人教版高中英语必修4 Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour warming up导入课课件（共17张PPT）

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Module 4 Unit 3
humor
English humor
A taste of English humor
Types of humour
Verbal:
jokes(p17)
funny stories
funny poems
Comedy

Nonverbal:
mime
In England, drivers must keep to the left. Let’s see what happened: (V-a visitor P-a policeman).
V: What’s the matter?
P: Why are you driving on the right of the road?
V: Do you want me to drive on the wrong side?
P: You are driving on the wrong side.
V: But you said I was driving on the right side?
P: Yes, you are on the right, and that’s wrong.
V: A strange country! If right is wrong, I’m right
when I’m on the wrong side. So why did you
stop me?
P: You must keep to the left, sir! The right side is left.
a joke
Play on words
Read the three jokes and match the joke with
explanation.
1-------B 2--------C 3--------A
Pair work
Using language (p22)
What’s the main technique used in the jokes ?
-----Play on words
-----Misunderstanding of the word
Longer jokes----
How did Watson answer Holmes’ question?
----He thought of how short life was and how
long the universe lasted.
----He thought of how small he was and how vast
the sky was .
-----He thought of how cold the universe was and
how warm people can be in their beds.
According to Sherlock’s answer ,what happened
actually?
----Someone had stolen their tent.
funny stories
Jokes in the forms of poems
A flea and a fly in a flue(烟道),
Were trapped and knew not what to do,
'Let us flee', said the fly,
'Let us fly', said the flea,
So they flew through a flaw(裂缝) in the flue.

limerick 五行打油诗
P 60
Choose a proper answer to make the dialogue or
story funny.
( ) what does the right hand say to the left hand?
A. I’m always right B. How dirty you are .
A
Choose a proper answer to make the dialogue or
story funny.
( ) Which state in the United States is high in the
middle and round at the ends.
A. Ohio B. Atlanta C. Florida
A
Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ____?
Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone number?
ring
Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning, Mum ! Mum : How nice ! Did you kiss her ____ ,dear ? Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.
back
Why did the duck refuse to do that?
An animal sports meeting was going on . A duck and
a Crab(螃蟹) arrived at the finishing line at the same
time. The judge asked them to play Rock—Paper
–Scissors to decide who is the winner. But the duck
says “no”.
Because----the duck only has “paper”while the
crab always use “scissors”.
What is the smallest room in the world?
mushroom
6
Which month do soldiers hate?
7
At a dinner party, the speaker, who liked talking very much, was about to deliver a speech when his wife sitting at the other end of the table, sent him a piece of paper with the word “KISS” scribbled(潦草书写，乱画） on it. The guest seated next to the speaker said, "Your wife must love you very much, I see her send you a 'KISS' before you begin your speech." The speaker smiled and explained, "You don't know my wife. The 'KISS' she give me stands for 'K______ I____ S______, S_______. '”
Keep It Short, Stupid
8
Preview the reading passage about Charlie Chaplin and do Ex 1& 2 on P19.

Homework
‘A day without laughter is a day wasted’.

‘Action is more generally understood than words’.
---Charlie Chaplin