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Word play or wordplay is a literary technique and a form of wit in which the words that are used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement.
Word play is quite common in oral cultures as a method of reinforcing meaning.
Word play
tongue twister
(绕口令)
jokes
pun
(双关语)
riddles
谜语
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Tongue twister: an expression that is
difficult to articulate clearly
Can?you?can?a?can?as?a?canner?can?can?a?can?
Six?sick?hicks?nick?six?slick?bricks?with?picks?and?sticks.
3. I?scream,?you?scream,?we?all?scream?for?ice-cream!
4. There?was?a?fisherman?named?Fisher who?fished?for?some?fish?in?a?fissure. Till?a?fish?with?a?grin, pulled?the?fisherman?in. Now?they’re?fishing?the?fissure?for?Fisher
5. How many cans can a canner can if a
canner can can cans? A canner can can as
many cans as a canner can if a canner can
can cans.
6. I thought a thought. But the thought I
thought wasn’t the thought I thought I
thought.
7. She sells seashells by the seashore. The
shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she
sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells
seashore shells.
Pun is an amusing use of a word or phrase
that has two meanings, or of words with the
same sound but different meanings.
Policeman: You can’t park here.
Driver: Why not?
Policeman: Read the sign.
Driver: I did. It says “Fine for parking!” So I parked.
1.
“And how many hours a day did you do lessons?” said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.
“Ten hours the first day,” said the Mock Turtle, “nine the next, and so on.”
“What a curious plan!” exclaimed Alice.
“That’s the reason they’re called lessons,” the Gryphon remarked, “because they lessen from day to day.”
2.
1. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
2. The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. What is it?
Riddle: a difficult and often amusing
question to which one must guess the answer
(Silence)
(A coffin)
a funny poem --- limerick
There was an old man with a beard
Who said it is just as I feared.
Four insects and then,
Two birds and a hen
Have all made their homes in my beard.
Do you think they’re funny? Is there an equivalent in Chinese humour?
Make up similar ones.
Listen to three jokes. Which one do you think is the funniest? Can you make a similar one?
Listen to a short story, underline the dialogue and answer the questions.
1. How did Watson answer Holmes’ question?
2. What happened actually?
2. What happened actually?
Someone has stolen their tent.
1. 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.
After reading the funny story, what kinds of persons do you think they are?
Sherlock Holmes:
Doctor Watson:
Carelessness may cause many funny stories in our daily life. Can you give an example?
careful
careless
Mary was so disgusted at her husband’s cigarette smoking that she complained to him one day.
“I hope that all the cigarette factories will catch fire someday.”
“Don’t worry, dear. All the cigarettes will be on fire sooner or later,” he said with a smile.
An English Joke
Make a dialogue between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
Suggested dialogue
Narrator: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying in the open air under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looks up at the stars.
Sherlock Holmes (whispering): Watson,
when you look at that beautiful sky,
what do you think of?
Watson: I think how short life is and how
long the universe has lasted.
Sherlock Holmes: No, no, Watson. What
do you really think of?
Watson: I think of how small I am and
how vast the sky is.
Sherlock Holmes: Try again.
Watson: I think of how cold the universe
is and how warm people can be in
their beds.
Sherlock Holmes: Watson, you fool! You
should be thinking that someone has
stolen our tent!
April Fools’ Day is a day to play jokes on
others. No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France.
What do people usually do on April Fool’s Day?
Did you play any funny tricks on your friends last time? Tell your story.
Read the text and answer the questions.
Who made the April Fool’s joke, the noodle harvest?
2. Why did many people believe the report?
The Panorama TV programme, BBC.
Because the Panorama TV programme is serious, the programme itself was presented in a very serious way and there were many details given in the story to make it believable.
More ideas put forward on TV or in newspapers during April Fool’s Day.
1. Pigeons follow roads and road signs when
they want to find their way home.
2. The earliest football has been found in a
grave dated back to 1,000 years ago.
3. Earliest human paintings on cave walls
are all modern fakes.
4. Advanced computers can “talk” to each
other without the aid of humans.
What is a logical order?
Logical
order
First …
Then…
Next…
Finally / At last…
Write down your story in a logic order.
For each part of your story try to find the most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what was happening.
Then write out your story using these interesting words. Read through your story.
Then show it to your partner. Let him / her suggest some new and exciting words.
Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.
Write a story according to the picture.
What did you do on last April Fool’s Day? Describe it.
2. Review the reading materials in this unit.
Homework
