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选择性必修一Unit 1 Laugh out loud
高二年级 英语
Understanding ideas
The Best Medicine
Reading
Learning objectives:
At the end of the class, you will be able to:
1. match what each paragraph is about and tell what is special about the clown doctor’s job.
2. talk about the value of the clown doctor’s work.
3. express whether you want to be a clown doctor and explain the reason
a private garden
a circus
a hospital
an amusement park
a busy street
a theatre
Look at the pictures and tick the places where you would expect to see a clown.
Warm up
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predict.
The Best Medicine
please look at the title of the passage and the picture to predict:
1) What is the text about?
2) What is probably the genre(体裁) of the passage?
predict.
1) What is the text about?
Maybe it’s about a clown doctor’s work.
2) What is probably the genre(体裁) of the passage?
It is probably a narrative.
Read for general idea
Please read the passage and find out what is special about this clown’s job.
He helps patients feel better by entertaining them.
a. Which patient is in need of the clown doctor’s attention and why?
b. What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one?
c. How does the author feel after a day's work?
d. What are the responsibilities of
a clown doctor?
e. How does the clown doctor help the patient?
f. What does the clown doctor wear and
what’s his working environment like?
Match the questions to the paragraphs and underline the key words.
para.1
para.2
para.3
para.4
para.5
para.6
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Read for structure.
The structure of the passage
part 1
para______: What does the clown doctor wear and
what’s his working environment like
part 2
para______: What is a clown doctor and what he does.
part 3
para______: How he feels and what he thinks.
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2-5
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Think & Share
1.How important do you think clown doctors are ?
2.Would you like to work as a clown doctor? Why or why not?
They cheer up patients, their families, and the hospital staff to make them feel better. So their work is neces