北师大版（2019）选择性必修 第二册Unit 4 Humour Lesson 1 What’s So Funny?课件（共29张ppt）

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Lesson 1 What’s So Funny？
UNIT 4
HUMOUR
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
1. read and talk about humorous or funny stories；
2. read for general understanding；
3. read for specific information；
4. express the funny part of each joke.
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
What are humorous or funny stories
Humorous or funny stories are often satirical stories which use humor to criticize a person or a society. This might help you gain valuable information about the problems of a community and will make you understand the English context to words, phrases and ideas.
Lead-in
Share the 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.
I like reading humorous stories because they make me relax.
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Do you like reading humorous or funny stories Why
Let’s read the following stories and find out more about them!
Pre-reading
Story A( ) Story B( ) Story C( )
a. An amazing clown couldn’t give himself a good laugh.
b. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson saw millions of stars at night because their tent had been stolen.
c. The store owner refused to give away the saucer with the cat because it can attract more buyers.
2. The three stories are all _________________stories.
Task 1 Read the three stories quickly and try to answer the following questions.
humorous / funny
c
b
a
While-reading
Fast reading
Task 1　Read Story A and do the following exercises.
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where did the story happen
Careful reading
3. Finish the chart according to story A.
Character Real purpose The result
The art collector to__________________
The store owner to __________________ ____________________
get the saucer
bought a cat in a high price
sell cats with the saucer
made money
4. What can we know from Story A
A. The famous art collector knew the saucer was of great value but the store owner didn’t.
B. The store owner knew clearly the saucer was an antique and wanted to earn more money with it.
C. The art collector bought the dirty cat and the saucer successfully at last.
D. More than sixty people were fooled into buying cats and the saucer.
What kind of person is the store owner
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5. What kind of person is the store owner？He is very .
A．cunning B．clever
C．generous D．honest
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Analysis: 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.
6. What kind of person is the art collector Why
He is a smart aleck who always thinks he is very ______.
clever
Analysis: He pretended not to know the saucer was a valuable antique and tried to buy the cat to get the saucer for free. He also thought the sore owner didn’t know the price of the saucer.
VS
The art collector, who was a smart aleck, was _______ by the store owner.
The story is so funny!
fooled
Let’s come to story B to see what happened.
1.Which characters are in the story Where are they
Task 2　Read Story B and do the following exercises.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. They are outdoors.
2. What did they do
They were on a camping trip. They were talking about the stars that they could see.
3. What happened at last
Their tent was stolen.
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 to confirm that their tent was stolen.
He focused on the stars.
He realised their tent was stolen.　
He didn’t realise.
Why is it funny
4. Finish the chart according to Story B.
Watson spoke about astronomy, the position of stars, the scientific measurement of time and the atmosphere but didn’t realise they could see the stars because their tent had been stolen.
5. Why is it funny
…according to the studies on astronomy, it tells ... According to the positions of the stars, I observe that ... According to the scientific measurement of time, I deduce that ... According to the current atmosphere, I forecast that ...
Parallelism is used to highlight the rationality and speciality of Watson’s deduction, which makes it funny when readers know their tent was stolen.
6. Think about the figure of speech.
7. Deep thinking：
What do you think Watson should pay more attention to
He should pay more attention to the surroundings around.
A very funny story!
Let’s come to story C to see what happened to the middle-aged man.
Who:
Where:
What did the man do
1. Find some basic elements of the story.
Task 3　Read Story C and do the following exercises.
He was feeling down/unhappy and went to see a doctor.
What did the doctor do
She examined the man and suggested he see the performance of Grock.
a middle-aged man and a doctor
in the doctor’s room
2. We can conclude from the story that the doctor _______ treat the middle-aged man.
can B. can’t
3. What can we infer from Story C
A. The doctor thought highly of the performance of Grock.
B. The doctor knew clearly the patient standing before her was Grock and she played a trick on him.
C. Grock would gladly accept the doctor’s advice.
D. The doctor found nothing wrong with Grock after the examination.
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Task 4　Read again and complete the funny part of the three stories.
