1、M6 U1 Laughter is good for you Reading Teaching aims and demands: 1, Read the passage and know about stand-up. 2,Train the students reading ability 3,Help the students to understand the text better and master the useful words and expressions Teaching important points and difficult points: 1,How to u
2、nderstand the text better 2,To know about stand-upTeaching methods: 1,Fast reading to train the students reading speed 2,Practising to help students master what they have learnedTeaching aids: multimedia , a tape recorderTeaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in Play the tape and let the students listen a
3、 period of sketch , then encourage them to collect some kinds of comedy: sketch, crosstalk, farce, circus , joke, comedy , story , humour ,talk show ,etc. Step 2 Fast reading Let the students read the passage quickly to finish some questions: 1, What is the article about? 2, How many types of stand-
4、up are there? 3,What is laughter good for? Step 3 Reading Let the students read the passage more carefully to answer some other questions: 1, What is special about stand-up comedy? 2,What are the four main types of stand-up? 3,When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up? 4,What is one reason Bi
5、lly Crystal has become so famous? 5,How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards? 6,Who were Bob Hope and George Burns? 7,What does your brain do when you laugh? Step 4 Listening Play the tape , and let the students listen to the passage to do some exercises about T or F: ( ) 1,A stand
6、-up comedian performs side by side with the audience. ( )2,Observational,prop,physical and impressionist are the four major forms of stand-up comedy. ( )3,Prop comedians use their bodies to make jokes. ( )4,An impressionist is a well-known person. ( )5,Billy Crystal is the only one stand-up comedian
7、 who has become famous. ( )6Crystal is good at improvising. ( )7,Billy Crystal hopes to live a long life like other well-known comedians. ( )8,The saying “Laughter is the best medicine” is probably widely accepted. Step5 Practice Fill in the blanks: There are _style of s_ comedy. They are o_, prop,
8、physical, and i_. The comedian makes jokes about h_ things he or she observes in everyday life, the form of which is observational. Prop comedians use things, called props, to tell jokes. Physical comedians make use of their b_ to make jokes. And an impressionist acts or speaks as if he or she w_ a
9、well-known person. Today, stand-up comedy is well r_ by people , whether old or young, throughout the world . Doctors have been r_ what effect comedies have on us. What they have d_ is that people who laugh a great deal live l_ .It is b_ your brain sends chemicals a_ your body, which are good to you
10、 that makes it p_ for you to live longer. Laughing helps your body to stay h_ and can even help you fight pain. The s_ Laughing is the best m_ _ to be true . Step 6 Consolidation Give the students some time to read the passage, then ask several to retell the main idea of the passage. Step 7 Homework 1,Read the text after class and try to find the important words and expressions. 2,Finish Exercise D and E on page 4 and 5.
