2019_2020学年高中英语Unit17LaughterPeriodOne课件北师大版选修6.pptx

,Laughter,Unit 17,Laughter Is the Best Medicine There is an English saying，“Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently，few people took the saying seriously.Now however，doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.They have found that laughter really can improve peoples health.,话题导入,Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.People watched funny films when doctors checked their heart，blood pressure，breathing and muscles.It was found that laughter has similar effects as physical exercise.It increases blood pressure，makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper；it also works several groups of muscles in the face，the stomach，and even the feet.If laughter exercises the body，it must be beneficial.,Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes.The group that put up with the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny programme.The reason why laughter can relieve pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which diminishes(减少) both stress and pain.,As a result of these discoveries，some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics，in which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh.They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing，making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.,阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F) 1.Laughter can improve peoples health according to this passage.( ) 2.It is shown that laughter cant reduce the effect of pain on the body.( ),查看答案,T,F,PART 1,读前清障,PART 2,课文理解,Period One Warm-up & Lesson 1 Whats So Funny?Pre-reading,PART 1,读前清障,匹配左边的单词和右边的汉语意思 第一组 1.amuse A.轶事，趣闻 2.anecdote B.回答 3.ridiculous C.逗乐，使(某人)笑 4.politician D.荒谬的，可笑的 5.response E.政治家,查看答案,第二组 6.unbelievable A.代理处，经销处 7.agency B.协调，和谐 8.visa C.提取；撤退 9.harmony D.签证 10.withdraw E.不可置信的，极其惊人的,查看答案,第三组 11.forgetful A.忽视 12.mature B.延误，延期 13.overlook C.健忘的 14.clarify D.成熟的 15.delay E.澄清，讲清楚,查看答案,第四组 16.identification A.迅速地 17.scared B.身份 18.swiftly C.锦标赛，联赛 19.tournament D.国界，边境 20.border E.惊恐的，担惊受怕的,查看答案,PART 2,课文理解,Step 1 Fast-reading 1.Match the titles and the anecdotes. (1)Family harmony Anecdote A (2)Memory loss Anecdote B (3)Check your spelling Anecdote C,查看答案,2.True(T) or False(F). (1)The woman withdrew fifty dollars instead.( ) (2)Mr Wang made a joke with her daughter.( ) (3)The man says “Do you know who I am？” because he is mad.( ),查看答案,T,F,F,Step 2 Careful-reading Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. 1.Why did the woman cash a cheque for fifty dollars? A.Because she forgot how to spell 40 in English. B.Because she often withdraws $ 50 from the bank. C.Because her husband wanted to cash a cheque for her. D.Because her husband couldnt remember if 40 was spelled “fourty” or “forty”.,查看答案,2.Why did Mr Wang ask his daughter about her opinion of going on a holiday? A.Because he wanted to get his daughter to go with him，not his wife. B.Because he thought that his daughter was a mature girl，and he wanted to hear her opinion. C.Because he had gone to Hainan Island. D.Because he had gone to Thailand.,查看答案,3.The little girl changed her response to her fathers second question because . A.she didnt want to travel with her father B.she liked her mom very much C.she thought Hainan Island was more beautiful than Thailand D.she thought the trip he was talking about in the second question happened after the trip in the first question,查看答案,4.Why did the man say “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM”？ A.Because he wanted to persuade the agent to give him the money. B.Because he wanted to get the agent to realize that he was a very important person，and she could take care of him first. C.Because the man came here first. D.Because the man was not the first to come.,查看答案,5.What will the third story probably be when it is going on? A.The man will be angry and fight with the girl. B.The man will feel ashamed and go to wait in line. C.The man will be arrested. D.The man will be helped by the police.,查看答案,Step 3 Post-reading After reading the passage，please fill in the following blanks. Here are three 1. (fun) stories for you. The first is about checking your spelling.A woman wanted to withdraw $ 40 from her bank account for 2. (shop)，but she forgot how to spell 40.She took out fifty dollars 3. .What a clever woman! The second is about family harmony.When a father asked his daughter 4._ she wanted to go to Hainan with him or Thailand with her mother，the girl answered the 5. (late).The father wondered about her 6. (respond)，,查看答案,funny,shopping,instead,whether,latter,response,so he asked her the similar question，but the places were changed with one another.This time，the girl answered she would go to Hainan with her mother. When 7. (ask) why，she said she had gone to Thailand on the last trip. 8. a lovely girl! The third is about moral loss.A man who had been waiting 9._(impatient) wanted a ticket for the plane in a long way.He pushed to the front，demanded the immediate 10. (serve) but was refused.When he angrily asked the agent whether she knew who he was，the clever girl asked other passengers if anyone could help the man find his identification.,查看答案,asked,What,impatiently,service,Step 4 Sentence-learning 1.I suddenly realised I didnt have any money left so I quickly went to the bank to cash a cheque. 句式分析 本句是一个主从复合句，realised后是一个省略了that的宾语从句；so引导结果状语从句；不定式短语to cash a cheque做目的状语。 自主翻译 _,查看答案,突然我发现身上没钱了，所以我马上去银行，把支票兑换成现金。,2.I wanted to withdraw $ 40 from our bank account，but Im so forgetful that I couldnt remember if 40 was spelled “fourty” or “forty”. 句式分析 本句是由but连接的并列复合句。第二个分句中含有so.that.引导的结果状语从句；if引导宾语从