課堂10分鐘達(dá)標(biāo) Unit 3Period 1

1、課堂10分鐘達(dá)標(biāo) 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 effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter can really improve peoples health. Tests were ca

2、rried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also work

3、s 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 experiment, doctors produced pain in groups of students who listen

4、ed to different radio programs. The group that tolerated 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 chemicals in the brain which decrease both stress and pain. As a result of th

5、ese 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, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects s

6、imilar to those caused by laughter. 【語篇概述】“笑是最好的藥物?！贬t(yī)生們進(jìn)行了測試，找到了笑對健康有益的證據(jù)。. Read the passage and find the main idea quickly. _答案：Doctors have found that laughter can really improve peoples health. . Read the passage again and choose the best answers. 1. We learn from the first paragraph that laughte

7、r_. A. is good for ones health B. is related to some illness C. has been investigated D. has no effect on the body 【解析】選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句話可知應(yīng)選A。2. Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter according to the passage?A. It reduces pain. B. It exercises the body. C. It reduces stress.D.

8、It can cure cancer. 【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句話可知A項正確，可排除；根據(jù)第二段最后兩句話可知B正確，可排除；根據(jù)第三段最后一句話可知C正確，可排除；D項文中未提及，故選D。3. In a laughter clinic, doctors_. A. laugh at their patients B. encourage their patients to laugh C. smile when they dont feel like laughing D. never stop laughing 【解析】選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句話可知應(yīng)選B。4. What is the writers attitude towards laughter?A. Critical. B. Doubtful. C. Positive. D. Negative. 【解析】選C。推理判斷題?？v觀全文可知作者認(rèn)為笑對身體有好處，所以對笑的態(tài)度應(yīng)該是肯定的，故選C。. Read the passage carefully and