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1、Unit 1,Reading Stand-up for your health,Lead-in,1. When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feeling?listening to music or watching filmsseeing friends surfing the Internetdo some reading

2、watching a comedy,2. Can you name some comedians? Who is your favorite comedian? Why?,2. Can you name some comedians? Who is your favorite comedian? Why?,Reading strategy,Reading,Homework,Discussion,Content,,What would y

3、ou do if you comeacross a new word?,1. Read the sentences before and after the one containing the new word.2. Look at the words around an unknown word.,,Guess the meaning,Reading Strategy,Reading Strategy,G

4、uessing the meaning of a new word,1. Stand-up for your health. Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking strainght to audience membersA. one type of comedy B. standingC. fight

5、 D. disagreement,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,1. Stand-up for your health. Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straingh

6、t to audience membersA. one type of comedy B. standingC. fight D. disagreement,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new word,2. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in fr

7、ont of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV. A. road B. performance C. lines D. style,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,2. Ea

8、ch time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV. A. road B. performance C. lines D. style,,Reading Strategy,Guessin

9、g the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,3. One reason is his outstanding ability to improvise. He is very good atthinking quickly and making new jokes . A. perform without permission B. perform without pre

10、paration C. act well D. act fast,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,3. One reason is that his outstanding ability to improvise? A. perform without permission B. per

11、form without preparation C. act well D. act fast,,Reading Strategy,4. It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films. A. proper B. clear C. silly D. enjoyable,,G

12、uessing the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,Reading Strategy,4. It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films. A. proper B. clear C. silly D. enjoyable,,Guessin

13、g the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new wordfrom the context.,5. A computer is a complex machine．It is not simple． simple B. compli

14、cated C. beautiful D. expensive,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new word,5. A computer is a complex machine．It is not simple． simple B. complicat

15、ed C. beautiful D. expensive,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new word,6.Chicken pox can be very serious for a childwho is not in good health. The child developsred spots, and fee

16、ls hot and uncomfortable.Ahealthy child gets well quickly.a kind of animal B. a kind of foodC. a kind of childhood disease D, a lack of pure water,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new word,

17、6.Chicken pox can be very serious for a childwho is not in good health. The child developsred spots, and feels hot and uncomfortable.Ahealthy child gets well quickly.a kind of animal B. a kind of food

18、C. a kind of childhood disease D, a lack of pure water,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new word,7. Prop comedians use things, called props, to tell jokes. A. things B. imaginations

19、C. traditions D. style,,Reading Strategy,Guessing the meaning of a new word,1. Prop comedians use things, called props, to tell jokes. A. things B. imaginations C. traditions D. sty

20、le,,Let’s learn more about the comedians.Read through the article and try to answer the questions on top of page 2.,1. What is the article about?2. After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal

21、 go on to do later in life??3. What is laughter good for?,Stand-up comedy.,He went on to act in films.,Our health.,Pre-reading,Structure of the article,How many?,Who?,four,Billy Crystal,,visual humour maybe be in

22、spired by objects,Types of stand-up,tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life,一,二,Funny performance---trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage,act or speak like a well-know person,三,四,Ca

23、n you create similar situations to perform the four types of stand-up comedy? Have a try!,Match each type with a proper example,A comedian standson stage and holdsa banana to his ear.He says, “Hello?Hello? I’m sorry

24、Ican’t hear you.Something must bewrong with myphone.”,,,visual humour--inspired by objects,2,Match each type with a proper example,A comedianwalks on stage.As she introducesherself, she fallsdown.,,,Funny perform

25、ance,3,Match each type with a proper example,A comedian putson glasses,changes his orher voice andpretends to besomeone else.,,,4,Act or speak like a well-known person,Match each type with a proper example,A comedia

26、n says,“My Grandmotherstarted walking1 km a day whenshe turned 60.She’s 89 now, andwe don’t knowwhere she is!”,,,Tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.,1,Billy Crystal,1. What does Billy Cryst

27、al always keep when he hosts the Academy Awards? Why?,A toothbrush. He thinks it’ll bring him good luck.,A famous comedian,Questions:,Because he is very quick thinking and is often able to come up with new jokes about th

28、e people and things around him.,2. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?3. What is one reason Billy Grystal has become so famous?,They are famous comedians.,Fill in the blanks with proper words:Doctors have discovered t

29、hat people who laugh a lot live ______ after researching what _____ stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us.,longer,effect,Laughter is good for your health!,When we laugh, our ________ sends chemicals around the bo

30、dy which are good for us. __________ keeps the body healthy, as the saying goes, ‘Laughter is the best ________’.,Laughing,medicine,brain,Further comprehension:,1. A stand-up comedian _____ while performing. A. enjo

31、ys laughing B. enjoys making fun of himself C. usually takes advantage of the audience D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance,2. Billy Crystal started his career ____. A. as a televisio

32、n actor B. as a film actor C. as a stand-up comedian D. as a host,3. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first. A. was asked to make a silent speech B. turn off the microphone on

33、 purpose C. made the audience laugh D. couldn’t make himself heard,4. We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to ______. A. enjoy a very long life B. work till the end of life

34、C. have no plans to stop work D. perform stand-up,返回目錄,Discussion,1. Are comedians born gifted? What are good comedians required to do?2. Besides laughter, what are other factors that can help people live longer?,A

35、good comedian has to do:having enough courage to perform in front of the audiencepractising a lot to perfect their routinebeing able to know exactly what they would like to see,watching as many comedies as they can

36、 to learn about more techniques making full preparations before going on stage,Other factors can help people live longer:having a balanced dietexercising regularlyhaving a good moodbeing optimistic,返回目錄,Homewor

37、k,1. Discussion: Do you think to be a good comedian is very challenging? Why or why not?2. Story-making: Make up a funny story after class.,Crystal was a natural entertainer and had no fears about dancing on st

38、age with top jazz stars.,A brief introduction of Billy Crystal,Crystal studied film and television direction under Martin Scorsese at New York University. After graduation and marriage, Crystal did substitute tea

39、ching while he tried his comedy act at various clubs throughout New York.,In the seventies the Crystal family moved to Los Angeles. Crystal did some stand-up at the Comedy Store and was noticed by Norman Lear. This was t

40、he turning point, Crystal started making guest appearances on TV and eventually landed his role in “Soap”.,In the eighties Crystal moved his family back to New York. There he appeared on cable TV, did guest spots and mad

41、e-for-TV movies. Back on the stand-up circuit, Crystal became famous for his Fernando Lamas and Sammy Davis, Jr. impersonations.,He and his impersonations joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1984. He spent only one

42、 year with the show, but was the most popular member of the cast and he earned an Emmy nomination for Best Individual Performance.,His ambition now is to have a one-man show on Broadway. He has the practice from his year