1、Laughter is good for you,Unit 1 Module 6,Life was not all the best, life was not perfect, on the contrary, the ups and downs, is the routine .As the saying goes: a white head; laugh less decade.,生活本来就不是事事如意，生活本来就不会十全十美，相反，起起落落，悲欢离合才是家常便饭。俗话说的好：愁一愁，白了头;笑一笑，十年少。,A joke usually makes you laugh, and the
2、re are other things that will make you laugh. Look at the posters on Page 1 and find out what funny things are talked about in the posters.,A funny performance,A funny book,Crosstalk,Circus,laugh,comedies,funny movies,jokes,circus,stand-up,funny books,crosstalk,People all over the world love to laug
3、h. Do you love laughing ? Do you think laughter is good for us?,forget worries , keep us in a good mood, have a positive attitude towards life , enjoy better life and live longer,Have you ever watched this TV program?,Stand up for your health,Reading,crosstalk,sing like famous singers,humorous perfo
4、rmance,How do they amuse us?,funny actions,crosstalk,Title understanding,How can you understand the word stand-up? Does it mean you have to stand up or do more exercises in order to keep healthy?,1)Stand-up is one type of c_, which can make you laugh. 2)L_ helps your body stay healthy.,omedy,aughter
5、,1.How can you guess the meaning of a new word?,1)Often the writer will give the meaning of difficult or technical vocabulary in the sentences around it. Look at the words around an unknown word. 2)The way a word is used may also give you some idea of the meaning.,Reading Strategy,1)What does the wo
6、rd routine in Para. 3 probably mean?A. road B. performanceC. lines D. style,2.Guess the meaning of a word from the context,2)What does the word impressions in Para. 2 probably mean? A. the effect that a person has on sb. B. a feeling that you get about sb. C. an amusing copy of the way a person acts
7、 or speaks D. a drawing showing what a person looks like,Choose which is the best structure concerning the passage.,A,B,C,D,A,Skimming,Structure of the article,Stand-up for your health!,Para1:,Types of stand-upFour main types,A famous comedianBilly Crystal,Laughter is good for your health Reasons wh
8、y laughter is good for your health.,Introduction to stand-up,2. Give the main idea of each part.,What is special about stand-up comedy? (definition),be done on a stage bytalk straight to audience memberstease an audience memberdecide to tell different jokesdepending onreacted toprevious jokes,Detail
9、ed reading (para1),How many types of stand-up are mentioned in the article? And what are they?,Hints for the logic Some comedians tell jokes about the way Other comedians rely on visual humor. Yet other comedians may trip over chairs,. The last kind of comedian does impressions,Detailed reading (par
10、a2),Types of stand-up,Tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.,Rely on visual humor-inspired by objects,Funny performance,Act or speak like a well-known person,1,2,3,4,Detailed reading (para2),Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy.,?,Practice,Which type does each example belo
11、ng to?,A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else.,A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down.,A comedian says, My Grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. Shes 89 now, and we dont know where she is!,A comedian sta
12、nds on stage and holds a banana to his ear. He says, Hello? Hello? Im sorry I cant hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.,Task,a.,b.,c.,d.,Match each type with its example,A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down.,Task,a.,show,show,Type 3 Funny performance,Type
13、4 Doing impressions,Type1 Telling jokes,Type 2 Visual humor,Match each type with its example,A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else.,Task,b.,show,Type 3 Funny performance,Type 4 Doing impressions,Type1 Telling jokes,Type 2 Visual humor,Match each type wi
14、th its example,A comedian says, My Grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. Shes 89 now, and we dont know where she is!,Task,c.,show,show,Type 3 Funny performance,Type 4 Doing impressions,Type1 Telling jokes,Type 2 Visual humor,Match each type with its example,A comedian stands on
15、stage and holds a banana to his ear. He says, Hello? Hello? Im sorry I cant hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.,Task,d.,show,show,Type 3 Funny performance,Type 4 Doing impressions,Type1 Telling jokes,Type 2 Visual humor,Billy Crystal,Detailed reading (para3-5),1.become famous &enjoy sta
16、nd-up 2.host the Academy Awards (9) 3.perform his routine in front of.,keep a toothbrush in .for when he started., .told.jokes while standing, brushing.,One reason.is that he quick thinking and .able to come up with.,a story,follow in the footsteps of & . live to be .keep working until .,one of stan
17、d-up comedians,Billy Crystal,Bob Hope,A famous American comedian, born in London. He is good at improvising and famous for speaking at a fast speed and enjoys a long life of acting.,George burns,A famous American stand-up comedian. He often acted with his wife. He once was given the Academy Awards i
18、n 1975.,What have doctors been researching? What have they discovered?2. When you laugh, what does your brain do?3. How does laughing benefit you?4. According to the English saying, Laughter is the best medicine, what should we try to do?,what effect stand-up and comedy havepeople who laugh a lot li
19、ve longer,send chemicals around your body that,helpstay healthy, fight pain, live longer,Laugh and make someone laugh,Detailed reading (para6),A light heart lives longer.,One of the most well-known and well-loved types of _ is called stand up. There are _ different _ of stand-up comedy. There has al
20、ways been _ in them to make people watching them laugh.Billy Crystal, a famous stand-up comedian has _ 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 _ _ _ jokes has impressed people arou
21、nd the world.,comedy,styles,various,hosted,humor,nine,routine,live,come,Close,up,with,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 brain sends _ around the body that are good for us. Laughing hel
22、ps the body stay healthy, as the _ goes, laughter is the best _. So we should try to make someone laugh, which might help them live longer.,longer,effect,chemicals,saying,medicine,What special qualities should a comedian have?,sense of humor quick thinking acting skills ability to read people passio
23、n, diligence, being knowledgeable,Discussion (1),Besides laughter, what else can we do to make ourselves happy and keep ourselves healthy?,Smile to yourself in the mirror every day morning (Keep a positive attitude to life) Do what you are interested in (music, sports, reading ) Make friends Accompl
24、ish what you are doing ,Discussion (2),Laughter is the best medicine,Take time to laugh - it is the music of the soul. Laughter is the closest distance between people. A man isnt really poor if he can still laugh.,We laugh, and we feel safe. Laughter helps create warm feelings and a sense of securit
25、y. Through laughter, we will never fall apart and are always together.,Final task,Return to the title:Stand up for your health,Here “stand up” is a pun (双关语). One is a kind of comedy-stand-up; the other “stand up for sth” means “support or defend sth”. That is to say, not only does comedy benefit our health but we ourselves should also care about our health.,Enjoy yourself Enjoy life,Homework: 1.Have students read the text carefully. 2. Have students underline the complex sentences.,
