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What is jam?
Do you like eating jam?
Jam is a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread.
Read Exercise 3-5 and try to predict the story. Tell your partner what you think will happen.
（Page 23)
Listen to Part 1 and write down the main idea.
Mary made some jam but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about jam, came home and threw it into the kitchen yard.
Listen to Part 1 again and answer the following questions.
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.
Guess the end of the story.
1. John will apologize.
2. He will tell her she shouldn’t have left the jam on the kitchen table.
1. John will get angry too and say she should have told him she was making jam.
2. He will say it isn’t important.
3. He will apologize.
John will say she should have told him she was making jam.
Mary’s reaction John’s reaction to her
1. Mary will laugh.
2. Mary will get angry and tell John he should have put the jam in the dustbin.
3. Mary will say the problem with the chickens are John’s responsibility.
Listen to Part 2 to put the sentences in order.
Mary got angry with John.
Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely.
John was sorry.
Marry looked at the red mess on the ground.
The chickens enjoyed the jam.
John said the chickens were drunk.
Mary came home.
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John said he thought the jam was porridge.
“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 _________.”
Listen to Part 2 again and fill in the blanks.
threw away
that’s
sorry
porridge
enjoyed
drunk
Do you think the story is funny? Give your reasons.
A: What fun! I enjoyed that story. I always
laugh at that kind of thing.
B: Me, too. I’m pleased we both like the same
kind of funny stories.
A: The punchline was good. You were
wondering what would happen. So I’m
happy that it all turned out well in the end.
B: It surprised me that John didn’t see the
plum stone if Mary did.
A Sample
A: That’s because Mary did the cooking,
but John didn’t look at the jam carefully.
He just thought it was a mess and threw
it away.
B: I think it’s very amusing and always try
to read stories like that. They make me
smile.
A: OK. Let me tell you this funny story then.
It’s about a hedge cutter which was
made in China but sold in England …
（Workbook, Page 55)
The story is about a thief who tries to steal some potatoes and Peter who successfully prevents them from being stolen.
What is the main idea of the story?
Listen and answer the questions.
Where did Peter get the potatoes?
Why did he ask his wife to be quiet when she heard the thief?
Why couldn’t the thief take away the potatoes?
Peter was given the potatoes by a friend.
He thought the thief might have a knife and he did not want to make him angry.
Because Peter removed the shirt that the thief had planned to put the potatoes in.
4. Why was the thief angry?
5. How many characters are there in the
story?
6. Where does the story happen?
Three.
At Peter’s home.
Because he could not find his shirt and steal the potatoes.
What will happen next in the story?
Act out this story.
（Workbook, Page 58)
Look at the pictures below and predict what they are about. Write down your prediction in a sentence.
Listen and choose the picture that best describes what happened.
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Listen again and answer the question.
I think the teacher felt embarrassed when he was offered the dog, because he did not want it and had not expected to be offered it. And he felt very unhappy to be considered a liar.
How do you think the teacher felt when he was offered the dog?
How would you solve the problem and help the teacher? Discuss with your partner.
A: Poor teacher! I think he must have been astonished at the way the boys behaved.
B: Yes. I suppose he felt it was his duty to talk like that! Those boys had not chosen a good method of finding a home for the dog.
A: Why do you say that?
B: Well, they think the teacher is the biggest liar and give him the dog --- but the teacher does not want the dog! So he won’t provide it with a good home.
Sample dialogue
A: True! So what’s the teacher going to do now?
B: He can offer the dog to any of the students he thinks will look after it.
A: How can he choose the best owner?
B: He can ask them to tell him how much they know about looking after dogs.
A: Yes, or he could find out whose parents would like a dog.
B: Good idea!
Homework
Review the whole unit.
Get more about English humour.
