课件19张PPT。Stand-up for Your Health!Unit 1 Laughter is good for youA type of comedy which involves one person standing in front of the audience and telling jokes.Charlie ChaplinStand-up for your health1. What is the article about?
2. How many types of stand-up are there?
3. What is laughter good for? Stand-up comedy. Four main types. Our health. Stand-up for your health!Types of
stand-upA Famous
ComedianLaughter is
good for your
health!Stand-up for your health!What is special about stand-up comedy?
The comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to the audience members.BackTypes of stand-upStand-upobservationalpropphysicalimpressionist: Make jokes about
humorous things: Use props to tell jokes: Use bodies to make jokes : Act or speak like a
well-known personC2: Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy. A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else.Observational
Prop
Physical ?
ImpressionistImpressionistC2: Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy. A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down.Observational
Prop
Physical ?
ImpressionistPhysicalC2: Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy. A comedian says, ‘My Grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. She’s 89 now, and we don’t know where she is!’Observational
Prop
Physical ?
ImpressionistObservationalC2: Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy. A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana to his ear. He says, ‘Hello? Hello? I’m sorry I can’t hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.’
Observational
Prop
Physical ?
ImpressionistPropBackBilly CrystalHow many times has he hosted the Academy Awards?
When did he begin practising stand-up?
Why has he become so famous?
Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?His outstanding ability to improvise.He’s hosted the Academy Awards eight times.He began practising as a child.
Two comedians who lived to be 100 years old.What special qualities should a comedian have? sense of humor
good at reading people
think quickly
acting skills
……Good mood
Optimistic
Positive attitude
Open-minded
……
Why did Bob Hope and George Burns live so long? Laughter is good for your healthWhat does your brain do?What is the English idiom?Our brain sends chemicals that are good for you into your body.“Laughter is the best
medicine.”When you’re in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings?Watch a comedy
Listen to music or watch TV / films
See friends
Surf the Internet
Lock myself in my room and do reading
…Xiao Wang’s problem Xiao Wang used to be a happy boy in junior middle school. But after he came to a key senior middle school last year, he found there were so many excellent students around him and it was nearly impossible for him to stand out. He has tried hard but made little progress. He feels very disappointed. Smiles have disappeared from his face. How can we help him?What would you do if you come across a new word?Guess the meaning
1. Read the sentences before and after the one containing the new word.
2. Look at the words around an unknown word.Reading Strategy:Laughter is the best medicineTake time to laugh -- it is the music of the soul.
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
A man isn't really poor if he can still laugh.
Enjoy laughter, enjoy life!