1、Starting outWatch the video and answer the questionsPossible answer:Yes,I have.I laugh now and then,and forget those unphappy thigs.Maybe Ill develop a more positive attitude towads life.1.What forms of comedey are mentioned in the video?Possible answer:Stage plays with happy endings comedy acts wit
2、h clowns,cross-talk,stand-up,sitcom and comedy film.2.Have you ever been to a comedy show?Share your experience with the class.Complete the questionnaire and find out if you are fun to be with?Understanding ideasLook at the pictures and tick the places where you would expect to see a clown.Now share
3、 what you know about clowns with the class.Read the passage and find out what is special about this clowns job.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 ne
4、rvousness and make them feel better.Fast-readinga.Which patient is in need of the clown doctors attention and why?b.What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one?c.How does the author feel after a days work?d.What are the responsibilities of a clown doctor?e.How does the clown docto
5、r help the patient?f.What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working environment like?a.Which patient is in need of the clown doctors attention and why?a-Para.2 A small girl called Lara is in need of the clown doctors attention,because she fell off her bicycle and spent her time crying in p
6、ain.b.What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one?b-Para.3 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 frig
7、htening and boring experience of going to hospital when he was a kid.d.What are the responsibilities of a clown doctor?d-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.Ho
8、w does the clown doctor help the patient?e-Para.5 He gets the patients attention by doing a magic trick he produces the patients sock from out of his pocket.f.What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working environment like?f-Para.1 This clown doctor wears a white coat,a curly rainbow wig,a
9、nd a big red nose.His working environment is boring and tense.Careful-readingCLOWN DOCTORS WANTED!CLOWN DOCTORS WANTED!EmployerJobThe Healthy Humour Foundation Clown Doctor(part-time)Organise information from the passage and complete the job advertisement.Careful-reading visit hospitals and other 1
10、_ on a weekly basis entertain young patients who are feeling 2 _ cheer up the patients,their families and 3 _ sing songs,tell stories and jokes,and do 4 _ help make the hospital 5 _health care facilitiesnervous,pain or boredthe hospital staffmagic tricksa friendlier place to visitResponsibilitiesCom
11、plete the diagram comparing clown doctors and medical doctors.Similarities_ Clown doctorsMedical doctorstrain as actors_ need medical training _ Similaritieswear white coats work in hospitals or other health care facilities aim to make patients and their family members feel betterDifferencesClown do
12、ctorsMedical doctors train as actors put on curly rainbow wigs and big red noses may have no or little medical knowledge usually help children cant do medical examinations for patients cheer up patients,their families,and the hospital staff need medical training neednt act as actors but humour is pr
13、eferred,of course usually help patients of all ages give medical prescriptions relieve patients physical painThink&Share1.How important do you think clown doctors are?2.What is your understanding of the saying“laughter is the best medicine”?Do you agree with it?Why?3.Would you like to work as a clow
14、n doctor?Why or why not?4.How does the diagram in Activity 5 help you to better understand the passage?Language pointsP1:1.be fun to be with2.apologise for3.sense of humour4.walk off5.invite sb on an adventure6.get lost in7.stay positive8.find ones way back9.receive a present from10.a good/funny jok
15、e11.laugh about12.feel hurt13.fall over14.in a dramatic way15.get back up1.和在一起很开心2.因为而道歉3.幽默感4.离开；带走；用散步消除5.邀请某人进行一场冒险6.迷失在，陷入；沉迷于7.保持积极的态度8.找到回去的路9.收到的礼物10.好笑的笑话11.对一笑了之12.感到受伤的13.跌倒，摔倒；绊了一跤14.以一种创造性的方式15.重新站/爬起来P2-P41.walk through2.sit uncomfortably on3.look through4.hundreds of times5.spot a sma
16、ll girl6.on-duty7.rush sb to the hospital8.fall off9.spend time doing sth10.put on wig1.步行穿过2.别扭地坐在上3.浏览，温习；看穿，识破4.数百次，几百次5.注意到一个女孩6.值班的，上班的 adj7.快速送某人去医院8.从跌落；下降9.花费时间按做某事10.带上假发11.in pain12.treat ones injury13.work as14.(be)know as 15.do a great job16.be designed for17.more than18.health care faci
17、lities19.medical prossionals20.cheer up11.处于痛苦中，疼痛12.治疗某人的伤痛13.以身份而工作14.作为而著称15.做得很好16.为设计17.非常18.医疗保健机构19.专业医疗人员20.（使）高兴起来，（使）振作起来21.more often than not22.feel like doing23.work closely with24.do the trick25.concentrate on26.get ones attention27.in turn 28.as for/to29.take off30.wear a smile21.通常；多
18、半22.想要做；喜欢做23.与密切合作 24.奏效，达到预期效果25.集中精力与；全神贯注于26.引起某人的注意27.反过来；转而；轮流，依次28.关注，至于；就方面说29.脱下，摘下30.带着笑容；面带笑容31.wear a beard32.after all33.in need of34.on a weekly basis31.留胡须32.毕竟；终究；别忘了33.需要34.以周为单位1.As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat,I look just like any other doctor.本句中的as引导时间状语从句，意为“当时
19、”；wearing my white coat作伴随状语，其逻辑主语为I，两者为主动关系。在any other doctor中，any意为“任何一个任何一个”，所以doctor用单数形式。当我穿着白大褂走向医院的时候，我看起来跟其他医生当我穿着白大褂走向医院的时候，我看起来跟其他医生一样。一样。2.People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs,looking through old magazines,all of which have been read hundreds of times previously.all of which引导非限制性定语
20、从句，修饰old magazines人们别扭地坐在塑料椅上，翻阅着那些已经被读人们别扭地坐在塑料椅上，翻阅着那些已经被读过几百次的旧杂志。过几百次的旧杂志。3.Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.what they can是省略句，补充完整是what they can do。焦虑的父母们正竭尽所能安抚紧张哭闹的孩子。焦虑的父母们正竭尽所能安抚紧张哭闹的孩子。l l4.In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl wh
21、ose ankle is twice its normal size.twice its normal size意为“是它正常大小的两倍大”。这是固定句式，其中twice作限定词，后面接度量名词（表示大小、高度、长度、重量、数量、宽度等），twice也可以换为其他表示倍数的表达，即.times（倍数）+the/its+size/height/length/weight/amount/width+of。就在这样的场景里，我注意到一个小女孩，就在这样的场景里，我注意到一个小女孩，她的脚踝肿成了原来的两倍。她的脚踝肿成了原来的两倍。5.I speak with the on-duty nurse,w
22、ho tells me that Laras parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle.rush在本句中是及物动词，意为to take or send someone or something somewhere very quickly because of an unexpected problem“（尤因意外事件而）急送（某人或某物去某处）”。我 和当值护士交谈时她告诉我，拉拉从自行车上摔下来，她的父母匆忙将她送到医院。6.Although its the doctors and nurses wh
23、o will treat her injury,its my job to make her feel better.强调句式的结构是：it+be+强调的部分（主语/宾语/状语）+that（如果强调人，可以用who）+句子的剩余部分”尽管为她治疗伤痛的是医生和护士，但让她的心情变尽管为她治疗伤痛的是医生和护士，但让她的心情变好则是我的工作。好则是我的工作。7.Seeing their daughter so much happier has in turn made Laras parents more relaxed.Seeing their daughter so much happier是现在分词结构作主语。本句中的in turn意为“反过来反过来”，除此意外，in turn还有“轮流，依次轮流，依次”之意。看到女儿破涕为笑，拉拉的父母也松了一口气。HomeworkTry to speak out the similarities and differences between clown doctors and medical doctors in your own words.
