Unit1Laughterisgoodforyou●ProjectPuttingonaplayIGeneralinductionThissectionisdesignedtohelpyoulearnanduseEnglishthroughdoingaproject.YouarefirstaskedtoreadthetwoplaysinPartA.Youshouldunderstandwhatthetwoplaysareabout.Thenyouareencouragedtoperformoneofthetwoplays.Thepurposeofthissectionistoletyouusewhatyouhavelearnttofinishaprojectbyworkingtogether.Inthecourseofdoingtheproject,youwilldiscusswhatstepsareneededtoprepareaplay.Inordertofinishtheproject,youwilldiscusswhatstepsareneededtoprepareaplay.Inordertofinishtheproject,youareexpectedtolearnhowtocooperateasateamandhowtofulfilleachpartofthework.IIReadingPartA1Readthefirstplayandtrytoaskthefollowingquestions:Isthereabenchinthecourtyard?(Actuallyno)Whatdiestheword‘invisible’mean?(Itmeans‘can’tbeseen’)Isthisacomedy?Whyorwhynot?(Yes,itisacomedybecauseitisveryfunny.)Inthereadingpassageofthisunit,wehavelearntthattherearefourmaintypesofstand-upcomedy.Theyareobservational,prop,physicalandimpressionist.Inwhatstyleofcomedydoyouthinkthisoneis?(Itisinthephysicalstyle.Actorsusebodylanguagetoperformtheplay.)2Readthesecondplayandanswerthefollowingquestions:Howmanycharactersarethereintheplay?Whoarethey?(Three.Theking,theQueenandtheservant.)Whodoyouthinkisthemaincharacterintheplay?(TheKing.)WhatdoestheKingactuallywant?(Toiletpaper.)Whyaretheothersunabletounderstandhim?(Becausehewasakingandhesaysthathewantsimportantpapers.Theotherswouldmistakethemforsome用心爱心专心115号编辑officialdocuments.)Inwhatstyleofstand-upcomedyisthisplay?(Itisinthestyleofprop.Actorsusetheprop—toiletpaperandsomeotherpaperstoperformtheplay.)Howdoestheplaywrightmaketheplayfunny?(Theplaywrightusesaplayuponwords—importantpaperandtoiletpaper---tomakepeoplelaugh.)3Let’sdoPartsB1andB2onpage101inWorkbooktopracticetheusagesofsomewordsandphraseslearntinthissection.4PleasedoPartsD1andD2onpage103inWorkbookasyourhomework.Thetwoexerciseswillhelpyoubemorefamiliarwiththeusagesofsomewords,phrases,andpatternslearntinthisunit.PartB1Nowworkingroupsoffourtodiscusstheeightquestionsgiveninthispart.Whilediscussing,youshouldchooseoneofthetwoplaystoperform.Youshouldalsoallocatethedifferenttasksamongyourgroupmembers.Forexample,whowillbetheactorsandactresses?Whowillbethedirector?Whowillmakethesceneryifitisneeded?Whowillfindprops?Whowillmakecostumes?Youmaymakeaflowcharttohelpyoumanagethetask.Beforeperformit,youneedtopracticealot.2Haveeachgroupperformtheplay.Afterallthegroupshaveperformedtheirplays,havestudentsdecidewhichgroup’sperformanceisthebest,andwhoisthebestactororactressintheclass.Theawardsmayalsogotothebestcostume,thebestdirector,etc.3Last,readthearticleinPartAonpage107inWorkbook,andthenwriteasummary.Youmaydoitasyourhomework.IIIPractice用下列词适当形式填充。doubt,happen,see,hold,uncross,you,surprise,tearTheimportantpapersOnceuponatime,there(1)______averyfunnystoryamongthreepeople,the用心爱心专心115号编辑King,theQueenandaservant.Oneday,assoonastheKingenteredthepalace,hecalledinaservantandtoldhimhehadtohavesomeimportantpapersimmediately.Sooncamebacktheservantwithastackofofficial-lookingpapers,but(2)______this,theKingthrewthemawayatonceandshouted:“No,no,nobringmyimportantpapers!”Theservantdashedoutandinaminutere-enteredwithanewspaperinhishand.Thistime,tohis(3)______,theKingtoreitintohalvesandcried:“No,(4)______fool!ImusthavemyimportantpapersRIGHTNOW!!!”However,likethefirstandsecondtime,theservantfailedtobringtheKingwhathewantedseveraltimes.EventheQueendidn’tknowwhatherhusbandwantedandjust(5)______apagefromherbookandofferedittoKing.TheKingmovedaroundinhischair,crossedand(6)_____hislegsandseemedveryanxious.Atlast,theservant(7)_______outarolloftoiletpaper.Hewaspuzzledand(8)_______whethertheKingneededitornot.Onthecontrary,upongettingit,theKingranoutasfastaspossible.SocanyouguesswhathappenedtotheKing?Answers:1.happened2.seeing3.surprise4.you5.tore6.uncrossed7.held8.doubted用心爱心专心115号编辑