1、Unit 1 Laughter is good for you笑是最好的良药。实验证明笑确实能起到治病的作用。There is an English saying that “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently，few people took the saying seriously.Now however，doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.They have found that laughter can
2、really improve peoples health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts，blood pressure，breathing and muscles.It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure， makes
3、 the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper， it also works on several groups of muscles in the face，the stomach，and even the feet.If laughter exercises the body，it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effects of pain on the body.In one
4、experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐)the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical i
5、n the brain which reduces both stress and pain.As a result of these discoveries，some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics，in which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh.They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing
6、，making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.词海拾贝1look into 调查；观察2improve peoples health 改善人们的健康3carry out 执行；实行4physical exercise 身体锻炼；体育运动5work on 对起作用6reduce pain 减少疼痛7as a result of 因此；由于；作为的结果8even if 即使；虽然9feel like doing 想做某事Period One Welcome
7、 to the unit & Reading.单词自测1weekly adj.每周的 adv.每周(一次) n周刊；周报 2stage n舞台；阶段，时期3tease vt.取笑；揶揄；戏弄4previous adj.先前的，以往的5variety n( 同一事物)不同种类；多种样式various adj.不同的，各种各样的6behave vi.& vt.表现behaviour n表现7visual adj.视觉的8hammer n锤子，榔头 vt.敲，捶打9performance n表演，演出；表现，业绩perform vt.& vi.表演，演出，做，履行；工作，运转performer n演
8、员；表演者10affection n钟爱，喜爱affect vt.影响；感动；喜爱11academy n研究院，学会；专科院校12little known adj.鲜为人知的13technical adj.技术的；技能的technology n技术14howl vi.大叫，嚎叫 n嚎叫，喊叫声15amuse vt.逗笑，逗乐；提供 (消遣)，(使)娱乐amusement n娱乐16saying n格言，谚语，警句17mourn vi.& vt.哀悼，忧伤.短语默写1stand_up_for 支持，拥护2trip_over 绊倒3make_fun_of 拿开玩笑；取笑，嘲弄4have affec
9、tion for 喜爱，钟爱5come up with 想出；拿出6pass away 去世，亡故阅读清障stand up for 支持，维护humour n.幽默standup/st ndp/n.单口喜剧 adj.(喜剧)单人表演的stage/ste d/n.舞台；阶段，时期that is done on a stage.是关系代词 that 引导的定语从句，修饰 a kind of comedy。comedian/kmid n/n.喜剧演员，滑稽演员straight adv.直接现在分词短语 talking straight to audience members 作后置定语，修饰 a c
10、omedian，相当于定语从句 who talks straight to.。tease/tiz/vt.取笑；揶揄；戏弄previous/privs/adj.先前的，以往的variety/vrat /n.(同一事物)不同种类；多种样式a variety of 不同种类的，各种各样的style/sta l/n.风格；方式；样式people behave 是定语从句，修饰 the way。在语意上，the way people behave 可理解为 how people behave。behave/bhev/vi.& vt.表现queue up 排队rely on 依靠，依赖；信任，信赖visu
11、al/vl/adj.视觉的hammer/hm(r)/n.锤子，榔头 vt.敲，捶打point to 指向，指着have been playing 是现在完成进行时，表示动作一直在进行。trip/trIp/vi.& vt.绊，(使)绊倒trip over 绊倒in order to 为了；以便absurd adj.不合理的；可笑的performance/pfmns/n.表演，演出；表现，业绩do impressions 滑稽模仿 21 make fun of 拿开玩笑；取笑，嘲弄 22 while this kind of humour may sound cruel 是 while 引导的让步
12、状语从句。affection/fekn/n.喜爱，钟爱 23 have affection for 喜爱，钟爱become famous as 作为而出名 24 performer/pfm(r)/n.演员；表演者 25 later on 后来 26 go on to do sth 接着做另一件事 27 who have gone on to act in films 是关系代词 who 引导的定语从句，修饰 other standup comedians。go on doing sth 继续做某事academy/kdm/n.研究院，学会；专科院校 28 the Academy Awards 学
13、院奖，又称奥斯卡金像奖。 29 perform/pfm/vt.& vi.演出，表演；做，履行；工作，运转 30 routine n.例行公事；常规，惯例 31 millions of 数以百万计的 32 be broadcast live 被现场直播 33 littleknown/l tlnn/adj.鲜为人知的 34 it is because.这是因为，because 引导的是表语从句。as a child 相当于状语从句 when he was a child。while standing in front of the mirror 是状语从句 while he was standin
