Unit 17 Lesson2 Laughter is the best medicine

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Unit 17 Lesson2 Laughter is the best medicine
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hority
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• I love being a clown. I get to make people laugh
  but its not an easy________. I can do things
  that most people dont get to do. For example,
  when I perform at company parties, I can______the
  managers. I can______them from giving people too
  much work, ask for longer lunch breaks or even
  advise them on their fashion sense I usually
  give them my big pink wig. Of course I do it in a
  silly way and we all get to have a good laugh.
  After all, who gets to say these kinds of things
  to an_______ _______? only a clown. But I still
  have to remember to use_______some times. One
  time, I_______a mans head as I talked about his
  wonderful hair. Well, it was a wig and it fell
  off his head. Everyone was laughing except him
  and thats no good.

profession
scold
forbid
authority
figure
caution
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• Listening Strategies
• Before you listen,read the questions and options
• Use your own knowledge to predict the most likely
  anwers.

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• 1. Dr Fry is talking about studies on_________.
• a. the effects of laughter associated with humor
• b. the human body and stress
• c. scientific methods used in laboratories
• 2. Scientists havent measured the positive
  effects of laughter on___________.
• a. adults b. teenagers c. children

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• 3. Its not easy for doctors to use humor at work
  because________.
• a. they want to be authority figures
• b. patients may not take them seriously
• c. they dont think it would have any value
• 4. What you cant find during a humor campain
  are________.
• a. extra meals in the humor rooms
• b. clows and performers
• c. special TV channels and programmes

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• 5. When you study, laughter helps your brain
  to________.
• a. fall asleep faster
• b. pay attention and stay active
• c. fight stress after the exam

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The first time you listen, try to get the general
idea and circle possible options. The second time
you listen,try to answer all the questions. Even
you dont know the answer, always guess!
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• Listen again and decide if the statements are
  True(T) or Faulse(F)
• 1. Dr Fry believes that laughter associated with
  happiness involves the whole body.
• 2. The beneficial effects of humor have not been
  scientifically examined.
• 3. It wouldnt be beneficial if humor got rid of
  all the stress from our lives.
• 4. US hospital sometimes have humor campaigns for
  their patients.
• 5. Putting a red nose on while you are struck in
  a traffic jam can be a good way of resisting the
  tension caused by the jam.

T
T
F
T
T
T
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Laughter is the best medicine.
5. Work in pairs. Look at the pictures above and
decide what the joke is about. Tell another pair.
Example We think the parents go away/or the
weekend and ...
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Laughter is the best medicine.
6. Listen to the joke and compare it with
your version.
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7 Listen to the joke again and complete the
Function File with these words.
Have you heard the one about
there are
right
or somewhere like that
So
Well
And then
guess what
Luckily
eventually
just before
just cant
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Homework

• 1. Finish exercises on pages 68-69.

• 2. Preview reading text in lesson 3.