4.3 A Taste of English Humour
★学习目标：
1. 学习英语听力中先看题目，进行适当猜测，再捕捉信息的方法。
2.能够根据情境，加入自己的肢体语言和语音语调等表述笑话。
3.体会更多关于幽默的种类，并能自己尝试写作。
★自学导航：
1. 写出下列单词及词组的中文翻译
(1) detective ___________________ (2) mess _____________________
(3) explanation _________________ (4) amuse____________________
(5) jam _______________________ (6) porridge __________________
(7) pancake ___________________ (8) mountainous ______________
(9) drunk _____________________ (10) ripe ____________________
(11) plum _____________________ (12) whisper _________________
(13) react _____________________ (14) jar _____________________
(15) pan ______________________ (16) vast ____________________
2. 阅读22页第1题的短笑话，把他们与他们的解释连线，并回答何为“play on words”。
play on words ----_______________________________________________________________
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3. 阅读22页第2题的长笑话，将之改成对话形式，3人为一组，课堂上表演（一人为narrator, 一人为Sherlock Holmes, 一人为Doctor Watson）。
★上课流程：
1. Check the preparation work and invite several groups to act those jokes out in front of the class.
2. Listening
(1) Look at the exercise on page 23 and predict the story.
(2) Listen to Part1 and write down the main idea.
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(3) Listen to Part1 again and answer questions.
What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan
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What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan
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What do you think Mary is going to say when she finds out what has happened
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How do you think John will react to her
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(4) Guess and put the 8 sentences in order (Exe.4). Listen to Part2 and then check it.
Guess Check
_____ _____ Mary got angry with John.
_____ _____ Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely.
_____ _____ John was sorry.
_____ _____ The chickens enjoyed the jam.
_____ _____ John said he thought the jam was porridge.
_____ _____ Mary looked at the red mess on the ground.
_____ _____ John said the chickens were drunk.
_____ _____ Mary came home.
(5) Listen to Part2 for a second time and fill in the blanks in Exe 5.
“You ___________ my jam,” she shouted. “Oh, ____________ what it was,” he said. “I’m __________ but I thought it was ___________ which had gone bad in the hot weather. The chickens have ____________ the jam, but it’s made them _____________.”
3. Speaking and writing
(1) Discuss with your partner whether you think the story you listened to is funny. Use the expressions on page23 to help you express your feelings and reasons.
(2) Group work: 4 or 6 in one group and write your own funny stories according to the example given.
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★课堂检测：
Share those funny stories.
★课后拓展：
Enjoy some funny stories and jokes
A Letter to Girlfriend
One day a young man was writing a letter to his girl friend that lived just a few miles away in a nearby town. Among other things, he was telling her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. The more he wrote the more poetic he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest difficulties, he would face the greatest dangers that anyone could imagine. In fact, to spend only one minute with her, he would climb the highest mountain in the world, he would swim across the widest river, and he would enter the deepest forest and with his bare hands fight against the fiercest animals.
He finished the letter, signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to mention something quite important. So, in a postscript below his name, he added: “By the way I’ll be over to see you on Wednesday night—if it doesn’t rain.”
with his bare hands： 赤手空拳
postscript 附言
The New Baby
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had a seven-year-old boy named Pat. Now Mrs. Taylor was expecting another child. Pat had seen babies in other people’s houses and had not liked them very much, so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too.
One evening Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were making plans for the baby’s arrival. “This house won’t be big enough for use all when the baby comes,” said Mr. Taylor.
Pat came into the room just then and said, “What are you talking about ” “We were saying that we’ll have to move to another house now, because the new baby’s coming,” his mother answered.
“It’s no use,” said Pat hopelessly, “He’ll follow us there.”
Sam: Would you punish me for some thing I didn’t do
Teacher: No, of course not.
Sam: Good, because I didn’t do my homework.
A： How can you tell when a lawyer is lying
B： His lips are moving.
C： If your dog was barking at the back door and your wife was knocking on the front door, who would you let in first
D： The dog, because at least he would shut up once he was in.
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34.3 A Taste of English Humour
1．根据句意和单词首字母或括号内的汉语释义，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
(1). Soon news spread t_______________ the country.
(2). The famous actress Zhang Ziyi has s______________ in many excellent films.
