1、笑是最好的良药。笑一笑,十年少,笑的好处多多,不胜枚举,你知道吗?笑可以减少压力,增强免疫力;笑可以预防心脏病;笑可以帮助孩子们忍受痛苦;笑可以Making time to laugh can boost your health.Some researchers believe laughing is good.Burns Calories:Laughing for 10 to 15 minutes raises energy expenditure,increases heart rate,and can burn up to 40 calories.Causes“Runners High”
2、:Laughing increases endorphins(内啡肽),reduces stress and strengthens the immune system.Protects Against Heart Disease:Research suggests that agood sense of humour wards off heart attacks.Laughter widens blood vessels so blood flows more freely.Strengthens the Immune System:Stress hormones are reduced
3、during laughter,allowing the immune cells to function better.Laughing also promotes an oxygen&carbon dioxide exchange.Helps Kids Tolerate Pain:Cartoons can help children cope with painful procedures,such as needles or to the dentist.Humour helps kids tolerate pain longer.Increases Job Satisfaction:H
4、umour improves communication,creativity and overall performance in the workplace.Improves Counseling Sessions:Laughter is thought to be one of the easiest ways that humans signal support and“it is safe to relax here”Improves Classroom Interactions:Humour encourages students discussions and increases
5、 course enjoyment.Increases Hope and Self-worth:Watching just 15 minutes of a comedy show can relieve worries about health or career.Laughter can replace negative thoughts with positive ones and help formulate a“plan of attack”for problems.This in turnincreases feelings of self-worth,which makes ove
6、rcoming obstacles even easier.Eliminate“Us Versus Them”Thinking:Comedy makes us more inclusive of others and helps us see the big picture.多积词汇boost v促进expenditure n花费;消耗a sense of humour 幽默感hormone n荷尔蒙cope with 处理session n咨询会self-worth 自我价值感formulate v规划,构想in turn反过来eliminate v消除读文清障原文呈现Section War
7、mup&Lesson 1 Prereadinghave trouble/difficulty(in)doing sth.做某事有困难where 引导定语从句。ACheck your spelling“Have you ever had trouble trying to spell a word?”I asked my husband one day.“Yes,sometimes.Why,what happened?”he asked.“This afternoon,I was in the town centre,where I had been doing some shopping.读文
8、清障原文呈现left adj.剩下的,只作后置定语。remaining adj.剩下的,作前置定语。to cash a cheque 为目的状语。cash a cheque 兑现支票withdraw/wIdr/vt.提取;撤退account n账户forgetful/fetfl/adj.健忘的instead adv.代替;反而;却instead of 代替I suddenly realised I didnt have any money left so I quickly went to the bank to cash a cheque.I wanted to withdraw40 fro
9、m our bank account,but Im so forgetful that I couldnt remember if 40 was spelled fourty or forty”“What did you do?”my husband asked.“I took out fifty dollars instead.”I said.以上部分译文A检查你的拼写一天,我问丈夫,“你有没有拼写不出单词的时候?”“是的,有时会。呦,怎么了?”他问道。“今天下午我在市中心,我常去那里购物。我突然发现身上没钱了,于是我马上去银行,把支票兑换成现金。我想从我们的银行账户中取出 40 美元,可是
10、我太健忘了,以至于记不起来 40 是拼作fourty还是forty了。”丈夫问:“那你是怎么做的?”我答道:“我取了 50 美元。”读文清障原文呈现BFamily harmonyThe Wang family was planning to go on a holiday soon.Mr Wang wanted to know which place would be the most enjoyable for the whole family.He felt his daughter was mature enough and he didnt want to overlook her o
11、pinion so he asked her,“If I was going to Hainan Island and your mum was going to Thailand,where would you like to go?”She replied,“Hmm.Id like to go toharmony/hmni/n.协调,和谐in harmony with与协调一致/和睦相处go on a holiday 去度假on holiday 在休假中take a holiday 休假mature/mt/adj.成熟的overlook/vlk/vt.忽视读文清障原文呈现Thailand.
