高中英语Unit1Laughterisgoodforyou2牛津版选修六

Unit1Laughterisgoodforyou

2ndperiodReading

Teachingaims:

EncouragetheSstograspthemaintopicsofthethreesections---typesofstand-up,afamouscomedianandthefactthatlaughterisgoodforyourhealth.

StimulatetheSs’interestinlearningEnglishbytalkingabouttheirownopinionswhenit

comestothetopic“Laughteristhebest

medicine”.

(3)Studentsareexpectedtogainsomeknowledge

aboutstand-upcomedyandreinforcetheirreadingcomprehension.

(4)Developthestudents’readingability---how

toguessthemeaningsofnewwords.

Importantpoints&difficultpoints:

Findthemainpointsinthethreesectionsandexpressthem.

Understandingthetext.

Procedure:

Step1Lead-in

(1)Warmingup:

Learnaboutfamouscomediansandwell-known

formsofcomedy.

(2)Generalquestions:

Whatisthearticleabout?Stand-upcomedy.

Howmanytypesofstand-uparethere?Therearefourmaintypes.

Whatislaughtergoodfor?Ourhealth.

Step2Readingcomprehension

Detailedinformation:

C1:Answerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatisspecialaboutstand-upcomedy?

2.Whatarethefourmaintypesofstand-up?

3.WhendidBillyCrystalbeginpractising

stand-up?

4.WhatisonereasonBillyCrystalhasbecomeso

famous?

HowmanytimeshasBillyCrystalhostedtheAcademyAwards?

WhowereBobHopeandGeorgeBurns?

Whatdoesyourbraindowhenyoulaugh?

WhatistheEnglishidiomaboutlaughtermentionedinthetext?

C2:(1)Choosethecorrecttypeofstand-upcomedy.

1.Observational

a.Acomedianstandsonstageandholdsabananato

hisear.Hesays,‘Hello?Hello?I’msorryI

can’t

hearyou.Somethingmustbewrongwith

my

phone.’

2.Prop

b.Acomedianputsonglasses,changeshisorher

voiceandpretendstobesomeoneelse.

3.Physical

herself,shefallsdown.

4.Impressionist

d.Acomediansays,‘MyGrandmotherstarted

walking1kmadaywhensheturned60.She’89s

now,anddon’tknowwheresheis!

’

(2)Willyoucreatesimilarsituationstoperform

thefourtypesofstand-upcomedy?

Step3Furtherreading

Choosethecorrectanswer:

1.Astand-upcomedian_____whileperforming.

ofhimself

C.usuallytakesadvantageoftheaudience

D.haspreparedalotofjokesinadvance

2.Whichofthefollowingisthestyleofprop?

humour

well-knownperson

3.BillyCrystalstartedhiscareer____.

C.asastand-upcomedianD.asahost

4.Whatdoesthe

word

‘routine

’

in

Para3probably

mean?

A.road

B.performance

C.lines

D.

style

5.Whatdoestheword‘improvise’in

probablymean?

A.performwithoutpermissionB.

withoutpreparation

C.actwellD.actfast

6.Atthe2004AcademyAwards,averyoldactor

______atfirst.

A.wasaskedtomakeasilentspeech

Para4

perform

B.

didn’tturnonthemicrophoneonpurposeC.madetheaudiencelaugh

D.

couldn

’tmakehimselfheard

7.Whatdoestheword‘appropriate’inPara4probablymean?

A.proper

enjoyable

8.Wecaninfer

B.clear

fromthe5th

C.silly

paragraph

D.

comediansare

expectedto______.

theendoflife

C.havenoplanstostopworkD.perform

stand-up

Step4Developingreadingabilitythroughusage

1.Fillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.

(1)

Oneofthemostwell-knownandwell-lovedtypes

of________iscalledstand-up.Thereare

different______ofstand-upcomedy.Themain

_____areobservational,prop,physicaland

impressionist.Therehasalwaysbeen_______in

themtomakepeoplewatchingthemlaugh.

(2)

BillyCrystal,afamousstand-up________,has

hostedtheAcademyAwards____times.Eachtime,

heperformshisstand-up_______infrontof

millionsofpeoplewhentheshowisbroadcast____

onTV.Hisoutstandingabilityisto________has

impressedpeoplearoundtheworld.

(3)

Doctorshavediscoveredthatpeoplewholaugha

lotlive____afterresearchingwhat_____

stand-upandotherformsofcomedyhaveonus.When

welaugh,our____sendschemicalsaroundthebody

thataregoodforus._______helpsthebodystay

healthy,

asthesaying

goes,

‘Laughter

isthebest

________’.

2.E(p5)Completethepassage.

1.American2.observe

7.improvise8.host

9.edian

Step5ConsolidationandExpansion

(Chooseoneof

thefollowing.)

F(p5)Discussthequestions:

1