1、,Unit 17 lesson2 Laughter Is the Best Medicine,How to keep healthy?,Healthy diet,Enough sleep,A good mood,How to keep a good mood?,1. Before you listen, read the questions and options. 2. Use your own knowledge to predict the most likely answers. 3. Look at the options and think of possible synonyms

2、,Listening strategies,Listening,Listen and finish exercise 3 and 4,4. The first time you listen, try to get the general idea & circle possible answers. 5. The second time you listen, try to answer all the questions. 6. Even if you dont know an answer, always guess.,New words before listening,psychol

3、ogy beneficial associate with significantly physical beings fool around achieve a balance humor campaign staff,Background,In recent years many studies have been done on whether laughter really can speed up the healing process. It seems that it can. The movie Patch Adams which starred Robin Williams

4、is based on a true story about a doctor(Adam) who dressed up as a clown to cheer up his patients.,Laughter is the best medicine.,1. Listen to an interview with Dr William Fry and decide which is the correct answer,2. Listen again and decide if the statement are T or F.,Laughter is the best medicine.

5、 What can make us laugh?,comedies, jokes, crowns, funny stories ect.,Listen to the joke and complete the Function File with these words. Exe7,Crowns can make us laugh as well.,caution, scold, profession, forbid, authority, figures, scratched,Read the following passage. In pairs, work out the meaning

6、 of the following words and complete the text.,Exercise 2,It is not an easy _. When I perform at company parties, I can _ the managers. I can _ them from giving people too much work,profession,scold,forbid,Who gets to say these kinds of things to an _ But I still have to remember to use _ sometimes. One time, I _ a mans head as I ,authority figure.,caution,scratched,Work in pairs. Turn to page 100 and practise telling the jo