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  • Oct 12, 2007

    Unit 4 reading stand-up for your health

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    Unit 4 reading stand-up for your health

    Teaching aim
    1 Understand the article stand up for your health with both general and detailed questions
    2 Check and enhance the students reading ability by fast reading and scanning 
    3 Help the students guess the unfamiliar or unknown words
    4 Help the students understand “laughter is the best medicine “ and encourage them to practice it in their live .
    Teaching important point
    1 Understand the definition of stand-up as well as its type
    2 Get to know Billy Crystal
    3 Find answers to questions concerning the article
    4 How to guess the meaning of unknown or unfamiliar words
    Teaching difficult points
    1 How to make sure that everyone understand the article well
    2 How to help the students guess the meaning of the words correctly
    3 How to practice laughter is the best medecine “ in our daily life
    Teaching meathods
    1 The multi-media
    2 The blackboard
    Teaching procedure
    Step 1  lead in
    1. Life consists of laughter and tears, and which do you prefer?
    2. Brainstorming:
    What makes people laugh?
    Step 2  Fast reading
    A  Read the article 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? ______ .
    B  Fast reading again to decide True 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.
    Step 3  Reading strategy: Guessing the meaning of a word from the context
    Some examples for the students:
    Line 13    prop
    Line 28    routine
    Line 33    improvise
    Line 40    appropriate
    Step 4  Careful reading
    1. Devide the article naturally into four parts and scan part by part
    Part 1  paragraph one
    Part 2  types of stand-up
    Part 3  a famous comedian
    Part 4  laughter is good for your health
    2. Part 1 
    What is special about stand-up comedy?
      Stand-up comedy is special because the comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members.
    Part2
    What are the four main types of stand-up?
      They are observational,  prop,  physical and impressionist.
     
     a. A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana to his ear. He says, ‘Hello? Hello? I’m sorry I can’t hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.’   
    2.Prop b. A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else.   
    3.Physical c. A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down.   
    4.Impressionist d. A comedian says, ‘My Grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. She’s 89 now, and don’t know where she is!’ 
        
    Part3 
    1. When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?
      He began practicing stand-up when he was a child.
    2. What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?
      His outstanding ability to improvise.
    3. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?
      Eight times.
    4. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?
      They were two comedians who lived to be 100 years old and kept working until the end of their lives.
    Part4 
    1. What does your brain do when you laugh?
      When we laugh, our brains send chemicals around our body that are good for us.
    2. What is the English idiom about laughter mentioned in the text?
      Laughter is the best medicine.
    Step 5  Post reading
    1. How do you understand laughter is the best medicine?
    2. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is coming. The committee is organizing some activities like
    Smiling baby face recruiting ,
    Smiling China 2008.
    What do you think are the purposes of them?
    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.
    step 6  Further reading （consolidation to check the students understanding of the text）
    1.A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.
      A. enjoys laughing 
      B. enjoys making fun of himself
      C. usually make fun of the audience 
      D. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance
    2.Which of the following is the style of prop?
      A. jokes in everyday life  B. visual humour
      C. body action D imitation of well-known person
    3.Billy Crystal started his career ____.
      A. as a television actor    B. as a film actor
      C. as a stand-up comedian      D. as a host
    4.At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.
      A. was asked to make a silent speech  
     B. didn’t turn on the microphone on purpose
     C. made the audience laugh   
     D. couldn’t make himself heard
    Step 7  Language points
    1. make fun of        取笑, 拿……开玩笑
    It’s cruel to make fun of people who stammer.
    play jokes on        开……的玩笑
    play a trick on     捉弄,开玩笑
    make jokes about  拿……开玩笑
    Don’t play jokes on that poor girl.
    Don’t be serious. He just played a trick on you just now.
    2. response
    noun  [C or U] an answer or reaction:
    Responses to our advertisement havebeen disappointing.
    Her proposals met with anenthusiasticresponse.
    Management has granted a 10% pay rise in response to union pressure.
    responsibility n. 责任;负责;任务
    responsible adj. 须负责任的
    in response to          对……做出反应
    take responsibility for   对……负责
    be responsible for   对……负责,
                     作为……的原因
    be responsible to    向……负责
    3. reaction      n. 反应
    react     v. 起反应, 起作用, 反抗, 起反作用
    react to sb / sth        对……作出反应
    react with sth             与……起化学反应
    react against sb/sth       反对; 反抗
    4. queue          vi.    排队，列队
                    n.     行列, 长队, 队列
     queue up    排队，列队
    By 7 o'clock a long queue had formed outside the cinema.
    到7点钟时, 电影院门外已经排成了长队。
    They're queuing up to see a film.
    他们排着队等候看电影。
    5. later on    后来；以后；过些时候 
    At first things went well, but later on we ran into trouble.
    起初事情进展得很顺利，但后来我们遇到了困难。
    6. live        adv.﹠adj. 现场直播的， 生动的
    a live football match
    现场直播的足球赛
    The landing on the moon was telecast live.
    现场转播了登月行动。
    7. make up
    1)Girls make up 45％of the student population in our school．
    2) make up a story / an excuse
    3) Because of his illness，he had to make up for the missed lessons．
    4) We haven’t been getting on well．Let’s make up．
    5) Tom watched his sister make herself up for her date.
    8. amuse      vt . 使愉快，使高兴
    Everyone was amused at / by the story about the dog.
    大家听了关于那只狗的故事都笑起来了。
    They amused themselves by looking at old photographs.
    他们以看旧照片消遣。
     amusement     n. [C] 娱乐品; 娱乐活动; 消遣
                     [U] 娱乐; 快乐
    The program offers a variety of amusements.
    To my great amusement his false beard fell off.
    amusing       adj.好笑的; 有趣的; 引人发笑的
    amused        adj. 愉快的, 开心的, 好玩的
    Step 8  Summary and Home work
    1. Summarize what have been talked about in reading.
    (1)Review all the new words in reading.
    (2)Finish Ex.  A1 & A2 on Page100.


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