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1、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 have begun to look into laughter and the effect
2、s it has on the human body.They have found that laughter really can improve peoples 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 muscles.It was found that laughter has similar
3、 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 laughter appears to be able to reduce the eff
4、ect 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.1The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps
5、 to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain. 2As 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 patie
6、nts 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
7、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 why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to
8、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 improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh.
9、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 students who tolerated the pain for the longest time. A.listen
10、ed to different radio programmes B.could produce a kind of chemicals C.didnt 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.reduce D.increase 4.What is the main idea of the passage?,C,Laughter is the
11、best medicine.,Section Warm-up & Lesson 1 Whats 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.ridiculous D.very silly or unreasonable 5.response E.frightened or af
12、raid 6.withdraw F.quickly and immediately 7.clarify G.to move back or away from a place or situation 8.identification H.official papers or a document that can prove who you are 9.harmony I.the line that divides two countries or areas 10.border J.a state of agreement 答案：1.E 2.A 3.F 4.D 5.C 6.G 7.B 8.
13、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. wait in line 8. shout 9. suffering from sunburn 10. dirty;untidy,anecd
14、ote,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 adj.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,amu
15、se,amusement,amused,amusing,response,respond,unbelievable,believable,believe,harmony,harmonious,forgetful,forget,unforgettable,identification,identify,messy,mess,一,二,三,四,五,六,七,八,九,四、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 ticket
16、s,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 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
