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课件网) Unit1 Laugh out loud! Laughter is good to our health. In your opinion, how to create the opportunities to laugh Watch a funny film or a TV show. Share a funny book or a joke. Go to a comedy club. Different forms of comedy stage play stand-up comedy film cross-talk sitcom comedy act 1.What forms of comedy are mentioned 2. What does the video mainly convey stage plays, comedy acts, cross-talk, stand-up, comedy film Despite its various forms, comedy brings much laughter and happiness to people in different times. Complete the questionnaire. Find out your result. Unit 1 Understanding ideas Where can we see a clown What do they do clowns What are they called play magic tricks; perform exaggerated physical comedy; interact with audience To entertain people Look at the pictures and tick the places where you would expect to see a clown. a private garden a circus a busy street a hospital an amusement park a theatre Pre-reading What can a clown doctor do for patients a clown a doctor entertain people treat people Q1. Where are these people Q2.Is the man a doctor or a clown Q3. What is the best medicine Look at the title and pictures and predict what might be talked in the text. Read the text fast and match the questions to the paragraphs. 2 3 6 4 5 1 Para 1: appearance and working environment Name: He wears: His working environment is : Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-loud a white coat, a curly rainbow wig and a big red nose I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there’s a familiar atmosphere of boredom and tension. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously. Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children. boring, tense, discomfortable, anxious Who is the patient and what happened In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size. I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better. Para 2: a patient in need What is a clown doctor A clown doctor is a specially trained clown who work as part of a programme known as “hospital clowning”. Para 3 Reasons to be a clown doctor I chose this career because of my experience of going to hospital when I was a kid. Being a clown doctor means I can help people by entertaining them. Visiting hospitals and other health care facilities, we clown doctors work together with medical professionals. On a typical day, we spend our time cheering up patients, their families, and more often than not, the hospital staff, too! We do this by doing magic tricks, singing songs, telling stories and, of course, telling silly jokes. Some children, though, don’t feel like laughin ... ...
