1、【版本：外研册别：选择性必修一】【版本：外研册别：选择性必修一】contentsLanguage pointsPost-readingCareful readingFast readingPre-readingHomeworkIIIIIIIVVVIIPre-reading1.What forms of comedy are mentioned in the video?2.Have you ever been to a comedy show?Share your experience with the class.What forms of comedy are mentioned in t
2、he video？Stage plays with happy endings,comedy acts with clowns,cross-talk,stand-up,sitcom and comedy film.Share what you know about clowns with the class.Read the passage(P2-3)and find out what is special about this clowns job.IIFast-reading2.Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the a
3、nswers.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
4、 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 w
5、ith 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.2.Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers.a.Which patient is in need of the clown doc
6、tors attention and why?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 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
7、 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 days work?He is still wearing a big sm
8、ile 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 pat
9、ients,their families and the hospital staff.e.How does the clown doctor help the patient?He gets the patients attention by doing a magic trick he produces the patients sock from out of his pocket.Para.5 f.What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working environment like?Para.1 This clown doc
10、tor wears a white coat,a curly rainbow wig,and a big red nose.His working environment is boring and tense.IIICareful readingResponsibilities visit hospitals and other 1_ on a weekly basis entertain young patients who are feeling 2_ _ cheer up the patients,their families and 3_ sing songs,tell storie
11、s and jokes,and do 4_ help make the hospital 5_health care facilitiesnervous,pain or boredthe hospital staffmagic tricksa friendlier place to visitYou may start like this:Id like to work as a clown doctor because its helpful.I wouldnt like to be a clown doctor because I am a serious person.Similarit
12、ieswear white coats work in hospitals or other health care facilitiesaim to make patients and their family members feel better DifferencesClown doctorsMedical doctorstrain as actors put on curly rainbow wigs and big red noses may have no or little medical knowledge usually help children cant do medi
13、cal examinations for patients cheer up patients,their families,and the hospital staffneed medical training neednt act as actors but humour is preferred,of course usually help patients of all ages give medical prescriptions relieve patients physical painThe diagram helps us have a better understandin
14、g of clown doctors.The diagram makes it easier to understand the details.Venn diagram(维恩图)IVPost-reading1.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?Discuss the following questions with your group m
15、embers and share your ideas with the class.1.How important do you think clown doctors are?I think the clown doctors are quite important because they help the children who are suffering from the painful illnesses feel better and make their parents more relaxed.Various answers are welcome.Just speak i
16、t out!You may start like this:uLaughter has a similar effect to physical exercise.It speeds up our heart rate,increases our blood pressure and quickens our breathing.2.What is your understanding of the saying“laughter is the best medicine”?Do you agree with it?Why?uLaughter is actually a powerful we
17、apon against stress,heart disease and problems with the immune system.Language pointsVImportant phrasesin pain be designed forcheer upconcentrate ontake off穿上；戴上；增加浏览处于痛苦中跌落；下降为所设计使振奋；使高兴专注于；集中精力于脱下；起飞；突然成功put onlook throughfall off When I wear my white coat and come near to the hospital,I am like a
18、 medical doctor just like other doctors.Important sentences 1.As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat,I look just like any other doctor.Paraphrase本句中的as引导时间状语从句，意为“当时”；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”，所以doctor用单数形式。As I approach the hospital wearing
19、my white coat,I look just like any other doctor.approach在这里是及物动词，意为“接近”。approach 还可作不及物动词，意为“临近；走近”。Our holiday is approaching but we still havent decided where to go.假期已经临近了，可是我们还没决定好去哪儿。approach 还可作名词，意为“方式；路径”，常与介词to搭配使用，构成the approach to。Important sentences People sit on plastic chairs uncomfort
20、ably,reading old magazines,which have been read a lot of times before.2.People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs,looking through old magazines,all of which have been read hundreds of times previously.Paraphraselooking through old magazines 作伴随状语，其逻辑主语为people，两者为主动关系。Important sentencesPeople sit u
21、ncomfortably on plastic chairs,looking through old magazines,all of which have been read hundreds of times previously.all of which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰old magazines。Important sentences 老师面带微笑地走进教室。Our teacher came into the classroom,_(smile).怀特先生有三个儿子，他们都很勇敢。(非限制性定语从句)Mr White has three sons,_ are brave.smi
22、ling all of whom即学即练 Anxious parents do everything they can to comfort nervous and crying children.3.Anxious parents do what they can to comfort nervous and crying children.Paraphrasewhat they can是省略句，补充完整是what they can do。to comfort.是动词不定式作目的状语。Important sentences In the middle of this special scen
23、e I notice a small girl;this girls ankle is two times bigger than its normal size.4.In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size.Paraphrasewhose ankle is twice its normal size 是定语从句，修饰先行词girl。Important sentences In the middle of this particular scen
24、e I spot a small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size.twice its normal size意为“是它正常大小的两倍大”。这是固定词块，其中twice作限定词，后接度量名词（表示大小、高度、长度、重量、数量、宽度等）。twice也可换为其他表示倍数的表达，即.times（倍数）+the/its+size/height/length/weight/amount/width+of。Important sentences .times（倍数）+the/its+size/height/length/weight/amount /wid
25、th+ofThe new house is four times the size of the old one.新房子是旧房子的四倍大。当你研究当地的地图时，你会发现这座城镇是那座的两倍大。When you study the local map,youll find _.this town is twice the size of that oneImportant sentences 汉译英 I speak with the nurse on duty,who tells me that Laras parents sent her to the hospital quickly aft
26、er she fell off her bicycle.5.I speak with the on-duty nurse,who tells me that Laras parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle.Paraphrasewho tells me that Laras parents rushed her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle是非限制性定语从句，先行词为nurse。Important sentences I speak wi
27、th the on-duty nurse,who 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）”。Dan was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries.Dan
28、 因头部重伤被急速送往医院。Important sentences rush还可作不及物动词，意为to move very quickly,especially because you need to be somewhere very soon“（尤因赶路而）急速行进，冲，奔”。Dont rush off,I havent finished.别急着走哇，我还没说完呢。rush还可作名词，意为“匆忙；高峰期”。The men left in a rush.这些男人匆匆离开了。rush hour（上下班交通）高峰期Important sentences Not like the job of t
29、he doctors and nurses which is to treat her injury,my job is to make her feel better.6.Although its the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury,its my job to make her feel better.ParaphraseImportant sentences its the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury是强调句式。本句的非强调句式是Although the doctor
30、s and nurses will treat her injury,its my job to make her feel better.Although its the doctors and nurses who will treat her injury,its my job to make her feel better.强调句式的结构：it+be+强调的部分（主语/宾语/状语）+that（如果强调人，也可用who）+句子剩余部分思考：强调句式的结构是什么？是因为大雨我才迟到了。Important sentences It was because of the heavy rain
31、that I was late.用强调句式对“I saw her yesterday in the teachers office”这句话中的不同成分进行改写:强调地点状语 强调时间状语 强调宾语It was in the teachers office that I saw her yesterday.It was yesterday that I saw her in the teachers office.It was her that/who I saw yesterday in the teachers office.即学即练7.Seeing their daughter so mu
32、ch happier has in turn made Laras parents more relaxed.Seeing their daughter so much happier是动名词短语作主语。本句中的in turn意为“反过来”，此外，in turn还有“轮流，依次”之意。Important sentences VIHomework1.Surf the Internet to get more information about the clown doctors;2.Try to speak out the similarities and differences between clown doctors and medical doctors in your own words.
