北师大版（2019）选择性必修第二册 Unit 4 Humour Lesson 1 What’s So Funny精品课堂5(共42张PPT)

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Unit 4 Humour
Lesson 1
What’s so funny
1. To read and talk about humorous or funny stories
2. To read for general understanding
3. To read for specific information and understand words in context
4. To express the funny part of each joke
5. To learn to use humour to handle awkward situations and get a positive attitude to life
What’s so funny
Share your humorous or funny stories that you read with your partner. Then discuss what makes these stories funny.
I like reading humorous stories because I like the play on words.
Do you like reading humorous or funny stories Why
(add joy / relax / a sense of well-being / natural feel-good chemicals)
Read Story A and answer the following questions.
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
A famous art collector, a store owner and a cat.
They are in a store in the city.
The art collector wanted to buy the saucer but instead bought a cat.
The store owner knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer the cat used, and he made money by selling the cat.
Result
Where
Who
What
An art collector, a store owner
buy a cat in high price to get the saucer for free; sell cats with the saucer
buy a cat
not get the saucer
A store
Complete the notes.
Character Which did each person do Real purpose The result
The art collector
The store owner
He made money by selling the cat.
He bought a cat.
He wanted to buy the saucer.
He bought a cat that he didn’t want.
He knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer.
He made money.
1. What kind of person is the art collector Why
2. What kind of person is the store owner Why
3. Why is the story funny
4. What expressions are used to make the story funny
Discuss the following questions.
1. What kind of person is the art collector Why
He is a smart aleck who always think he is very clever. He pretended not to know the saucer was a valuable antique and tried to buy the cat to the get the saucer for free. He also thought the sore owner didn’t know the price of the saucer.
2. What kind of person is the store owner Why
He is very cunning and crafty. He deliberately told the collector the cat was not for sale in order to raise the price. He knew the value of the saucer and refused to give it away to the collector.
Because the famous art collector, who was a smart aleck, was finally fooled by the store owner.
Para. 1 a famous art collector
Para. 2 … so he walked causally into the store and innocently offered to buy the cat…
… the saucer was an antique and very valuable…
Para. 6 … if you could throw in that old saucer.
3. Why is the story funny
4. What expressions are used to make the story funny
The store owner said “sorry” twice. The first time he refused to sell the cat in order to raise the price. The second time he refused to sell the saucer to tell the art collector the truth. The same word must be said in different intonations.
It’s funny to contrast the art collector’s lengthy / long explanation for his urgent need of a cat with the store owner’s brief / short answer “sold”.
What do you learn from the story
What is the possible title for the story
Read Story B and answer the following questions.
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
They are outdoors.
They were on a camping trip. They were talking about the stars that they could see.
Watson spoke about astronomy, the position of stars, the atmosphere but didn’t realise they could see the stars because their tent had been stolen.
Result
Where
Who
What
Sherlock Holmes,
Dr. Watson
Sherlock asked Watson what could deduce from the star in the sky.
Dr. Watson made four different inferences about the stars he saw.
Watson didn’t realise their tent was stolen.
On a camping trip
Tell the story you’ve read from the following aspects.
Character What did each person do Real purpose The result
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson
He woke up and asked Watson what he saw.
He spoke about astronomy and the stars he saw.
He wanted Watson to confirm that their tent was stolen.
He focused on the stars.
He realized their tent was stolen.
Complete the notes.
He didn’t realise.
1. What is the funny part of the story
2. Why is the story funny
3. What expressions are used to contribute to the funny effects of the story
Discuss the following questions.
1. What is the funny part of the story
2. Why is the story funny
3. What expressions are used to contribute to the funny effects of the story
Sherlock and Dr. Watson saw millions of stars at night because someone had stolen their tent.
Dr. Watson made so many reasonable inferences based on his knowledge but failed to deduce their tent was stolen.
Parallel structure like “according to…” is used to highlight the rationality and specialty of Watson’s deduction, which makes it funny when readers know their tent was stolen.
What do you learn from the story
What is the possible title for the story
Read Story C and answer the following questions.
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
A doctor and a clown.
They are in the doctor’s room.
The clown was feeling unhappy.
The clown who makes a everyone laugh can’t cheer himself up.
Result
Where
Who
What
The middle-aged man; The doctor
The middle-aged man was feeling down and went to see the doctor. The doctor examined the mand and suggested he see the performance of Grock, an amazing clown.
The man was Grock.
In a hospital
Tell the story you’ve read from the following aspects.
