1、Lesson 2 新新北师大选择性必修北师大选择性必修Book 2 Unit 4 HUMOURAfter this lesson,Ss should be able to：1)Listen and get the general information of the speech；2)Finish the dictation；3)Talk about the benefits of humor based on your own experience.(story)period 1Recall and Review What is humor?What can it do for us?(课本
2、课本P12)LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDING1.Listen to Part 1 of a speech about 1.Listen to Part 1 of a speech about humorhumor.1)What question does the speaker try to answer in his speech?2)From what aspects will he further discuss the question?Why do we need humour?The physical effects and psychological effect
3、s of humour.Firstly,laughter helps _.It _ in our body,and the effects can be felt for _ after a good laugh.Also,a good laugh _ to the heart and _ of blood vessels,which helps protect us from _.Finally,when we laugh,the level of stress chemicals in our body _,and the number of immune cells in our bod
4、y _.Both mean that our body is better able to _.2.Listen to Part 2.Complete the lists of 2.Listen to Part 2.Complete the lists of physical effects Then talk about them in physical effects Then talk about them in pairs.pairs.relieve tension relaxes the musclesas long as 45 minutesincreases blood flow
5、improves the functionheart diseasefallsincreasesfight infection3.Listen to Part 3.Complete the information about the two psychological effects of humor on our mind.（1 1）The two-way effect between smiling and mood:The two-way effect between smiling and mood:When were happy,_When we smile,even if we d
6、ont feel like it,it can also _._we naturally smile.make us feel happy.（2）Far-reaching effects of humor:It means that it will have a _ on how we live.If we are in a bad mood,we are likely to express_;and this makes those around us down,too.But if we always try to be positive and funny,people will _ a
7、nd feel energised.great influencenegative attitudes and feelingsenjoy our company4.Listen to the speech again.Write down the questions that the speaker used in it.Then answer these questions and think about the reasons why the speaker uses them.What can humor do for us?Humor has both physical and ps
8、ychological effects.Does it mean there is a relation between smiling and mood?YES.Humor also has psychological effects on our mind.What does“far-reaching effects”mean?It means it will have a great influence on how we live.Think and ShareWhy does the speaker use questions in his speech?Some speakers
9、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 they are making.Draw a Mind MapQuestion physicalFirstly AlsoFinallypsychologicalmoodlifeattitudeperiod 2Activity 6 Listen to a dialogu
10、e and find out Mikes embarrassing situation and his way to handle it.1.Mikes embarrassing situation:He kept on _.2.His way to handle the situation:He used _.He just started laughing and said,“Oh dear,one of these days Im going to _!”getting the hosts name wronga joke about himself to solve the embar
11、rassments.forget my own nameListen and imitate.Complete the Talk Builder.For example,For instance,One example of this 1._ is that you can use humour to get people to laugh at you.2._,if you accidentally pour coffee all over yourself,you can laugh at yourself or make a joke about it.3.You can say,_,“
12、My T-shirt also wants to have a cup of coffee.”One example of thisFor instance for example5.in a similar case 6.to illustrate 7.to give you an idea 8.suppose that More ways to say“for example”1.such as2.lets say 3.examples include 4.imagine thatSummary:Why do we need humour?Physical Physical benefitsbenefitsDeal with Deal with an awkward an awkward situationsituationPsychologicaPsychological benefitsl benefitsLevel 1Level 2Level 3HomeworkHomework Note down the benefits of Note down the benefits of humor based on your own humor based on your own experienceexperience
