Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!课堂实录【1】

M6U1 Reading Stand-up for your health Learning aims:

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To gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy 2.

To know some basic skills of how to guess the meanings of new words

Learning procedures: Step 1 Warming-up 1)

Do you like laughing? Do you think laughter is good for you? 2)

What kinds of things can make you laugh? 3)

Who is your favorite comedian? Why do you like him or her?

Step 2 Reading 1.

Read the passage and fill in each blank with no more than 3 words. 2.

While reading, underline some difficult points. Title:①

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A kind of comedy done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to the audience.

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Telling jokes about

④ or about daily life. ③

of 

Using visual humor stand-up 

Doing movements 

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Name: Billy Crystal

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Profession: stand-up comedian, television and film

performer A famous comedian 

Most honorable moments: when hosting⑥

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Small secret: keeping a toothbrush in his pocket ⑦ 

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for being famous: being quick-minded and able to make up new jokes about all around him

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of laughter 

Helping your body stay healthy 

Helping you fight pain 

Helping you

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Step 3 Ask-and-answer 1.

Discuss your difficulties with your group members. 2.

Raise some questions which you can not solve within groups. Other groups may try their best to answer those questions.

Step 4 Reading strategy: guessing the meanings of new words 1.

Try to guess the meaning of the underlined words or phrases. ①

(L10-11, P2)……or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella. ②

(L17-19, P2) This kind of humor is not very funny if you are only listening and not watching the comedian’s performance. ③

(L39-40, P3) Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one. 2.

Competition 3.

Homework:

P100 D3