1、Module 6 Unit 1 Reading Stand up for your healthStep 1 Lead-inLets enjoy a comedy!Stand up for your healthStep 2 Pre-readingWhat is stand-up ? 起立單口喜劇Stand up:Stand-up:Stand up for: 支持，維護The meanings of the title: Stand up for your health維護健康單口相聲有益健康1. What is the article about?2. After starting as a

2、 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.Our health. Fast readingStep 3* Stand-up comedy is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.What is stand-up

3、 comedy? Stand up for your healthThe structure of the articleStep 4 Careful readingTypes of stand-upLaughter is good foryour healthA famouscomedianComedians rely on_ inspired by objects.Types of stand-upComedians tell jokes about_.Type OneTypeTwo the way people behave or about daily lifevisual humou

4、rPart 1Its a kind of _which is not very funny if youre only listening and not watching the comedians performance.Comedians _ like a well-known person.TypeThreeTypeFouract or speakabsurd humour Billy Crystal1. Billy Crystal started his career _. A. as a television actor B. as a film actor C. as a sta

5、nd-up comedianA famous comedianPart 2 Finish the exercises.2. At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor _ at first. A. was asked to make a silent speech B. made the audience laugh C. couldnt make himself heard3. Which one is true? A: Bill Crystal wants to stop making films. B: Bill Crystal is 100

6、 years old now. C: Bob Hope is a famous comedian. Direction: Fill in the blanks with proper words (no one than one word).Doctors have discovered that people _ laugh a lot live longer when they have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have _ us. whoonLaughter is good for y

7、our health!Part 3 Read the last paragraph and finish the exercise.When we laugh, our brains send chemicals around the body _ are good for us. Laughing keeps the body healthy and helps us fight pain. Maybe this explains the reason _ the men like Bob Hope and George Burns lived so long. _ the saying g

8、oes, Laughter is the _ medicine. So, go and make someone laugh, because _ help(s) not only them _ also you live longer.whythat/ whichAsitbut bestChoose one type of stand-up and act it out. Step 5 Show timeTypesRanksType OneType TwoType ThreeType FourYour Stage Homework Read the article againMake up

9、a funny storyWhat else can make you laugh?laughFunny booksJokesCircusComediesCrosstalkStand-upDo you know the comedians?喜劇演員Consolidation A comedian stands on stage and uses a hammer to break eggs while he makes jokes about what he is doing.Type One Type TwoType Three Type FourMatch each type with a

10、 proper example!Visual humour(objects)Match each type with a proper example A comedian walks on stage. As she introduces herself, she falls down.Type One Type TwoType Three Type FourAbsurd humourMatch each type with a proper example A comedian puts on glasses, changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else.Type One Type TwoType Three Type FourImpressions(act/speak)Type One Type TwoType Three Type FourMatch each type with a prop