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师大选择性必修Unit 4 Humour Lesson 2 What’s So Funny优质教案3
Lesson2 Why do we need humor?【学习主题】本课听力属于“人与社会”主题。
听力语篇包含两方面内容：材料一是一篇“我们为什么需要幽默”的主题演讲。
材料二是一段朋友间谈论如何利用幽默缓解尴尬的对话。
本课主题意义在于通过对幽默的功能和益处的介绍，引导学生进一步了解幽默，在生活中能欣赏幽默、理解幽默、运用幽默，形成积极乐观的人生态度。
【文本分析】What本课听力材料由《我们为什么需要幽默》主题演讲和《如何利用幽默缓解尴尬》对话两部分构成。
主题演讲介绍了幽默能在身体上让人释放压力，促进血液流向心脏，增强血管机能，预防心脏病，增加免疫细胞提升抗感染能力；在心理上，幽默可以调节心情，影响人们的生活态度和周围人的幸福指数。
在对话部分迈克向珍妮讲述了自己在晚会上连续多次说错主人名字陷入尴尬境地，以及如何机智地利用幽默化解尴尬的经历。
How主题演讲属于说明性文体，结构上采用了总-分-总模式。
即概述部分(说明幽默在身心方面给人们的双重益处)--主体部分(列举三个例子阐述幽默对人身体的益处，继而从情绪和深远影响两个方面详述幽默对心理的影响)--结尾部分(希望人们能从幽默中受益)。
对话部分以一问一答的形式展开。
对话者以举例子的方法，让对话更为清晰明白，例如for example, for instance和one example of this等短语，丰富了对话细节。
Why作者希望学生通过学习本课，了解幽默对人们身体和心理带来的益处，学会利用幽默给自己减压，放松身心，培养积极乐观的人生态度，正确面对生活中的困难与挑战。
【学习目标】1.利用听关键词方法，培养获取用提问题的方式吸引对方注意的策略，获取听力语篇关键信息(如幽默对身心两方面的益处)。
2.了解运用疑问句吸引听众注意力的演讲策略。
3.借助思维导图和演讲者的问题介绍幽默的作用并归纳幽默的其它益处，表达你对演讲者观点的看法。
【学习过程】Step1. Context CreatingThe students enjoy a funny story on the screen and share their feelings after reading it.What are the benefits of humor?Step2. Listening Task 1Complete the following monologues to learn about the importance of humour.4.3Good morning and thank you for joining me today. The title of my speech today is "________ do we need humour?". I believe that all of us enjoy watching __________________ or hearing a__________________, because it makes us ________ all the time. Babies laugh long before they can speak. It's almost as if humour is hard-wired(与生俱来的) into us. So there must be some kind of ________to it. What can humour do for us? According to recent research, humor has both__________________.4.4Let's talk about the _________________? Firstly, laughter helps _________________, It relaxes the ________ in our body, and the effects can be felt for as long as 45 minutes after a good laugh. Also, a good laugh increases _________________ to the heart and improves the function of _________________, which helps protect us from_________________. Finally, when we laugh, the level of _________________ in our body is better able to _________________.smiling and ________? The answer is YES.Humor also has __________ effects on our mind. Scientists have proved that there is a two-way effect between smiling and ________: when we are happy, we naturally smile; and when we smile, even if we don't _______________ it, it can also make us happy.Besides, when we incorporate(添加)humor as part of our _________________, it can have far-reaching effects. What does"far-reaching effects" mean? It means that it will have a great ________ on how we live. We all know that if we are in bad mood, we are likely to express ___________ attitudes and feelings; and this makes those around us________ too. But if we always try to be _________________, people will enjoy our___________ and feel ___________ by it.That's the end of my talk. I hope you'll _________________ in your lives. Thank you. And now I'm happy to answer any questions ...Step3. Listening Task 2Focus on FunctionComplete the following dialogue to learn to Elaborate With Examples(用举例子的方式把事情讲详细明白).4.6M= MikeJ= JenniferM:Hi, Jennifer.J:Oh, hello, Mike. ________________?M:It was great! But I really ________ myself.J:Really?___________________?M:I kept on________the host's name wrong! When we got there, I ________ him to someone as "Richard". But his name is Cliff..J:Oh, dear！That's ________.M:Very_______.Then, right at the end of the party, I went to him and said---in front of everybody---"Thanks for the wonderful party, Richard." Everybody else got really quiet. After a while, somebody __________ in my ear:"His name is Cliff, not Richard." I felt so________. I couldn't stop blushing(脸红;羞愧).J:How did you_______________________?M:I made a joke about myself and that helped solve all the_________.J:How clever! Tell me more about it.M:Well, you know I'd recently read an article that introduced some ways to solve an awkward situation. _____________________you can use humor to get people laugh at you. _______________, if you accidentally pour coffee all over yourself, you can laugh at yourself or make a joke about it. You can say,_______________, "My T-shirt also wants to have a cup of coffee." That way, other people can laugh too, without being ________about laughing at someone else's expense. ________is a great way to make people feel________ in an awkward situation. So I just started laughing and said, "Oh dear, one of these days, I'm going to ________ my own name!"J:You're so smart! ________is really a great way to________________an awkward situation.Step4. Function Expression ExtractMake a list of expressions on Elaborating With Examples.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Step5. Post -listeningPair WorkTalk about the benefits of humour based on your own experience and elaborate on them with examples.Step6. HomeworkFinish the Exercises related to Humor on the Bilingual Papers.。
闲话幽默(译文对比分析)
这种态度和可能会 导致双方争吵。而 那位妻子却不慌不 忙地说：“行，我 们意见一致时听你 的；意见不一致时 听我的。”一句话 就把原来紧张的气 氛缓解了。[4]
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This type of attitude could have easily resulted in quarreling. However, the wife calmly and gently replied, “Okay, when we agree on something, I will do what you say. But when we disagree, you do what I say.” With this simple remark, the wife completely diffused a tense situation. [4]
