Unit 17 Lesson 2

Teaching aims:　　

①.  To practise using listening strategies for answering multiple-choice questions　　

②.  To practise understanding and telling jokes　　

③.  To practise recognizing and using emphatic stress in sentences　　

Teaching important and difficult points:　　

To improve the student’s listening skills　　

Teaching procedures:　　

Ⅰ. Warm up 　　

Have a free talk with the students　　

How to keep healthy?　　

Healthy diet　　

Enough sleep　　

A good mood　　

How to keep a good mood?　　

Ⅱ. Pre-listening 　　

Task1: learning the news words before listening 　　

•         psychology　　

•          beneficial 　　

•          associate with　　

•          significantly　　

•         physical beings　　

•          fool around　　

•          achieve a balance 　　

•          humor campaign　　

•          staff　　

Task2 : know the background of the listening material　　

In recent years many studies have been done on whether laughter really can speed up the healing process. It seems that it can. The movie Patch Adams which starred Robin Williams is based on a true story about a doctor(Adam) who dressed up as a clown to cheer up his patients.　　

Ⅲ. Listening 　　

Task1: Listen to an interview with Dr William Fry and decide which is the correct answer　　

Task2: Listen again and decide if the statements are T or F.　　

Task3: Listen to the joke and complete the Function File with these words. Exe7　　

Ⅳ. A short reading 　　

Read the following passage. In pairs, work out the meaning of the following words and complete the text.　　

Ⅴ. Speaking 　　

Work in pairs. Turn to page 100 and practise telling the joke to yourself. Add articles and pronouns and words and expressions from the Function File.　　

Ⅵ. Sum up 　　

Ⅶ. Homework