Unit 1 Laughter is good for you

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Unit 1Laughter is good for you

• Reading
• Stand-up for your health

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Are you familiar with the film stars?
Mr. Bean
Versus
Steven Chou
Who do you think is more excellent?
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Guess who this guy is?
Charlie Chaplin
He was considered as the greatest comedian all
the time.
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A silent movie performed by Charlie Chaplin
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A silent movie performed by Charlie Chaplin
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Can you recognize the following cartoon
characters?
Versus
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What are they good at?
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Circus
Clown
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Skimming and scanning

• 1. What is the article about?
• 2. How many types of stand-up are there?
• 3. What is laughter good for?

Stand-up comedies.
Four main types.
Our health.
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Stand-up for your health!
A Famous Comedian
Laughter is good for your health!
Types of stand-up
Billy Crystal
Four types
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Stand-up for your health!

• What is special about stand-up comedy?

The comedian is right there in front of the
audience and may talk directly to the audience
members.
What are the four main types of stand-up?
Observational, prop, physical, impressionist.
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Find the proper information
An observational comedian makes jokes about
everyday life.
A prop comedian uses props.
A physical comedian uses his body.
An impressionist does an impression of a famous
person.
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Match each type with a proper example

• A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana
  to his ear. He says, Hello? Hello? Im sorry I
  cant hear you. Something must be wrong with my
  phone.

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Match each type with a proper example

• A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces
  herself, she falls down.

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Match each type with a proper example

• A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her
  voice and pretends to be someone else.

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Correct type of Stand-up comedy

• A comedian says, My Grandmother started
  walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. Shes 89
  now, and we dont know where she is!

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Billy Crystal
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A famous comedian

• How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the
  Academy Awards?
• When did he begin practising stand-up?
• Why has Billy Crystal become so famous?

Eight times.
As a child.
His outstanding ability to improvise.
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• ? What does he keep in his pocket? And why?
• A toothbrush.
• For good luck.
• ? Who that were mentioned in the passage lived to
  be 100 years old and kept working until the end
  of their lives?
• Bob Hope and George Burns.

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Blank Fill-in

• Billy Crystal has become famous as a
• TV and film a_____. He has h______
• the Academy Awards broadcast l_____
• on TV 8 times. People are deeply
• impressed by his o____________
• ability to improvise.

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osted
ive
utstanding
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His p__________ with all age groups and his
ability to a_______ people all over the world
proved that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.
He has no plans to stop making films or telling
jokes. He hopes to f_______ in the footsteps of
other famous comedians to keep working until the
end of his life.
opularity
muse
ollow
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Free Discussion

• What special qualities should a
• comedian have?
• Why did Bob Hope and George
• Burns live so long a life?

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Laughter is good for your health!

• What does your brain do when you laugh?
• What is the English idiom about laughter
  mentioned in the text?

It sends chemicals that are good for you.
Laughter is the best medicine.
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Why do people love laughing?

• Your brain sends chemicals around your body
  that are good for you.
• Laughing can help you stay healthy and fight
  (reduce) pain.

Laughter is the best medicine.
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Discussion

• In your daily life, what did you do to
  release you suffering?

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What would you do if you come across a new word?
Reading Strategy

• Guess the meaning
• 1. Read the sentences before and after the one
  containing the new word
• 2. Look at the words around an unknown word

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Reading Strategy
Guessing the meaning of a new word from the
context

• 1. Prop comedians use things, called props, to
  tell jokes.
• things B. imaginations
• C. traditions D. style
• 2. It seems appropriate that he got his start in
  silent films.
• A. proper B. clear C. silly D. enjoyable

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Guessing the meaning of a new word from the
context

• 3. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in
  front of millions of people when the show is
  broadcast live on TV.
• road B. performance
• C. lines D. style
• 4. One reason is that his outstanding ability to
  improvise?
• A. perform without permission
• B. perform without preparation
• C. act well D. act fast

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Thank You !