(共31张PPT)
Unit 1
To learn the expressions about “laugh”
To listen for details
To learn the expressions about telling a story and making comments
Laughing is regarded as the best medicine in life. Those who always laugh are happy because laughing helps them relax.
Have you laughed today
Listen and complete the conversations.
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Why are you grinning from 1 _________________
I’ve won a free cinema ticket.
Cool! What are you going to watch
My Crazy Family. Have you seen it
Yes! I laughed my 2 _______________ You’ll enjoy it!
ear to ear
head off
I really don’t get Harry.
Why Is he still not talking to you
No. Today, he was all _____________________...
He asked me to help him with that website of his.
Really What did you say
Well, I said yes. We all deserve a second chance. I guess.
smiles
What’s the matter Why the long face
Yesterday, I stepped on a banana skin and fell over in front of the whole class.
That’s so funny!
I was the __________ stock of the class. Even my teacher cracked ___________!
laughing
a smile
Match the expressions you have completed in Activity 5 to their meanings.
_______________: a person that everyone laughs at because they have done something funny or silly
______________: to look friendly and happy, especially when other people are not expecting you to
laughing stock
笑料；笑柄
be all smiles
满面笑容
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grin from ear to ear laugh one’s head off be all smiles
laughing stock crack a smile
__________________: to look extremely happy because you are very pleased about something
_____________: to smile slightly
___________________: to laugh very loudly and for a long time
grin from ear to ear
咧嘴大笑
crack a smile
露出笑容
laugh one’s head off
大笑不已，狂笑
grin from ear to ear laugh one’s head off be all smiles
laughing stock crack a smile
Work in groups and think of more expressions about laughter.
a good laugh 哈哈大笑
burst out laughing 放声大笑
fall about laughing 忍不住大笑
grin 咧着嘴笑
smile at sb. 朝某人微笑
smile bitterly 苦笑
smirk 幸灾乐祸地笑
giggle; laugh foolishly; simper 傻笑
snicker; laugh up one’s sleeve 窃笑
tease; make fun of 取笑
for laughs 为了取乐, 作为消遣, 借以开心
have/get the last laugh 笑到最后; 取得最后胜利
He who laughs last, laughs best.
笑到最后的人笑得最开心。
fake laughs 假笑
The laugh that is not really a laugh. 似笑非笑
Discuss other situations in which you could use these expressions.
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A: Tom must have passed that really hard test.
B: Why do you think so
A: Because he was grinning from ear to ear yesterday when I met him.
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April Fool’s Day is on 1 April. It’s the one day of the year when people in many parts of the world play practical jokes on each other. Even newspapers, radio and TV stations play tricks on their readers and audiences.
The jokes traditionally last until noon in
the UK. But in some other countries,
such as the US, they can last all day!
Did You Know
In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”. They stick a paper fish on their friends’ backs to play tricks on them. When they find this, they say “April Fish!”
In America, people like playing tricks on friends on April 1st. They may point down to your shoe and say, “Your shoelace is untied.” If you believe them and look down to see, you will be “an April Fool.”
In England, people play tricks on others only in the morning. You will be a “noodle” if someone fools you.
Listen to the radio programme and choose the pictures mentioned.
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Listen again and complete the notes.
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Joke 1
· Year: 1698
. Main story: A newsletter reported people going to
watch 1___________________________ at the
Tower of London. The joke was played on visitors
throughout the 2__________________________.
Joke 2
. Year: 3________________
. Main story: The 4___________________ introduced
an invention called “Smellovision”. It allowed
5______________________ over the airwaves.
“the washing of the lions”
18th and 19th centuries
1965
BBC News Channel
smells to be carried
Joke 3
· Year: 6_______________
· Main story: A news programme told viewers that the spaghetti trees in Switzerland were having 7____________________.
Now work in pairs. Discuss which of the practical jokes you think is funny.
1957
a really good harvest
Complete the boxes with expressions from the radio programme.
Let’s start with…
It’s a good one!
I don’t get it.
That’s so funny!
Now, my favourite one…
I can imagine!
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Telling a story Making comments
Let’s start with …
Now, my favourite one …
It’s a good one!
I don’t get it.
That’s so funny!
I can imagine!
Let’s start with…
It’s a good one!
I don’t get it.
That’s so funny!
Now, my favourite one…
I can imagine!
Then give feedback on each other’s stories and help your partner to improve theirs.
Tell your partner a funny story and make comments using the expressions in this section.
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We all deserve a second chance.
e.g. We thought she deserved the praise.
It’s true that she made a mistake but she hardly deserves to lose her job.
I deserve pretty much what I’ve got.
deserve v. if sb./sth. deserves sth., it is right that they should have it, because of the way they have behaved or because of what they are 应得；应受；值得
【归纳】
deserve后可接名词、代词、不定式或从句。
deserve后也可接动词-ing形式表示被动意义，即：
deserve doing = deserve to be done。
e.g. I’m sorry for the kids. They deserve treating / to be treated in a better way.
【语境应用】
根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子（每空一词）。
1) I think the film ________ ________ (值得一看).
2) The article ________ ________ ________ (值得仔细研究).
3) Diana ________ ________ ________ (应该获胜) because she was the best.
deserved to win
deserves seeing
deserves careful study
1. Remember the expressions about “laugh”.
2. Preview Developing ideas.