Story A
The funny part
The store owner refused to give away the saucer with the cat because ___________________________________________.
he had sold 68 cats because of the saucer
Story B
The funny part
Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson saw millions of stars at night because _______________________.
their tent was stolen
Story C
The funny part
An amazing clown couldn’t ___________________.
cheer himself up
1. What have you learned from these humorous stories
2. What is the possible title for the three stories
Post-reading
Discussion
Enjoy the video and experience more about humor.
In the first story, a famous art collector was walking through the city 1._____ he noticed a dirty cat 2._______(lap) milk from a saucer which he found was 3._____ antique and very valuable. As a result, he walked 4.________(casual) and innocently offered to buy the cat. At last, he bought the cat at a very high price, becoming another one who was tricked by the store owner.
In the second story, Sherlock Holmes and his 5.________(faith) friend Dr. Watson went on a camping trip but at midnight, they were talking about the stars and the weather of the following day. In fact, they had their tent 6._______(steal)．In the third story, a middle-aged man was feeling 7.__________(depress) because he felt everything had been going wrong with him, so he went to the doctor. After the examination, the doctor 8.__________(announce) everything was OK except that he had 9._______(slight) high blood pressure. She advised him to have a good laugh and went to see the performance of the amazing clown 10.______ name was Grock. She didn’t know the person standing before her was Grock.
when
lapping
an
casually
faithful
stolen
depressed
announced
slightly
whose
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.
[句式分析]　此句为 __________ 句，主句为： ；be doing...when... 表示 “_________________________”；notice sb. doing表示 “ _____________________”
[自主翻译]
主从复合
注意到某人正在做某事
Story A
Sentences analysis:
正在做……这时突然……
一个著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时看见一只脏猫在一家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。
2. He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very valuable, so he walked casually into the store and innocently offered to buy the cat for 20 dollars.
[句式分析]　此句为 ________ 句，主句主干为： ；that 引导____________；so 引导_________从句。
[自主翻译]
结果状语
主从复合
宾语从句
他注意到这个茶碟是件古董并且很有价值，所以他悠闲地走进店里假装毫不知情地提出要花20美元买这只猫。
3.Well, according to the studies on astronomy, it tells that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.
[句式分析]　此句为 ____________ 句，主句主干为： ；that引导 ____________。
[自主翻译]
宾语从句
Story B
主从复合
好吧，根据天文学的研究，它展示了数百万的星系以及可能还有数十亿颗行星。
4. So，after he had been feeling depressed for over a month，
he decided to go to the doctor.
[句式分析]　此句为 __________ 句，主句主干为： ；after引导_______________；had been feeling 为_________________。
[自主翻译]
时间状语从句
过去完成进行时
主从复合
在沮丧了一个多月后，他决定去看医生。
5. The bleeding man next to him was looking at his watch nervously...
[句式分析]　此句为 ________ 句；bleeding 为 _________作_____ 修饰man； next to him为介词短语作_____________修饰man。
[自主翻译]
Story C
后置定语
现在分词
定语
简单
旁边的男人在流血，紧张地看着手表……
6. Finally, after he had been waiting for about half an hour, he was called in for his consultation.
[句式分析]　此句为 ____________ 句，主句主干为： ；after引导__________________；had been waiting 为__________________。
[自主翻译]
时间状语从句
过去完成进行时
主从复合
最后，等了大约半小时后，终于叫到他就诊了。
7. I think what you need is a good laugh.
[句式分析]　前一句为___________句，主句主干为： ；I think...后为省略______的宾语从句；宾语从句是_________结构，其中what you need 引导的是__________，在该宾语从句中作主语。
[自主翻译]
that
主系表
主语从句
主从复合
我觉得你需要开怀大笑。
Prepare a humorous or funny story for next class’s share.
Homework