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A joke usually makes you laugh, and there are other things that will make you laugh.
laugh
comedies
funny movies
jokes
circus
stand-up
funny books
crosstalk
M6U1 Reading
Stand up for your health!
欣赏单口喜剧,
促进身心健康
Feng Gong is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His crosstalk shows always make his audience shout with laughter.
Can you name these great comedians?
Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts stupidly, he seems to be quite silly, and the things he does are strange.
Stand-up comedy.
Our health.
Scanning
1. What is the article about?
3. What is laughter good for?
2. 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.
Stand-up
A kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.
Step2: Detailed-reading
1. Visual humour can be boring when you cannot see what the comedian is doing. ( )
2. One comedian did not lose any weight even though he had been doing a lot of physical exercise for a month. ( )
3. People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being made fun of. ( )
4. The old actor’s speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound. ( )
5. Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot. ( )
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Stand-up for your health!
A famous
comedian
Laughter is
good for your
health!
Structure of the article:
Types of stand-up
Types of stand-up
How many types of stand-up are mentioned? What are they?
Four. ...
Billy Crystal
A famous comedian
Questions:
1.When did Billy Crystal begin practising stand-up?
2.What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?
3. What does Billy Crystal always keep when he hosts the Academy Awards? Why?
4. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?
A famous comedian
1.When did Billy Crystal begin practising
stand-up?
He began practising stand-up when he was a
child.
2.What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?
He is very quick thinking and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.
(L32)
(L34)
3. What does Billy Crystal always keep when he hosts the Academy Awards? Why?
4. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?
A toothbrush. He thinks it’ll bring him good luck.
They were famous comedians who lived to be 100 years old and kept working until nearly the end of their lives.
(L31)
(L46-47)
Discussion:
What special qualities should a comedian have?
a sense of humor
quick thinking
acting skills
ability to read people
…
Fill in the blanks with proper words:
Now, stand-up comedy gains __________ around the world. Doctors have made a ________ that people who laugh a lot live ______ after researching what _____ stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us. When we laugh, our _____ sends chemicals around the body which are good for us. ________ keeps the body healthy, as the saying goes, ‘Laughter is the best ________’.
longer
effect
brain
Laughing
medicine
popularity
discovery
Laughter is good for your health!
Discussion:
Besides laughter, what else can we do to make ourselves happy and keep
ourselves healthy?
Smile to yourself in the mirror everyday morning (Keep a positive attitude to life)
Do what you are interested in (music, sports, reading … )
Make friends
Accomplish what you are doing
…
Write a funny story.
Relevant exercises in Assessment book.
depend on 取决于 L5
react to … 对…的反应 L5
a variety of 各种各样 L8
daily life 日常生活 L9
queue up 排队 L10
rely on 依靠 L11
point to 指向 L14
trip over … 绊倒 L16
on stage 在台上(表演)L17
make fun of 开…玩笑 L20
have affection for 喜爱,钟爱 L22
later on 后来 L25
one such person 一个这样的人L25
host the Academy Awards 主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼 L27
be broadcast live on TV 在电视上直播 L29
come up with 想出 L35
a technical problem 技术故障L38
instead of 而不是 L39
make up 编造 L40
it seems appropriate that … 看上去很合适 L41
get one’s start in 起步 L41
howl with laughter 哄堂大笑 L42
be popular with all age groups
在各个年龄段都很受欢迎 L43
all over the world 全世界 L43
follow in the footsteps of 效仿 L46
fight pain = reduce pain 与疼痛作斗争 L54