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Reading Stand-up for Your HealthStep 1: Lead-inT: Do you know who this person is?S: Charlie Chaplin, a famous American comedian.T: What kind of imagine will appear in your mind?S: He always wears a small black hat, very wide trousers and a moustache, and carries a stick that he swings in the air as he walks.T: How do you feel at the sight of him?S: He is humorous and makes us laugh.T: what’s the style of his film?S: In his film, he’s never the Mr. Big and he always has much trouble in his life. However, he uses his sense of humor to teach people that there are always ways to face problems if you are able to laugh.T: Do you think laughing is good for people’s health?S: Yes. Laughter is a bridge that can lead people to health, happiness and peace. It is a good therapy to help people get rid of bitterness and forget all the problems.T: Today, we’ll learn a passage entitled “Stand-up for your health!” Do you know the meaning of “Stand-up” here? Does it mean you have to stand up to keep healthy?S: No. “Stand-up” is a kind of comedy in which the comedian stands in front of the audience and talk directly to audience members.Step 2: Fast-reading for general idea.Go through the passage as quickly as possible and find answers to the three questions in Part A.1 What is the article about?2 How many types of stand-up are there?Answers 1 It’s about stand-up comedy.2 There are four main types.3 It’s good for our health.Step 3: Careful-reading for detailed information1 What is special about stand-up comedy?2 what are the four main types of stand-up?3 When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?4 What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?5 How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?6 Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?7 What dies your brain do when you laugh?2. Next let's listen to the tape and decide whether the following sentences are true or false.1 A stand-up comedian is not allowed to make fun of an audience member.2 If the comedians act or speak like a well-known person, this is called observational comedy.3 What the physical comedians usually do is tripping over chairs, walking into doors and fallingdown on stage.4 Quite a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actor later on inlife.5 The fact that when Crystal hosts the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in hispocket for good luck is only known to a few people.6 Billy Crystal has no plans to go on making films to go on telling jokes.7 The reason why people who laugh a lot live longer is that when you laugh, your brain sendsStep 4: Practice1.Part DFind these new words and expressions in the article. Guess their meanings from the contest.2.Part E1. Discuss the following questions in groups, then role-play the dialogues and act out before the class.(1) What are necessary qualifications a good comedian needs to have?(2) When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings?(3) Besides laughter, what are other factors that can help people keep healthy and live longer?Sample answers1●Having enough courage to perform in front of the audience●Practicing a lot to perfect their routine●Being able to read their audience’s thoughts to know exactly what they would like to see●Watching as many comedies as they can to learn about more techniques●Making full preparations before going on stage2●Watching a comedy●Listening to music or watching films●Seeing friends●Surfing the Internet●Locking myself in my room and doing reading3●Having a balanced diet●Exercising regularly●Having a good mood●Being optimisticVocabularyWordslaughter, stand-up, humor, well-loved, comedy,comedian, response, reaction, main, physical,humorous, queue, visual, tennis, stage, actor, act,academy, award, routine, live, little-known,toothbrush, mirror, outstanding, microphone, lip,appropriate, silent, howl, amuse, brain, sayingUsefulexpressionsmake fun of, in response to, make jokes about, queueup, trip over, later on, broadcast live, make up, haveeffect on, after allSentencepatterns1.One little-known fact is that when Crystal is the host of the AcademyAwards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket of good luck!2.Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a newone.3.It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent film.4.Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other formsof comedy have on us.1 Fill in the blanks according to the text.Stand-up is one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy. In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about 1_______ things he or she 2________ in everyday life. Prop 3_________ use props to tell their jokes. Physical comedians use their 4_________ to make jokes. Impressionist comedians act or speak like a well-known person, which is called doing an 5_________ of the person,Billy Crystal is one of the stand-up comedians who have become famous as television and film actors later on in life. His 6_________ with all age groups and his ability to 7_________ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.Doctors have been 8_________ the effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on people. They have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. This agrees with the English saying “9_________ is the best 10_________”.2 Translate the following sentences into English.1 有一种非常出名，深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。