1、Unit 4 HumourLesson 2 Period 1Group Work:Share humorous things you have heard or experienced.humorous thingsStories between your friendsStories between your parentsStories between your teachersStories of othersStories of your ownWarming-upPre-listeningGroup Work:Talk about your understanding of humo
2、ur and what it can do for us.NoImagepsychological effectsphysical effects adj.bodily身体的身体的adj.of mind心理的心理的Pre-listeningto be hard-wired into usto make the level of stress chemicals fallto have an influence on ones attitudes and feelingsto relieve tensionto make our life interestingto relax the musc
3、les in our bodyPre-listening1 I think humour is anything that causes amusement.2 I think humour is something that evokes(引起，唤起引起，唤起)laughter.3 I think humour can help us win friends.4 I think humour prolongs(延长延长)our life.5 Examples:I think humour is hard-wired into us.While-listening1.What question
4、 does the speaker try to answer in his speech?What is humour?What kinds of humour are there?Why do we need humour?How to produce humour?2.From what aspects will he further discuss the question?Psychological effects?Physical effects?You will be listening to a speech about the effects of humour.Predic
5、t the answers to the questions,then listen to check.While-listeningListen to part 2 of the speech.Complete the list of physical effects that humour can have on our body.Then talk about them in pairs.Firstly,laughter helps 1 relieve tension.It 2 relaxes the muscles in our body,and the effects can be
6、felt for 3 as long as 45 minutes to the heart after a good laugh.Also,a good laugh 4 increases the blood flow to the heart and 5 improves the function of blood vessels,which helps protect us from 6 heart disease.Finally,when we laugh,the level of stress chemicals in our body 7 falls,and the number o
7、f immune cells in our body 8 increases.Both mean that our body is better able to 9 fight infection.The twoway effect between smiling and mood:While-listeningListen to part 3.Complete the information about the two psychological effects of humour on our mind.Far-reaching effects of humour:It means tha
8、t it will have a great influence on how we live.If we are in a bad mood,we are likely to express negative attitudes and feelings;and this makes those around us down,too.But if we always try to be positive and funny,people will enjoy our company and feel energised.When were happy we naturally smile.W
9、hen we smile,even if we dont feel like it,it can also make us feel happy.While-listeningUsing Questions to Draw AttentionSome speakers use questions from time to time to draw the audiences attention.Then they provide answers to the questions.In this way,it helps the audience to understand the points
10、 they are making.Listen carefully to the questions and focus on the answers.While-listeningListen to the speech again.Write down the questions that the speaker used in his speech.Then summarise the questions that the speaker used in his speech.What can humour do for us?According to recent research,h
11、umour has both physical and psychological effects.Does it mean there is a relation between smiling and mood?The answer is YES.What does“far-reaching effects”mean?It means that it will have a great influence on how we live.While-listeningListen to a dialogue and find out Mikes embarrassing situation
12、and his way to handle it.Mikes embarrassing situation:He kept on getting the hosts name wrong.His way to handle the situation:He made humour to get people laugh at him.He just started laughing and said,“Oh dear,one of these days Im going to forget my own name!”How can examples help a person to under
13、stand a situation?While-listeningListen and imitate.Complete the Talk Builder.For exampleFor instanceOne example of thisTalk BuilderElaborating with Examples1 One of the example of this is that you can use humour to get people to laugh at you.2 For instance,if you accidentally pour coffee all over y
14、ourself,you can laugh at yourself or make a joke about it.3 You can say,for example,“My T-shirt also wants to have a cup of coffee.”Post-listeningGroup Work:Talk about the benefits of humour based on your own experience and elaborate on them with examples.AssignmentOrganise your discussion into a sh
15、ort passage,and then share it in class.Try to use as many newly-learned expressions as possible.1.What is the topic of the radio interview?2.What have been discussed in the speech?3.What have you learnt from the interview?RecallingHumour.Why we need humour;physical effects;psychological effects.Note
16、s to relieve tension 缓解焦虑tensionn.1.（情绪上的）紧张 a feeling of anxiety and stress We laughed and that helped ease the tension.我们笑了，因而使紧张的情绪缓和下来。2.紧张局势 a situation where people may attack each other political tension 政治紧张Notestenseadj.1.紧张的 nervous or worried He is a very tense person.他是个神经非常紧张的人。2.令人紧张的
17、The atmosphere in the meeting was getting more and more tense.会议的气氛越来越紧张。n.时态 the past tense 过去时 Derivative Notes Complete the list of physical effects that humour can have on our body.physicaladj.1.身体的 physical appearance 外貌2.物质的，客观存在的 the physical world 客观世界physics 物理学physician 物理学家；（内科）医生Derivati
18、ve Notes Also,a good laugh increases the blood flow to the heart and improves the function of blood vessels.bloodn.血He lost a lot of blood in the accident.他在那场事故中流了很多血。bloodyadj.1.血腥的，残暴的 a bloody battle 一场血战Derivative Notes2.血淋淋的 to give sb a bloody nose 把某人打得鼻孔流血bleedvi.流血His head had struck the s
19、ink and was bleeding.他的头撞到了洗脸池上，正在流血。Notes Complete the information about the two psychological effects of humour on our mind.psychologicaladj.心理的1.psychology 心理学2.-ology 学biology 生物学 physiology 生理学geology 地质学 sociology 社会学Derivative Notes Far-reaching effects of humourfar-reachingadj.影响深远的far-reach
20、ing consequences/changes 影响深远的后果/改变adv.-doing adj.hard-working 勤奋的well-meaning 善意的far-seeing 有远见的naturally-occurring 自然发生的Derivative Notes Both mean that our body is better able to fight infection.infectionn.感染，传染 increase the risk of infection 增加传染的危险infectvt.使感染(疾病/感情)be infected with If you are b
21、itten by a dog,you may be infected with a terrible diseaserabies.如果被狗咬了，你就可能会染上一种可怕的疾病狂犬病。She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music.她对音乐的热爱感染了孩子们。Derivative Notes Besides,when we incorporate humour as part of our life attitude,incorporatevt.把并入，包含 to include The new car design incorpor
22、ates all the latest safety features.新的汽车设计包括了所有最新的安全配备。corporation n.（大）公司cooperate vi.合作Derivative Notes After a while,somebody whispered in my ear whispervi/vt.低语 She whispered to me that she was afraid.她低声对我说她害怕。n.1.低语 They spoke in whispers.She spoke in a whisper.2.谣言 rumor Ive heard whispers th
23、at hes leaving.我听人传说他要走。Notes I make a joke about myself and that helped solve all the embarrassments.embarrassmentn.窘迫，尴尬 a feeling of being embarrassed Much to her embarrassment,everybody had been listening to her singing.大家一直在听她唱歌，她感到很不好意思。embarrass v.使尴尬embarrassing adj.令人尴尬的embarrassed adj.尴尬的D
24、erivative Notes if you accidentally pour coffee all over yourself accidentallyadv.偶然地，意外地 by accident We met accidentally/by accident at the airport.deliberately/on purpose 故意地accidental adj.偶然的，意外的accident n.事故，意外Derivative Notes without being rude about laughing at someone elses expense.expensen.费用，价钱 living expenses 生活费用at great expense 花大价钱The garden was transformed at great expense.花园改建花了大价钱。at sbs expense 在某人受损的情况下，以某人为代价He is having fun at our expense.他在拿咱们寻开心。Derivative Finish Exercise 1 and 2 on P78 in your workbook.AssignmentGoodbye!