12、”He wondered about her response,and just to clarify,he asked her another question.“Well,if I was going to Thailand and your mum was going to Hainan Island,where would you like to go then?”This time she didnt hesitate,“Then Id like to go to Hainan Island.”Now Mr Wang was puzzled.“But why?”he asked.“B
13、ecause I went to Thailand on the last trip,”she said.wonder v琢磨,想知道wander v漫游,闲逛clarify/klrIfaI/vt.澄清,讲清楚hesitate v犹豫hesitate to do sth.对做某事犹豫不决puzzled adj.困惑的puzzling adj.令人困惑的puzzlement n困惑,迷惘以上部分译文B家庭和睦王先生一家打算不久后去度假。他想知道哪个地方对全家人来说最好玩。他觉得他女儿很成熟了,他不想忽视她的意见,于是问她:“如果我要去海南岛而你妈妈要去泰国,那么你想去哪里?”她回答说:“嗯我想去
14、泰国。”他对她的回答感到奇怪,为了弄清楚,他问了她另外一个问题:“哦,如果我要去泰国而你妈妈要去海南岛,那么你想去哪里呢?”这次她没有犹豫:“我想去海南岛。”王先生当时感到很迷惑。“但是为什么呢?”他问道。“因为我在上次的旅行中去过泰国了。”她回答道。读文清障原文呈现cause vt.引起,导致delay/dIleI/n.延误,延期delay v推迟delay/put off doing sth.推迟做某事expect vt.预料,期望;等待21 unfortunate adj.不幸的,倒霉的22 counter/kant/n.柜台23 agent/eIdnt/n.代理人,经销商24 deal
15、 with 处理,对付25 queue/kju/vi.排队C Memory lossHeavy snow last winter causedlong delays at Heathrow airport.One afternoon,hundreds of unlucky passengers who had been expectingto board a flight to New York were told it had been cancelled.One unfortunate 21 counter 22agent 23was dealing with 24 all the pas
16、sengers when an angry man,who had been queuing25读文清障原文呈现for some time,pushed his way to the front.“I want a first class seat on this flight,now!”demanded26 the man angrily.The young agent replied politely,“Im sorry sir,but I cant ignore these people.They were here first.If you couldwait your turn,Il
17、l see what I can do.”This did not please27 the man.26 demand v要求27 please v使满意;使愉快读文清障原文呈现He yelled28 at the young girl,so that the passengers waiting in line29 behind him could hear30,“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”The girl smiled,stood upand spoke31 loudly,“Attention please!We have a passenger here WHO DO
18、ES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS.If anyone can help him find his identification32,please come to the gate.”28 yell/jel/vi.叫喊,叫嚷29 wait in line 排队30 so that 引导目的状语从句;waiting.为现在分词短语作定语。31 三个并列谓语。32 identification/aIdentIfIkeIn/n.身份identity card 身份证以上部分译文C失忆去年冬天的大雪导致希思罗机场的航班长时间延误。一天下午,几百名运气不佳的乘客被告知,他们一直等候的飞往纽约的航
19、班被取消了。一名倒霉的柜台工作人员正忙着应付所有乘客。这时一位排队等了一段时间的怒气冲冲的男士挤上前来。他气急败坏地要求:“我要一张这个航班的头等舱票,现在就要!”那名年轻的工作人员礼貌地答道:“对不起,先生,我不能忽略这些人。他们先到这儿的。如果您能等到轮到您时,我会帮您的。”这并没有让那位男士高兴。他大声冲这个年轻女孩叫喊以便让在后面排队的人都能听到:“你知道我是谁吗?”女孩微笑着站起来,大声说:“请注意!这里有位乘客不知道自己是谁。如果有人能帮他识别他的身份,请到登机口。”词义匹配1delay Ato make sb.laugh or smile2amuseBto make sth.cl
20、earer or easier tounderstand3overlook Cnot to do sth.until a later time4ridiculousDvery silly or unreasonable5agent Eto fail to see or notice6withdraw Fa person whose job is to manage the affairs of other people in business,politics,etc.7response Gto move back or away from a place orsituation8queue
21、Hthe line that divides two countries or areas9clarify Ia spoken or written answer10border Jto wait in a line of people in order to do sth.答案:15 CAEDF 610 GIJBHPlease look at the following comedians and write down their names.Who do you think is the funniest and why?Deng ChaoRowan AtkinsonCharlie Cha
