1、Unit 1 Stand up for your health! Reading comprehension 【学习目标】 1. Grasp the main topics of the three sections-types of stand-up, a famous comedian and the fact that laughter is good for your health. 2. Learning English by talking about their own opinions when it comes to the topic “Laughter is the be
2、st medicine”. 3. Gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and reinforce their reading comprehension. 4. Improve the ability to read-how to guess the meanings of new words. 【学习重难点】 1. The strcture of the text. 2. Guess the meaning of a word from the context. 3. Find the main points in the three sect
3、ions and express them. 【学习方法】 1. 熟读单词表单词 p1-5，注意把音标读准。 2. 通过自上而下的阅读，分析文章框架，了解 Reading 的主旨大意。 3. 通过对文章的进一步阅读，理解 stand-up 的内涵和对健康的影响。 【预习内容】 任务一：熟读单词表单词 Page 1-5，注意把音标读准。 任务二：请同学们课前完成 Pre-reading questions. 1. Do Part D on Page 4. 2. Read the passage on Page 2 and do Part C1. 3. Read the passage again
4、 and do part C2 after discussion in pairs. 4. Read the text once more and Do Part E on Page 5. 任务三：Analyse the structure of the text. 【课堂教学】 1. 检查单词预习情况。 2. 在老师的帮组下阅读课文，理解课文框架。 3. 检查 Pre-reading 完成情况，掌握课文内容并复述。 4. 对文章部分内容进行评价性理解，如“Laughter is the best medicine”. 【目标检测】 I. Choose the correct answer:
5、1. A stand-up comedian _ while performing. A. enjoys laughing B. enjoys making fun of himself C. usually takes advantage 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
6、 a 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. What does the word improvise in Para 4 probably mean? A. perform without permission B. perform without preparation C. act well D. act fast 5. At the 2004
7、Academy Awards, a very old actor _ at first. A. was asked to make a silent speech B. didnt turn on the microphone on purpose C. made the audience laugh D. couldnt make himself heard 6. We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to _. A. enjoy a very long life B. work till the end of
8、life C. have no plans to stop work D. perform stand-up II. Fill in the blanks according to the text. 1. One of the most well-known and well-loved types of _ is called stand-up. There are different _ of stand-up comedy. The main _ are observational, prop, physical and impressionist. There has always
9、been _ in them to make people watching them laugh. 2. Billy Crystal, a famous stand-up _, has hosted 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 is to _has impressed people around the wor
10、ld. 3. 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 _ sends chemicals around the body that are good for us. _ helps the body stay healthy, as the saying goes, Laughter is the best _. 1.American 2
11、. observe 3. appropriate 4. comedy 5. television 6. actors 7. improvise 8. host 9. healthy 10. comedian Unit 1 Stand up for your health! Language focus 【学习目标】 1. Raise reading ability by focusing on language points. 2. Grasp the new language usage in the text by learning the text. 【学习重难点】 Language p
12、oints. 【学习方法】 1发现辨别语言点、探索分析语言点、训练巩固语言点和创造运用语言点。 2课前预习 P2-3 Reading 课文，找出课文中长句和重要的短语、句式。 3阅读课文，在理解课文的基础上，解决课文中的语言点，并通过适当的练习巩固并运用。 【预习内容】 任务一：课前预习，阅读课文，找出课文中长句、重要短语和相关语言点。 任务二：探索分析词汇。 【课堂教学】 1检查预习情况，展示所找词汇。 2在老师的帮组下掌握相关语言点，并通过练习巩固及运用。 【目标检测】 1Write down the phrases you find in the text. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
13、_ _ _ 2Language points Welcome to the unit 1. Everyone agrees that laughter is good for you. (Page 1) laughter: n. U the act or sound of laughing 笑；笑声；笑的样子 e.g. 1) She roared with laughter (= laughed very loudly). 2) As we approached the hall we could hear the sound of laughter. 【常用搭配】爆发出一阵笑声 _ be g
14、ood for (1) beneficial; wholesome 对有益的；有益健康的 【英译中】 Exercise is good for health. _ _ (2) suitable; appropriate 对 适合；对适宜 【英译中】 This beach is good for swimming but bad for surfing. _ _ 2. Which of the events above do you think will be the funniest? (Page 1) 【句法分析】此句为复杂疑问句，其结构为：疑问词+do you think+其余部分( 陈述
15、语序)？ e.g. 1) Who do you think is the tallest in your class? 2) Why do you think the earths temperature keeps rising? 【典题精练】 1. He made another wonderful discovery,_ of great importance to science. A. which I think is B. which I think it is C. which I think it D. I think which is 2. _ the film will e
16、nd? A. How do you think B.What do you think C. You think how D. How do you think that Reading 1. People have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humor. (Page 2 Line 1) humor: n. e.g. He read a story full of humour just now. 【常用搭配】 1) have a/no sense of humour 【完成句子】 Our Maths teacher
17、_(很有幽默感) 2) in a good/bad humour 心情好 /坏 【词形变化】 humorous: adj. =funny, or making you laugh 【英译中】 Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life. _ _ 2. A stand-up comedian may tease an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her p