幽默之后，在笑声中 有理的一方消气了， 没理的一方道了歉而 又不伤自尊。显然， 这比无理强辩和直接 认错效果要好得多。
Humor, in such cases, allows the offended to be mollified, while the offender recognizes his error and still maintain faces. This obviously produces far better results than unreasonable arguments or direct apologies.
到了近代，幽默一 词成为美学概念， 指生活中不能枯燥 乏味，有“足以使 人逗乐、发笑或消 遣”的意思。[2]
In modern times, the word “humor” has become an aesthetic concept. Now it refers to the fact that life should not be dry and dull, or something is interesting enough to make one at ease, amused or entertained.[2]
What Is So Funny About Humor
Geezer
Explain: an old man , especially one who is rather strange. Sentence: He was a geezer always remain silent.
Collaboration
Explain: the act of working with another person or group of people to create or produce sth.
Hereditary
Explain: given to a child by its parents before it is boom. Sentence: Epilepsy is hereditary in her family. 癫痫是她家族的遗传病
Empirical
Explain: based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories. Sentence: such claims need to be tested empirically. 这类断言需要实践来检验。
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Elusive
Explain: difficult to find , define or achieve. Sentence: A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive . 有毒废料证明这个问题难以解决。
Question:
1.How do people perceive that specific things are funny? Answer : we need to know a whole lot more about humor .we hope to learn why we think things are funny, and whether it matters ,and if the joke is on us , that’s fine.
英语口语 About Humor
ABOUT HUMORSA:Do you know what is the only one quality which distinguishes us from animals?B:I am not sure.C:language?A:it’s laugh!C:oh, no wonder there is a saying: a sense of humor,God's greatest gift to mankind,is universally considered the most valuable personality.B:But on the other hand, some people wonder why we should bother to be humorous.A:These people, I am afraid, do not know the power of humor.You know,A person without humor is just like a spring without flowers.B: A smile can take ten years off your age. Humor can improve physical as well as mental well-being.It helps us bear our burdens,lessen our tension,overcome our frustration.With a piece of joke,all our worries and sadness disappear like smoke. C: Having a sense of humor is also important in helping to develop creativity in a child .When parents show a sense of humor ,children can see creativity in its purest form..By its nature,humor crosses conventional boundaries and breakspatterns.Creativity often does the same.A:Many people think that humor is making up jokes, playing tricks on others or being a clown to be laughed at. In fact, humor is a sense but not telling jokes or making fun. Humor is an art, which you can use to deal with the relationship with others.B:yeah, Humor can make more and more people like you, instead of attracting more and more people laughing at you.It is reasonable to say that the truly humorous individual is not only well liked ,but is often the focus of attention in any gathering.C:humor can also help you to become a success boss,Supposing you are a boss of a company, one day an employee is late. You may blame him of his being late, but you can also say,"Ah, I guess you alarm clock overslept." Thus your employee won't feel embarassed and perhaps he will always be on time.A:so a sense of humor is really one of the keys to happiness. B:and it gives fun to life to make it worth living.C:so let’s do our best to be a humorous person!。
人教版,高一英语模块4,第三单元Reading 教案
连城二中岗位练兵课堂教学设计Content: Reading of Unit 3 Book4 A taste of English HumorTeaching Date: May 24thClass: Class 6, Senior 1Teacher: 罗进良Teaching Goals:1.Let Ss know someting about humor2.Let Ss know something about Charlie Chaplin3.Read and comprehend the test and master some reading skills4.Let Ss know how to relax themselveseaching aids: Mltimedia computerTeaching methods: asking, answering, work in pairs and groupsTeaching Procedures:Step I: Leading-inShow some pictures fou funStep II. Warming-up1. What is a punchline? Find the jokes’ punchlines.2.How many kinds of humour do you know?Step III: Pre-reading1.How much do you know about Charlie Chaplin?2.Give a description on Chaplin?3.What’s the passage mainly about?A. The history of English humor?B. The films Chaplin made.C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.D. The Gold Rush in California.Step IV: Reading1. Skimming(1).Read the passage again and do True or False.（）1. Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy.（）2. Peop le who don’t know English cannot enjoy Chaplin’s films.（）3. The Gold Rush is set in California in the late of the nineteenth century.（）4. In The Gold Rush Chaplin and his friend are fortunate to find some gold.（）5. In the film the meal he eats is hard to chew.（）6. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and direct ed films as well.(2) Match the main idea of each paragraphpara.1A). What Charlid’s childhood was like.para.2 B). What his most famous character was like. para.3C). Why people needed cheering up.para.4D). His achievement.para.5E). An example of a sad situation that he made funny.2. Scanning3. Careful reading：Answer the following questions.