南京九中 張茹芳
Teaching aims:
(1) Encourage the Ss to raise reading ability by focusing on language points.
(2) Get the Ss to grasp the new language usage in the text by learning them.
Important points & difficult points:
Language usage: make fun of; in response to; host; live; make up; prove; whatever; after all and so on.
Procedure:
Step 1 Revision
Learn about some humour.
Step 2 Language points (Learn and use)
1. A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.
People __________her because she wore such a strange hat.
She ____________by the other children because she was always serious.
2. A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.
__________ complaints, the company reviewed its safety procedure.
Ronnie only nodded __________ my questions.
3. He has hosted the show eight times.
I don’t know who will _____ the show tonight.
Next week’s show _________ by Sarah Cox.
She ________ a radio cookery programme at that time.
4. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV.
The landing on the moon was telecast ____ , and people all over the world watched this.
The concert was not a recorded show; it was ____.
The football match tonight will be covered _____.
5. Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.
I doubt they __________ the whole thing.
The whole story _________! Don’t believe it.
make up
She never goes out without ______ herself _____ first.
The chemist _______ a bottle of medicine.
Farming and mining ________ most of the country’s industry.
She _____the material ____ into a dress.
make up
The four of them _________ a team.
You must ________what you owe before the end of the month.
make up; take up; put up; come up;
He ________ some excuse about the dog eating his school uniform.
The grass in the garden _______ to her knees.
Chris _______ smoking when he was at school.
John was in the garden _________ a fence.
6. Crystal’s popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.
They will prove to you that I’m not lying.
Can you prove you were at home on 3rd May?
Vasco da Gama proved that the world was round.
7. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying ‘ Laughter is the best medicine’ may be true after all.
Whatever the reason may/might be…
No matter what reasons there may/might be…
I thought I wouldn’t need to study for the test, but it seems my teacher was right______.
Though it was raining hard, we chose to take a plane ______.
Don’t be too hard on Tim. ______, he is only fifteen.
after all; at all; above all; in all
Did you sleep on your flight ______?
_____, there are over 120 languages spoken in London’s schools.
He will be remembered _______ as a loving husband and family man.
She shouldn’t be working so hard---she is 70, ________.
Step 3 Consolidation
A. Choose the correct answer.
1. Stand-up comedy is ____ because the comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members.
A. special B. particular C. especial D. unusual
2. A stand-up comedian might decide to tell different jokes _____ reactions of an audience.
A. as a result of B. in response of C. according to D. referred to
3. In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about humorous things he or she _____ in everyday life.
A. watches B. sees C. observes D. looks
4. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people ____ the show is broadcast live on TV.
A. if B. when C. as D. during
5. One little known fact is ____Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.
A. that B. when C. that when D. when that
6. You can ____ to hear a lot more from Billy Crystal---he has no plans to stop making films, or to stop telling jokes.
A. promise B. wait C. hope D. expect
7. Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can _____ help you fight pain.
A. even B. ever C. just D. still
8. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying ‘ Laughter is the best medicine’ may be true _____.
A. after all B. at all C. above all D. all over
B. Fill in the blanks using the verbs given.
1. If you hear a comedian _____ jokes about the way people behave when they queue up in lines, or _____ why it only rains when you forget your umbrella, you are listening to an observational comedian. (tell; ask)
2. Prop comedians use things, called props, _______ jokes.(tell)
3. When he started practising stand-up as a child, he told himself jokes while _______ in front of the mirror, ______ his teeth.(stand; brush)
4.He is very good at thinking quickly and ______ new jokes about the people and things around them.(make)
5. They could only see him ______ there ______ his lips.(stand; move)
6. Crystal’s popularity with all age group and his ability ________ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.(amuse)
C. Fill in the blanks, using the correct form.
1. I _______________ tennis every day for a month. I don’t understand why I’m not losing weight. (play)
2. Like other stand-up comedians who ___________to act in films, Crystal still enjoys stand-up. (go on)
3. Instead of telling the jokes he ___________, Crystal made up a new one. (plan)
D. Fill in the blanks, using proper preposition or adverb.
1. Only a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actors later ____ in life.
2. The audience howled ______ laughter.
3. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have _____ us.
4. He hopes to follow ___ the footsteps of other famous comedians, such as Bob Hope and George Burns, who lived to be 100 years and kept working _____the end of their lives.
Step4 Homework
1. A1, A2 on page 100 in Workbook
2. B1, B2 on page 101 in Workbook
3. Relevant exercises in Assessment book.