英语新课导学单

第1课时M6U1 Reading（供参考）【学习目标】1. To encourage the students to grasp the main topics of the three sections——types of stand-up, a famous comedian and the fact that laughter is good for your health ；2. To inspire the students to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy；3. To improve the students‟ reading ability——how to guess the meanings of new words.【学习活动】学习活动一——自主梳理预习课文后完成下面练习。

Ⅰ.Words写出下列单词的中文释义：1. stage2. affection3. amuse4.variety5.behave6.tripover _______________7.performance8.make fun of9.stand-up10. tease 11. performer 12.saying13. previous 14. mournⅡ. Phrases选择适当的词组完成下列句子（有多余的选项）：1. Let‟s put our heads together and ________ a solution to this problem.2. Bill gets on well with all the workers. So when the boss wanted to dismiss Bill, the others all ________ him.3. One of the boys ________ and crashed into a tree.4. During the voyage we ________ the radio for news of the outside world.5. Joe got a deserved punishment when the teacher caught him ________ her.6. You can ________ her telephone number in the phone book.7.It‟s a complete lie! You just ________ the story.8. I ________ a waiter for a year when I was in college.III. Pay attention to the sentence patterns of the following sentences and translate them into Chinese. 1. Only a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film performers later on in life. One such person is Billy Crystal.2. One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking, and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.3. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying, …Laughter is the best medicine‟, may be true after all.★Laughter is the best medicine.★You will be ten years younger with a smile.★Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.★Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.学习活动二——新知探究Do you often smile or laugh in your daily life？What can make you laugh?Activity2: First reading.Para 1: What is stand-up comedy?Para 2: How many types of stand-up are mentioned? What are they?Paras 3-5:1. Who is the famous comedian?2. What does Billy Crystal always keep in his pocket for good luck?3. How many times has he hosted the Academy Awards?4. Why has he become so famous?5.Which two famous comedians are also mentioned in this part?Para 6: Why is laughter good for our health?Activity3: Second reading.Summarize the passage in your own words according to the key information.types of stand-up , the Academy Awards, broadcast live, come up with,be popular with, doctors ,stay healthy, the English saying.1. A biodegradable mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage consumers to recycle.Q: The underlined word “biodegradable”most probably means ______.A. capable of being broken down into small pieces by biological meansB. suitable to be broken down into different gradesC. easy to be divided into small piecesD. difficult to get separated from one another2. Time is something from which we can‟t escape. Even if we ignore it .It is still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “Who is in charge?” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally. (08江苏)Q: The underlined word “ally” in the passage most likely means somebody or something that is ______.A. your slave and serves youB. your supporter and helps you.C. under your control and serves you.D. under your influence and follows you.3. I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York. (10辽宁)Q: What does the word "shot" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. choice.B. tryC. style.D. goal学习活动三——达标检测I. Multiple choice——choose the best answer.1. A stand-up comedian ________.A. can't make fun of an audience memberB. may talk directly to audience membersC. mustn't stand right there in front of the audience2. From the text we know that ________.A. when you see a man walking into a door，you are watching a stand－up comedyB. Billy Crystal plans to stop making films but not to stop telling jokesC. stand－up comedy is popular all over the world3. After reading the passage，readers can know that comedians are expected to ________.A. enjoy a very long lifeB. perform stand－upC. have no plans to stop work4. What's the author's main purpose by writing this passage?A. To introduce the stand－up comedy to us.B. To make us know about famous comedians like Bob Hope and George Burns.C. To tell people that laughing is the best medicine.II. Reading strategy——guessing the meanings of new words.1. China Post Group issued nationwide a set of special stamps of Confucius Institute themed “interaction” and “teaching” on Saturday. The stamps featuring the theme of exchange and teaching were the first such stamps ever issued by China Post.Q: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “interaction”?A. entertainmentB. learningC. exchangeD. creation2. 404 ERROR: Including citations to non-existent or inaccurate information about sources.Q: The Code “404 ERROR”probably means ______.A. no citationB. not foundC. some changesD. many errors3. Humans are unusual in the way they sleep. Most animals have a sleep during the day and tests have shown that a siesta can be beneficial for us too. It’s even been recommended that airline pilots should have a nap during long flights so that they are more alert for the tricky business of landing.Q: The underlined word “siesta”means ______.A. a good restB. a little dreamC. a short sleepD. a daydream。