[名校联盟]湖南省株洲市第四中学高二英语模块6Unit 1 Laughter is good for you 学案1.docVIP

板　　块：Learning aims: 1. Grasp the main topics of the three sections and express them. 2. Students are expected to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and reinforce their reading comprehension. 3. Develop the students’ reading ability---how to guess the meanings of new words. Leaching Procedures: Step 1 Reading under guidance 1. Warming up: Learn about famous comedians and well-known forms of comedy. 2. Read the passage and pay attention to the three headings. Step 2 Exercising under guidance Read the passage and analyze the structure: Step 3 Discussing under guidance Allow students answer and discuss the following questions: (1). What does Billy Crystal always keep when he hosts the Academy Awards? Why? (2). Who were Bob Hope and George Burns? (3). What types of stand-up is it when Crystal told a joke about the very old actor who forgot to turn on the microphone? Step 4 Attaining perfection under guidance Read laughter is good for your health and finish the following. Doctors are _______ to find 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 which are good for us. _______ keeps the body healthy, as the saying goes, ‘Laughter is the best ________’. Step 5 Assessing by exercising check the answers of C1.C2 Homework: Finish D and E. Put proper words into the blanks according to the passage. With people always ________ laughing, there has always been humour. Stand-up, ________ is special because the comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk ________ to audience members, is one of the most popular ________ of comedy. There are _____main styles of stand-up comedy. Mr. Crystal, ___stand-up comedian, has ________ the Academy Awards eight times. His outstanding ability to improvise has made him ________ all over the world. He hopes to ________ the footsteps of other famous comedians, who lived