人教版高中英语必修4Unit3　A taste of English humour Listening Speaking课件 （共17张PPT）

课件17张PPT。 M4 U3
A taste of English humour
Listening & SpeakingMr. Brown : Oh, my dear, I have lost my precious
little dog !
Mrs. Smith : But you must put an advertisement
in the papers !
Mr. Brown : It’s no use , my little dog can’t read .Father : Kristy , why do you drink so
much water ?
Kristy: I have just had an apple , Dad .
Father : What’s that got to do with it ?
Kristy: I forgot to wash the apple . One day , in a mental hospital(精神病院) , the doctor wanted to know whether the patients recovered . So he drew a door on the wall ,and told the patients : “If you can open the door ,I will let you leave the hospital .” After hearing these words , all of the patients tried to open the door , except for the old men , he shook his head and said : “ They are so silly .” The doctor surprised , “Why do you say that ?” the patient answered : “Because the key is in my pocket .”Listen to a funny storyPre-listening:Guess: what is the story about ?While-listeningFirst listening:Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear.
□ thief □ knife □ potatoes
□ carrots □ mushrooms □ midnight
□ shirt □ trousers □ spread
□ stole □ whispered □ shouted√√√√√√√√√While-listeningSecond listening: Listen to the story part by part and try to answer the questions.1.Where did Peter get the potatoes?
2.Why did he ask his wife to be quiet when she heard the thief?
Part onePeter got the potatoes from his friend.He thought the thief might have a knife
and he didn’t want to make him angry.Part twoWhile-listening The thief _______ the potatoes on the floor. Having no bag
to carry them, he _____ _____ his shirt and spread it on the floor.
As he was ______ ____the potatoes to put them on his shirt.
Peter quietly ______ the shirt away and ________it under the
bed. He did not want to lose his potatoes. The thief did not know
his shirt had _______, so he put the potatoes on what he _______
was his shirt. However, when he tried to pick them up he could
not do so.1. Fill in the blanksfoundtook offpicking uptookhidgonethought2. Work in groups to ask some questions about
this part, and the other groups try to answer the
questions.While-listeningPart three1.What is the punchline of this funny story? “ If there’s no thief in the house, then,
who’s taken my shirt?”Now, can you summarize the story in one or
two sentences?When ? Who ?
Where ? What ?
Result?
shadow readingImitate reading the story after the tape.
Pay attention to the pronunciation (语音),
intonation（语调）, phonetic stress（重音）
and liaison（连读）, rhythm（节奏）.While-listening1.“Peter… ↘ |Peter… ↘ | Wake up. ↘ | There’s a
thief↘ | in our house.” ↘
2. So he said, ↘ | “ Be quiet! ↘ | It must be mice. ↘|
There’s no thief.” ↘
3.“Peter. ↘ | There IS↘ a thief in our house.” ↘
4.He shouted, ↗ | “ I’ve told you there’s no thief
in our house.” ↘
Imitation reading : Pay attention to
the intonationPost-listening In group of four, act out the story and make up an
ending, trying to make your performance as humorous
as possible.

Four characters:
a narrator, Peter, his wife, the thiefRole play: While you’re acting, pay attention to your
body language, facial expression, the pronunciation
(语音), and intonation（语调）. Role play:Role play:AssignmentAfter class, read the following passage in clear
pronunciation and natural intonation，trying to
taste the humour of it.