14、g in front of the mirror 的省略形式现在分词短语 brushing his teeth 作伴随状语。One reason(why).is that.的原因之一是先行词是 reason，后接 why 引导的定语从句，why 可以省略。that 引导的是表语从句。come up with 想出；拿出 35 who had acted in films.是关系代词 who 引导的非限制性定语从句。give a speech 演讲；发言 36 technical/teknkl/adj.技术的；技能的 37 lip/lp/n.嘴唇 38 instead of 代替；而不是 39
15、instead adv.相反，而，却he had planned 是省略了关系代词 that/which 的定语从句，修饰 the joke。make up 编造；虚构 40 It seems adj .that.是常用句型，it 是形式主语，that 引导的从句作真正主语。silent film n.无声电影 41 howl/hal/vi.大叫，嚎叫 n.嚎叫，喊叫声 42 be popular with sb 受某人喜爱 43 amuse/mjuz/ vt.逗笑，逗乐；提供(消遣)，(使) 娱乐 44 follow in the footsteps of sb 追随某人；效仿某人 45 s
16、uch as 诸如之类的；例如 46 keep(on) doing sth 继续做某事；一直做某事 47 who lived to be 100 years old.是关系代词 who 引导的非限制性定语从句。be good for 对有益；对 有好处 48 have an effect on 对有影响 49 that people who laugh a lot live longer 是宾语从句，作 discovered 的宾语。其中 who laugh a lot是定语从句，修饰 people。whatever the reason(is)是让步状语从句。saying/se/n.格言，谚
17、语，警句 50 as the saying goes 常言道，俗话说after all 毕竟，终究, 51 原文呈现Stand up for your health!People have always enjoyed laughing，and there has always been humour .One favourite type of comedy is called standup .Standup is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience memb
18、ers.A standup comedian may tease an audience member，or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes.Types of standupThere are a variety of different styles of standup comedy.Some comedians tell jokes about the way people behaveor about dai
19、ly life.For example，they may talk about how people act when they queue up，or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella.Other comedians rely onvisual humour.Their humour may be inspired by objects.For example，one comedian uses a huge hammer to break watermelons while he makes jokes
20、 about what he is doing.Another comedian points to a video tennis game and says，Ive been playing tennis every day for a month.I dont understand why I am not losing weight！Yet other comedians may trip over chairs，walk into doors，and fall down on stage in order to make people laugh.This kind of absurd
21、 humour is not very funny if you are only listening and not watching the comedians performance. The last kind of comedian does impressions he or she will act or speak like a well-known person in order to make 21 fun of that person.While this kind of humour may sound cruel，it usually only works if bo
22、th the 22 comedian and the audience have affection for or admire the person being made fun of. 23 A famous comedianOnly a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film performers later 24 25 on in life.One such person is Billy Crystal.Like other stand-up comedians who have gone on
23、 to act 26 27 in films，Crystal still enjoys stand-up.People around the world enjoy watching him when he hosts the Academy Awards .He has hosted the show nine times.Each time，he performs his stand-up 28 29 30 routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV.One little-know
24、n 31 32 33 34 fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards， he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.He says it is because when he started practising stand-up as a child，he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror，brushing his teethOne reason Crystal ha
25、s become so famous is that he is very quick thinking，and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.When Crystal was the host of the 35 2004 Academy Awards，a very old actor，who had acted in films before they had sound，gave a speech .He talked for several minutes，b
