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Unit 4 HUMOUR
Topic Talk & Lesson1
WHAT'S SO FUNNY
What is
The quality in something that makes it funny and makes people laugh.
The ability to think that things are funny, or funny things you say that show you have this ability.
comedy
cross talk
pretend
humorous
plot
accent
imitate
facial
interact
n. 喜剧;喜剧片
n. 相声
v. 假装
adj. 幽默的,诙谐的
n. (书、电影、戏剧的)情节
n. 口音
vt. 模仿
adj. 面部的;脸上的
vi. 交流;交往;相互作用
Words and Expressions
anxiety
well-being
significant
enhance
terrified
dizzy
unbalanced
swing
embarrassed
n. 焦虑,不安,担心
n. 舒适;健康;幸福
adj. 重要的,重大的
vt. 增强;改进;提高
adj. 极度惊恐的
adj. 头晕目眩的
adj. 不平衡的
n.&v. (荡)挥动;秋千
adj. 难堪的,尴尬的
Words and Expressions
consume
confused
potential
doorway
antique
casually
innocently
appetite
faithful
vt. 消耗;吃;消费
adj. 困惑的
n.& adj. 潜力,潜能;潜在的
n. 门口,出入口
n. & adj. 古董;古时制造的
adv. 漫不经心地;非正式地
adv. 装作若无其事地;无辜地
n. 胃口;食欲
adj. 忠诚的
Words and Expressions
deduce
astronomy
potentially
scientific
measurement
atmosphere
forecast
middle-aged
surgery
vt. 推论,推断
n. 天文学
adv. 潜在地,可能地
adj. 科学(上)的
n. 测量,计量,衡量
adv. 大气(层);气氛,氛围
vt. 预测,预报
adj. 中年的
n. 诊所;外科手术
Words and Expressions
bleed
scream
consultation
crisis
examine
announce
afterwards
circus
clown
deserve
vt. 流血,出血
vi.& n. 尖声大叫;尖叫声
n. 就诊;咨询
n. 危难时刻;危机
vt. 检查
vt. 宣布,宣告
adv. 随后,后来
n. 马戏团
n. 小丑
vt. 应得,因受到
Words and Expressions
funny stories
1. What can make us laugh
comedies
anecdotes
funny behavior
funny facial expressions
making faces
sketches (小品)
crosstalks(相声)
jokes
Topic Talk
2. Use the language you have learnt to write a short paragraph about what you find funny and why we need humour
Laughter is the best
medicine.
—— A Chinese proverb
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
—— Charlie Chaplin
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
—— Peter Ustinov
Topic Talk
Lesson 1
Before reading
Do you like reading humorous or funny stories Why
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While reading
Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.
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Task
1
Choose the correct answers.
1. Which characters are in the story A
① The art collector ② The middle-aged man
③ Sherlock Holmes ④ Dr.Watson
⑤ The store owner ⑥ The doctor
A.①② B.③④ C.①⑤ D.⑤⑥
2. Why could Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson see millions of stars when they woke up
A. Because it would be a beautiful day the next day.
B. Someone had stolen their tent!
C. Because the time was probably a quarter past three.
D. Because they drank a bottle of wine.
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3. What caused the middle-aged man still sad at the end of the story C
A. He didn't find a skilful doctor.
B. He was seriously ill.
C. He would be working in the United States for three months.
D. He is Grock.
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Task
2
Fil in the blanks.
An art collector noticed a cat ________(lap) milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He realised that it was ______ antique and very valuable. He decided to buy the cat and offered to pay 200 dollars in the end. Then he asked the store _______(own) to throw ______ the saucer; but the owner refused to give it away for he had sold 68 cats because of this lucky saucer.
lapping
an
owner
in
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Sherlock Holmes asked his faithful friend Dr. Watson ______ he saw from the sky. “millions of stars,” said Dr. Watson. Based on his knowledge on astronomy, he believed there are millions of galaxies and of billions of planets. He deduced that it was _________(probable) a quater past three based on the scientific measurement of time. From the current atmosphere, he forecasted that it would be a beautiful day the next day. Watson didn't realise that someone __________(steal) their tent!
what
probably
had stolen
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A middle-aged man who was _______(depress) went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and found everything OK. The doctor thought that what the man needed was a good laugh, ______ suggested a clown. Actually he was ______ clown, Grock.
depressed
and
the
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After reading
Lesson 1
Which of the three stories do you like most Why
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Language
points
Lesson 1
1. pretend v.假装;假扮(behave to make people believe sth.is true or not true);装扮
多维训练
单句语法填空
(1)Don't pretend (understand) when you don’t.
(2)When his mother came in,he pretended (study).
(3)He pretended (know) the answer to the problem already.
(4)He shuffled(搅乱) the papers (around) on the desk, (pretend) to be busy.
to understand
to be studying
to have known
pretending
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2. anxiety n.担心;焦虑;渴望
(1)with anxiety焦急地
(2)anxious adj.忧虑的;不安的;渴望的
be anxious for/about担心……
be anxious to do...渴望做……
be anxious+从句(从句中常用虚拟语气)
(3)anxiously adv.焦虑地;急切地
(1)He is anxious _________ her safety.
(2)We waited ______ anxiety for our examination results.
(3) _ (anxious),she took the dress out of the package and tried it on,only to find it didn’t fit.
(4)同义句改写She looked at her sick child and was very anxious.(用形容词短语作状语改写)
多维训练
about/for
with
Anxiously
She looked at her sick child,very anxious.
3. embarrassed (adj.)
embarrass (vt.)
embarrassing (adj.)
embarrassment (n.)
尴尬的;陷入困境的
使尴尬;使窘迫;使不安
尴尬;难堪
令人不安的;让人难堪的;令人尴尬的
多维训练
Her husband was with her,but there was blood everywhere and the woman (embarrass) and clearly in shock.(2014·福建)
was embarrassed
3. consult v.咨询;请教;商量;查阅;参看
consult a dictionary查字典
consult sb.请教某人
consult with sb. about/on sth.就……与某人商量
多维训练
(1) It is recommended that you should your illness.
(2) I consulted ________ a friend of mine about this matter.
consult your doctor about
with
多词一义consult,look up,refer to
三者都可以用来表示“查阅,参考”,但是其宾语有所不同:
consult/refer to+a book/dictionary/encyclopedia,etc.
look up sth.in a book/dictionary/encyclopedia,etc.
多维训练
(1)用consult,refer to,look up的正确形式填空
① your doctor about how much exercise you should attempt.
② the chart on Page 44 for the correct cooking times.
③When I come across something unknown,I will it in a reference book.
Consult
Consult/Refer to
look
up
多维训练
4. deserve v.值得;应得;应受(报答或惩罚)
(should have or be given)
单句语法填空
(1)They didn’t deserve (win).
(2)I think your suggestion deserves ________ (try).
(3)This suggestion deserves _______________________________
(consider).
to win
trying/to be tried
consideration/considering/to be considered
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