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Book 4 Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour
Using Language
Lead-in
Enjoy a video from the great master-Charlie Chaplin .
What kind of dog can never bite and bark(犬叫)?
hot dog
Sophia
riddles谜语
tongue twisters 饶口令
jokes
funny stories
limericks五行幽默诗
… …
Play on words
puns 双关、俏皮话
Pun (双关)
Policeman: You can’t park here.
Driver: Why not?
Policeman: Read the sign.
Driver: I did. It says “Fine for parking!”
So I parked.
?好的;?罚款
Tongue Twisters
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
你能够像罐头工人一样装罐头吗?
2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
我希望梦想着你梦想中的梦想,但是如果你梦想着女巫的梦想,我就不想梦想着你梦想中的梦想。
Good cookies could be cooked by a good cook
if the good cook could cook good cookies.
cooks
cookies
A tongue twister competition
Jokes
1. C: What's that fly doing in my soup?
W: Swimming. I think.
In the joke, the customer is angry about a fly in his/her soup.
_________________
punchline
2. C: What's that?
W: It's bean soup.
C: I don't want to know what it's been.I want to know what it is now.
been??
In the dialogue the customer in fact means that________
he doesn’t know what it is now
he doesn’t hear clearly what the waiter says
he is not content with the soup
he mistakes “bean” for “been”
3. C: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?
W: No, sir. Round.
shape??
In the dialogue the customer really wants to know_______
A. the length of the pancake
B. how soon the pancake will be ready
C. the size of the pancake
D. the shape of the pancake
B
________
Sometimes, ______________________________________may cause many funny jokes in our daily life.
misunderstanding
According to the above jokes, what cause the funny jokes ?
elements of a funny story
punchline
development
situation
time; place; the characters; background information
How is the story going on?
Sherlock Holmes
&
Watson
2. What happened actually?
Someone has stolen their tent.
1. When and where did the story happen?
One evening when there were stars in the sky.In a mountainous area, in the open air.
3. How did Watson answer Holmes’ question?
--I think of how short life is and how
long the universe lasted.
--I think of how small I am and how
vast the sky is.
--I think of how cold the universe is and
how warm people can be in their beds.
When and where did the story happen?
One evening when there were stars in the sky.
In a mountainous area, in the open air.
Careful reading
★Situation
When, where, who…
2. How did they find that their tent was stolen?
A question by Sherlock
Watson: short and long life
Repeat again
Small human being and vast sky
Repeat again
Cold universe and warm people
Someone has stolen our tent!
★development
3. Which sentence do you think is the
funniest?
“You should be thinking Someone has stolen our tent!”
★Punchline
Listening
Listening
The story of the drunken chickens
ripe 熟的; react 做出反应
plum 李子; mess 脏或乱的状态
jam 果酱; porridge 粥;麦片粥
jar 罐子 ; dustbin 垃圾桶
pan 平底锅; drunk 醉的
plums
ripe
成熟的李子
jam 果酱
plum jam
Finish the main idea of part 1
Mary made some plum_______ and left some in the ________, then went to hospital to ____________ her mother for several days. Her husband John knew _________ about it threw the jam to feed the ________.
jams
pan
take care of
nothing
chickens
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 chicken were drunk.
Mary came home.
They decided to deal with the drunken chickens.
Task2. Listen to Part 2, and put sentences
below in order.
1
3
6
5
2
7
4
8
9
Fill in the blanks.
“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 ________.”
threw away
that’s
sorry
porridge
enjoyed
drunk
jam jars 果酱罐头
Imagine you were Mary /John, what will you do?
Write a continuous passage following the listening text about 150 words or so.