Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!PPT及课堂实录内容

M6 U1 Reading Stand-up for Your Health

学习目标: (1) To grasp the main topics of the three sections---types of stand-up, a famous comedian and the fact that laughter is good for your health (2) To develop the students’ reading ability---how to guess the meanings of new words

学习任务：

Task1. Reading strategy: (Page3) When reading a text that contains many new words, try not to look up each of them. Instead, try to guess the meanings of these words from the context.

Often, the writer will give the meaning of difficult or technical vocabulary in the sentences around it. The way a word is used may also give you some idea of the meaning. Task2. Go through the passage quickly and answer the following questions. 1. What is the article about?

2. How many types of stand-up are there?

3. What is laughter good for?

Task3. Read the passage carefully and choose the right answer. 1. What does the word ‘routine’ in Para 3 probably mean?

A. road

B. performance

C. lines

D. style 2. Which of the following is the style of doing impression?

A. Jokes in everyday life.

B. Visual humors

C. Body action

D. Imitation of a well-known person 3. A stand-up comedian would do the following EXCEPT___________once he or she gets on the stage.

A. talking directly to audience members

B. acting or speaking like a well-known person

C. standing on the stage, smiling and laughing only

D. telling different jokes in response to the audience’s reactions 4. The reason why Billy Crystal has become so famous might be that ______________.

A. he is very quick thinking

B. he has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times

C. he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket

D. he started practicing stand-up as a child 5. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.

A. enjoys laughing

B. enjoys making fun of himself

C. usually takes advantage of the audience

D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance Task4. Consolidation

1. Fill in the blanks according to the passage:

Introduction of stand-up. Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a (1)__________ by a comedian talking straight to audience members. ◆Some comedians tell(2) _____________about the way people behave or about daily life.

◆Other comedians rely on (3)_____________humor. Types of stand-up ◆This kind of absurd humor is not very funny if you are only (4)___________ and not (5)____________ the comedian’s performance. ◆The last kind of comedians does(6) ____________.

Billy Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards for 9 times. One reason for his becoming so famous is that he is very quick (7)__________, and is often able to come up with new(8)__________ about the people and things around him. He is (9)__________ with all age groups and has the ability to (10)______________ people all over the world. People who laugh a lot live longer. Laughing helps your body stay (11)_____________ and can help you fight pain.

A famous comedian

Laughter is good for your health！

2. Summary

One favorite type of comedy is called stand-up. There are (1)____________ different types of standup comedy. Billy Crystal，a famous stand-up (2)____________，has (3)____________ the Academy Awards eight times. Each time，he performs his stand-up (4)____________ in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast (5)____________ on TV. One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking，and is often able to come up(6)____________ new jokes about the people and things around him. He is popular with all age groups and has the (7)____________ to amuse people all over the world. Doctors have (8)____________ that people who laugh a lot live longer. Laughing helps your body (9)____________ healthy and can even help you fight pain. (10)____________ the reason，research shows that in the end，the English saying，“Laughter is the best medicine”，may be true after all.

Task 5. Discussion: 1. What kind of comedy do you enjoy most? Why? 2. Laughter is good for you and for everyone else. How do you make other people laugh? 3. Tell a funny story to your classmates.