Unit 4 Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour? 课件 -2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第二册

新北师大版高中英语选择性必修二Unit4 Humour Lesson2 Why do we need humour Recall and Review 1. What is humor? What can it do for us? Group Work: Talk about your understanding of humour and what it can do for us. psychological effects physical effects adj. bodily身体的 adj. of mind心理的 Pre-Listening Match the expressions with their meanings. comedy be hard-wired into relieve tension blood vessels immune infection become a basic part of sth causing or getting diseases a funny film not affected by a particular disease the tubes through which blood flows reduce stress Listen For Understanding 2. Listen to Part 1 of a speech about humor. 1) What question does the speaker try to answer in his speech? 2) From what aspects will he further discuss the question? Good morning and thank you for joining me today. The title of my speech today is “Why do we need humour?” I believe that all of us enjoy watching a comedy film or hearing a good joke, because it makes us laugh all the time. Babies laugh long before they can speak. It’s almost as if humour is hard-wired into us. So there must be some kind of benefit to it. What can humour do for us? According to recent research, humour has both physical and psychological effects. Tapescripts Firstly, laughter helps ________________________. It __________________________ in our body, and the effects can be felt for ____________________________ after a good laugh. Also, a good laugh _______________________ to the heart and ______________________ of blood vessels, which helps protect us from ______________. Finally, when we laugh, the level of stress chemicals in our body ______, and the number of immune cells in our body ___________. Both mean that our body is better able to ________________. 3. Listen to Part 2. Complete the lists of physical effects Then talk about them in pairs. relieve tension relaxes the muscles as long as 45 minutes increases blood flow improve the function heart disease falls increases fight infection Li