外研版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第一册 Unit1 Laugh out loud!Understanding ideas 公开课课件(共47张PPT)

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Understanding ideas
Unit 1 Laugh out loud!
目录
contents
Pre-reading
1
Language points
4
Fast-reading
2
Homework
5
Careful-reading
3
6
Post-reading
I
Pre-reading
Pre-reading: Think & Tick
Look at the pictures and tick the places where you would expect to see a clown.
Now share what you know about clowns with the class.
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II
Fast-reading
Fast-reading: Read & Answer
Read the passage and find out what is special about this clown’s job.
This clown works in a hospital or other health care facilities. His job is to comfort, entertain and cheer up patients, their families as well as the hospital staff in order to remove their nervousness and make them feel better.
Fast-reading
Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers.
a. Which patient is in need of the clown doctor’s attention and why
b. What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one
c. How does the author feel after a day’s work
d. What are the responsibilities of a clown doctor
e. How does the clown doctor help the patient
f. What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working environment like
Fast-reading
Fast-reading
a. Which patient is in need of the clown doctor’s attention and why
a-Para.2
A small girl called Lara is in need of the clown doctor’s attention, because she fell off her bicycle and spent her time crying in pain.
Fast-reading
b. What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one
b-Para.3
A clown doctor is a specially trained clown who works as part of a programme known as “hospital clowning”; the clown doctor helps people (patients) by entertaining them. The author chose to be a clown doctor because of his frightening and boring experience of going to hospital when he was a kid.
Fast-reading
c. How does the author feel after a day’s work
c-Para.6
He is still wearing a big smile as he remembers all the fun and laughter of the day, because he believes that “laughter is the best medicine”.
Fast-reading
d. What are the responsibilities of a clown doctor
d-Para.4
A clown doctor visits hospitals and other health care facilities, working together with medical professionals to cheer up patients, their families and the hospital staff.
Fast-reading
e. How does the clown doctor help the patient
e-Para.5
He gets the patient’s attention by doing a magic trick — he produces the patient’s sock from out of his pocket.
Fast-reading
f. What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working environment like
f-Para.1
This clown doctor wears a white coat, a curly rainbow wig, and a big red nose. His working environment is boring and tense.
III
Careful-reading
Careful-reading
CLOWN DOCTORS WANTED!
Employer
Job
The Healthy Humour Foundation
Clown Doctor (part-time)
Organise information from the passage and complete the job advertisement.
Careful-reading
visit hospitals and other 1 __________________ on a weekly basis
entertain young patients who are feeling
2 _____________________
cheer up the patients, their families and 3 _____________
sing songs, tell stories and jokes, and do 4 ____________
help make the hospital 5 _______________________
health care facilities
nervous, pain or bored
the hospital staff
magic tricks
a friendlier place to visit
Responsibilities
Careful-reading
Similarities
________
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Clown doctors
Medical doctors
train as actors
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need medical training
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Complete the diagram comparing clown doctors and medical doctors.
wear white coats
Careful-reading
Similarities
wear white coats
work in hospitals or other health care facilities
aim to make patients and their family members feel better
Differences
Clown doctors
Medical doctors
train as actors
put on curly rainbow wigs and big red noses
may have no or little medical knowledge
usually help children
can’t do medical examinations for patients
cheer up patients, their families, and the hospital staff
need medical training
needn’t act as actors but humour is preferred, of course
usually help patients of all ages
give medical prescriptions
relieve patients’ physical pain
Careful-reading
IV
Post-reading
1. How important do you think clown doctors are
2. What is your understanding of the saying “laughter is the best medicine” Do you agree with it Why
3. Would you like to work as a clown doctor Why or why not
4. How does the diagram in Activity 5 help you to better understand the passage
Think & Share
Post-reading: Group Work
Discuss the following questions with your group members and share your ideas with the class.
1. How important do you think clown doctors are
Post-reading: Group Work
Think & Share
You may start like this:
I think the clown doctors are quite important because they help the children who are suffering from the painful illnesses feel better and make their parents more relaxed.
Various answers are welcome. Just speak it out!
2. What is your understanding of the saying “laughter is the best medicine” Do you agree with it Why
Post-reading: Group Work
Think & Share
You may start like this:
Laughter has a similar effect to physical exercise. It speeds up our heart rate, increases our blood pressure and quickens our breathing.
Laughter is actually a powerful weapon against stress, heart disease and problems with the immune system.
3. Would you like to work as a clown doctor Why or why not
Post-reading: Group Work
Think & Share
You may start like this:
I’d like to work as a clown doctor because it’s helpful ...
I wouldn’t like to be a clown doctor because I am a serious person ...
Various answers are welcome. Just speak it out!
4. How does the diagram in Activity 5 help you to better understand the passage
Post-reading: Group Work
Think & Share
You may start like this:
The diagram makes it easier to understand the details...
The diagram helps us have a better understanding of clown doctors...
Various answers are welcome. Just speak it out!
Share your ideas with the class.
