老师：Hello everyone, I am Li Ping from Beijing Academy. Nice to meet you here. Today we are going to continue with our study of Book 2, Unit 4, humor. Why do we need humor? In this lesson, we are going to listen to a couple of listening materials to get to know something about humor. I believe that all of us like watching a comedy film or hearing a good joke because it makes us love, right? This is a kind of humor. It is very necessary in our life and it will make our life more relaxing and interesting. So what is your understanding of humor? What can it do for you? Please think about the questions and talk with your partners. In my opinion, humor is hardwired into us. That is to say, it is our natural ability. It can do a lot of things for us, such as relieving tension, making the level of stress chemicals fall, making our life interesting, having a positive influence on our attitudes and feelings, relaxing the muscles in our body, etcetera. What's your view on humor? Please share in your class.
老师：Now let's listen to a speech and find out what the speaker thinks of humor. For the first time, we are going to listen to part 1. And while you are listening, please take notes for the following two questions.
老师：Question 1, what question does the speaker try to answer in his speech? Question 2, from what aspects will he further discuss the question? Remember that you don't need to write every word down. Listen for the keywords or phrases you can only listen for once. Ready? Here we go.
学生：Lesson 2,4.3. Good morning and thank you for joining me today. The title of my speech today is why do we need humor? I believe that all of us enjoy watching a comedy film or hearing a good joke because it makes us laugh all the time. Babies laugh long before they can speak. It's almost as if humor is hard wired into us, so there must be some kind of benefit to it. What can humor do for us? According to recent research, humor has both physical and psychological effects.
老师：Now, you will have one minute to write down the complete answers to the questions. Okay, let's check our answers together. Number one, my answer is, why do we need humor? Because at the beginning of his speech, the speaker said, good morning and thank you for joining me today. The title of my speech today is why do we need humor? No. 2, from what aspects will he further discuss the question? My answer is the physical effects and psychological effects of humor. What is your answer?
老师：By the way, there are two words which might be difficult for you to understand, physical and psychological. Physical is something connected with our body and psychological is something connected with our mind. Got it? In order to know what physical effects humor has on our body, we are going to listen to part 2
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