(共10张PPT)
Laughter is the best medicine.
―A Chinese proverb
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
― Charlie Chaplin
Pre-watch
How do you understand the following sayings
Laughter is a natural medicine for preserving our health. It helps us to ease pain, feel good, keep the blood vessels healthy, and is good for our soul and heart.
Did Laughter Evolve to Make Us Healthy
What other benefits of laughter can you think of
to add joy to life
to relieve stress and anxiety
…
Pre-Watch: look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1 What do you think these people are doing
A. Singing. B. Practising laughter yoga. C. Doing belly laughs.
开怀大笑
the part of the body
below the chest 肚子
2 Why do you think they are doing this
A. To amuse themselves.B. To tell everyone how happy they are.
C. To reduce the likelihood of a heart attack or stroke.
3 How do you think they feel
C
C
Check your answers in Before You Watch.
While-watch
Watch and answer the following questions
1. What do adults not necessarily remember
2. Aside from making us feel good, what else does laughter
do according to research
3. What happens when you have 5-10 minutes of laughter,
besides your blood vessels opening up like you have gone jogging or taken cholesterol medication
Adults don’t necessarily remember __________________
According to research, laughter also has ________________________ our blood vessels.
When you have 5-10 minutes of laughter you can ____________________________.
how to make fun.
血管
a direct and positive effect on
burn up to 40 calories
慢跑
服用胆固醇药物
4. What does it mean when we say that laughter is contagious
5. What will a mother usually do if she tickles her baby and the baby fusses or cries
It means that when someone is laughing, we are more likely to laugh too.
She will stop doing it.
6 Which do you think is more important for bringing out the benefits of laughter, the act of laughing or the social interaction connected to it What are your reasons
I think that the social interaction connected to laughter is more important for bringing out its benefits, because __________________________
_________________________________________
laughter is a social thing and happens when people are
communicating with each other. It is harder to laugh and
be happy when we are alone.
Post-watching
Do some exercise
It is every kid’s worst nightmare and six-year-old Jaden Hayes has lived it - twice. Firstly, he lost his dad when he was four and then last month his mom died unexpectedly in her sleep.
“I tried and I tried and I tried to get her awake - I couldn't,” said Jaden. Jaden was understandably heartbroken.
But there was another side to his grief. A side he first made public a few weeks ago when he told his aunt, and now guardian, Barbara DiCola, that he was sick and tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. And he had a plan to fix it.
“And that was the beginning of it,” said Barbara. “That’s where the adventure began.”
Jaden asked his aunt Barbara to buy a bunch of little toys and bring him to downtown Savannah, Georgia near where he lives, so he could give them away.
“I’m trying to make people smile,” said Jaden.
Jaden targeted people who weren’t already smiling and then turned their day around. He’d go out on four different occasions now and he was always successful. Even if sometimes he didn’t get exactly the reaction he was hoping for.
It was just so overwhelming to some people that a six-year-old orphan would give away a toy- expecting nothing in return - except a smile.
“I’m counting on it to be 33, 000,” said Jaden. When asked if he thought he could make that goal, he answered, “I think I can.”
Which of the following words can best describe Jaden
A. Helpful and impatient.B. Creative and tricky.
C. Optimistic and courageous.D. Ambitious and greedy.
C