18、revious jokes. (Page 2 Lines 3- 6) tease: vt. =to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly 取笑；揶揄；戏弄 e.g. 1) I didnt mean it; I was only teasing. 2) The other children teased him because he was a little fat. 3) The boy teased his father about his bald he
19、ad. react to: =to behave in a particular way or show a particular emotion because of something that has happened or been said e.g. 1) How did Wilson react to your idea? 2) Children react well to a lively teacher. 3) He reacted angrily to the suggestion that he had lied. depend on 该短语的同义短语是 _。 该短语及其同
20、义短语如果后接 that 引导的宾语从句，其结构是 _。 3. There are a variety of different style of stand-up comedy. (Page 2 Line 8) a variety of 该短语可以改写成其形容词的形式，此形容词是 _。 该短语的复数形式是 _。 你能用该短语及其复数形式造几个句子吗？试一试吧！ _ _ _ _ 4. Some people tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life. (Page Line 8-9) 当 the way 作为先行词时，定
21、语从句的引导词是_ 。 你能用该用法造几个句子吗？试一试吧！ _ _ _ _ 5. For example, they may talk about how people act when they queue up, or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella. (Page Line 9-11) for example 与 such as 的区别是 _ _ _ _你能用该这两个短语各造几个句子吗？试一试吧！ _ _ _ _ queue up 排队（等候）=wait in line queue up for 为
22、 而排队等候 a queue of 一长列（车等） 【中译英】 1. 他们排队等候看电影。 _ _ 2. 孩子们排队一小时等候买票。 _ _ 6. Another comedian points to a video tennis game and says, “Ive been playing tennis every day for a month. I dont understand why I am not losing weight!” (Page 14-16) point to 该短语的含义是 _ 【常用搭配】 point out 指出 point at 指向，瞄准 on the
23、point of 正在之时 to the point 简明恰当；简洁中肯 off the point 离题 There is no point in doing sth. 做某事毫无意义。 【完成句子】 1）Its rude to _ your fingers _ people. 2) He _ (指出) that they were mistaken. 3) He _ (指向) the spot where the house used to stand. 4) I was _ (正要离开房间) when the telephone rang. 【中译英】 发火是没有用的。 _ _ and
24、says 可以改写成一个什么形式的、用作伴随状语的分词形式？ _ lose weight 该短语的含义是 _ 该短语的反义短语是 _ 你能用这几个短语造几个句子吗？试一试吧！ _ _ _ _ 7. Yet other comedians may trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage in order to make people laugh. (Page 2 Line 16-17) trip over/on 该短语的含义是 _ 【中译英】 1. 有人会让那条绳子绊倒的。 _ _ 2. 小心别在台阶上绊倒了。 _ _
25、你能用这几个短语造几个句子吗？试一试吧！ _ _ _ _ 8. The last kind of comedian does impressionshe or she will act or speak like a well-known person in order to make fun of that person. (Page 2 Line 19-20) make fun of 该短语的含义是 _ 该短语的同义短语是_，近义短语是 _play jokes on 开的玩笑 play a trick on/play tricks on 捉弄，开玩笑 【常用搭配】 have fun=enj
26、oy oneself 尽情地玩吧 for fun 出于开心 /高兴/消遣 What fun it is to do sth.! 做某事是多么的开心呀！ 【英译中】 1) Its cruel to make fun of people who stammer (口吃). _ _2) Dont play jokes on that poor girl. _ _3) Dont be serious. He just played a trick on you just now. _ _ 【单项选择】 Daddy didnt mind what we were doing, as long as we
27、 were tougher, _ fun. (2005 重庆) A. had B. have C. have D. having 【中译英】 1. 她意识到自己正在被别人取笑。 _ 2. 夏天在海里游泳多么有趣啊！ _ _ 你能用这个短语造几个句子吗？试一试吧！ _ _ _ _ 9. While this kind of humour may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have affection for or admire the person being made fun
28、 of. (Page 2 Line 20- 22) while 该词在此句中的词性是_，其用法 _ _ _ e.g. 1) While I agree with you, I do not believe that your way is the best. 2) While I like the colour of the hat, I do not like its shape. 3) While I am willing to go, I would like it better if you went. while, when, as 的区别是 _ _ _ _ _ affection
29、e.g. She has difficulty showing affection. 【常用搭配】 have (an) affection for 喜爱，钟爱 e.g. 1) He ahd a great affection for the town where he grew up. 2) She obviously has a warm affection for Italy and its people. 3) I have a geat affection for Nanjing. 10. Only a few stand-up comedians have become famous
30、 as television and film performers later on in life. (Page 2 Line 24) later on 后来，过些时候 【中译英】 后来，他找了份政府官员的工作。 _ _ 11. One such person is Billy Crystal. (Page 2 Line 25) such: adj. “如此，这样的” ，用来修饰形容词，当 such 与 one, no, any, all, many, some , few, several 连用时，such 放在这些词的后面，即 one, no, any, all, many, some
31、, few, several + such。但与不定冠词连用时，则置于不定冠词之前。 e.g. 1) I have one such English- Chinese dictionary. 2) All such possibilities must be considered. 3) There is no such thing as a free lunch. 4) You gave me such a fright! 【中译英】 1. 所有的学生应该受到责备。 _ _ 2. 这样的一张椅子够了。 _ _ 11. People around the world enjoy watchin
32、g him when he hosts the Academy Awards. (Page 2 Line 27-28) One little-known fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck. (Page 3 Line 30-31) host 【英译中】 1) Your host on tonights show is Max Astor. _ _ 2) Our host greeted us at the door, and we gave him a present. _ _ 3) The host team and the guest team each won a game, so they will play another game next week. _ _ 4) I dont know who will host the show tonight. _