(3). U________________, they missed the last bus.
(4). We got b_______________ with the long speech given by Mr. Smith.
(5). I want to listen to the w_______________ of wind in the pines.
(6). I was a__________________ when I heard the hospital had burnt down.
(7). The famous film was d________________ by Zhang Yimou.
(8). The dictionary is p______________ useful for beginners.
(9). He got totally d__________ with only two cans of beer.
(10). Sherlock Holmes is a famous d_____________.
(11). Could you __________________ (娱乐) the child for an hour, while I make dinner
(12). He was given a reward for his ___________________（杰出的) work.
(13). I’m waiting to hear your ___________________.(解释)
(14)．Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be ________（咀嚼）and digested.w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
(15). He certainly cannot ______________ (使信服) me with such a poor excuse.
(16). How does his wife ______________ (反应) to his leaving his family without a word
(17). The boss lacks a sense of _____________(幽默).
(18). The huge disaster left many people ______________ (无家可归的).
(19). Her charming appearance and performance made her a well-known __________ (女演员).
(20). It’s important to balance one’s ____________ (预算).
2. 习语互译
(1). 贫困的 ______________________ (2). 对…满意 ______________________
(3). 山区 _______________________ (4). 直到现在 ______________________
(5). 对于…挑剔的__________________ (6). 克服困难 ______________________
(7). 对…不好 _____________________ (8). 在…边缘 ______________________
(9). 用…使某人愉快________________ (10). 太有趣了！_____________________
(11). star in ______________________ (12). a social failure ___________________
(13).on one occasion ________________ (14). in the open air ___________________
(15). try a third time ________________ (16). cut off _________________________
(17). pick up ______________________ (18). pick out ________________________
(19). gestures and body language _____________ (20). not that ________________________
3. 单选
(1). Tell Mary that there’s someone ____ for her at the door.
A. waiting B. waited C. waits D. to wait
(2). The _______ waiter came up to us and said, “You are welcome.”
A. smiling B. smiled C. smile D. to smile
(3). I can hardly imagine Peter _______ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
A. sail B. to sail C. sailing D. to have sailed
(4). Which do you enjoy _____ your weekends, fishing or watching TV
A. to spend B. spending C. spend D. being spent
(5). The missing boys were last seen _____ near the river.
A. playing B. to be playing C. play D. to play
(6). The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see _____ the next year.
A. carry out B. carrying out C. carried out D. to carry out
(7). I really appreciate _____ to relax with you on this nice island.
A. to have had time B. having time C. to have time D. to having time
(8). Some new laws __________ the right of citizens will come into force this year.
A. protected B. having protected C. protecting D. to be protected
(9). When I got back home, I saw a message pinned to the door “Sorry to miss you; will call later.”
A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading
(10). Do you know the boy _______ under the big tree
A. lay B. lain C. laying D. lying
(11). The salesman scolded the girl caught and let her off.
A. to have stolen B. to be stealing C. to steal D. stealing
(12). The look in his face suggests that he is happy.
A. exciting B. excited C. excite D. excitement
(13). The tongue twister he practices interesting.
A. sounds B. sounding C. sound D. sounded
(14). (2000年上海)Tony was very unhappy for________________ to the party.
A. having not been invited B. not having invited C. having not invited D. not having been invited
(15). The discovery of new evidence led to .
A. the thief having caught B. caught the thief
C. the thief’s being caught D. the thief to be caught
(16). The flowers sweet in the botanic garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature.
A. to smell B. smelling C. smelt D. to be smelt
(17). — Can you tell us what is important to a businessman
— ________ information.
A. Collect B. Collected C. Having collected D. Collecting
(18). Don’t leave the water _______ while you brush your teeth.
A. run B. running C. being run D. to run
(19). When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp _______ but the door _______.
A. being on; shut B. burning; shutting C. burning; shut D. on; shutting
(20). The woman found it no good _____ her daughter too much money.
A. giving B. being given C. given D. gave
4. Translate the Chinese into English. （选用）
(1). 那汽车撞到了前面的车子。（bump into）
(2)．你对于你现在的薪水感到满意吗？（be content with）
(3)．他决心靠自己克服困难。（overcome difficulties）
(4)．这部影片以十八世纪中叶的伦敦为背景。（be set in）
(5)．这户贫困的人家因未缴费而被切断煤气供应。（cut off）
1．The car bumped into the car in front.