26、ut there was a technical problem，and no one in the 36 37 audience could hear him.They could only see him standing there moving his lips .Instead of telling 38 39 the joke he had planned，Crystal made up a new one.He said， It seems appropriate that he got his 40 start in silent films ！The audience how
27、led with laughter. 41 42 Crystal is popular with all age groups and has the ability to amuse people all over the 43 44 world.This proves that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.You can expect to hear a lot more from Billy Crystalhe has no plans to stop making films，or to stop telling jokes.He hopes
28、 to follow in the footsteps of other famous comedians，such as Bob Hope and George Burns，who lived to be 100 45 46 years old and kept working until nearly the end of their lives 47 Laughter is good for your health! 48 Nowadays，stand-up comedy is popular all over the world.Doctors have been researchin
29、g what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us，and have discovered that people who laugh 49 a lot live longerThey say this is because when you laugh，your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you.Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain.M
30、aybe this explains the long lives of men like Bob Hope and George Burns.Whatever the reason， research shows that in the end，the English saying ，Laughter is the best medicine， 50 may be true after all .So，go and make someone laughit just might help them (and you) live 51 longer.课文译文欣赏单口喜剧，促进身心健康！人们总是
31、爱笑，幽默无时不在。一种深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。单口喜剧是一种由一位喜剧演员在舞台上直接与观众交流而表演的喜剧。单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众对之前的玩笑的反应随机应变，讲各种笑话。单口喜剧的类型单口喜剧有很多不同的类型。有些喜剧演员拿人们的行为方式来开玩笑，或者讲有关日常生活的笑话。例如，他们可能会谈论人们排队时的举动，或者可能问为什么偏偏在你忘记带雨伞时天会下雨。另外一些喜剧演员依靠视觉幽默，他们的幽默可以是由物品激发的。例如，某个喜剧演员一边拿着个巨大的锤子去砸西瓜，一边以此说着笑话。另一个喜剧演员指着电脑网球游戏说:“我每天都打网球，已经一个月了。我就是
32、搞不懂体重为什么一点也降不下来！”还有些别的喜剧演员可能玩这些把戏逗笑观众:被椅子绊倒，撞到了房门上，或是跌倒在舞台上。如果你只是听而不看喜剧演员的表演，这种荒唐的幽默就不搞笑了。最后一种是滑稽模仿，这类喜剧演员模仿某个名人的言谈举止以打趣这个名人。这种幽默虽然听起来可能有点刻薄，但通常只有当喜剧演员和观众都喜欢或者崇拜这个被打趣的对象时，这种幽默才奏效。一位著名的喜剧演员只有为数不多的单口喜剧演员在之后的生涯中成为走红的影视明星。一个成功的例子就是比利克里斯托。与其他转向电影表演的单口喜剧演员一样，克里斯托依然热爱单口喜剧。全世界的观众都喜爱看他主持的奥斯卡颁奖典礼。他已主持了九届奥斯卡颁奖
33、典礼。每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼电视直播的时候，他都会在数百万观众面前表演他的单口喜剧节目。这里有一个鲜为人知的事实:每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼的时候，克里斯托总要在自己的口袋里放一把牙刷以求好运。他说，这是因为在他小时候开始练习单口喜剧时，他会站在镜子面前，边刷牙边对自己讲笑话。克里斯托之所以如此出名，原因之一就是他思维非常敏捷，常常能就身边的人或事即兴编出笑话来。当克里斯托主持 2004 年的奥斯卡颁奖典礼时，曾在无声电影中扮演过角色的一位很老的演员上台发言。他讲了几分钟，但由于技术故障，观众中没有人能够听见他在说些什么。大家只能看见他站在那里，嘴唇动个不停。见此情景，克里斯托放弃了事先准备好的笑
34、话，编了一个新的。他说:“看来，他的确适合从无声电影起家！”观众哄堂大笑。克里斯托深受各年龄段人群的喜爱，他有能力让全世界的人开心。这证明，单口喜剧能得到所有人的喜爱。你可以期待听到更多比利克里斯托的单口喜剧他尚无息影的打算，也没有停止讲笑话的想法。他希望效仿像鲍勃霍普和乔治伯恩斯等单口喜剧明星，他们都活到了一百岁，并且一直工作到生命的最后时期。笑有益健康！如今，单口喜剧流行于全世界。医务工作者们一直在研究单口喜剧和其他喜剧形式能够对我们产生什么样的影响，并已发现经常笑的人更长寿。他们说这是因为当你笑的时候，你的大脑会向全身传送有益健康的化学物质。笑有助于保持身体健康，甚至能够帮助你战胜疼痛。
35、这个说法或许能够解释像鲍勃霍普和乔治伯恩斯这样的人长寿的原因吧。不管是什么原因，研究表明，那句英语格言“笑是灵丹妙药”到头来可能真的没错。所以，行动起来，让别人笑一笑这或许能够有助于他们(还有你自己)更长寿。.根据课文内容判断正“T”误“F”1A stand up comedian is not allowed to make fun of an audience member.(F)2Quite a few standup comedians have become famous as television and film actors later on in life.(F)3The f
36、act that when Crystal hosts the Academy Awards，he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck is only known to few people.(T)4Billy Crystal has no plans to go on making films or to go on telling jokes.(F)5The reason why people who laugh a lot live longer is that when you laugh，your brain s
