1. comedian Mr. Bean Charlie Chaplin
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Mr. Bean
Charlie Chaplin
comedian

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Stand-up

3. Stand up for your health
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Reading
Stand up for your health

4. Teaching aims and demands:
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Teaching aims and demands:
1.Have a good understanding of the text and get some information about “stand-up”.
2.Practice students’ ability of reading comprehension and speaking.

5. What is the article about?
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Generally reading
What is the article about?
2. After starting as a stand-up comedian,
what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life?
3. What is laughter good for?
Stand-up comedy.
He went on to act in films and televisions.
Our health.

6. How many parts does the article consist of? Four
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Structure analyzing
How many parts does the article consist of?
Four
Part 1 Brief ____________ to the topic
introduction
Part 2 Types of stand-up
Part 3 A famous comedian
Part 4 Laughter is good for your health!

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Detailed reading
Part 1 Brief introduction to the topic
What is stand-up?
A type of _______ which involves ____ person standing in front of the audience and telling ______.
comedy
one
jokes

8. Group work! Part 2 Types of stand-up learn to share
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Part 2 Types of stand-up
Group work!
learn to share

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爱拼才会赢

10. Other comedians rely on visual humor.
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Part 2 Types of stand-up
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Some comedians tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.
Other comedians rely on visual humor.
Yet other comedians may trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage to make people laugh.
physical performance
The last kind of comedian does impressions.

11. 4 Part 2 Types of stand-up Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy.
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Part 2 Types of stand-up
Choose the correct type of stand-up comedy.
Practice
A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else. 4
__________

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A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down. 3
A comedian says, ‘My Grandmother started walking 1 km a day when she turned 60. She’s 89 now, and we don’t know where she is!’ 1

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A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana to his ear. He says, ‘Hello? Hello? I’m sorry I can’t hear you. Something must be wrong with my phone.’ 2

14. Billy Crystal Part 3 A famous comedian
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Part 3 A famous comedian
Billy Crystal

15. When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?
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Part 3 A famous comedian
When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?
What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?
Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?
When he was a child.
Because he is very quick thinking and is often
able to come up with new jokes about the
people and things around him.
Two famous comedians.

16. Information about Billy Crystal stand-up
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Information about Billy Crystal
stand-up
He enjoys___________ and ________in films.
He has hosted ____________________8 times.
Every time he keeps a ___________ in his
pocket for good luck. He is good at _________
quickly and ______________________ about
the people and things around him. His idols
are ________ and ____________.
He hopes to ____________________of them.
acting
the Academy Awards
toothbrush
thinking
coming up with new jokes
Bob Hope
George Burns
follow in the footsteps

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Bob Hope
A famous American comedian, born in London. He was good at improvising即兴创作 and famous for speaking at a fast speed and enjoyed a long life of acting.

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George Burns
A famous American stand-up comedian. He often acted with his wife. He once was given the Academy Awards in 1975 for his performance in the Sunshine Boys.

19. What special qualities should a comedian have?
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Extension(延伸)
What special qualities should a comedian have?
a sense of humor
quick thinking
acting skills
ability to read people …

20. Part 4 Laughter is good for your health!
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Part 4 Laughter is good for your health!
1.Why do people who laugh a lot live longer?
2. What is the English saying about laughter mentioned in the text?
3. How do you understand the title?
When you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you.
“Laughter is the best medicine.”
Stand-up as a form of comedy stands up for
your health.

21. 1.Visual humor can be boring when you cannot see
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Consolidation(巩固)
1.Visual humor can be boring when you cannot see
what the comedian is doing.
2.One comedian didn’t lose any weight even though
he had been doing a lot of physical exercise for a
month.
3. People usually laugh at comedians doing
impression because they do not like the person being
made fun of.
4. The old actor’s speech at the Academy Awards
was like a silent film because there was no sound.
5. Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a long time
probably because they laughed a lot. T F F T T

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Discussion
Besides laughter, what else can we do to make ourselves happy and keep ourselves healthy?

23. smile more harmony with all kinds Discussion
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Discussion
smile more
harmony with all kinds

24. have some true friends Discussion
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Discussion
have some true friends

25. ready to help others Discussion
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Discussion
ready to help others

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Discussion
Besides laughter, what else can we do to make ourselves happy and keep ourselves healthy?
Smile to yourself in the mirror every day (Keep a positive attitude to life)
Do what you are interested in (music, sports, reading … )
Make friends
Accomplish what you are doing …

27. tease an audience member a variety of=varieties of
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Useful phrases
1. 取笑一个观众
2. 各种各样
3. 拿…来开玩笑
4. 排队
5. 被椅子绊倒
6. 走路撞到门
7. 跌倒在舞台
补 在台上
补 布置舞台
tease an audience member
a variety of=varieties of
tell/make jokes about sb/ sth
queue up
trip over chairs
walk into doors
fall down on stage
on the stage现阶段；当演员
set the stage for

28. come up with/make up jokes a technical problem howl with laughter
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have affection for
be broadcast live on TV
8. 钟爱；喜爱
9. 通过电视直播
brush one’s teeth
come up with/make up jokes
a technical problem
howl with laughter
follow in the footsteps of sb
fight pain
after all
10. 刷牙
11. 编造笑话
12. 技术问题
13. 爆笑
14. 效仿
15. 镇痛
16. 毕竟，终究

29. 17. 从视线里消失 补 活到90大几 补 活到100岁 18. 去世 19. 哀悼某人的死亡 20. 事实上不是/没有
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17. 从视线里消失
补 活到90大几 补 活到100岁
18. 去世 哀悼某人的死亡
20. 事实上不是/没有
disappear from view
well into one’s 90s
live to see 100
pass away
mourn one’s death
not really