Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!教案设计（一等奖）

Unit1 Reading 1 Book 6 教学设计

Teaching aims: 1.

Encourage the Ss to grasp the main topics of the three sections---types of students, a famous comedian and the fact that laughter is good for your health. 2.

Stimulate the Ss’

interest in learning English by talking about their own opinions when it comes to the topic “Laughter is the best medicine.”

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Students are expected to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and reinforce their reading comprehension. 4.

Develop the students’ reading ability --- how to guess the meanings of new words. Teaching important points and difficult points: 1.

Find the main points in the three sections and express them. 2.

Understand the text. Teaching methods: 1.

检查预习过程中Reading部分单词的掌握情况。

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检查Pre-reading, 对Reading 的主旨大意有初步的了解。

3.

通过对文章的阅读，理解

Stand-up 的内涵和对健康的影响。

Teaching procedures: Step One

Revisions Step Two

Lead-in 1. Ask and answer

---What can make us laugh?

---jokes, funny books, crosstalks, circus, funny pictures, funny movies, Stand-up…

2. Introduce some famous comedians like Rowan Atkinson , Zhao benshan and so on

Step Three

Reading 1.

Fast reading

Ask the students to read the text quickly and answer the following questions: 1. What is the article about? 2. What does Billy Crystal always keep in his pocket when he is the host of the Academy Awards? 3. What is laughter good for?

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Detailed reading

Ask the students to look at the title and three headings, and try to understand the structure of the text. Then

divide the text into several parts: •

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Part 1

Introduction Part 2

Four types of stand-up Part 3

A famous comedian Part 4

Laughter is good for your health

Stand up for your health! Definition

Types of stand-up

A famous comedian

Laughter is good for your health! 1

Types of stand-up: 1. Tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.

2. Rely on visual humour--inspired by objects

3. Funny performance-physical action

4. Do impressions-act or speak like a well-known person

A famous comedian---Billy Crystal

Ask some questions about Billy Crystal: 1. After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life? He went on to act in films. 2. What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous? Because he is very quick thinking and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him. True or false? 3. The old actor’s speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound.

T 4. Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot.

T Information about Billy Crystal He enjoys ___________ and ________ in films. He has hosted ____________________9 times. Every time he keeps a ___________ in his pocket for good luck. He is good at _________ quickly and _________________________ about the people and things around him. His idols are _________ and ____________. He hopes to ____________________ of them. Conclusion: Discuss what special qualities should a comedian have? a sense of humor;

a quick thinking;

acting skills;

the ability to read people …

Laughter is good for your health!

Ask some questions about this part. 1. Why do people who laugh a lot live longer?

When you laugh, your brain sends chemicals that are good for you around your body. 2. What is the English saying about laughter mentioned in the text? “Laughter is the best medicine.”

3. How do you understand the title? Stand-up as a form of comedy stands up for your health.

3. Further reading:

Ask the students to read the text further and choose the best answers. 1. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.

A. enjoys laughing

B. enjoys making fun of himself

C. may tease an audience member

D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance 2. Billy Crystal started his career ____.

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A. as a television actor

B. as a film actor

C. as a stand-up comedian

D. as a host 3. What does the word ‘routine’ in Line 28 in Para. 3 probably mean?

A. road B. performance

C. lines

D. style 4. 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

5. We can infer from the 5th paragraph that 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 Four

Reading Strategy •

What would you do if you come across a new word? Guess the meaning from the context

1. Read the sentences before and after the one containing the new word.

2. Look at the words around an unknown word. E.g.

People have always enjoy laughing, and there has always been humour. One favourite type of comedy is called stand-up.(Line1-2)

“Comedy ”must be something that can make people laugh

Step Five

Have fun Enjoy some jokes

1. Customer: What’s that fly doing in my soup?

Waiter:

Swimming, I think.

2. Customer: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long?

Waiter:

No, sir. Round. …

Step Six

Summary Laughter can help us forget about worries or troubles, keep us in a good mood，have positive attitudes towards our lives，enjoy life better and live longer.

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