22、plinXu ZhengI think Mr Bean/Rowan Atkinson is the funniest,because he can make us laugh and feel relaxed at any time.Read for the detailsChoose the best answer according to the text.1What happened at last in anecdote A?AHer husband took out$50.BHer husband made a joke with her.CShe withdrew fifty do
23、llars instead.DShe had to go home to get some help.2Why did Mr.Wang ask his daughter about her opinion of going on a holiday?AHe wanted to get his daughter to go with him,not hiswife.BHe thought that his daughter was a mature girl,andwanted to hear her own opinion.CHe had gone to Hainan Island.DHe h
24、ad gone to Thailand.3Why did the man say“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM”?AHe wanted to persuade the counter to give him the money.BHe wanted to get the counter to realize that he was a veryimportant person,and she could take care of him first.CThe man came here first.DThe man was not the first to come.答案:13 C
25、BB.Read for the structureRead the text carefully and then fill in the blanks with the information in the text.TitleThe content of the passage1._This afternoon,I went shopping.All of a sudden,I realized I had no money with me.So I went to the bank to draw some.I had intended to 2._$40,but I forgot ho
26、w to write“forty”and I took out 3.instead.Checkyourspellingwithdraw$50Family harmonyThe Wang family was 4.a holiday.Mr.Wang asked his daughter where she would like to go if he was going to Hainan Island and her mother was going to Thailand.She answered that shed like to go to Thailand.To 5.,he asked
27、 another question where she would like to go if he was going to Thailand and her mother was going to Hainan Island.Without 6.,she chose to Hainan Island.planningclarifyhesitation7._Heavy snow caused long 8.at Heathrow airport.Passengers who were leaving for New York were told that their flight had b
28、een 9.One counter agent was dealing with the passengers when an angry man pushed his way to the front.The young 10.told him to wait his turn.He yelled at the girl,“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”The girl smiled,and spoke loudly,“Attention please!We have a passenger here WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS.If anyone
29、can help him find his identification,please come to the gate.”Memorylossdelayscancelledagent.Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text1I suddenly realised I didnt have any money left so I quickly went to the bank to cash a cheque.句式分析尝试翻译 我突然发现身上没钱了,于是我马上去银行,把支票兑换成现金。2I wanted to withdra
30、w D|S40 from our bank account,but Im so forgetful that I couldnt remember if 40 was spelled fourty or forty句式分析尝试翻译 我想从我们的银行账户中取出 40 美元,可是我太健忘了,以至于记不起来 40 是拼作“fourty”还是“forty”。3One unfortunate counter agent was dealing with all the passengers when an angry man,who had been queuing for some time,push
31、ed his way to the front.句式分析 be doing.when.表示“正在做这时(突然)”。when 为并列连词。who had been queuing for some time 是定语从句修饰 an angry man。尝试翻译 一名倒霉的柜台工作人员正忙着应付所有乘客,这时一位排队等了一段时间的怒气冲冲的男士挤上前来。4He yelled at the young girl,so that the passengers waiting in line behind him could hear,“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”句式分析 so that 意为“以便,为了”,引导目的状语从句。现在分词短语 waiting in line.作定语,修饰 passengers。尝试翻译 他大声冲这个年轻女孩叫喊以便让后面排队的人都能听到,“你知道我是谁吗?”“课时跟踪检测”见“Unit 17 课时跟踪检测(六)”(单击进入电子文档)谢谢 观 看