Post-reading: Group Work — Presentation
Language points
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Language points: Important phrases
1. put on
2. look through
3. fall off
4. in pain
5. be designed for
6. cheer up
7. concentrate on
8. take off
穿上；戴上；增加
浏览
处于痛苦中
跌落；下降
为……所设计
使振奋；使高兴
专注于；集中精力于
脱下；起飞；突然成功
Language points: Important sentences
1. As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor.
Paraphrase (释义): When I wear my white coat and come near to the hospital, I am like a medical doctor just like other doctors.
本句中的as引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时”；wearing my white coat作伴随状语，其逻辑主语为I，两者为主动关系。在any other doctor中，any意为“任何一个”，所以doctor用单数形式。
As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor.
approach在这里是及物动词，意为“接近”。
approach 还可以作不及物动词，意为“临近；走近 ” 。
例如：Our holiday is approaching but we still haven’t decided where to go. 假期已经临近了，可是我们还没决定好去哪儿。
approach 还可以作名词，意为“方式；路径 ”，常与介词to搭配使用，构成the approach to。
Language points: Important sentences
2. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously.
Paraphrase (释义): People sit on plastic chairs uncomfortably, reading old magazines, which have been read a lot of times before.
looking through old magazines 作伴随状语，其逻辑主语为people ，两者为主动关系。
Language points: Important sentences
People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously.
all of which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰old magazines
Language points: Important sentences
练习：
① 老师面带微笑地走进教室。
Our teacher came into the classroom, _________ (smile).
② 怀特先生有三个儿子，他们都很勇敢。(非限制性定语从句)
Mr White has three sons, ____________ are brave.
smiling
all of whom
Language points: Important sentences
3. Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.
Paraphrase (释义): Anxious parents do everything they can to comfort nervous and crying children.
what they can是省略句，补充完整是what they can do。
to comfort ... 是动词不定式作目的状语。
Language points: Important sentences
4. In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size.
Paraphrase (释义): In the middle of this special scene I notice a small girl; this girl’s ankle is two times bigger than its normal size.
whose ankle is twice its normal size 是定语从句，修饰先行词girl。
Language points: Important sentences
In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size.
twice its normal size意为“是它正常大小的两倍大”。
这是固定句式，其中twice作限定词，后面接度量名词（表示大小、高度、长度、重量、数量、宽度等），twice也可以换为其他表示倍数的表达，即 ... times （倍数）+ the / its + size / height / length / weight / amount / width + of…。
Language points: Important sentences
... times（倍数）+ the / its + size / height / length / weight / amount / width + of…
例如: The new house is four times the size of the old one.
新房子是旧房子的四倍大。
翻译：
① 当你研究当地的地图时，你会发现这座城镇是那座的两倍大。
When you study the local map, you’ll find ___________
_______________________________________________.
this town is twice the size of that one
Language points: Important sentences
5. I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle.
Paraphrase (释义): I speak with the nurse on duty, who tells me that Lara’s parents sent her to the hospital quickly after she fell off her bicycle.
who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle是非限制性定语从句，先行词为nurse。
Language points: Important sentences
I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle.
rush在本句中是及物动词，意为to take or send someone or something somewhere very quickly because of an unexpected problem “（尤因意外事件而）急送（某人或某物去某处）”。
例如：Dan was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries. Dan 因头部重伤被急速送往医院。
Language points: Important sentences
rush还可以作不及物动词，意为to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere very soon “（尤因赶路而）急速行进，冲，奔”。
例如： Don’t rush, for we have plenty of time.
别着急，我们还有很多时间。
rush还可用作名词，意为“匆忙；高峰期”。
例如： The men left in a rush. 这些男人在匆忙中离开了。
rush hour （上下班交通）高峰期
Language points: Important sentences
6. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.
Paraphrase (释义): Not like the job of the doctors and nurses which is to treat her injury, my job is to make her feel better.
it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury是强调句式。本句的非强调句式是 Although the doctors and nurses will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.
Language points: Important sentences
Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better.
强调句式的结构是：it + be + 强调的部分（主语 / 宾语 /状语）+ that（如果强调人，可以用who）+ 句子的剩余部分”
思考：强调句式的结构是什么？
例如： It was because of the heavy rain that I was late.
是因为大雨我才迟到了。
Language points: Important sentences
练习：
用强调句式对 “I saw her yesterday in the teacher’s office” 这句话中的不同成分进行改写:
① 强调地点状语
② 强调时间状语
③ 强调宾语
It was in the teacher’s office that I saw her yesterday.
It was yesterday that I saw her in the teacher’s office.
It was her that / who I saw yesterday in the teacher’s office.
Language points: Important sentences
7. Seeing their daughter so much happier has in turn made Lara’s parents more relaxed.
Seeing their daughter so much happier是现在分词结构作主语。
本句中的in turn意为“反过来”，除此意外，in turn还有“轮流，依次”之意。
Language points: Important sentences
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Homework
Homework
1. Surf the Internet to get more information about the clown doctors;
2. Try to speak out the similarities and differences between clown doctors and medical doctors in your own words.