1、Section AStarting out & Understanding ideas1. mood 詞性：_ 意思：_be in a good/bad mood心情好/不好be/feel in the mood for sth. /to do sth. 有意做某事，有做某事的心情be in no mood for sth. /to do sth. 沒心情做某事，無意做某事put sb.in amood使某人處于情緒中練習：The customer was _ a happy mood when he got a present free of charge from the supermar

2、ket. 1.in2. amusement詞性：_ 意思：_with/in amusement 開心地to ones amusement令某人感到好笑的是單詞積累：（1）amuse v.使開心，逗笑；給提供娛樂/消遣amuse oneself (by doing sth. ) (通過做某事）自娛自樂（2）amused adj.被逗樂的，感到有趣的 amusing adj.有趣的，好笑的be amused at/by 被逗樂keep sb. amused使某人玩得開心 練習：The children had a good time in the _ (amuse) park.2. amuseme

3、nt3. look through 意思：_單詞積累：look after 照料，照顧 look around/round 環(huán)顧；參觀 look down on/upon 輕視，瞧不起 look into 調查 look out (=watch out)小心，當心 look up查閱；抬頭向上看look up to 欽佩；尊敬 look forward to 期待，盼望（to是介詞）look onas把看作 look ahead向前看，計劃未來 look back on 回憶，回顧 look for 尋找 練習：We shouldnt look down _ the people who ar

4、e in rags.3. on/upon 4. in pain意思：_have a pain in 部位感到疼痛suffer (from)pain忍受疼痛take (great) pains to do sth. 煞費苦心做某事；十分努力地做某事No pain, no gain. 不勞無獲練習：She shouldnt walk straight down the road, obviously _ pain.5. be designed for意思：_design sth.for sb. /sth. 為設計.be designed to do sth. 為做某事而設計；目的是做某事be de

5、signed as 被設計成in design在設計上 練習：The program _ (design) for entertainment turned out to be much too serious.4. in5. designed 6. do the trickplay tricks/a trick on 捉弄trick sb.out of sth. 從某人處騙取某物trick o doing sth. 哄騙某人做某事練習：She has a headache. I think having a good rest should do _ trick.6. theLe

6、ading inWhat do you think about the clown?Where does the clown appear?What can the clown do?Laugh out loudBefore readingActivity 1Look at the pictures and tick the places where you would expect to see a clown.The Best Medicine Please think:What is medicine? What do you think the best medicine is?Rea

7、d the passage and find out what is specialabout this clowns job.Activity 2This clown works in a hospital or other healthcare facilities. His job is to comfort,entertainand cheer up patients, their families as wellas the hospital staff in order to remove theirnervousness and make them feel better.背景信

8、息 Clown doctorsClown doctors are professional clowns whowork in health care settings such as hospitals.They often work with sick children. Althoughthe idea seems strange at first, the entertainingperformances provided by clown doctors dohelp to combat the stresses of illness and injury. Hospital pat

9、ients not only face pain anddiscomfort, they must also deal with fear,boredom,anxiety and loneliness. The techniquesused by clown doctors, including humour,music,storytelling and magic shows, keeppatients entertained. Most importantly, theykeep patients laughing -and laughter has beenshown to reduce

10、 pain and stress levels, and toboost the immune system. Humour also helps topromote a positive outlook and helps people tomake friends with each other, both of which areimportant factors in healing and fighting disease. Clown doctors are more familiar in the West.The first clown doctor, Patch Adams,

11、 worked inthe US in the 1970s.Activity 3Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers.a Which patient is in need of the clown doctors attention and why?b What is a clown doctor and why did the author choose to be one?c How does the author feel after a days work?d What are the respon

12、sibilities of a clown doctor?e How does the clown doctor help the patient?f What does this clown doctor wear and what is his working environment like?a-2 A small girl called Lara is in need of the clown doctors attention, because she fell off her bicycle and spent her time crying in pain.b-3 A clown

13、 doctor is a specially trained clown who works as part of a programme known as hospital clowning; the clown doctor helps people (patients) by entertaining them. The author chose to be a clown doctor because of his frightening and boring experience of going to hospital when he was a kid.c-6 He is sti

14、ll wearing a big smile as he remembers all the fun and laughter of the day, because he believes that laughter is the best medicine.d-4 A clown doctor visits hospitals and other health care facilities, working together with medical professionals to cheer up patients, their families and the hospital s

15、taff.e-5 He gets the patients attention by doing a magic trick-he produces the patients sock from out of his pocket.f-1 This clown doctor wears a white coat, a curly rainbow wig, and a big red nose. His working environment is boring and tense.Activity 4health care facilitiesnervous, pain or bored the hospital staff magic tricks a friendlier place to visitActivity 5Complete the diagram comparing clown doctors and medical doctors.work in hospitals or other health care facilities aim to make patients a