1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,#,Unit,17 Laughter,【文章导语】,Laughter,can,make,people,happy.It,is,also,said,that,laughing,can,make,people,healthy.Is,it,true,?,There is an English saying:“Laughter is the best medicine.”Until recently,few people took the saying seriously.Now,however,doctors hav
2、e begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.They have found that laughter really can improve people,s health.,Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.When people watched funny films,doctors checked their heart rate,blood pressure,breathing and m
3、uscles.It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercises.It increases blood pressure,the heart beating and breathing;it also works 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
4、laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes.The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny programme.,1,The reason why lau
5、ghter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind,of chemicals in the brain which,diminish,both stress and pain,.,2,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
6、to laugh.,They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing,making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.,译文,有一句英语谚语说,:“,笑是最好的药物。,”,直到现在,很少有人把这句话当回事。然而,最近医生已经开始研究笑以及它对人体带来的影响。他们发现笑真的能改善人的健康。,已经有实验来验证笑对人体的影响。当人们观看滑稽的电影时,医生测量他
7、们的心率,血压,呼吸和肌肉。结果发现笑具有和运动相似的效果。它能改善血压,心跳和呼吸,;,而且它还能锻炼好几组面部肌肉,胃部甚至是脚部的肌肉。如果笑能让身体得到锻炼,它一定会是有益的。,其他的测试也表明笑似乎能减少疼痛对身体的影响。在一个实验中,医生让几组学生听不同的电台节目并造成痛感。忍受疼痛时间最长的小组听的是幽默节目。笑声能减轻疼痛的原因似乎是它能帮助大脑产生一种既能减少压力又能减少疼痛的化学物质。,基于这些发现,现在美国的一些医生开办大笑诊所,通过鼓励病人大笑来帮助改善他们的状况。他们发现即使病人不想大笑,让他们微笑就足以产生与大笑相似的效果。,典句欣赏,1,.The reason w
8、hy laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.,笑声能减轻疼痛的原因似乎是它能帮助大脑产生一种既能减少压力又能减少疼痛的化学物质。,2,.As a result of these discoveries,some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics,in which they help to impro
9、ve their patients,condition by encouraging them to laugh.,基于这些发现,现在美国的一些医生开办大笑诊所,通过鼓励病人大笑来帮助改善他们的状况。,理解诱思,1,.Doctors have proved the following EXCEPT that,.,A.smiling does good to health,B.laughter can be tolerated,C.there is a way to reduce pain,D.laughter can work the muscles in the feet,2,.The st
10、udents who,tolerated the pain for the longest time.,A.listened to different radio programmes,B.could produce a kind of chemicals,C.didn,t have stress of pain,D.listened to a funny programme,B,D,3,.The underlined word“diminish”in the third paragraph is similar to“,”.,A.test,B.stop,C.reduceD.increase,
11、4,.What is the main idea of the passage?,C,Laughter is the best medicine,.,Section,Warm-up,&,Lesson,1,What,s,So,Funny?,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,Pre-reading,一、词义匹配,A,B,1,.scared,A.to,make sb.laugh or smile,2,.amuse,B.to,make sth.clearer or easier to understand,3,.swiftly,C.a,spoken or written answer,4,.ridi
12、culousD.very silly or unreasonable,5,.responseE.frightened or afraid,6,.withdrawF.quickly and immediately,7,.clarify,G.to,move back or away from a place or situation,8,.identificationH.official papers or a document that can prove who you are,9,.harmonyI.the line that divides two countries or areas,1
13、0,.borderJ.a state of agreement,答案:,1.E,2.A,3.F,4.D,5.C,6.G,7.B,8.H,9.J,10.I,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,二、猜词拼写,1,.,a short interesting or amusing story,2,.,too surprising to believe,3,.,having the habit of forgetting,4,.,fully grown and developed,5,.,not notice,miss,6,.,put off to do sth.later than planned,7
14、wait in line,8,.,shout,9,.,suffering from sunburn,10,.,dirty;untidy,anecdote,unbelievable,forgetful,mature,overlook,delay,queue,yell,sunburnt,messy,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,三、词汇拓展,1,.,vt,.,逗乐,使,(,某人,),笑,n,.,娱乐,;,愉悦,;,娱乐活动,adj,.,愉快的,觉得好笑的,adj,.,逗人笑的,有乐趣的,好笑的,2,.,n,.,回答,vi,.,回答,回应,3,.,adj,.,不可置信的,极其惊人的,ad
