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课件网) Understanding ideas Unit 1 Laugh out loud! 【版本：外研 册别：选择性必修一】 I Pre-reading 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. II Fast-reading 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 time crying in pain. Para. 3 b. What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one A clown doctor is a specially trained clown who works as part of a programme known as “hospital clowning”; the clown doctor helps people (patients) by entertaining them. The author chose to be a clown doctor because of his frightening and boring experience of going to hospital when he was a kid. c. How does the author feel after a day’s work He is still wearing a big smile as he remembers all the fun and laughter of the day, because he believes that “laughter is the best medicine”. Para. 6 d. What are the responsibilities of a clown doctor Para. 4 A clown doctor visits hospitals and other health care facilities, working together with medical professionals to cheer up patients, their families and the hospital staff. e. How does the clown doctor help the patient He gets the patient’s attention by doing a magic trick — he produces the patient’s sock from out of his pocket. Para. 5 f. What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working e ... ...