•(1). Why do people enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck?•(2). What was Chaplin given a special Oscar for?•(3). Why did people like The little Tramp?4. Detailed reading（Para.4&5)(1)information about paragraph 4Q1: Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in Paragraph 4?Q2: Find out some information about the film The Gold Rush and fill in the form..Time :___________Place : ____________Job in the film :________________Were they fortunate enough to find the gold?___________________What troubles did they meet in California?They __________in a small _______on the edge of a mountain during a ______________with ________________to eat.Work out the right order：______ ______ _______ _______ ______1.Cut off the leather top of the Shoe2.Pick out the laces and eat them3.try cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe4.Treat it as if it were the finest meat5.Sit down at the table with plate and drinking up(2)Paragraph 5Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced many movies he _________.He was given a ____________ for his lifetime outstanding work.He lived the last years of his life in __________, and was buried there in 1977.5. DiscussionDiscuss these questions:1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?2. Why do you think he was so successful?6.ConclusionStep V: Homework:1.Find out language points in the text.2.The exercises in Learning about Language.(ex.1--4)。
Unit 4 Humour Lesson 2(课件)-高中英语北师大版(2019)选择性必修第二册
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If yes, can you find more beneifts of humor?
•Laugh when you are happy and laugh when you are not. •Try to be positive and funny, and you will never be short of company.
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．If you can do what you’re weakest ______, you can handle any challenge.A．for B．atC．with D．to2．We must ______ the time that you’ve wasted this afternoon by working late to-night. A．make up for B．make out C．do up D．make up to3．From my point of view, there’s little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation. ________, it is important that we try our best. A．Meanwhile B．OtherwiseC．Therefore D．Nevertheless4．If you see things in a negative light, you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really ________．A．none B．someC．many D．nothing5．—Julia said she sent you a birthday card yesterday. Have you got it?—Oh, really! I haven’t ________ my mailbox yet.A．examined B．reviewed.C．tested D．checked6．Word came that 30 firefighters gave their lives to our country _______ national property security.A．in exchange for B．in response toC．in terms of D．in contrast with7．—You ought to have made an apology to Tom yesterday evening．—Yes, I know I __ __．A．ought to have B．have to C．should D．must have8．---Do you think Peter is a good partner?--- Not really! There are some things that are not easy to ________ , and his laziness is one.A．put aside B．put up withC．think of D．get along with9．His advice made me happy, but ____others angry.A．making B．to make C．/ D．make10．—Have you heard ____ news that over 10,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake in Japan?—Not yet．What ____ big surprise!A．the; a B．the; / C．/; / D．/; a11．—I say, Harry. What did you say to the laid-off worker just now?—Nothing. I to myself.A．had only talked B．am only talking C．have just talked D．was just talking12．__________him not to do so, he wouldn’t have made such a serious mistake. A．Did I persuade B．If I persuadeC．If I should persuade D．Had I persuaded13．I’m tired out．I stayed up the whole night, ______ for my midterm math exam．A．studying B．to study C．to be studying D．studied14．____ the player I came across in the stadium spoke, I hadn’t realized she was foreign.A．Until B．Unless C．Since D．Although15．lt was in December, 2018 ________ Chairman Xi and President Trump met in Argentina.A．when B．thatC．before D．since16．With people paying attention to fitness, self-service mini-gyms, each covering about 5 square meters, ________ in China’s major cities these years.A．have sprung up B．sprang upC．had sprung up D．spring up17．—How about going sightseeing this Saturday afternoon?Sorry, I _______ my research report the whole weekend.A．will have written B．will be writingC．have written D．have been writing18．By the time he arrived in Beijing, we _______ there for two days.A．will have stayed B．stay C．have been staying D．had stayed19．Never turn down a job because you think it’s too small. You don’t know _____ it can lead.A．how B．whereC．whether D．what20．The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them to long-term hunger as a punishment.A．can B．shallC．will D．need第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
unit3 英语泛读教程第三册