15、j,.,可相信的,vt,.,相信,4,.,n,.,协调,和谐,adj,.,和谐的,和睦的,5,.,adj,.,健忘的,vt,.,忘记,adj,.,难忘的,6,.,n,.,身份,vt,.,鉴定,7,.,adj,.,凌乱的,肮脏的,n,.,凌乱,脏乱,amuse,amusement,amused,amusing,response,respond,unbelievable,believable,believe,harmony,harmonious,forgetful,forget,unforgettable,identification,identify,messy,mess,一,二,三,四,五,六
16、七,八,九,四、把方框中的汉语意思和下列句子中的词组对应起来,A.,排队,B.,兑现支票,C.,突然大笑起来,D.,毫不延迟地,E.,忽视某人的观点,F.,与,协调一致,G.,做某事没有麻烦,H.,对某人大声喊叫,1,.When they buy their tickets,there are always a lot of people,waiting in line,.,2,.Just now he,yelled at,his parents.,3,.Where can I go to,cash the cheque,?,4,.As everyone in the town knows
17、him,we have,no trouble in,finding his house.,5,.We were all puzzled why he,burst out laughing,.,6,.Whenever we asked him for help,he would help us,without delay,.,7,.Our family is a big one and we are,in harmony with,each other.,8,.At the meeting,they didn,t,overlook others,opinion,.,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八
18、九,答案:,1.A,2.H,3.B,4.G,5.C,6.D,7.F,8.E,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,五、短语默写,1,.,兑现支票,2,.,排队,3,.,突然笑起来,4,.as long as,5,.to one,s amusement,6,.have trouble/difficulty(in)doing sth.,7,.be scared to death,cash a,cheque,wait in,line,burst out laughing/burst into laughter,只要,;,和,一样,长,令人觉得有趣的,是,做某事有,困难,吓得,要死,一,二,三,四,五
19、六,七,八,九,六、用所给单词的适当形式完成句子,1,.I,m tired out.I,(shop)all afternoon and I don,t seem to have finished anything.,2,.My mother wanted to be a good provider,a role,she,(shoulder)since her marriage to my father.,3,.When he arrived at the station,he found the,train,(wait)for passengers.,4,.The girl has a gr
20、eat interest in sport and,(take,)badminton,classes twice a week over the last three years.,5,.He was unhappy when he sold his guitar.After all,he,(have)it for a very long time.,have been,shopping,has been,shouldering,had been,waiting,has been,taking,had,had,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,While-reading,七、根据课文内容判断
21、正误,1,.The woman,s husband never had spelling mistakes.(,),2,.The woman could only spell fifty right,so she withdrew 50 dollars.(,),3,.The girl likes her mother more than her father.(,),4,.The passenger wanted to catch people,s attention in the front of the crowd.(,),5,.The passenger failed to get th
22、e first class seat at last.(,),F,F,F,F,T,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,八、阅读课文,What,s,So,Funny,?,回答下列问题。,1,.Why did the woman write a cheque for fifty dollars?,A.She forgot how to spell 40 in English.,B.She often withdraws$50 from the bank.,C.Her husband wanted to cash a cheque for her.,D.Her husband couldn,t re
23、member if 40 was spelled“fourty”or“forty”.,2,.What happened at last in anecdote A?,A.Her husband took out$50.,B.Her husband made a joke with her.,C.She withdrew fifty dollars instead.,D.She had to go home to get some help.,A,C,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,3,.Why did Mr.Wang ask his daughter about her opinions
24、of going on a holiday?,A.He wanted to get his daughter to go with him,not his wife.,B.He thought that his daughter was a mature girl,and wanted to hear her own opinion.,C.He had gone to Hainan Island.,D.He had gone to Thailand.,4,.Why did the man say“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”,A.He wanted to persuade th
25、e counter to give him the money.,B.He wanted to get the counter to realize that he was a very important person,and she could take care of him first.,C.The man came here first.,D.The man was not the first to come.,B,B,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,Post-reading,九、完成下面的课文缩写,特别注意动词的形式,There are three 1.,(fun)storie
26、s in this lesson.The first is about spelling problem.A woman wanted 2.,.,(,withdraw)40 dollars from her bank account for shopping,3,.,she forgot how to spell 40.She took out fifty dollars instead.What a clever woman!,funny,to withdraw,but,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,The second is about family 4.,(harmonious).