2．Are you content with your present salary？
3. He is determined to overcome difficulties on his own/by himself.
4. The film is set in London in the middle of the eighteenth century.
5. The gas was cut off because the poor family hadn’t paid accounts
keys
throughout starred unfortunately bored whisper
astonished directed particularly drunk detective
entertain outstanding explanation chewed convince
react humour/humor homeless actress budget
badly off be content with a mountainous area up to now
be particular about overcome difficulties be unkind to on the edge of
entertain sb. with What fun!
担任主角；主演 社会生活中的失败者 在某个场合
露天 又试了一次 切断；断绝 捡起，偶然习得，接
挑出；辨别出 手势和肢体语言 倒不是；并不是说
AACAA CBCDD DBADC BDBCA英语学科 2010年3月
4.3 A Taste of English Humour
★学习目标：
1. 复习“-ing形式作主语、宾语”的语法。
2. 通过练习，巩固本单元所学语法。
3. 熟悉并掌握由“-ing形式作宾语补足语、表语、定语”的语法。
★自学导航：
1. 预习本单元语法：-ing形式作宾补、表语、定语 （page90）
2. 分析课文中的-ing形式，探讨他们所作的成分(主语、宾语、宾补、表语、定语、状语)。
(1). find it astonishing ______________
(2). leaving the family even worse off _______________
(3). spent his childhood looking after _______________
(4). mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday task _________________
(5). no one was ever bored watching him ________________
(6). his subtle acting made everything entertaining ______________ ________________
(7). he began making films _____________
(8). his charming character _______________
(9). walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick _________________ ____________
(10).make a sad situation entertaining _______________
(11). they are hiding in a small hut _______________
(12). they try boiling a pair of ________________
(13). they tries cutting and chewing the bottom ____________
(14). the acting is so convincing _______________
(15). for his outstanding work ______________
★上课流程：
1. Check answers.
2. Translation: Translate the following sentences into English. (复习-ing形式作主语、宾语)
(1) 去国外旅游很令人兴奋。 _____________________________________________
(2) 吸烟会致癌。 _____________________________________________
(3) 散步是我唯一的运动。 _____________________________________________
(4) 他承认钱是他拿的。 _____________________________________________
(5) 我禁不住笑了起来。 _____________________________________________
(6) 你的大衣需要刷一下。 _____________________________________________
3. Grammar Learning：-ing 形式作定语, 宾语补足语和表语的用法
讲解：
一、-ing形式作表语
-ing形式作表语时放在系动词之后，用来泛指某种动作或行为，以说明主语的身份、性质或情况。如：
Her hobby is painting.
His concern for his mother is most touching.
二、-ing形式作定语
1. (1)单个动词的-ing形式作定语位于被修饰名词的前面，既可以表示被修饰者的作用或功能，也可以表示被修饰者的动作或状态。如：
building materials = materials for building 建筑材料
drinking water = water for drinking 饮用水
a surprising result = a result that is surprising 一个惊人的结果
(2) 单个分词作定语时有时也可放在被修饰词的后面：如：
There is something missing.
2. -ing形式短语作定语时, 放在所修饰的名词之后, 并且在意思上相当于一个定语从句。如：
They lived in a room facing the street. = They lived in a room that faces the street.
3. -ing形式短语也可以用作非限制定语，相当于一个非限制性定语从句，这时，它与句子其他部分用逗号分开。如：
His brother, working as a teacher, lives in Beijing.
= His brother, who is working as a teacher, lives in Beijing.
三、-ing形式作宾语补足语
1. (1) 动词-ing形式作宾语补足语常放在宾语后面，表示一个正在进行的主动性的动作，强调一个过程或一种状态。如：
When we returned to the school, we found a stranger standing at the entrance.
We found the snake eating the eggs.
(2)当主句转换为被动结构时, 原来作宾语补足语的动词-ing形式便转换为主语补足语。如：
They found the result very satisfying. = The result is found very satisfying.
