Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!国家获奖教案

Reading

Stand-up for Your Health Step 1: Lead-in

T: Do you know who this person is? S: Charlie Chaplin, a famous American comedian. T: What kind of imagine will appear in your mind? S: He always wears a small black hat, very wide trousers and a moustache, and carries a stick that he swings in the air as he walks. T: How do you feel at the sight of him? S: He is humorous and makes us laugh. T: what’s the style of his film? S: In his film, he’s never the Mr. Big and he always has much trouble in his life. However, he uses his sense of humor to teach people that there are always ways to face problems if you are able to laugh. T: Do you think laughing is good for people’s health? S: Yes. Laughter is a bridge that can lead people to health, happiness and peace. It is a good therapy to help people get rid of bitterness and forget all the problems. T: Today, we’ll learn a passage entitled “Stand-up for your health!” Do you know the meaning of “Stand-up” here? Does it mean you have to stand up to keep healthy? S: No. “Stand-up” is a kind of comedy in which the comedian stands in front of the audience and talk directly to audience members. Step 2: Fast-reading for general idea. Go through the passage as quickly as possible and find answers to the three questions in Part A. 1 What is the article about? 2 How many types of stand-up are there? 3 What is laughter good for? Answers

1 It’s about stand-up comedy.

2 There are four main types.

3 It’s good for our health.

Step 3: Careful-reading for detailed information

1. Let's read the passage again more carefully and try to the following questions after your reading. 1.How might a stand-up comedian decide what jokes to tell ? 2. How many types of stand-up comedy are mentioned in the article? 3. How do different stand-up comedians perform? 4. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards? 5. What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous? 6. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?

7. When did Billy Crystal begin practising stand –up ? 8.

What does your brain do when you laugh? 9. Where is stand –up comedy usually done ?

2. Next let's listen to the tape and choose the best answer according to the text..

1. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.

A. enjoys laughing

B. enjoys making fun of himself

C. usually makes fun of the audience

D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance 2. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.

A. was asked to make a silent speech

B. turn off the microphone on

purpose

C. made the audience laugh

D. couldn’t make himself heard 3. What does the word ‘appropriate’

in Para. 4 probably mean?_______

A. proper B. clear

C. foolish

D.

interesting 4. We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to ______.

A. enjoy a very long life

B. work till the end of life

C. have no plans to stop work

D. perform stand-up

Step 4: Post-reading activities. 1. Discuss the following questions in groups, then role-play the dialogues and act out before the class.

(1)What are necessary qualifications a good comedian needs to have?

(2)When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings?

(3) Besides laughter, what are other factors that can help people keep healthy and live longer?

Sample answers 1

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Having enough courage to perform in front of the audience

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Practicing a lot to perfect their routine

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Being able to read their audience’s thoughts to know exactly what they would like to see 

Watching as many comedies as they can to learn about more techniques 

Making full preparations before going on stage 2 

Watching a comedy 

Listening to music or watching films

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Seeing friends 

Surfing the Internet 

Locking myself in my room and doing reading 3 

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Having a balanced diet Exercising regularly Having a good mood Being optimistic

Step 6: Consolidation

1 Fill in the blanks according to the text. Stand-up is one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy. In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about 1_______ things he or she 2________ in everyday life. Prop 3_________ use props to tell their jokes. Physical comedians use their 4_________ to make jokes. Impressionist comedians act or speak like a well-known person, which is called doing an 5_________ of the person,

Billy Crystal is one of the stand-up comedians who have become famous as television and film actors later on in life. His 6_________ with all age groups and his ability to 7_________ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.

Doctors have been 8_________ the effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on people. They have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. This agrees with the English saying

“9_________ is the best 10_________”.

Answers 1 humorous

2 observes

3 comedians

4 bodies

5 impression

6 popularity

7 amuse

8 researching

9 laughter

10 medicine 2 Translate the following sentences into English. 1 有一种非常出名，深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。

2 单口喜剧演员可以拿某一观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众的反应随机应变说不同的笑话。

3 观众只能看见他站在那里两片嘴唇动个不停。

4 克里斯托放弃了讲事先准备好的笑话，即兴编了一个。

5 克里斯托深受各年龄断人群的喜爱，他有能力让世人感到开心，这证明单口喜剧能被所有人欣赏。

Sample answers 1 One of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy is called stand-up. 2 A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience. 3 The audience could only see him standing there moving his lips. 4 Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.

5 Crystal’s popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone. 3句型转换：

1.

He or she might decide to tell different jokes to respond to the reactions of an audience.

He or she might decide to tell different jokes ______ ______ to the reactions of an audience.

2.

One such person is Billy Crystal. Such______ person is Billy Crystal.

3.

Instead of telling the joke he had planned, he made up a new one. He didn’t tell the joke he had planned._______ he made up a new one.

He didn’t tell the joke he had planned _______made up a new one.

4.

He hopes to follow the way that other famous comedians usually do. He hopes to follow _____ _____ _____ of other famous comedians.

5.

Doctors have been researching what stand-up and other forms of comedy affect us. Doctors have been researching what______ stand-up and other forms of comedy have_____ us.

6.

David Canadian Mark Roswell from Canada, called Da Shan in China, is well known for his great ability to study Chinese. David Canadian Mark Roswell from Canada,______ in China_____ Da Shan, is well known for his great ability to study Chinese

7.

His classes are well received by his students from abroad. His classes are very ______ ______the students from abroad.

8.

Go out and see what is up there. Go out and see what is_____ _____there. 9.

Do you mind if I sit down here? Do you mind_____ _____ down here? 10.

Later on, the servant re-entered, magazine in hand. Later on, the servant re-entered _____ a magazine in_____ hand.

Answers 1. in response

2.a

3.Instead; but

4. in the footsteps

5.effect, on 6. known, as

7.popular with/among

8.going on

9.my sitting

10.with,his Step 8: Homework 1 Prepare a funny story to tell to your classmates. 2. Prepare the part Word Power 3 Finish A1 and A2 on page 100 of the workbook.