Unit 3 Bursting the Magic BubbleⅠObjectives1. Understanding the text2. Mastery of some language points3. Learning something about magic4. Learning the scientific principles behind the magic performanceⅡKey points1.Full understanding of the text3.Explanation of some difficult words3. Learning the scientific principles behind the magic performancebehind the magic performance.2.Some wo rds might cause difficulty in students’ understanding of the textAbout two periods of class will be used for the analysis and discussion of the passage itself.Total class hours: three periodsAsk some students to perfume some simple magic tricks (they should prepare before the class) in front of the whole class. Let them guess where the tricks lie. 2. Warm-up questions(1)Do you like watching magic performance? Why?(2)Which magician do you like bet?(3)Which magic trick do you like to watch best?3. Related information(1) Magic may refer to:Magic (paranormal)anything that is not naturally explainable by any laws of nature. Magical thinkingFolk magic, traditional systems of magicMagick, the magical system of Aleister Crowley and ThelemaWitchcraft, the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powersMagic (illusion), the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks Street magic, sleight of hand, etc.(2) Magic may be inIn fantasy fictionIn science and mathematics:In gamesIn popular cultureIn computing programming:Among radio stations(3) Famous magiciansWhat and who do you think of when asking about famous magicians?For most of us, the image is of a finely dressed man in a tuxedo or suit, possibly with a top hat, a magic wand and a handkerchief - the magician's uniform of choice.However, whilst some famous magicians do use this attire, not all magicians have conformed to this stereotype - indeed, sometimes their tricks required far less in the way of clothing, but still with their modesty intact, of course.Over the years, there have been so many famous magicians, actually too numerous for them all to get a mention, so we will concentrate on some of the more well known ones.All of these famous magicians have brought their own unique style to performing magic, illusions, tricks and escapology.Harry Houdini - probably one of the most famous magicians of them all, well known for escaping chains, ropes, handcuffs and straitjackets.David Copperfield - renowned for his spectacular illusions, including making the Status of Liberty disappear from view.Siegfried and Roy - famous magicians probably best known for their use of white tigers in their spectacular stage shows.Lance Burton - a popular American magician and also the first American to win the "World Championship of Magic".Doug Henning - a famous magician born in Canada. A colourful character with his brightly coloured clothes, thick moustache and long hair.David Blaine - initially known for his street magic, he now performs somewhat bizarre stunts such as being encased in a block of ice for over 60 days.Penn and Teller - a double act of famous magicians who are somewhat eccentric in their performances, enraging other magicians for publicly revealing how some tricks are done.Derren Brown - a prominent mind control performer who leads audiences along with subtle hints and psychological techniques, often to great effect.(4)David CopperfieldThe best known and richest magician-he ranks among the wealthiest of all entertainers-David Copperfield is a household name. He is known to millions through his numerous television specials over the last couple of decades and he continues to tour, taking his show around the country.Takes to Magic: Copperfield was born in New Jersey on September 16, 1956. He started as a ventriloquist and then quickly took to magic. Copperfield became theyoungest magician admitted to the Society of American Magicians (SAM). At age 16, he taught a magic course at New York University. When he was 18, Copperfield was cast as the lead in a Chicago production called “The Magic Man.”Network Magic Specials: His many magic specials have aired on network television over the past two decades, bringing his brand of illusion and magic to millions. Copperfield not only performs with large illusions, his shows typically feature a major magical feat.The Magic of David Copperfield ?a great way to describe one of the most spectacular illusionists of our time. His magic talent begin at an early age where he billed himself as 揇avino, the Boy Magician?and he was the youngest person ever to be admitted to the Society of American Magicians at age 14.The magic of David Copperfield was so good he was also teaching the subject at New York University when just 16 years of age. Originally David Kotkin, it wasn抰until he was 18 years old that he decided on the stage name David Copperfield.He got his break into television just a year later, but it was a few years after that when The Magic of David Copperfield series was commissioned.The Magic of David Copperfield 3 that saw the levitation of a Ferrari, an illusion that could have cost David his life as when only three feet in the air, the car fell.Making The Statue of Liberty disappear was performed in The Magic of David Copperfield 5. This amazing illusion involved a live audience sitting in front of two towers, and between them, in the distance was The Statue of Liberty. A curtain was raised using the two towers and when lowered, amazingly the Statue had disappeared.By now, The Magic of David Copperfield was getting huge audiences.Walking through The Great Wall of China was another superb illusion performed in The Magic of David