27、When a father asked his daughter 5.,she wanted to Hainan with him or to Thailand with her mother,the girl answered the latter.The father wondered about her answer,so he asked her the similar question,but the place was changed.The girl also answered she would go to Hainan with her mother.When 6.,(ask
28、)why,she said she had gone to Thailand on the last trip.7.,a lovely girl!,harmony,whether,asked,What,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,The third story is about memory 8.,(lose).A man,who had been queuing for some time,9.,(want)a first class seat immediately.He pushed his way to the front,and asked the agent whether
29、 she knew who he was.The clever girl asked if anyone could help the man find his 10.,(identify).,loss,wanted,identification,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1.,His,story,amused,the,children,greatly.,(,Page,19,),他的故事逗得那些小孩们十分开心。,考点,amuse,vt.,逗乐,使,(,某人,),笑,The performer sometimes tells funny stories to,amuse,the audienc
30、e.,那个表演者有时候讲滑稽故事逗得观众哈哈大笑。,His foolish answers,amused,all of us.,他那愚蠢的回答把我们都逗笑了。,The children,amused,themselves by playing hide-and-seek games.,孩子们玩捉迷藏游戏取乐。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,考点延伸,阅读下列句子,指出其中黑体词的词性、词组及词义,Everyone was,amused,at the story about the dog.,词性,词义,Our visits to the theatre made the holiday more
31、amusing,.,词性,词义,To my great,amusement,his false beard fell off.,词性,词组,词义,形容词,愉快的,觉得好笑,的,形容词,有趣的,好笑,的,名词,to one,s,amusement,使某人觉得有趣的,是,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(1)amuse,主要考查词义和相关派生词。,(2)amuse,vt,.,逗,笑,;,娱乐,消遣,amused,adj.,愉快的,觉得好笑的,amusing,adj.,有趣的,好笑的,amusement,n.,娱乐活动,消遣,;,愉悦,娱乐,to,one,s,amusement,使某人觉得有趣的是,b
32、e,amused,to,do.,做,取乐,be,amused,at/by/with.,以,为乐,;,对,觉得有趣,/,好笑,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,The boy was,amused,by the,amusing,book.,小男孩被这本,有趣的,书,逗乐,了。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,2.,Someone,might,burst,out,laughing,when,they,understand,a,joke.,(,Page,19,),当某些人理解了一个笑话时,他们可能会大笑起来。,考点,burst,out,laughing,
33、突然笑起来,Hearing the joke,we all burst out laughing.,听了那个笑话,我们都笑了起来。,考点延伸,burst out laughing=burst into laughter,突然笑起来,burst out crying=burst into tears,突然哭起来,burst into,突然闯入,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,3.,I,wanted,to,withdraw,$40,from,our,bank,account,but,I,m,so,forgetful,that,I,couldn,t,remember,if,4
34、0,was,spelled,“,fourty,”,or,“,forty,”,.,(,Page,20,Passage,A,Lines,8-11,),我本打算从我们的账户中取出,40,美元,可我太健忘了,记不住,40,是拼作,“,fourty,”,还是,“,forty,”,。,考点,withdraw,vt.,提取,;,撤退,You need not,withdraw,money from the bank;you can use your bank card.,你不必从银行里提款,你可以用你的银行卡。,I am sorry.I,withdraw,what I have said.,对不起,我收回我
