课件26张PPT。Unit 17 LaughterLesson 1
What’s So Funny ?
ObjectivesIn this lesson, you’ll
1. Know about the funny part of the stories and the deep meaning within;
2. Enjoy some English anecdotes or funny stories ;
3. Tell more jokes or funny stories.Revision Review the proverbs about “laughter” or “laugh”
1.一笑解千愁.Laughter is the best medicine.2.谁笑在最后,谁笑得最美。He who laughs last laughs best.3.笑一笑,十年少。More laughter makes you live longer.Comedy
(喜剧)making facecrosstalk(相声)funny behavioursketch (小品)funny facial expressionWhat can make us laugh?comediesanecdotesfunny storiesfunny behavioursfunny facial expressionsmaking facesskecthes (小品)crosstalks(相声)jokes Match the titles, the pictures (1-3) and the anecdotes (story A-C) fast readingFamily harmonyMemory lossCheck your spellingABCUseful words and phrases1.deal with
2.cash a cheque
3.withdraw … from…
4.open a bank account
5. mature adj.
6.overlook one’s opinion
7.delay n.v.
8.board a flight
9.push one’s way to the front
10.yell at
兑现支票从…提取;从….退出开一个银行账户成熟的忽视…的观点处理,对付延误,耽搁登机挤到前面朝……大喊大叫careful reading1. Read and answer the questions.
2. Get the main idea of each anecdote.Read and answer the questions:1. Why does the woman write a cheque for
fifty dollars?
2. Why does the girl decide to change her response when her father asks her the second question?
3. What does the man mean when he says
“Do you know who I am?”careful reading1. Why does the woman write a cheque for fifty dollars?
Careful readingBecause she couldn’t remember how to spell the word “forty” correctly.2. Why does the girl decide to change her response when her father asks her the second question?
Careful readingShe thought it was another trip after the first one.3. What does the man mean when he says
“Do you know who I am?”Careful readingHe means that he is a very important person so the counter agent must look after him first .Get the main idea of each story
The woman went to the bank to ____________ for $40 but she was so _______ that she couldn’t remember how to spell 40 and she wrote a cheque for 50 dollars instead. forgetfulcash a chequeMain idea of story A.
Mr. Wang asked for his daughter’s
________ on which place to ________________ But she _____________ very differently when she was asked twice.go on a holiday.repliedopinion
Main idea of story B .The flight from London to New York was cancelled. When a counter agent was all the passengers, an angry man and asked for a first-class seat. After being politely refused, he the girl if she knew who he was . The agent did not answer him but
that anyone who knew him could come to help him.pushed to the frontyelled atdealing with spoke loudlyMain idea of story C Voice your opinion Which story do you like best ? Why ?
For example, I like story A most. For an adult in a English speaking country,she should forget HOW TO SPELL so easy a word. Group work
Make up your own jokes or funny stories and then share them with others.Homework Exercise 5,8 and 9
(textbook P 21)
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