课件36张PPT。Unit 3A taste of English humour humour
comedyn. 幽默;滑稽
n. 喜剧Look at the following pictures.
Which picture can make you laugh? Do you feel my love?I’m driving at a high speed.I want to lose my weight. I want to jump higher.Which one is Dolly?Fire!Do you know what a punchline is? Read the following jokes and find their punchlines.POLICEMAN: Why did you have to break into the same shop three times?
THIEF: 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! 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 on earth is humour?Humour is a word means making others laugh. The emotion shows on people’s face means they are happy. So we can
say it is humour. Its adjective is humourous. It is a word often be used
to describe people if they often make others laugh. We often called them humourists (幽默大师). Humour means the quality in something that makes it funny and makes people laugh or the ability to laugh at things and think that they are funny. Humour is not always kind, some humour can be cruel. It depends on who is joking and who is listening.What does humour mean for you?
Is humour always kind?How many kinds of humour do you know?Humourcomedyjokesfunny storiescross talkminetongue twistersword playsketch (小品)comedy Chinese humor
pantomime (哑剧)
funny plays
cross talk
jokes
doggerel (打油诗)English humor
nonverbal
mime
verbal jokes
funny stories
funny poemsvarieties of humorThe following pictures show you some typical actors or writers of humour. Do you know them and which kind of humour they belong to?mimeCharlie ChaplinMr. Beanfunny storiesMark TwainZhou XingchiGe Youcomedycross talkJiang KunTang JiezhongChen PeisiZhao Benshan sketchChinese humoristsDo they have something in common ?Which do you like better: English humour or Chinese humour? Give your reason.DiscussionWhich do you like better: verbal or nonverbal humour? Give your reasons.Customer: What’s that fly(苍蝇)
doing in my soup?
Waiter: Swimming, I think.Fun timeI’m Charlie Chaplin.
What do you know
about me?Charlie Chaplin He is one of the most famous humourists that can make others laugh all the time.What do you know about my film?
What is so interesting
about them?The Gold Rush
《淘金记》Please tell us the two of his famous
films.Modern Times 《摩登时代》City Lights
《城市之光》Great Dictator
《大独裁者》“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!” ——Charlie ChaplinHomework Look up the new words
and expressions of the
reading in the dictionary.
2. Preview the reading:
A MASTER OF
NONVERBAL HUMOURThank you.