1、Unit 1 Stand up for your healthAre you familiar with the film stars?Mr.BeanSteven ChouWho do you think is more excellent?Who?CircusFarce 滑稽Sketch小品Crosstalk相声Circus马戏SkimmingReading Comprehension I1.What is stand-up(comedy)?2.After starting as a stand-up comedian,what did Billy Crystal go on to do l
2、ater in life?He went on to act in films.3.What is laughter good for?Laughter is good for our health.A kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience membersScanningReading Comprehension IIStand up for your health!Types of stand-upA famous comedianLaughter is good f
3、or your health!Read part by part1.Tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life2.Rely on visual humor inspired by objects3.Perform absurd physical actions to make people laugh4.Act or speak like a well-know personA.By using a hammer to break watermelonsB.By telling how people act when t
4、hey queue upC.By imitating the actions or accent of a famous personD.Comedians may trip over chairs,walk into doors,and fall down on stageStand up for your health!Types of stand-upA famous comedianLaughter is good for your health!A famous comedian Billy CrystalHe has become famous as television and
5、film actor.Nationality：Profession：Times of hosting the Academy Awards：Reason for becoming famous:Special habit in Academy Awards:Idols(偶像)：Americancomedian,host,film actor9 times_ability to _quick thinkingamuse peopleBob Hope&George Burnskeeping a toothbrush in his pocket for luck（简介）Stand up for yo
6、ur health!Types of stand-upA famous comedianLaughter is good for your health!Laughter is good for your healthWhy is laughter goodfor your health?Which English saying proves the importance of laughter?When you laugh,your brain sendschemicals thatare good for youand your body.“Laughter is thebest medi
7、cine.”Consolidation1.Visual homour can be boring when you cannot see what the comedian is doing.2.One comedian did not lose any weight even though he had been doing a lot of physical exercise for a month.TFT or F?3.People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the pers
8、on being made fun of.Fin a video tennis game have affection for4.The old actors speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound.5.Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot.TT1.Billy Crystal started his career _.A.as a televisio
9、n actor B.as a film actor C.as a stand-up comedian D.as a host2.What does the word routine in line 29 probably mean?A.roadB.performance C.linesD.style3.At the 2004 Academy Awards,a very old actor _ at first.A.was asked to make a silent speech B.turn on the microphone C.made the audience laugh D.coul
10、dnt make himself heardStand-up for your healthTypes of stand-upThere are many 1._ kinds of stand-up comedy.Some comedians make jokes about peoples 2._ in daily life.The humour of some comedians who 3._upon visual humour may be inspired by objects.Other comedians may make jokes about what they are do
11、ing.These jokes are not 4._unless you watch the comedians 5._.Impressionist comedians 6._or speak like famous people.Billy CrystalHe is a well-known stand-up comedian and has 7._ the Academy Awards nine times.He is a 8._ thinker and can come up with new jokes in a short time.Two 9._ why people who l
12、augh a lot live longerFirstly,when laughing,your brain sends 10._ around your body that are good for your health.Secondly,laughing helps people stay healthy.differentbehaviourrely/dependfunnyperformanceacthostedquickreasonschemicals1.I_ _ _ tennis every day for a month I dont understand why I am not
13、 _ _.2._ this kind of humor may sound cruel,it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience _ _ _ or admire the person _ _ _ _.3._ _ Crystal has become so famous _ _ he is very quick thinking,and is often able _ _ _ _ new jokes about the people and things around him.4._ _ telling the jok
14、es he had planned,Crystal _ _ a new one.5.Crystal _ _ _ all age groups and he has the ability _ _ people all over the world.6.Doctors have been researching _ _ stand-up and other forms of comedy _ _ us.7._ _ _,research shows that in the end,the English saying,“laughter is the best medicine”,may be t
15、rue _ _.have been playinglosing weightWhilehave affection forbeing made fun ofOne reasonis thatto come up withInstead ofmade upis popular withto amusewhat effecthave onWhatever the reasonafter allWhen youre in low spirits,what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings?Watch a comedy Listen to music or watch TV/films See friends Surf the Internet Do shopping Do reading 1.Recite the new words2.Finish parts D and E.