Copperfield 8. A covered frame is placed next to the wall and a light shone from behind. David enters the frame and, as a silhouette, is seen to disappear into the wall. On the other side of the wall, a similar frame is constructed and a silhouette is seen to appear out of the wall before David removes the curtains to reveal himself.In The Magic of David Copperfield 13, he performs Mystery On The Orient Express where a carriage of the Orient Express is covered with a huge curtain, the carriage is then levitated before the curtain is removed to reveal the carriage has disappeared.David performed his most remarkable illusion to date in The Magic of David Copperfield 14. He mimics the take-off of a bird, and then starts to fly and swoop around the stage. Hoops are then rotated around his body to show there are no wires before he enters a glass case and levitates in the, now lidded, case.(5) Summary of magicThe art of magic and conjuring has been prevalent for hundreds if not thousands of years, baffling and astounding audiences with tricks that convince them the impossible has been achieved. This sort of magic, commonly called street magic, is highly respected due to the closeness the illusionist must keep with his audience. Although the veil of secrecy is usually impenetrable amongst magicians, it is possibleto work alongside a professional magician or illusionist and learn from his techniques.4. Text analysisTwo psychologists ’ researches and comments:Wiseman ---professor of psychology and an accomplished magicianKuhn ---psychologistMagicians’ tricks (secret action, deception) ---phenomenon----magicAudience ’s reaction (brain activities) ---why? ---scienceHistory of magic research and unsolved mysteryRecent development and discoveryFuture goal and direction of future research5. Key words and phrases(1) magic/magician (2) scramble (3) expertise (4) disruption (5renaissance) (6) assumption (7dexterity)(8)manipulate(9) sleight of hand(10) autism(11) get to grips with(12) illusion6. Questions for discussion(1) Du you agree that the appeal of magic is universal? Why?(2) What implications do you think the scientists’ research in magic tricks might have to our ways of perceiving the world around us?7. Exercises about text A8.. Fast Reading & Exercises2. Preview Unit 4。
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About humor
Summary 1
the article mainly tells us some well-known saying and famous remarks which refers the definition, effect and function of humor. For example,Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place, this is a famous remark which was given by Mark Twain. The saying show the important position the humor takes .from this, we know that we cannot lack humor in our life, if we want to have a happy life .besides if we come across the sorrow, we can find something humorous to drive these sorrow away.
Summary 2
The article mainly shows some famous person’ opinion about humor. Francis bacon once said Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. In this sentence Francis compare the humor with imagination and point out that humor can comfort our complaint about inequality. The funny thing about humor is that it does a lot more than make people laugh .sometimes behind the humor we can find something serious. This is an import feature of humor, because the humor reveals something profound, which always impresses
people greatly.
Summary 3
The author appeals us to develop a sense of humor. In this article he shows the function of the humor .humor helps people to get acquainted, groups to bond into teams and strangers to feel welcome. Used correctly, it can improve performance, promote creativity, energize meetings and encourage positive thinking. The writer especially point that sense of humor is essential to speakers, for the atmosphere the humor created. Besides, the author tells us how we should use the humor in the public speaking and provide us with matters and attention, even some details which should be noticed when we apply the humor to our speaking.
Summary 4
The opinion of the writer of this article is that when you lose your sense of humor, you lose your footing. When the going gets tough, the humor will be a very useful tool to help us out the tough situation. in this article the author tell a story that Lincoln encourage the soldier with humor during the civil war. One of the main causes of suffering and stress is a sense of helplessness, powerlessness, or lack of control. But a sense of humor can put one back in control. Genuine humor points out the weaknesses of humanity, but without
contempt.
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The article give attached importance to the ways of improving sense of humor. There are five ways to improve our sense according to the article, namely beginning to cultivate an atmosphere of humor and laughter in your relationships by focusing on the funny things in life and enjoying the laughter they evoke, laugh as much as you used to and want to learn to laugh at yourself, collect cartoons and jokes and put them on display on the fridge or the bulletin board for all to see and enjoy, and use humor to neutralize conflict in your relationships.。