江苏省射阳县第二中学高中英语选修六Unit 1 Laughter is good for you

M6 U1 Laughter is good for you
Reading Stand up for your health
Learning Aims：
1.Understand the content of the text;
2.Grasp the usage of some useful expressions;
3.Get to know how to analyze a long sentence;
Procedures：
1. Comb through the content of the text.
2. Grasp the usage of some useful expressions and analyze some difficult sentences.
I. Understand the content of the text by reading the text and doing some practice.
1. Reading comprehension.
1）According to the text, which of the following statements is wrong?
A. People are always enjoying laughing.
B. Stand-up is a kind of comedy.
C. Stand-up is done on a stage by a comedian talking directly to audience members.
D. A stand-up comedian can cure a patient of all his or her illness.
2）What will make you laugh if you are only listening and not watching the comedian’s performance?
A. The comedian trips over chairs.
B. The comedian falls down on stage.
C. The comedian walks in a very strange way.
D. The comedian tells you a humorous story.
3）What do we know about Billy Crystal?
A. He is a well-known host and reporter.
B. He is famous for his early performances.
C. He is not a good comedian.
D. He is good at coming up with new jokes about the people and things around him.
4）What can we infer from this text?
A. Billy Crystal is only popular with people in English-speaking countries.
B. There is some connection between comedy and the reason why both Bob Hope and George Burns lived a long life.
C. Laughter is good for all kinds of people.
D. When you are ill you need to laugh only and don’t need to take any medicine. 5）What’s the meaning of the sentence “ Laughter is the best medicine”?
A. Laughter is the best kind of medicine.
B. Laughter is good for your health.
C. Laughter is better than medicine.
D. Laughter is a kind of medicine.Ⅱ. Part C1: True or False.
Ⅲ. Part E: Fill in the blanks.
2. Useful expressions and complicated sentences.
P1＊Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.
＊A stand-up comedian may tease an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes.
P2＊a variety of different styles_________
＊queue up ______________
＊rely on visual humor _____________
＊be inspired by… _________________
＊make jokes about ______________
＊point to ______________
＊lose weight ______________
＊trip over chairs ______________
＊ a well-known person______________
＊While this kind of humor may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have affection for or admire the person being made fun of.
P3＊late on______________
＊perform his stand-up routine _______
＊be broadcast live ______________
＊One little-known fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.
＊He says it is because when he started practising stand-up as a child, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth.
P4＊One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking, and is often able to come up with new jokes about the person and things around him.
＊give a speech______________
＊make up a new one ______________
＊It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films.
＊howl with laughter______________
P5＊be popular with all age groups_____________
＊have the ability to amuse people all over the world________________________
＊follow in the footsteps of other famous comedians_______________________
＊live to be 100 years old_____________
P6＊Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us, and have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer.
＊They say this is because when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you.
＊Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying, ‘Laughter is the best medicine’, may be true after all.。