Unit17 Lesson2 Laughter is the best medicine Listening The first period 寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组

教育 Lead-in Joke 1 T : When was Rome built? S: At night. T : Who told you that? S : You did. … You said Rome was not built in a day.

Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turn white Mommy, how come all of grandma's hairs are white? Why is some of your hair white, Mommy?

Think about Are they funny? Do they make you laugh? “A joke a day, keep the doctor away.” Do you agree? Do you think laughter is good for your health? Why or why not? Are they funny?

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Vocabulary A psychology professor is someone who studies human mind. To acknowledge something means you admit it. To get rid of something means you drop away the things. Fooling around means acting in a joking way. To result in something means to cause something. To resist something means to fight against it.

Match the following words psychology act in a joking way acknowledge fight against get rid of studies of human mind fool around drop away result admit resist cause

Listen to the interview and decide what it mainly talks about. Dr Fry is talking about studies on _______. a)the effects of laughter associated with humour b)the human body and stress c)scientific methods used in laboratories

Listen and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F) 1 Dr Fry believes that laughter associated with happiness involves the whole body. T/F 2 The beneficial effects of humour have not been scientifically examined. T/F 3 It wouldn’t be beneficial if humour got rid of all the stress from our lives. T/F

Listen and decide which one is the correct answer. 1 It’s not easy for doctors to use humour at work because _____. a)they want to be authority figures b)patients may not take them seriously c)they don’t think it would have any value

2 What you can’t find during a humour campaign are _____. a)extra meals in the humour rooms b) clowns and performers c) special TV channels and programmes

Listen and answer the two questions. 1 What can be a good way of resisting the tension caused by traffic jams? 2 What will laughter help you when you study?

Laughter

Homework Textbook, P69, Ex.4