2. 能用-ing形式作宾语补足语的几类动词:
(1) 表示感觉和心理状态的动词，常见的有see, hear, feel, smell, find, notice, observe, look at, listen to等。如：
We saw a light burning in the window.
I felt somebody patting me on the shoulder.
注意点：此类动词后用-ing形式和动词不定式作宾语补足语的区别：
① 前者表示动作正在进行，而后者表示（或强调）动作从开始到结束的全过程。如:
We passed by the classmates and saw the teacher making the experiment.
（只在走过教室的刹那间，看见老师正在做实验）
We sat an hour and watched the teacher make the experiment.
（一个小时之内一直在看老师作实验）
② 如果宾语补足语是短暂性动词，动词不定式短语表示一次动作， 而-ing形式则表示反复动作。如：
I heard him sing a song. (一次动作)
I heard him singing a song. (反复动作)
(2) 表示指使意义的动词，常见的有have, set, keep, get, catch, leave等，表示“使某人一直做某事”，强调动作正在进行或状态再持续。如：
I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.
I can’t get the clock going again.
3. with的复合结构中，现在分词表示主动关系，往往有“进行”意味.
The poor man begged from door to door, with a lot of children following behind.
★课堂检测：
1. Translation
-ing形式作表语
我的工作就是照顾这些孩子。 ___________________________________________________.
真高兴看到他出现。 ______________________________________________________.
-ing形式作定语
阅览室 __________________ 写字台 ________________ 烦人的音乐 ______________
劳动人民 ________________ 升起的太阳 _____________ 下周 ____________________
-ing形式作宾语补足语
我发现地板上放着一个包。 I found a bag _________________________________________.
那老板让工人整夜地工作。 The boss kept ________________________________________.
有没有闻到有东西在烧？ ____________________________________________________.
他注意到每个人都好奇地看着他。 He observed everybody ___________________________.
2. 变换句型
将下列句子改为简单句
Yesterday we visited a village that lies south of the lake.= ________________________________.
The man that is standing there is Peter’s father. = ______________________________________.
Anybody who is swimming in this river will be fined. = _________________________________.
The apple tree, which was swaying gently in the breeze, had a good crop of fruit.
= _______________________________________________________________________.
那棵苹果树硕果累累，在微风中轻轻摇曳。
They heard him singing in the next room. = __________________________________________.
(改为被动态)
★课后拓展：
1. 高考真题
(1). A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _____ in the kitchen.（NMET 2003）
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. smoked
(2). Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV; there are pictures _____ in your mind instead of before your eyes. (2004广西)
A. to form B. form C. forming D. being formed
(3). The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _____ the desert. (2006湖南)
A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover
(4). Don’t leave the water _____ while you brush your teeth. (2004天津)
A. run B. running C. being run D. to run
(5). I smell something __________ in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute (2007全国I)
A. burning B. burnt C. being burnt D. to be burnt
(6). —Robert is indeed a wise man.
—Oh, yes. How often I have regretted ______ his advice! (2007安徽)
A. to take B. taking C. not to take D. not taking
(7). —Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.
—Sorry. With so much work my mind, I almost break down. (2007福建)
A. filled B. filling C. to fill D. being filled
(8). You can't imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm. (2007 辽宁)
A. walked B. walk C. to walk D. walking
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs below.
entertain astonish overcome whisper
chew react convince amuse
(1). Their record has sold an a____________ million copies.
(2). Children’s TV nowadays is much more e______________.
(3). The actress o_____________ her shyness and became a very good performer.
(4). Mike took out something that looked like a piece of c__________ gum.
(5). I didn’t find any of their arguments very c_____________.
(6). She suggested several ideas to help Laura a_________ the twins.
(7). I heard them w__________ to the other sailors several times, but I did not suspect what they are planning.
(8). Oil price r__________ sharply to the news of the crisis in the Middle East.