Character What did each person do Real purpose The result
The middle-aged man
The doctor
He told the doctor that he was feeling down.
She asked the clown questions.
He wanted to see how he could feel better.
She wanted to figure out what was wrong.
The clown who makes everyone laugh can’t cheer himself up.
She suggested that he goes to see the clown who cheered everyone up.
Complete the notes.
1. What is the funny part of the story
2. Why is the story funny
3. What expressions are used to contribute to the funny effects of the story
Discuss the following questions.
1. What is the funny part of the story
2. Why is the story funny
3. What expressions are used to contribute to the funny effects of the story
The doctor suggested the middle-aged man see the performance of Grock, an amazing clown but actually he was Grock.
An amazing clown who could make others laugh couldn’t make himself laugh.
Lots of continuous tenses like “had been going wrong” are used to emphasise the man’s long-time depression, which makes it funny when readers know the man is the clown.
What do you learn from the story
What is the possible title for the story
Complete the funny part of the three stories.
Story The funny part
A The store owner refused to give away the saucer with the cat because
B Sherlock and Dr. Watson saw millions of stars at night because
C An amazing clown couldn’t
he has sold 68 cats because of the saucer.
their tent was stolen.
cheer himself up.
Match the underlined expressions in column A with their meanings in column B.
A B
1. A famous art collector was walking through the city when he noticed a dirty cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He did a double take. a. unhappy
2. The collector continued,“Hey, for the 200 dollars I wonder if you could throw in that saucer. The cat’s used to it and It’ll save me from having to get a dish.” b. to go to sleep
3. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retired for the night, and went to sleep. c. a rapid or surprised
second look
4. A middle-aged man was feeling very down. Everything had been going wrong for him. d. to add something to what you are selling, without increasing the price
cdba
Complete the summaries with the words or phrases you have learnt from Story A.
An art collector noticed a cat lapping milk from a ________ in the ________ of a store. He realised that it was an ________ and very valuable. He decided to buy the cat and offered to pay 200 dollars in the end. Then he asked the store owner to ________ the saucer, but the owner refused to give it away for he had sold 68 cats because of this lucky saucer.
saucer
doorway
antique
throw in
Sherlock Holmes asked his __________ friend Dr. Watson what he saw from the sky. “___________________ of stars,” said Dr. Watson. Based on his knowledge on ______________, he believed there are millions of galaxies and _________ of planets. He deduced that it was probably a quarter past three based on the _____________________ of time. From the ___________________, he forecasted that it would be a beautiful day the next day. Watson didn’t realise that someone had stolen their tent!
faithful
Millions and millions
astronomy
billions
scientific measurement
current atmosphere
A middle-aged man who was ____________ went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and found ______________________ OK. The doctor thought that what the man needed was
________________, and suggested ______________________. Actually he was ______________________.
depressed
everything was (working)
a good laugh
a circus performance
the amazing clown
Which of the three stories do you like most Why Tell it to your group using your own words.
Read the jokes and talk about the funny part of each joke.
1. Girl: Why was the cat sitting on the computer
Boy: He was keeping an eye on the mouse.
The funny part is the play on the meaning of “mouse”; a computer mouse and a mouse.
2. Teacher of politics: Who is the speaker of the House
Student: Mother.
The funny part is the play on the meaning of “the House”. In politics it often refers to the political institute and is capitalised. The student understood it to be the household. The mother is often thought of the speaker as she tends to talk more at home and decides on household matters.
3. Student: Professor, I did the best I could on this test. I really don’t think I deserve a zero.
Professor: Neither do I. But that’s the lowest grade I’m allowed to give.
The funny part is that the students is complaining about the low mark and the professor responds as it is higher than what he deserves. The professor uses sarcasm here.
4. Teacher: What is the chemical formula for water
Student: HIJKLMNO!
Teacher: What are you talking about
Student: Yesterday you said it’s H to O!
The funny part is the play on “to”; a number two or going from one point to another. It implies that the student doesn’t know what a formula is.
Look at the picture and tell your partner what the funny part is.
What can you do to make yourself a humorous person Try to make a list.
Collect some humorous stories, share them with your group members, choose the best one and present it to your class.
1. What have you learned from these humorous stories
2. What are the benefits we can get from humour
3. Have you learned how the funny effect is realised
4. What other writing skills can you share with us
By using proper adverbs and contrast. By creating a result that is contrary to people’s expectation. By creating intentional ambiguity (歧义) in the context of situation.
1. Prepare a humorous or funny story for next class’s share.
2. Finish exercise 1 on page 78 and think about the question: what does the story want to tell us