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高中英语北师大版2019选择性必修第二册
Unit 4 Humour
Period2 Why do we need humour
第1课时
Period 2
Learning objectives
Language Competence: To comprehend popular science lectures and extract the three physiological effects of humor.
Thinking Quality: To analyze the bidirectional influence mechanism between "smile and emotion".
Cultural Awareness: To recognize the value of humor as a universal coping strategy.
Contents
1. Activate & Share
2. Listen for Understanding
3. Post-listening
4. Summary
5. Homework
Talk about your understanding of humour and what it can do for us.
Discussion
to be hard-wired into us to relieve tension
to make the level of stress chemicals fall
to make our life interesting
to have an influence on one's attitudes and feelings
to relax the muscles in our body
Activate & Share
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tension
muscle
physical
psychological
blood vessel
mood
far-reaching
energise
immune
n. 紧张;焦虑;焦急
n. 肌肉
adj. 身体的,肉体的
adj. 心理的,精神的
血管
n. 心情,情绪
vt. 影响深远的
vt. 使充满活力;使增强决心
adj. 有免疫力的
Words Review
Pre-listening
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cell
infection
incorporate
whisper
blush
embarrassment
accidentally
expense
at sb's expense
n. 细胞
n. 感染;传染
vt. 把……并入;包含
v. 悄声说,低语;耳语
vi. 脸红
n. 窘迫,尴尬
adv. 偶然地,意外地
n. 费用,花费
嘲笑某人
Words Review
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Listen to Part 1 of a speech about humour. Answer the questions.
1.What question does the speaker try to answer in his speech?
2.From what aspects will he further discuss the question?
Why do we need humour?
Physical and psychological effects of humour.
Task 1
While-listening
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Listen to Part 2 of the speech. Complete the lists of physical effects that humour can have on our body. Then talk about them in pairs.
Firstly, laughter helps 1. tension. It relaxes 2. in our body, and the effects can be felt for as long as 3. minutes after a good laugh.
Also, a good laugh 4. blood flow to the heart and 5. the function of blood vessels, which helps protect us from 6. Finally, when we laugh, the level of stress chemicals in body 7. and the number of immune cells
in our body increases. Both mean that our body is better able to infection.
relieve
muscles
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increases
improves
heart disease
falls
fight
Task 2
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Listen to Part 3. Complete the information about the two psychological effects of humour on our mind.
The two-way effect between smiling and mood:
When we smile, even if we don't feel like it, it can also ____________________________.
When we're happy,
_____________________
we naturally smile;
it can also make us feel happy.
Task 3
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Listen to Part 3. Complete the information about the two psychological effects of humour on our mind.
Far-reaching effects of humour
It means that it will have a great on how we live. If we are in a bad mood, we are likely to express attitudes and feelings; and this makes those around us down, too. But if we always try to be positive and funny, people will enjoy our and feel energised.
influence
negative
company
Task 3
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1. whisper v.耳语;低语;私语;n.耳语;低语
(1)in a whisper=in whispers 低声地
(2)whisper to sb.与某人耳语;小声说
It is whispered that-clause 据传闻……
(1)He is whispering to his neighbor.
他正在和他的邻居窃窃私语。
(2)It is whispered that he is going to resign.
传闻说他将要辞职。
Activity 3 Post-listening:Language points
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同义句改写
(1)They sat at the back of the room,talking in a whisper.
They sat at the back of the room,talking .
(2)It is whispered that he is heavily in debt.
heavily in debt.
多维训练
in a low voice
He is whispered to be
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Summary
Physical effects:relax the muscles、increase blood flow、the level of stress chemicals fall、 the number of immune cells in our body increases
Psychological effects:two-way effect between smiling and mood、have a great influence on how we live
Homework
1. Sort out notes.
2. Mark the unfamiliar expressions.
第2课时
tension
muscle
physical
psychological
blood vessel
mood
far-reaching
energise
immune
n. 紧张;焦虑;焦急
n. 肌肉
adj. 身体的,肉体的
adj. 心理的,精神的
血管
n. 心情,情绪
vt. 影响深远的
vt. 使充满活力;使增强决心
adj. 有免疫力的
Review
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cell
infection
incorporate
whisper
blush
embarrassment
accidentally
expense
at sb's expense
n. 细胞
n. 感染;传染
vt. 把……并入;包含
v. 悄声说,低语;耳语
vi. 脸红
n. 窘迫,尴尬
adv. 偶然地,意外地
n. 费用,花费
嘲笑某人
Review
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How do the physical and psychological effects of humour help us in daily life?
Lead-in
Review
Listen to the speech again. Write down the questions that the speaker used in it. Then answer these questions and think about the reasons why the speaker uses them.
What can humor do for us?
Humor has both physical and psychological effects.
Does it mean there is a relation between smiling and mood?
YES. Humor also has psychological effects on our mind.
What does “far-reaching effects” mean?
It means it will have a great influence on how we live.
While-listening (Part 3)
Think and Share
Why does the speaker use questions in his speech?
Some speakers use questions from time to time to draw the audience’s attention. Then they provide answers to the questions.
In this way, it helps the audience to understand the points they are making.
Activity 3 Listen to a dialogue and find out Mike’s embarrassing situation and his way to handle it.
1. Mike’s embarrassing situation:
He kept on __________________________.
2. His way to handle the situation:
He used __________________________________.
He just started laughing and said, “Oh dear, one of these days I’m going to _____________________!”
getting the host’s name wrong
a joke about himself to solve the embarrassments
forget my own name
Listen and imitate. Complete the Talk Builder.
For example, For instance, One example of this
__________________ is that you can use humour to get people to laugh at you.
____________, if you accidentally pour coffee all over yourself, you can laugh at yourself or make a joke about it.
You can say, ____________, “My T-shirt also wants to have a cup of coffee. ”
One example of this
For instance
for example
Activity 4
5. in a similar case …
6. to illustrate …
7. to give you an idea …
8. suppose that …
More ways to say “for example”
1. such as
2. let’s say …
3. examples include …
4. imagine that
Summary: Why do we need humour?
Physical benefits
Deal with an awkward situation
Psychological benefits
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Lead-in
Homework
1. 写一段文字(80词左右),描述“幽默帮助自己的一次经历”,至少用1个例子阐述(如 For example…)。
2. 设计一段1分钟演讲,以问题开头(如 Why is humour important?),阐述幽默的一个作用,结合例子。
Thank you
for your listening
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