Unit 1 Laughter is good for you Reading 课件.ppt

1、Unit 1Laughter is good for you Reading,Check the homework,Tell the students what mistakes they made in the homework, and speak well of those who did better.,One possible version:,Why Do We Smile? Everybody likes smiling. But why do we smile?,Smiling makes us attractive. We are drawn to people who sm

2、ile. Smiling changes our mood, as it can trick the body into feeling better. Smiling is infectious. When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make them happier. Smiling relieves stress. It helps to prevent us from looking tired. Smiling makes us look healthier

3、.,It can bring us energy and pleasure. Smiling makes us seem successful. Smiling people appear more confident, and are more likely to be approached. Smiling helps us stay positive. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that “Life is Good!”,So just try smiling our way through the

4、 day. Stay away from depression, stress and worry by smiling. Smile when you meet others. Smile in time of difficulty. Smile when you feel sad. Smile wherever you are and whenever you can.,Lead-in,Discussion:,1. What do you know about Charlie Chaplin? 2. When we talk about him, what kind of image wi

5、ll appear in your mind?,This period, were going to read a passage entitled Stand-up for your health! What is the exact meaning of stand-up?,Reading strategy:,When reading a text that contains many new words, try not look up each of them. Instead, try to guess the meanings of these words from the con

6、text. Often the author will give the meaning of difficult or technical vocabulary in the sentences around it.,Guess the meanings of the underlined,1. And if youve gathered your friends around you to rebuild a happy family atmosphere (气氛), you may fear that saying no will bring back the kind of confl

7、ict you grew up with-or destroy the nice atmosphere you now enjoy. The underlined word “conflict” means _. A. dependent life B. fierce fight C. bad manners D. painful feeling,B,2. Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian cus

8、toms stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint. The underlined word “detour” means _. A. a drive through the town B. a race across the fields C. a roundabout way of t

9、raveling D. a journey in the mountain area,C,3. “My grandmothers didnt do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society. The underlined word “chapter” means _. A. one branch of an organization B.

10、 a written agreement of a club C. one part of a collection of poems D. a period in a societys history,A,Listening practice,Listen to the passage and tell if the following sentences are true or false.,1. A comedian can make people laugh by making fun of an audience member. 2. Prop comedians use well-

11、known persons to tell their jokes.,3. Crystal has become famous because he always puts a toothbrush in his pocket. 4. Crystal is only popular in western countries. 5. Stand-up is the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy. 6. Laughing can help kill pain. 7. Laughing can help you stay healthy

12、 because your brain sends chemicals that are good for you around your body when you laugh.,Fast reading,1. What is the article about? 2. After staring as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life? 3. What is laughter good for?,Stand-up comedy.,He went on to act in films.,

13、Our health.,Careful reading,Read the whole passage again, and try to find the answers to the questions in Part C1.,Visual humor 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.

14、3. People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being made fun of.,T,F,F,4. The old actors speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound. 5. Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot

15、.,T,T,Put proper words into the blanks according to the passage,With people always _ laughing, there has always been humour. Stand-up, _ is special because the comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk _ to audience members, is one of the most popular _ of comedy.,enjoying,which,

16、directly,types,There are _main styles of stand-up comedy. Mr. Crystal, _stand-up comedian, has _ the Academy Awards eight times. His outstanding ability to improvise has made him _ all over the world. He hopes to _ the footsteps of other famous comedians, who lived to _100 years old and _ working un

17、til the end of their lives.,four,a,hosted,famous,follow,be,kept,What doctors found about the effect stand-up and other forms of comedy _ on us is surprising. They have discovered that those who laugh a lot _ a longer life. Their explanation is that _ you laugh, your brain sends _ around your body an

18、d you can _ from them. _ an English saying goes Laughter is the best _.,have,enjoyed,when,chemicals,benefit,As,medicine,Part E on page 5,1. comedians 2. got his start 3. variety 4. stage 5. performance 6. previous 7. affection 8. perform,Discussion,1. What kind of comedy do you enjoy the most? Why?

19、2. Laughter is good for you and every one else. How do you make other people laugh?,Homework,1. Read the passage after class and pay attention to the new words and expressions. 2. Prepare a funny story to tell your classmates.,Share your funny story,Language points,- to make a joke about someone tha

20、t is insulting or makes them feel bad.,e.g. The kids at school always made fun of Jills clothes. Im not making fun of you. I admire what you said.,1. make fun of,Phrases related to fun,have fun -to have an enjoyable time for fun/for the fun of it - you do sth because you enjoy it and not for any oth

21、er reason in fun - if you make a joke or say sth, about someone in fun, you do not intend it to be insulting,Consolidation,1. _ (孩子们玩的这么开心), I hated to call them in. 2. We drove all the way to the beach, _ (只是为了好玩). 3. Dont get upset Betty, she said it _ (说着玩的). 4. 这不是场象棋比赛，我们是下着玩的。,The children wer

22、e having so much fun,just for fun,in fun,This is not a match. Were playing chess just for fun.,2. in response to,-reacting to sth. by taking a particular course of action.,The law was passed in response to public pressure.,We are discussing in response to the question you raised at the meeting.,3. m

23、ake up,1) -invent a story, a poem, an excuse, etc. He is _ a story; Dont believe him.,making up,2) - to put special paint, colour etc. on someones face in order to change the way they look.,在这出戏的最后一幕,他们把他化妆成一个老头子。,They made him up as an old man for the last act of the play.,3) -to prepare or arrange

24、 sth. by putting things together,I could make up a bed for you on the couch.,我可以给你在沙发上准备铺盖。,4) -to combine together to form a particular system, group, result etc.,妇女仅占劳动力的30%.,Women make up only 30% of the workforce.,5) -to make an amount of a number complete.,我尽我所能攒了一些钱,不足之处由我妈妈凑齐。,I saved as much

25、 as I could, and my mum made up the rest of the money.,6) -to repay or give an amount in return,我正在设法补回我生病期间所耽误的时间。,Im trying to make up the time I lost while I was sick.,7) -to become friendly with someone again after you have had an argument.,你与杰克和好了吗?,Have you made up with Jack yet?,make up for -

26、to make a bad or unpleasant situation seem better, by providing sth. pleasant.,That one weekend made up for all the disappointments Id had.,4. whatever,whatever有两个用法，一是引导名词性从句（如主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句），二是用于引导让步状语从句。,1. 用于引导名词性从句,_ is at your service. 我所有的一切都由你使用。 College students are seen doing _. 我们可以看到，只要有

27、工作，大学生们什么都干。,Whatever I have,whatever work they found,2. 用于引导让步状语从句,Dont lose heart _ you meet. 不管遇到什么困难都不要灰心。 _, I wont tell you my secret. 不管你做什么，我都不会把我的秘密告诉你。,whatever difficulties,Whatever you do,注意,1. Whatever 还可用于加强语气，相当 于 whatever, what on earth等。如： Whatever is the matter? 这是怎么回事? Whatever do

28、es he mean? 他到底是什么 意思? 2. whatever 从句有时可以省略。如： Whatever your argument, I shall hold to my decision. 不管你怎样争辩，我还是 坚持自己的决定。,what/whatever的用法区别,一般说来，what含特指意义，而 whatever 含泛指意义，意为“无论什 么”。 It is generally considered unwise to give a child _ he or she wants. A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever,B,解析：答案是B，whatever引导一个宾 语从句，并且作wants的宾语。这里的 whatever不能改成what，因为题意想 表达的显然是“无论孩子要什么就给他/ 她什么是不明智的”，具有泛指的概 念。同时要注意，这里whateve