(
课件网) Unit 4 Humour Lesson 2 Period 1 Group Work: Share humorous things you have heard or experienced. humorous things Stories between your friends Stories between your parents Stories between your teachers Stories of others Stories of your own Warming-up Pre-listening 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 to be hard-wired into us to make the level of stress chemicals fall to have an influence on one’s attitudes and feelings to relieve tension to make our life interesting to relax the muscles in our body Pre-listening I think humour is anything that causes amusement. I think humour is something that evokes (引起，唤起) laughter. I think humour can help us win friends. I think humour prolongs (延长) our life. … Examples: I think humour is hard-wired into us. While-listening 1. What question does the speaker try to answer in his speech □ What is humour □ What kinds of humour are there □ Why do we need humour □ How to produce humour 2. From what aspects will he further discuss the question □Psychological effects □Physical effects You will be listening to a speech about the effects of humour. Predict the answers to the questions, then listen to check. While-listening Listen to part 2 of the plete the list of physical effects that humour can have on our body. Then talk about them in pairs. Firstly, laughter helps 1 relieve tension. It 2 relaxes the muscles in our body, and the effects can be felt for 3 as long as 45 minutes to the heart after a good laugh. Also, a good laugh 4 increases the blood flow to the heart and 5 improves the function of blood vessels, which helps protect us from 6 heart disease. Finally, when we laugh, the level of stress chemicals in our body 7 falls, and the number of immune cells in our body 8 increases. Both mean that our body is better able to 9 fight infection. The two–way effect between smiling and mood: While-listening 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 influence on how we live. If we are in a bad mood, we are likely to express negative 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 company and feel energised. When we’re happy we naturally smile. When we smile, even if we don’t feel like it, it can also make us feel happy. While-listening Using Questions to Draw Attention 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. Listen carefully to the questions and focus on the answers. While-listening Listen to the speech again. Write down the questions that th ... ...
