Reading Stand up for your health

Mr. Bean What is he known for? For his funny performance

Skimming 1. What is the article about? A famous comedian. 2. Who is Billy Crystal? 3. What is laughter good for? Stand-up comedies. A famous comedian. Our health.

Reading strategy How to guess the meanings of new words? Get the meanings from the sentences around them. Get the meanings through the ways the words are used.

What does the phrase “does impressions” mean in Line 19? A. 留下印象 B. 误会 C. 模仿 D. 留下压痕 2. What does the word “routine” in Line 29 mean? A. usual order B. normal process C. performance D. habit

Scanning 1. What are the main characteristics of stand-up? Read the first part and answer the following questions. 1. What are the main characteristics of stand-up? 2. What are the four main types of stand-up?

1.What are the main characteristics of stand-up? One person Stand directly in front of the audience and communicate with the audience Improvise (即兴创作）

2. What are the four main types of stand-up? Some comedians tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life. Other comedians rely on visual humour. Other comedians may trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage. The last kind of comedian does impressions.

Billy Crystal

Read the second part and answer the following questions. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards? 2. When did he begin practising 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 Nine times. As a child. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards? When did he begin practising stand-up? Why has Billy Crystal become so famous? Nine times. As a child. His outstanding ability to improvise.

△ 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.

Blank Fill-in Billy Crystal has become famous as a TV and film a_____. He has h______ the Academy Awards broadcast l_____ on TV 9 times. People are deeply impressed by his o____________ ability to improvise. ctor osted ive utstanding

His p__________ with all age groups and his ability to a_______ people all over the world proved that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone. He has no plans to stop making films or telling jokes. He hopes to f_____ in the footsteps of other famous comedians to keep working until the end of his life. opularity muse ollow

Laughter is good for your health! 1. What does your brain do when you laugh? 2. What is the English idiom about laughter mentioned in the text? It sends chemicals that are good for you. “Laughter is the best medicine.”

Stand up for your health A type of comedy done on a stage by a comedian talking to audience members in a(n) 2.________ manner. 1.________ of stand-up Definition straight Telling jokes about people’s way of 3._______ or daily life 2. Telling jokes inspired by objects. 3. Making people laugh by means of absurd 4.________ actions 4. Making fun of famous persons by copying their actions or 5. _______. behaving Types of stand-up physical accent

old He’s hosted the Academy Awards nine times. 2. He thinks very quickly, often coming up with new jokes about the 6._________ people and things. 3. He gains 7________ among all age groups and is able to amuse people worldwide. 4. He promise that he will never be too 8._____ to give up working. A famous stand-up comedian: Billy Crystal surrounding popularity old

Stand-up makes people burst out laughing Stand-up makes people burst out laughing. According to doctors’ 10________, people who laugh a lot enjoy longer lives. 9.______ of stand-up Effect research

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