1. M 6 U1 Reading 2 Stand up for your health! 江苏省宿迁中学周实

2. Warm up A game

3. Focus on the context A brief revision of the text

4. Stand-up is a type of comedy ______ the comedians do_________ performance____ ______ _______. There are ________ ____ different styles of stand-up comedy. For instance, some comedians can often joke about people’s _________when ________ ____ in lines. Some comedians rely on visual humour ________ by objects. Yet other comedians may do something funny____ _______people. The last kind of comedian _____ ___________ – they will play a well-known man to make fun of that person. Task 1: Fill in the blanks. where humorous on the stage varieties of behavior queuing up inspired to amuse does impressions

5. Doctors have been researching _____ ______comedy has on us. The surprising _________ is that people who laugh a lot _____ a longer life. “_________is the best medicine ” may be true after all. what discovery live Laughter effect Task 1: Fill in the blanks.

6. Task 2: the introduction of Billy Crystal

7. Who is he ?

8. A further study of the text Search for some words and expressions to describe Zhou Libo.

9. Quiz More information of Zhou Libo.

10. Zhou Libo, born in Shanghai, is the founder of Shanghai lightening and enjoys a good reputation. He has been a comedian to make jokes to_______ people for 30 years. His Shanghai lightening performance constantly creates box-office myth. Zhou’s ability to______ _____ _____ new jokes is amazing. When he is performing, he always talks________ to audience members on a stage, ________an audience member and telling different jokes__________upon their ________. Sometimes he jokes about common people’s life, like how people________when encounting a traffic jam. _____ ________ ______ he says on stage, he can always make audience _____ ____ ________. amuse straight teasing dependingreactions behave No matter what howl with laughter come up with

11. Zhou Libo was invited as the judge of “China's Got Talent”, rating different talents. He then switched to Zhejiang TV, becoming the dream ambassador of “China's Dream Show”. ______ ______ shows of him are very popular in China. Zhou is now hosting a show called “Mr. Zohu Live Show” which is ________ _____ every week. A lot of fans are willing to ________ _____ to buy tickets of his show. Zhou Libo is also fund of charity work. After the earthquake on April 20, 2013 in Ya’an, He donated 1 million yuan to the victims and also recorded a VCR to encourage them. That’s another reason why people ________ ________ for him. Many such queueup broadcast live have affection

12. Whatever the reason, the English saying “laughter is the best medicine” is true. (L56) =Whatever the reason is ， =No matter what the reason is. No matter what he says on stage …

13. 不管那个喜剧明星说什么笑话，我们都会笑。 we would laugh. Whatever jokes that famous comedian says, No matter what jokes that famous comedian says, ⊙

14. Many such comedy shows of him are popular in China. Such a person is Billy Crystal. Billy Crystal One such person is Billy Crystal. (L25)

15. such 2.any 1. many 3. some 4. one 5. all 6. no …

16. 目前许多这样笑话正在校园里流行。 但或许十年后我们再看不到这样的笑话了。 At present, ___________ jokes are spreading in the campus. Maybe we will see _________ jokes after ten years. many such no such

17. point to trip over queue up stand up for talk straight to fall down on stage have affection for depend on get his start come up with quick thinking howl with laughter be broadcast live on TV a variety of / varieties of Whatever the reason / No matter what… One such… Key words and expressions of this passage

18. Focus on the output A test on language learning. Write a short story about one of your amusing experiences.

19. point to trip over queue up stand up for talk straight to fall down on stage have affection for depend on get his start come up with quick thinking howl with laughter be broadcast live on TV a variety of / varieties of Whatever the reason / No matter what… One such… Key words and expressions of this passage

21. Homework 1. Make up jokes using any key words and expressions learned today. 2. Collect information about Charlie Chaplin and write a short introduction to him.

22. Suqian Middle School Zhou Shi