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课件网) Lesson 2 Why Do We Need Humour？ 单词检验 1．muscle n. _____ 2．blood vessel _____ 3．mood n. _____ 4．far- reaching adj. _____ 5．immune adj. _____ 6．cell n. _____ 肌肉 血管 心情，情绪 影响深远的 有免疫力的 细胞 单词检验 7．incorporate vt. _____ 8．blush vi. _____ 9．embarrassment n. _____ 10．tension n. _____ _____ adj. (人)神经紧张的；(形势等)令人紧张的；(肌肉或身体部位)绷紧的 将……并入；包含 脸红 窘迫，尴尬 紧张；焦虑；焦急 tense 11．physical adj. _____ _____ adv. 身体上；肉体上 12．_____ adj. 心理的，精神的 psychology n. _____ 13．energise vt. _____ ①_____ n. 精力 ②_____ adj. 精力充沛的 14．infection n. _____ ①_____ v. 使感染；传染 ②_____ adj. 感染的；传染性的 身体的，肉体的 physically psychological 心理学；心理 使充满活力；使增强决心 energy energetic 感染；传染 infect infectious 15．whisper vi. & vt. _____ n. _____ _____ 低声说 16．accidentally adv. _____ ①accidental adj. _____ ②_____ n. 事故 17．expense n. _____ _____ adj. 昂贵的 at sb.'s expense _____ 悄声说，低语，耳语 低语；耳语 in a whisper 偶然地；意外地 偶然的，意外的 accident 费用，花费 expensive 嘲笑某人 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. ……的题目 让人发笑 固有的，无法改变的 有……影响 总是；一直 at no time 绝不 at times 有时；不时 Let's talk about the physical effects. Firstly, laughter helps relieve tension. It relaxes the muscles in our body, and the effects can be felt for as long as 45 minutes after a good laugh. Also, a good laugh increases blood flow to the heart and improves the function of blood vessels, which helps protect us from heart disease. Finally, when we laugh, the level of stress chemicals in our body falls, and the number of immune cells in our body increases. Both mean that our body is better able to fight infection. relieve v．减轻；缓解；消除 relieved adj.感到宽慰的；放心的 relief n．(痛苦、忧虑等的)减轻、消除、缓和 relieve sb. of sth. 帮某人减轻(负担) be relieved to do sth. 做某事感到宽慰 the number of ……的数量；修饰可数名词复数，谓语动词用单数 a number of 许多的，大量的；修饰可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数 There is a song that says, "Smile, though your heart is breaking." Does it mean there is a relation between smiling and mood The answer is YES. Humour also has psychological effects on our mind. Scientists have proved that there is a two-way effect between smiling and mood: when we're happy, we naturally smile; and when we smile, even if we don't feel like it, it can also make us feel happy. 对…….有心理的影响 双向的 moody a.喜怒无常的 be in no mood for ... ...
