unit 1 laughter is good for you
part one teaching design
第一部分 教学设计
● reading stand-up for your health
step 1: lead-in
t: do you know who this person is?
s: charlie chaplin, a famous american comedian.
t: what kind of imagine will appear in your mind?
s: he always wears a small black hat, very wide trousers and a moustache, and carries a stick that he swings in the air as he walks.
t: how do you feel at the sight of him?
s: he is humorous and makes us laugh.
t: what’s the style of his film?
s: in his film, he’s never the mr. big and he always has much trouble in his life. however, he uses his sense of humor to teach people that there are always ways to face problems if you are able to laugh.
t: do you think laughing is good for people’s health?
s: yes. laughter is a bridge that can lead people to health, happiness and peace. it is a good therapy to help people get rid of bitterness and forget all the problems.
t: today, we’ll learn a passage entitled “stand-up for your health!” do you know the meaning of “stand-up” here? does it mean you have to stand up to keep healthy?
s: no. “stand-up” is a kind of comedy in which the comedian stands in front of the audience and talk directly to audience members.
step 2: fast-reading for general idea.
go through the passage as quickly as possible and find answers to the three questions in part a.
1 what is the article about?
2 how many types of stand-up are there?
3 what is laughter good for?
answers 1 it’s about stand-up comedy.
2 there are four main types.
3 it’s good for our health.
step 3: careful-reading for detailed information
1. let's read the passage again more carefully and try to finish part c1 after your reading.
1 what is special about stand-up comedy?
2 what are the four main types of stand-up?
3 when did billy crystal begin practicing stand-up?
4 what is one reason billy crystal has become so famous?
5 how many times has billy crystal hosted the academy awards?
6 who were bob hope and george burns?
7 what dies your brain do when you laugh?
8 what is the english idiom about laughter mentioned in the text?
answers
1 stand-up is different from other forms of comedy because the comedian is in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members.
sample answers
1
having enough courage to perform in front of the audience
practicing a lot to perfect their routine
being able to read their audience’s thoughts to know exactly what they would like to see
watching as many comedies as they can to learn about more techniques
making full preparations before going on stage
2
watching a comedy
listening to music or watching films
seeing friends
surfing the internet
locking myself in my room and doing reading
3
having a balanced diet
exercising regularly
having a good mood
being optimistic
step 6: language points
vocabulary
words
laughter, stand-up, humor, well-loved, comedy, comedian, response, reaction, main, physical, humorous, queue, visual, tennis, stage, actor, act, academy, award, routine, live, little-known, toothbrush, mirror, outstanding, microphone, lip, appropriate, silent, howl, amuse, brain, saying
useful expressions
make fun of, in response to, make jokes about, queue up, trip over, later on, broadcast live, make up, have effect on, after all
sentence patterns 1. one little-known fact is that when crystal is the host of the academy awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket of good luck!
2. instead of telling the joke he had planned, crystal made up a new one.
3. it seems appropriate that he got his start in silent film.
4. doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us.
step 7: consolidation exercises:
1 fill in the blanks according to the text.
stand-up is one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy. in observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about 1_______ things he or she 2________ in everyday life. prop 3_________ use props to tell their jokes. physical comedians use their 4_________ to make jokes. impressionist comedians act or speak like a well-known person, which is called doing an 5_________ of the person,
answers
1 humorous 2 observes 3 comedians 4 bodies 5 impression
6 popularity 7 amuse 8 researching 9 laughter 10 medicine
2 translate the following sentences into english.
1 有一种非常出名,深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。
2 单口喜剧演员可以拿某一观众开玩笑,也可以根据观众的反应随机应变说不同的笑话。
3 观众只能看见他站在那里两片嘴唇动个不停。
4 克里斯托放弃了讲事先准备好的笑话,即兴编了一个。
5 克里斯托深受各年龄断人群的喜爱,他有能力让世人感到开心,这证明单口喜剧能被所有人欣赏。
sample answers
1 one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy is called stand-up.
2 a stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.
3 the audience could only see him standing there moving his lips.
4 instead of telling the joke he had planned, crystal made up a new one.
5 crystal’s popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.
3句型转换:
1. he or she might decide to tell different jokes to respond to the reactions of an audience.
he or she might decide to tell different jokes ______ ______ to the reactions of an audience.
2. one such person is billy crystal.
such______ person is billy crystal.
3. instead of telling the joke he had planned, he made up a new one.
he didn’t tell the joke he had planned._______ he made up a new one.
he didn’t tell the joke he had planned _______made up a new one.
4. he hopes to follow the way that other famous comedians usually do.
he hopes to follow _____ _____ _____ of other famous comedians.
5. doctors have been researching what stand-up and other forms of comedy affect us.
doctors have been researching what______ stand-up and other forms of comedy have_____ us.