1、Unit 1 The Best Medicine Unit 1 The Best Medicine Tell us your feeling after watching the videos?_Tell us your feeling about the videos?Tell us your feeling about the videos?Laughter is infectious .Laughter is infectious .Laughter lightens our burdens ,connects us with others and keeps Laughter ligh
2、tens our burdens ,connects us with others and keeps us concentrated and ready to act .us concentrated and ready to act .Lets go to a passage about laughter.Lets go to a passage about laughter.The people are dressed The people are dressed as crowns .as crowns .Who are they ?Who are they ?Why do they
3、do like that ?Why do they do like that ?According to the author ,what is the environment of the waiting area? According to the author ,what is the environment of the waiting area? It is boring and tense. It is boring and tense. I walk through the doors into the waiting area ,I walk through the doors
4、 into the waiting area ,wherewhere theres a familiar theres a familiar atmosphere of atmosphere of boredom and tensionboredom and tension。（。（translate the sentence)translate the sentence)我穿过门，走进候诊室，那里有一种熟悉的无聊和紧张气氛我。我穿过门，走进候诊室，那里有一种熟悉的无聊和紧张气氛我。What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to b
5、e What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one?one?A clown doctor is _clown who works as part A clown doctor is _clown who works as part of a programme_”; the clown of a programme_”; the clown doctor helps _by_. doctor helps _by_. The author chose to be a clown doctor because of hi
6、s The author chose to be a clown doctor because of his _experience of _experience of going to hospital when he was a kid.going to hospital when he was a kid.a specially trained a specially trained known as “hospital clowningknown as “hospital clowningpatienpatientstsentertaining thementertaining the
7、mfrightening and boring frightening and boring What does the phrase “do the trick “ in Paragraph 5 mean?What does the phrase “do the trick “ in Paragraph 5 mean?_I succeeded in making Lara feel better /helping Lara.I succeeded in making Lara feel better /helping Lara.Supposing you are the author , i
8、magine how do Supposing you are the author , imagine how do you feel after a days work?you feel after a days work?_Complete the job advertisement.Complete the job advertisement.health care health care facilitiesfacilitiesthe hospital the hospital staffstaffmagic tricksmagic tricksa friendlier place
9、to a friendlier place to visitvisitActivity 4 Activity 4 nervous ,pain or boredActivity 5Similaritiesu wear white coatsu work in hospitals or other health care facilitiesu aim to make patients and their family members feel better.Clown doctorsu train as actorsu put on curly rainbow wigs andu big red
10、 nosesu may have no or little medical knowledgeu usually help childrenu cant do medical examinations for patientsu cheer up patients, their families, and the hospital staffMedical doctorsu need medical trainingu neednt act as actors but humour is preferredu usually have a doctors degreeu usually hel
11、p patients of all agesu give medical prescriptionsu relieve patients physical painu .Difference Difference What is your understanding of the saying “laughter is the best What is your understanding of the saying “laughter is the best medicine ? Do you agree with it ? Why ?medicine ? Do you agree with
12、 it ? Why ?Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face .Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face . - Victor Hugo- Victor HugoA good laugh is sunshine in a house .A good laugh is sunshine in a house . - Thackeray - Thackeray Laughter is a powerful cure for stress and
13、pain .Laughter is a powerful cure for stress and pain .Laughter keep you concentrated and ready to act .Laughter keep you concentrated and ready to act .Laughter help you stay healthy and energetic.Laughter help you stay healthy and energetic. Write a letter to reply to the advertisement in Activity
14、 4 Write a letter to reply to the advertisement in Activity 4 apply for the position of a clown doctor.apply for the position of a clown doctor.Dear Dear _Laughter is infectious .Laughter is infectious .Share our laughter ,which can unite us together and increase Share our laughter ,which can unite
15、us together and increase happiness and understanding.happiness and understanding.The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed. -Chamfort(famous French writer)laughed. -Chamfort(famous French writer)Keep smiling everyday Keep smiling everyday
