ways to make other people laugh.