Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!优秀公开课教案

Module 6 Unit 1 Stand up for your health

Teaching aims: 1) Help the Ss have a general idea about stand-up comedy

2) Get the Ss to know more about a famous comedian Billy Crystal

3) Let the Ss have a better knowledge of the magic functions of laughter Teaching procedure: Step 1 Lead-in Video Clip 1 2004 Oscar Academy Awards features Billy Crystal’s monologue (开场白):

“What the stars Are Thinking”

One of Crystal’s funniest hosting bits is the “What the Stars Are Thinking” gag(搞笑片段).

“You know a lot of people want to know what the stars are thinking about during the show, and I’ve done this show a number of times and I can tell you looking into everyone one of these faces, what they’re thinking,” said Crystal. As the camera zooms in（放大）

on an actor in the audience, Crystal voices what their thoughts could be.

Ss read the minds of their classmates.

Step 2 Fast reading

Find out the structure of this article

Part 1

Brief introduction

Part 2 Part 3 A famous comedian

Types of stand-up comedy Part 4 Laughter is good for your health

Step 3 Careful reading 

Brief introduction to stand-up comedy

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Types of stand- up

Task 1: Which type does the stand-up comedy in the four boxes belong to?

A comedian walks on stage. As A comedian puts on glasses,

she introduces herself, she falls changes his or her voice and

down. pretends to be someone else.

a

b

Type _____ Type _____

A comedian says, ‘My

A comedian stands on stage and

Grandmother started walking 1 km a holds a banana to his ear. He says,

day when she turned 60. She’s 89 ‘Hello? Hello? I’m sorry I

can’t hear

now, and we don’t know where she you. Something must be wrong with

dis!’

my phone.’

c

Type _____ Type _____

Task 2: Show time

Students work in group of four, showing their talent in comedy performance.

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A famous comedian

Task 1. Questions:

1) What does Billy Crystal always keep when he hosts the Academy Awards? Why?

2) What is one reason why Billy Grystal has become so famous?

3) What special qualities should a comedian have?

Task 2. Video Clip 2 Billy Crystal Returns to the Oscars Stage

Eight-time Oscar host Billy Crystal returned to his most famous stage.

"So where was I," Crystal joked when hitting the stage. "Some things never change. The producers have asked me to tell you we are running a little long, so here are the nominees(提名) for Best Picture."

"The first televised Oscars was in 1953. I was five years old so for those of you who stink in math, I'm 47！The host that year was Bob Hope. He hosted it 18 times. I hosted it eight, and I was pooped after two. Bob was the Oscars. He was funny, he was classy and he was what I think the Oscar host must be: a really sexy movie star."

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Laugher is good for your health

Task 1. Listening

Listen to the audio file and fill in the blank. Laughter is good for your health Laughter is good for your health Nowadays, stand-up comedy is popular all over the world. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us, and had discovered that ________________ ______________________________________. They say this is because when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you. Laughing helps your body stay healthy and ___________________________________________. Maybe this explains the long lives of men like Bob Hope and George Burns. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying, ‘_______________________________________’, may be true after all. So, go and make someone laugh — it just might help them (and you) live longer..

Task 2. Question: Why is laughter good for your health?

Task 3: Brainstorming: Ss present some more sentences about ‘laughter’.

Step 3 Writing Quotes about LAUGHTER: 1.

Laughter is the way to true love. -- Author Unknown 2.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. --Victor Borge 3.

There is little success where there is little laughter. -- Andrew Carnegie 4.

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. -- Yiddish Proverb 5.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh. -- Raymond Hitchcock 6.

Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food. -- Anna Fellows Johnston 7.

Seven days without laughter makes one weak. -- Mort Walker 8.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. -- Victor Hugo 9.

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. -- Woody Allen 10.

Sometimes I laugh so hard that tears run down my leg. ~Author Unknown

Task: work with your group members and present a report. Report:

My desk mate best ….

loves the quote “_______________________________” However, in better …

’s opinion, he/she prefers the quote “________________”

As for , he/she is in favor of the quote “_______________________” ….

As far as

am concerned, “_________________________________” is my favorite quote…

To sum up, …..