35、说的话。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,考点延伸,withdrawal,n.,撤走,;,退出,;,取款,;,脱瘾过程,解毒过程,I got some withdrawal symptoms after giving up smoking.,我戒烟后出现了脱瘾症状。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(1)withdraw,和,withdrawal,主要考查词义。,(2)withdraw,的过去式是,withdrew,过去分词是,withdrawn,。,(3)withdraw.from.,从,提取,withdraw,from,离开,withdraw,from,the,list,从名单上取消,withdr
36、aw,from,a,meeting,离会,退席,温馨提示,withdraw,本身已含有,“,回,”,之意,故不再与,back,连用,;,类似的还有,return,repay,等,。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,4.,He,felt,his,daughter,was,mature,enough,and,he,didn,t,want,to,overlook,her,opinion,so,he,asked,her,.,(,Page,20,Passage,B,Lines,3-5,),他觉得他女儿很成熟了,他不想忽视她的
37、意见,于是他问她,考点一,mature,adj.,成熟的,Could you behave in a,mature,way,?,你,能不能稳重一点,?,Jane is very,mature,for her age,.,简,年龄不大,却很成熟。,考点二,overlook,vt.,忽视,;,俯视,These little details are easily,overlooked,.,这,些小细节容易被忽视。,My room,overlooks,the sea,.,我,的房间俯瞰着大海。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(1)overlook,主要考查词义。,(2)overlook,error,忽略
38、错误,overlook,the,sea,俯视大海,overlook,sb.,s,mistake,原谅某人的错误,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,5.,He,wondered,about,her,response,and,just,to,clarify,he,asked,her,another,question.,(,Page,20,Passage,B,Lines,8-10,),他对她的回答迷惑不解,为了弄清楚是怎么回事,他问了她另一个问题。,考点一,response,n.,回答,回应,He made no,response,to my let
39、ter,.,我,给他写了信,但是他没有回应。,I knocked at the door but there was no,response,.,我敲了门,可是没有回应。,An American politician,who is known for his awkward,responses,to questions,was in Britain for a meeting with other politicians.(Page 133,听力材料,),一位美国的政治家以对问题笨拙的回答而出名,在英国和其他政治家一起开会。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,考点延伸,阅读下列句子,指出其中黑体词的
40、词性、词组和含义,【高考典句】,(2015,浙江卷,)These comments came in,response,to,specific questions often asked by local newsmen.,词性,词组,含义,【高考典句】,(2015,重庆卷,)Slow to,respond,to the change,your body clock is confused.,词性,词组,含义,名词,in response,to,对,做出,回应,动词,respond,to,对,做出,回应,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(1)response,和,respond,主要考查词义和介词的
41、搭配。,(2)make,a,response,to,对,做出回应,in,response,to,作为对,的答复,respond,to,对,做出回应,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,考点二,clarify,vt.,澄清,讲清楚,The author uses a conversation at the beginning of the passage to,clarify,his writing purpose.,作者在文章的开头使用了一个对话来说明他的写作目的。,You can easily,clarify,the problem if you study British history.,如果你
42、研究英国历史,你就可以很容易地澄清这个问题。,But some idioms are very new and you,ll need to,clarify,what they mean.,但是有一些习语是很新潮的,你需要弄清它们的含义。,clarify,主要考查词义。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,6.,Heavy,snow,last,winter,caused,long,delays,at,Heathrow,airport.,(,Page,20,Passage,C,Lines,1-2,),去年冬天,大雪导致了希思罗机场航班的长时间延误。
