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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,*,Reading,Stand-up for your health,Who are they?,Do you like them?,Today,lets learn more about the comedians.,Read through the article and try to answer the questions on top of page 2.,Stand-up comedy.,He went on to act in films.,Pre-reading,1.What is the article about?,2.After starting as a stand up comedian,what did Billy Crystal go ib to do later in life?How many types of stand-up are there?,Our health.,3.What is laughter good for?,Stand-up for,your health,Types of,stand-up,A famous,comedian,Laughter is,good for you,Structure of the article,A comedian puts on glasses,changes his or her voice and pretends to be someone else,Impressionist,A comedian stands on stage and holds a banana to his ear and pretends to be making a phone call.,Prop,Types of stand-up,A comedian walks on stage.As she introduces herself,she falls down.,Physical,A comedian tells jokes about the way people behave when they queue up in lines.,Observational,Will you create similar situations to perform the four types of stand-up comedy?,A toothbrush.He thinks itll bring him good luck.,They are famous comedians.,A famous comedian,2.Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?,Questions:,1.What does Billy Crystal always keep,when he hosts the Academy Awards?,Why?,Fill in the blanks with proper words:,Doctors have benn doscovered that people who laugh a lot live _ after researching what _ stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us.When we laugh,our _ sends chemicals around the body which are good for us.,longer,effect,brain,Laughter is good for your health!,_ keeps the body healthy,as the saying goes,Laughter is the best _.,Laughing,medicine,Further comprehension:,1.A stand-up comedian _ while performing.,A.enjoys laughing,B.enjoys making fun of himself,C.usually takes advantage of the,audience,D.has prepared a lot of jokes in advance,2.Which of the following is the style of prop?,A.jokes in everyday life,B.visual humour,C.body action,D.imitation of a well-known person,3.Billy Crystal started his career _.,A.as a television actor,B.as a film actor,C.as a stand-up comedian,D.as a host,4.What does the word routine in Para.3 probably mean?,A.road,B.performance,C.lines,D.style,5.At the 2004 Academy Awards,a very old actor _ at first.,A.was asked to make a silent speech,B.turn off the microphone on,purpose,C.made the audience laugh,D.couldnt make himself heard,6.What does the word appropriate in Para.4 probably mean?,A.proper,B.clear,C.foolish,D.interesting,Crystal was a natural entertainer and had no fears about dancing on stage with top jazz stars.,A brief introduction of Billy Crystal,Crystal studied film and television direction under Martin Scorsese at New York University.,After graduation and marriage,Crystal did substitute teaching while he tried his comedy act at various clubs throughout New York.,In the seventies the Crystal family moved to Los Angeles.Crystal did some stand-up at the Comedy Store and was noticed by Norman Lear.This was the turning point,Crystal started making guest appearances on TV and eventually landed his role in“Soap”.,In the eighties Crystal moved his family back to New York.There he appeared on cable TV,did guest spots and made-for-TV movies.Back on the stand-up circuit,Crystal became famous for his Fernando Lamas and Sammy Davis,Jr.impersonations.,He and his impersonations joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1984.He spent only one year with the show,but was the most popular member of the cast and he earned an Emmy nomination for Best Individual Performance.,His ambition now is to have a one-man show on Broadway.He has the practice from his years of being one of the most popular emcees of the Oscar Awards.His opening tributes to the nominees are anticipated every year and talked about more than the winners.,C1 Read the sentences below and decide whether that are true(T)or false(F)according to the article.,1.Visual humour can ve boring when you cannot see what the comedian is doing.,2.One comedian did not lose any weight even though he had been doing a lot of physical exercise for a month.,T,F,3.People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being make fun of.,4.The old actors speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound.,5.Bob Hope and George Burns lived for a ling time probably because they laughed a lot.,F,T,T,C2 How well did you understand the article?Readit again and answer the following questions.,1.Where is stand-up cpmedy usually done?,On a stage,2.How might a stand-up comedian decide what jokes to tell?,A stand-up comedian might decide what jokes to tell depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous joke.,3.How many types of stand-up are mentioned?,Four.,4.When did Billy Crystal begin practising stand-up?,When he was a child.,5.What is one reason Billy Crystal has becone so famous?,Because he is very quick thinking and is so often able to come up with new jokes about the 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