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★学习目标：
1. 了解非语言形式的幽默艺术(nonverbal)。
2. 了解世界著名的电影演员、喜剧大师卓别林及他在无声电影中的精湛表演。
3. 进一步提高阅读时猜测、略读、归纳的能力。
4. 学习并掌握本文出现的词汇、表达方式和语法结构。
★自学导航：
1. 写出以下中文对应的英文单词和词组。
(1) 使信服 ______________________ (2) 失败者 _____________________
(3) 导演，指示 __________________ (4) 喜剧 _______________________
(5) 幽默，滑稽 __________________ (6) 战胜，克服 _________________
(7) 咀嚼 ________________________ (8) 表演者 _____________________
(9) 普通的 ______________________ (10) 皮革 ______________________
(11) 幸运的 _____________________ (12) 使欢乐、款待 ______________
(13) 突出的，杰出的 _____________ (14) 流浪汉 ____________________
(15) 使惊诧 _____________________
(16) 穷的，缺少的 _______________ (17) 挑出，辨别出 ______________
(18) 切断，断绝 _________________ (19) 对…满足 __________________
(20) 直到现在 ___________________ (21) 主演 ______________________
2. 阅读Warming Up中的两个笑话，用英语表达什么是他们的punchline。
(1)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(2)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. 观察Warming Up中的表格，用英语说明两种幽默形式的区别。
(1) nonverbal ___________________________________________________________________
(2) verbal & comedy _____________________________________________________________
★上课流程：
1. Lead-in
(1) Greetings
(2) Check answers and introduce typical actors/writers of English humour: Mr. Bean, Mark Twain, Edward Lear, Marx Brothers.
2. Pre-reading
(1) Look at the title and the pictures of the passage and predict its content. Write it down in one sentence.
The passage is about ____________________________________________________________.
(2) Brainstorm: What do you know about Charlie Chaplin
3. Skimming
(1) Go over the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. (discuss with your partner if necessary)
Para 1 His achievement
Para 2 An example of a sad situation that he made funny.
Para 3 Why people needed cheering up.
Para 4 What his most famous character was like.
Para 5 What Charlie’s childhood was like.
(2) Check whether your prediction is right.
4. Scanning: Group Work: (Fill in the blanks and then find someone to give a presentation)
Give a description to Charlie Chaplin and “the little tramp”.
Born: ___________________
Job: ____________________
Famous character: ___________________________
Costume: ____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Type of acting: _____________________
Died: _____________________
5. Careful reading: Read the text again while listening and answer the following questions.
Why did people need cheering up？
_______________________________________________________________________________
Why do people like the little tramp
_______________________________________________________________________________
What’s the background of the Gold Rush (time, place, purpose, result)
_______________________________________________________________________________
6. Activity: Read para4 carefully
(1) Watch the video at the same time and then use “First,--- Then,--- Finally” to describe his actions.
① First, he ___________the laces and eats them.
② Then, he __________the leather top of the shoe.
③ Finally, he _____________and chewing the bottom of the shoe.
He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment and treats it as if it were the finest steak.
(2) Role act (pair work): Role card
Student A: retell how Chaplin eats a pair of shoes
Student B: act it out according to student A’s description.
★课堂检测：
1. T/F questions
A. Charlie had an easy childhood.
B. Charlie’s most famous character, a little tramp was a social success and very popular.
C. Charlie usually made a sad situation entertaining.
D. Victor Hugo has been the best in making people laugh.
E. Charlie has achieved a lot in all his life.
F. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well.
G. Chaplin lived his last years of his life in Britain.
2. Discussion: Why is Charlie Chaplin considered “a master of nonverbal humour”
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
★课后拓展：
Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.
Charlie Chaplin has been able to b_______ the lives of Americans and British through their hard years. He made people laugh at a time when they felt d_______, so they could feel more c_______ with their lives.
Born in a poor family in 1889, Charlie Chaplin was taught to sing and dance as soon as he could speak and walk. U__________, his father died, leaving the family even w______ _____,so Charlie spent his c_________ looking after his sick mother and brother. By his t_____, Charlie had become one of the most popular child a______ in England.
His charming c_______ the Little Tramp is well known all over the world, a poor and h_______ person, wearing large trousers, w_______ shoes, and carrying a walking s_______. A social f_______ as he was, he was loved by all the audience for his o________ and d__________ in overcoming difficulties and being kind to people u_______ to him.
When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situation, eating a leather shoe, entertaining by using n_______ humour.
Such is Charlie Chaplin who produced, d_______, and wrote movies that he s_______ in. He was given a special Oscar in 1972 for his lifetime o_________ work of bringing humour to us all.
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