37、ends chemicals around your body that are good for you.(T).阅读课文，选出最佳答案1A stand up comedian _Amust be a manBcant make fun of an audience memberCmay talk directly to the audience membersDmustnt stand right there in front of the audience答案 C2What is WRONG about Billy Crystal?AHe has hosted the Academy A
38、wards nine times.BWhenever he is on stage，he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.CHe is famous for his outstanding ability of quick thinking.DHe still enjoys stand up.答案 B3From the text we know that _Ano comedians rely on visual humourBBilly Crystal plans to stop making films but n
39、ot to stop telling jokesCstandup comedy is popular all over the worldDBob Hope and George Burns lived to be 100 years old because they retired in their fifties答案 C4According to doctors，why laughter is good for you?ABecause when you laugh，your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for
40、you.BBecause laughing helps your body stay healthy.CBecause laughing helps you fight pain.DAll of the above.答案 D5Whats the authors main purpose by writing this passage?ATo introduce the standup comedy to us.BTo make us know about famous comedians like Bob Hope and George Burns.CTo tell people that l
41、aughing is the best medicine.DTo help us learn how to perform standup comedy.答案 C.细读课文，完成表格，每空一词An 1.introduction to standupStandup is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.Types of standupSome comedians tell jokes about peoples 2.behavior(s) or
42、about daily life.Other comedians rely on 3.visual humour.This kind of absurd humour is not very funny if you only listen and dont 4.watch the comedians performance.The last kind of comedian tries to 5.impress the audience by acting or speaking like a wellknown person to make 6.fun of that person.A f
43、amous comedianBilly Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times.One reason why he becomes so famous is that he is very quick thinking and is often able to 7.think of new jokes about the people and things 8.around him.He is popular with all age groups and is capable of 9.amusing people all over the
44、 world.Laughter is good for your health！Those who 10.laugh a lot live longer.Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can help you fight pain.难句分析1A stand up comedian may tease an audience member，or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous
45、jokes.句式分析 尝试翻译 单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众对他(她)以前所说的笑话的反应随机应变，讲各种笑话。2He says it is because when he started practising standup as a child，he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror，brushing his teeth.句式分析 本句为多重主从复合句，says 后接省略了引导词 that 的宾语从句；宾语从句中 because 引导表语从句，该表语从句相对复杂，其结构如下：尝试翻译 他说
46、这是因为小时候开始练习单口喜剧时，他总是站在镜子前面边刷牙边给自己讲笑话。1.previous adj.先前的，以往的语境感悟(1)(教材 P2)A standup comedian may tease an audience member，or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes.单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑，或者根据观众对他(她)前面所说的笑话的反应随机应变，讲不同的笑话。(2)Previous to the
47、conference we had discussed the matter among ourselves.在会议之前，我们讨论了这个问题。归纳拓展(1)previous to.在前；先于 (to 为介词)(2)previously adv.先前地；以前地即时跟踪 完成句子来此之前，我在伦敦工作。Previous to_coming_here，I worked in London.这项世界纪录先前由一位西班牙运动员保持着。The world record was_previously_held by a Spanish athlete.The new findings arent consi
48、stent with the _ findings at all.Aprevious BpresentCprivate Dprecise答案 A解析 previous 先前的，以往的； present 现在的；private 私人的；precise 精确的。根据句意可知选 A。2.stage n舞台(生涯) ；阶段，时期语境感悟(教材 P2)Standup is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.单口喜剧是一种由一位喜剧演员在舞台上直接与观众交流而表演的喜剧。归纳拓展on (the) stage 在舞台上go on the stage 当演员，上舞台
