Unit 1 Laugh out loud Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Understanding ideas Unit 1 Laugh out loud! 【版本：外研　册别：选择性必修一】 1 I Pre-reading 2 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What forms of comedy are mentioned in the video? 2. Have you ever been to a comedy show? Share your experience with the class. Comedy Through the Ages Check the answer What forms of comedy are mentioned in the video？ Stage plays with happy endings, comedy acts with clowns, cross-talk, stand-up, sitcom and comedy film. Merchant of Venice Mr. Bean British Humour A Clown Play Look at the pictures and tick the places where you would expect to see a clown. 10 II Fast-reading 11 What is special about this clown’s job？ Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. Read and Think what is special about this clown’s job? Check the anwers This clown works in a hospital or other health care facilities. His job is to comfort, entertain and cheer up patients, their families as well as the hospital staff in order to remove their nervousness and make them feel better. Clown doctors are professional clowns working in hospitals with sick children. They use humour, music, storytelling and magic shows to keep patients entertained. Most importantly, they keep patients laughing and laughter helps to reduce pain and stress levels, and to boost the immune system. Humour also helps to promote a positive outlook and helps people to make friends with each other, both of which are important factors in healing and fighting disease. Clown doctors are more familiar in the West. The first clown doctor, Patch Adams, worked in the US in the 1970s. Clown Doctors 2. Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. Check the anwers a. Which patient is in need of the clown doctor’s attention and why? Para. 2 A small girl called Lara is in need of the clown doctor’s attention, because she fell off her bicycle and spent her