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Module4 Unit 3
A taste of English Humour
Using language2
Jam
Read Exercise 3-5 and try to predict the story.
Listening
Listen to Part 1 and conclude the
main idea.
Mary made some jam but left some in a pan.
Some days later, John came home
and threw it into the chicken yard.
1. What was Mary going to do with the
cooked plums in the pan?
2. What did John think Mary should
have done with the mess in the pan?
Listen to Part1 again, and answer the
following questions:
1. What was Mary going to do with the
cooked plums in the pan?
She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down.
2. What did John think Mary should
have done with the mess in the pan?
He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat.
What will Mary say when she finds out what has happened? How will John react to her?
___ 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.
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Before you listen to Part 2, try to put these sentences in order.
“ 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
made them _______.”
enjoyed
porridge
sorry
drunk
that’s
threw away
Fill in the blanks while listening to
Part 2 a second time.
Switzerland amusing moustache porridge budget
vast directly outstanding mountainous mess
Mary was so angry with John about the jam that she went to stay with her mother in a __________ part of the country. She could not understand why John had thought it was_________ and had thrown it away. “Why couldn’t he behave more sensibly?” she thought to herself. “ He found it ________, but I feel he is _______ to blame for the terrible______ in the chicken yard.” However, the ______ scenery and the ______ mountain ranges soon calmed her. She began to miss John and think fondly of his smiling face and stiff _________. “When I go home,” she thought, “I will see if our______ will allow us to have a holiday in ___________.John will love that and we can forget our troubles and have a good time together.” So that is what they did!
mountainous
amusing
porridge
directly
mess
outstanding
vast
moustache
budget
Switzerland
1.Do you like the story? Why?
Speaking
How wonderful!
I’m pleased we both like…
I felt happy because…
What fun!
It surprises me that…
I (don’t) laugh at that kind of thing
because…
It is (not) very amusing/funny that…
I (don’t) enjoy this very much because…
Writing
结合下面的提要,写一篇幽默故事。词数100个左右。
1.一位妇女找医生想寻求减肥的办法;
2.医生建议她吃蔬菜和谷物两天,然后隔一天
(skip a day),再反复如此两周;
3.一段时间后,她减掉了近20磅。医生很吃惊;
4.秘诀:跳跃。
1.蔬菜和谷物 _________________
2.让某人节食 _________________
3.指导;说明 _________________
4.说实话 _________________
5.跳跃、跳过 _________________
Useful phrases:
vegetables and grains
put sb on a diet
instruction
to tell you the truth
skip
Useful structure
1.医生建议她吃蔬菜和谷物两天,然后隔一天,再反复,
如此两周。
A: The doctor advised her __________, then ______a day,
and _____ this procedure for 2 weeks.
B: The doctor suggested her___________________________.
2.下次我看到你时,你至少会减掉5磅。
_________ I see you, you will _________________________.
3.当这位妇女再次回来时,她让医生感到震惊,她竟然减掉
了将近20磅。
A:________________________________________________
B:________________________________________________
Laugh,
and the world will laugh with you.
1.Polish the story and hand it in.
Homework
Thank you