北师大版（2019）选择性必修 第二册Unit 4 Humour Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour? 课件（共14张ppt）

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Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour
UNIT 4
HUMOUR
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
learn and summarize the benefits of humor;
talk about why we need humour.
Lead-in
Talk about your understanding of humour and what it can do for us.
to be hard-wired into us
to relieve tension
to make the level of stress chemicals fall
to make our life interesting
to have an influence on one’s attitudes and feelings
to relax the muscles in our body
I think humour is hard-wired into us.
Listening and Speaking
Task 1 Listen to Part 1 of a speech about humour. Answer the questions.
1. What question does the speaker try to answer in his speech
Why do we need humour
2. From what aspects will he further discuss the question
The physical effects and psychological effects of humour.
Task 2 Listen to Part 2 of the plete the lists of physical effects that humour can have on our body. Then talk about them in pairs.
Firstly, laughter helps 1________________. It 2__________________ in our body, and the effects can be felt for 3__________________ after a good laugh.
Also, a good laugh 4___________________ to the heart and 5____________________ of blood vessels, which helps protect us from 6_____________.
Finally, when we laugh, the level of stress chemicals in our body 7______, and the number of immune cells in our body 8__________. Both mean that our body is better able to 9______________.
relieve tension
relaxes the muscles
as long as 45 minutes
increases blood flow
improves the function
heart disease
falls
increases
fight infection
Task 3 Listen to Part 3. Complete the information about the two psychological effects of humour on our mind.
The two-way effect between smiling and mood:
When we’re happy,
__________________.
When we smile, even if we don’t feel like it, it can also __________________.
we naturally smile
make us feel happy
It means that it will have a ______________ on how we live. If we are in a bad mood, we are likely to express ___________________________; and this makes those around us down, too. But if we always try to be positive and funny, people will __________________ and feel energised.
Far-reaching effects of humour:
great influence
negative attitudes and feelings
enjoy our company
Task 4 Listen to the speech again. Write down the questions that the speaker used in it. Then summarise the speaker’s answers to the questions.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
What can humour do for us
Humour has both physical and psychological effects.
Does it mean there is a relation between smiling and mood
Yes. Humour also has psychological effects on our mind.
What does “far-reaching effects” mean
It means that it will have a great influence on how we live.
Why does the speaker use questions in his speech
Using questions to draw attention.
Some speakers use questions from time to time to draw the audience’s attention. Then they provide answers to the questions. In this way, it helps the audience to understand the points they are making.
Task 5 Listen to a dialogue and find out Mike’s embarrassing situation and his way to handle it.
1. Mike’s embarrassing situation:
He kept on __________________________.
2. His way to handle the situation:
He made ___________________.
He just started laughing and said, “Oh dear, one of these days I’m going to _______________________!”
getting the host’s name wrong
a joke about himself
forget my own name
3. Where did Mike get the idea of using humour to solve the embarrassments
He got the idea from an article he recently read.
4. According to Mike, why is humour a great way to deal with an awkward situation
Because humour can make people laugh and laughter is a great way to make people feel comfortable in an awkward situation.
Task 6 Listen and plete the Talk Builder.
Elaborating with Examples
1. __________________ is that you can use humour to get people to laugh at you.
2. ____________, if you accidentally pour coffee all over yourself, you can laugh at yourself or make a joke about it.
3. You can say, ____________, “My T-shirt also wants to have a cup of coffee. ”
For example, For instance, One example of this
One example of this
For instance
for example
Talk about the benefits of humour based on your own experience and elaborate on them with examples.
Talk about how to use humour to handle awkward situations based on your own or other people’s experience and elaborate with examples.