43、考点,delay,n.,延误,延期,v.,推迟,;,耽搁,My doctor advised me to give up smoking without,delay,.,我的医生劝我立即戒烟。,【高考典句】,(2015,福建卷,)It was considerate of Michael to inform us of his,delay,in case we got worried.,麦克真是体贴,他通知我们他会迟点来以防我们着急。,The heavy rain,delayed,their journey to the spot.,这场大雨耽搁了他们去那个地方的旅程。,He,delayed
44、telling her the news,waiting for the right moment.,他没有马上把消息告诉她,等有了适当时机再说。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,考点延伸,(1)delay,后面只能接,(,动,),名词作宾语,不能接不定式,类似的动词,(,短语,),还有,avoid,admit,advise,consider,enjoy,finish,forbid,give up,imagine,keep,mind,miss,practise,permit,resist,risk,suggest,等。编为顺口溜,:,特殊动词接,“,动名,”,“,放弃,”“,享受,”,不,“,后
45、悔,”,“,坚持,”“,练习,”,必,“,完成,”,“,避免,”“,延期,”,不,“,介意,”,掌握它们必定行。,(2)delay,的近义词是,postpone,put off,其后都是接动名词形式。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(1)delay,的词义和用法都是考点。,(2)delay,doing,sth.,延迟做某事,without,delay,毫不耽搁,;,立刻,one,s,delay,in,doing,sth.,某人延迟做某事,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7.,She,was,very,scared.,(,watch,a,thri
46、ller,on,TV,)(,Page,21,),她很害怕。,(,在电视上看惊险电影,),考点,scared,adj.,惊恐的,担惊受怕的,The girl was,scared,to death at the sight of the mouse.,女孩儿看到那只老鼠吓得要命。,He had a,scared,look because he was afraid of the scaring snake.,他看起来很惊恐,因为他害怕那条可怕的蛇。,I,m,scared,(that)I,m going to fall.,我担心自己快掉下去了。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,考点延伸,阅读下列句子,
47、指出其中黑体词的词性和词义,They managed to,scare,the bear away.,词性,词义,It was a really,scary,moment.,词性,词义,动词,惊吓,使,恐惧,形容词,令人害怕,的,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(1)scared,主要考查词义和同根词。,(2)be,scared,of,doing.,不敢做,be,scared,to,do.,害怕做,a,scared,face/look,惊恐的脸,/,表情,be,scared,to,death,吓得要命,be,scared,that.,害怕,(3)scare,vt.,惊吓,使恐惧,scary,adj
48、令人害怕的,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,语法指南,过去完成进行时,一、构成,:,had,been+,现在分词,二、用法,:,(1),表示过去某一时间之前一直进行的动作。过去完成进行时表示动作在过去某一时间之前开始,一直延续到这一过去时间。和过去完成时一样,过去完成进行时也必须以一过去时间为前提。,过去时间可用一个时间状语表示。,I had been looking for it for days before I found it.,这东西我找了好多天才找着的。,They had only been waiting for the bus a few momen
49、ts when it came,.,他们,只等了一会儿车就来了。,I had been waiting in the room for half an hour before she called me in,.,在,她喊我进去之前,我已经在房间里等了半个小时。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,(2),但在更多情况下过去时间由另一句子表示出来,毋需加上时间状语。,Her eyes were red.It was obvious that she had been crying.,她眼睛红红的,显然她一直在哭。,Jane was annoyed.Peter had been phoning her
50、every night.,简很不高兴。彼得一直每晚给她打电话。,(3),表示反复的动作。,He had been mentioning your name to me.,他过去多次向我提到过你的名字。,(4),过去完成进行时之后也可接具有,“,突然,”,之意的,when,分句。,I had only been reading a few minutes when he came in.,我刚看了几分钟他就进来了。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,辨析,(1),过去完成进行时与现在完成进行时,过去完成进行时指过去的某动作一直持续到另一过去时间或过去某动作发生时,;,现在完成进行时指过去发生的某动作一






