模块6 Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Reading(1)：Stand up for your health!课件（38张PPT）

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Unit 1 Reading
Dad, cat! Run, run, run!
Take it easy, baby!
Miao~~~
Miao~~~
I have told you thousands of times to learn a foreign language is very important!
I see, dad.
A joke usually makes you laugh, and there are other things that will make you laugh. Look at the posters on Page 1 and find out what makes people laugh ?
A funny performance
A funny book
Crosstalk
Circus
laugh
Comedies
funny movies
jokes
Circus
Stand-up
Funny books
Crosstalk
Stand-up

A type of comedy which involves
one person standing in front of
the audience and telling jokes.
Stand-up for your health!
The comedy
stand-up is good for our health.
Two meanings of the title:
We should promote our health.
Structure of the article
Read the first part and answer the following questions.
1. Where is stand-up comedy usually done?

2.How might a stand-up comedian decide what jokes to tell?

3.How many types of stand-up are mentioned?

1. Where is stand-up comedy usually done?
On a stage.
2.How might a stand-up comedian decide what jokes to tell?



A stand-up comedian might decide what jokes to tell depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous joke.
3.How many types of stand-up are mentioned?
Three.
Stand-up is a kind of comedy performed on a(1)_________by a comedian talking (2)________ to the audience.
Some comedians make jokes about
people’s(3)_________or things happening in everyday life. Some comedians rely on (4)_____ humour, which may be inspired by projects. Some comedians entertain people by(5)_________the way a famous person speaks or behaves.
behaviour
straight
visual
copying
stage
Task-based reading
How do you feel when you see them?
Who are they?
Comedians.
Billy Crystal





Read the second part and answer the following questions.
1.When did Billy Crystal begin practising stand-up?

2.What is one reason Billy Crystal has becone so famous?

3.Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?




1.When did Billy Crystal begin practising stand-up?
When he was a child.
2.What is one reason Billy Crystal has becone so famous?
Because he is very quick thinking and is so often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.
3.Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?
Two famous comedians.
Further comprehension:
1. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.
A. enjoys laughing
B. enjoys making fun of himself
C. usually takes advantage of the
audience
D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance
2. What does the word ‘routine’ in Para. 3 probably mean?
A. road
B. performance
C. lines
D. style
3. Billy Crystal started his career ____.
A. as a television actor
B. as a film actor
C. as a stand-up comedian
D. as a host
4. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.
A. was asked to make a silent speech
B. turn off the microphone on
purpose
C. made the audience laugh
D. couldn’t make himself heard
Crystal was a natural entertainer and had no fears about dancing on stage with top jazz stars.
A brief introduction of Billy Crystal
comedian,host film actor
Bob Hope, George Burns
File（档案）
Name Billy Crystal Birth Day March 14, 1947 photo
Birth
Place New York, USA Profession
Graduation University New York University His Idols
（偶像）
Experiences:
He ever hosted 9 Academy Awards.
When he was a child …
He is good at …
At the 2004 Academy Awards, …
Bob Hope
A famous American comedian, born in London. He is famous for speaking at a fast speed and enjoy a long life of acting.
George burns
A famous American stand-up comedian. He often acted with his wife. He once was given the Academy Awards in 1975.
Discussion:
What special qualities should
a comedian have?
sense of humor
quick thinking
acting skills
ability to come up with new jokes
ability to amuse people

…
Laughter is
good for your
health
Why is laughter good for your health?
Which English saying proves true?
When you laugh, your brain sends chemicals that are good for you into your body.
“Laughter is the best
medicine.”
Fill in the blanks with proper words:
Doctors have benn doscovered that people who laugh a lot live(1) ______ after researching what(2) _____ stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us. When we laugh, our(3) _____ sends chemicals around the body which are good for us.
longer
effect
brain
Laughter is good for your health!
(4)________ keeps the body healthy, as the saying goes, ‘Laughter is the best(5) ________’.
Laughing
medicine
Read the sentences below and decide whether that are true(T) or false(F) according to the article.
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.
T
F
3. People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being make 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 ling time probably because they laughed a lot.
F
T
T
Discussion:
Besides laughter, what else can we do to make ourselves happy and keep
ourselves healthy?
Smile to yourself in the mirror every day 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.