M6Unit1:Reading

Stand up for your health!

What makes people happy (laugh) ?

jokes

funny films

comedies

humorousstories

• Skim the article and choose the correct answers

• (1) A stand up comedian ________ while performing.

• A ． enjoys laughing• B ． enjoys making fun of himself• C ． usually takes advantage of the audienc

e• D ． has prepared a lot of jokes in advance

(2) Billy Crystal started his career ________.A． as a television actor B． As a film actorC． as a stand up comedian D． as a host

(3) How many types of stand-up are mentioned in this article?

A． 3 B. 4 C． 5 D． 6

(4)At the 2004 Academy Awards， a very old

actor ____ at first.

A． was asked to make a silent speech

B． didn’t turn on the microphone on purpos

e

C．made the audience laugh

D． couldn’t make himself heard

5. What can we infer from the 6th paragraph?• A. Laughter is the best medicine and can

cure all the diseases.• B. Stand-up comedy is popular all over the

world.• C. People who love laughing live longer

than those who don’t love often.• D. We should keep happy because it may

help us live longer.

• Scan the article and analyze the main the main idea of each part.

Stand-up for your health!

Types ofstand-up

A Famouscomedian

Laughteris goodfor yourhealth!

fourtypes

BillyCrystal

Introductionof stand-up

Read the first two paragraphs and fill in the table.

Introduction of stand up.

Stand up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a (1)____________ talking straight to audience members.

Types of stand up

◆Some comedians tell jokes about the way people (2)________ or about daily life.◆Other comedians rely on (3)______humour.◆Other comedians may (4)__________ chairs， walk into doors， and fall down on stage in order to make people laugh.◆The last kind of comedian does impressions.

comedian

behavevisualtrip over

Do impressions

A comedian says,“My Grandmotherstarted walking1 km a day whenshe turned 60.She’s 89 now, andwe don’t knowwhere she is!”

Telling jokes about the way people behave or about daily life

visual humor

body movements

1. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?

2. When did he begin practicing stand-up?

3. Why has Billy Crystal become so famous?

4.What does he keep in his pocket? And why?

5.Who that were mentioned in the passage lived to be 100 years old and kept working until the end of their lives?

A famous comedian

A famous comedianHow many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?

When did he begin practicing stand-up?

Nine times.

As a child.

⊙ Why has Billy Crystal become so famous?Because he is very quick thinking and is able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around them .

A famous comedian

What does he keep in his pocket? And why? A toothbrush. For good luck. Who that were mentioned in the passage lived to be 100 years old and kept working until the end of their lives? Bob Hope and George Burns.

A famous comedian

1. Stand-up comedy is popular all over the world, so only stand-up comedy has positive effects on us.

2.The reason why people who laugh a lot live longer is that when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you.

• Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on the stage by a comedian talking straight to 1.__________ members. There are a 2.______ of different styles of stand-up comedy. Some comedians tell jokes about the way people 3.______ or about daily life. Other comedians4. ________ visual humor. Some comedians use body 5._________ to make people laugh, such as tripping over chairs, walking into doors. The last kind of comedian does 6._______.

audiencevariety

behaverely on

movements

impressions

Billy Crystal， a famous 7.________, has 8._______ the Academy Awards nine times. Each time， he performs his stand up 9.__________ in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast 10._______ on TV. One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking， and is often able to come up 11.______ new jokes about the people and things around him. He is popular with all age groups and has the 12._______ to amuse people all over the world.

comedian hosted

routine

live

with

ability

Doctors have 13.__________ that people who laugh a lot live longer. 14.___________ helps your body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain. 15.___________the reason， research shows that in the end， the English saying ，“ Laughter is the best medicine”，may be true after all.

discovered

Whatever

Laughing

• Write a small passage about how to stay happy in daily life. You can use the idioms when necessary.

Never stop smiling, even when you are sad.永远都不要停止微笑，即使是在你难过的时候Laughter is the privilege of human.笑是人类的特权

Just one laugh makes the person ten years younger. 笑一笑，十年少。