课件34张PPT。Unit 3
A taste of English humour
Warming uprain cats and dogsIt rains heavily.Guess what they meanTask 1when pigs fly Something that is impossible.eat one's wordTo take back one's word.What is humour?The ability to make people think that things
are____________________.funny/interesting/amusing…adj.1.Types of humour
2.Typical actors/writers of English humour
3.Example of Chinese humour
4.Group activity
Task Ⅱ Verbal & Non-verbalWhat is verbal humour?What is non-verbal humour?What is non-verbal humour?Humour without words mime (哑剧)TEACHER: You say that John Jones
has a cold and cannot come to school
today. Who am I speaking to?
VOICE: Oh, this is my father.
What is verbal humour?PunchlineThe part that makes you laugh.包袱Using words to make people laugh.What is the most interesting part?1.Types of humour
2.Typical actors/writers of English humour
3.Example of Chinese humour
4.Group activity
nonverbalCharlie ChaplinWhat kind of humour?Charlie Chaplin’s Movie PostersModern TimesWhy is he funny?He is funny/interesting/amusing because of
his __________________. body language.Other examples of English homourMr. BeanWhy is he funny?He is funny/interesting/amusing
because of his _________________.facial expressions/body languageMark Twain
(funny stories)Mark : the most famous humorous novelist in America.
①The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.Why is Mark Twain funny?He is funny/interesting/amusing
because of_____________ and _________________.his wise wordsattractive/interesting novels②He is funny because of /because___________________.Task ⅢCharlie Chaplin
Mr Bean
Mark Twain
Edward Lear
Marx Brothers
郭德纲cross talk(相声)Examples of Chinese
humour:周立波talk show小沈阳cross dress赵本山Sketch
(小品)1.Types of humour
2.Typical actors/writers of English humour
3.Example of Chinese humour
4.Group activity
One night, there was a thief who stole a dress from a shop.Suddenly, the thief was found by the policeman. "Freeze, don’t move.” The policeman shouted. The thief raised his hands and gave up fighting. Task Ⅳ Find the joke’s punchline.The policeman said, “why did you have to break into the same shop three times?”The thief said: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice.PunchlineOne morning a mother was trying to wake up her son. "Wake up now! It's time to go to school.""I don't want to go to school," the son replied.His mother said, "Give me two reasons why you don't want to go to school." "Okay. One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me.""Not good enough," the mother replied."Fine," the son said. "Then you give me two good reasons why I SHOULD go to school.""One, you're 50 years old. Two, you're the headmaster of the school."PunchlinePassage A
One night, there was a thief who stole a dress from a shop.Suddenly, the thief was found by the policeman. "Freeze, don’t move.” The policeman shouted. The thief raised his hands and gave up fighting.The policeman said, “why did you have to break into the same shop three times?”The thief said: "Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice."Passage B
One morning a mother was trying to wake up her son.
"Wake up now! It's time to go to school.""I don't want to go to school," the son replied.His mother said, "Give me two reasons why you don't want to go to school."
"Okay. One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me.""Not good enough," the mother replied."Fine," the son said. "Then you give me two good reasons why I SHOULD go to school.""One, you're 50 years old. Two, you're the headmaster of the school."It takes 26 muscles to smile,
and 62 muscles to frown(皱眉). So smile more and be happy everyday!Homework1. Work in groups to get the basic information about Charlie Chaplin.
2.Preview the reading part.