译林牛津版选修6高中英语Unit1 Reading Stand-up for your health教案

Unit 1 Reading Stand-up for your health!Step 1 lead inWhich do you think is better for you, laughter every day or tears per day?Step 2 Fast readingPart A （Page 2 on your book）Step 4 Careful readingDivide the article naturally into four parts and scan part by partPart 1Part 2 types of stand-upPart 3 a famous comedianPart 4 laughter is good for your healthPart 11.What is special about stand-up comedy?Part 2 types of stand-up2.What are the four main types of stand-up?3.Part C2on page 4Part 3 a famous comedian4. When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?5. What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?6. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?7. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?Part 4 laughter is good for your health8. What does your brain do when you laugh?9. What is the English idiom about laughter mentioned in the text?.Step 5 Further readingTrue or false.( )1 A stand-up comedian is not allowed to make fun of an audience member.( )2 If the comedians act or speak like a well-known person, this is called observational comedy.( )3 What the physical comedians usually do is tripping over chairs, walking into doors and falling down on stage.( )4 Quite a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actor later on in life.( )5 The fact that when Crystal hosts the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck is only known to a few people.( )6 Billy Crystal has no plans to go on making films or to go on telling jokes.( )7 The reason why people who laugh a lot live longer is that when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you. Step 6 Post readingFill in the blanks according to the text.One of the most well-known and well-loved types of _ is called stand-up. There are different _ of stand-up comedy. The main _ are observational, prop, physical and impressionist. There has always been _ in them to make people watching them laugh. Billy Crystal, a famous stand-up _, has hosted the Academy Awards _ times. Each time, he performs his stand-up _ in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast _ on TV. His outstanding ability to _has impressed people around the world. Doctors have discovered 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 that are good for us. _ helps the body stay healthy, as the saying goes, Laughter is the best _.Homework:Fill in the blanks.1. One _(鲜为人知的) fact is that he was once a _(备受喜爱的) comedian.2. Zhao Lirong was an enthusiastic (热情的) _(女演员). Shell live in our heart for ever.3. Bi Fujians popularity(受欢迎) with all age groups is due to his h_ _ (幽默的)hosting style.4. He says sitting on an _(看不见的) bench is very _.(舒服的)5. The teacher looked _(恼火的) when his student wandered (漫步) over to the courtyard instead of following him.6. Father often makes us burst into l_ by telling us different j_.7. D_ is a person in c_ of the performance of a drama.8. He observes peoples b_ in everyday life and acts out on s_.9. Crystals a_ to improvise leads to his s_.10. C_, a u_ art form in China, has developed a lot of foreigners in recent years.KEY:True or false1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.TFill in the blanks according to the edy styles four humour comedian 8 routine live improvise longer effect brain Laughing medicineFill in the blanks.1. little-known, well-loved 2. enthusiastic, actres