Unit 3 A taste of English humour Listening and speaking （19PPT无素材）

(共19张PPT)
Lead-in
A Lucky Mother
Lead-in
A Lucky Mother
Q. Why was the mother thought to be lucky in the girl's eyes?
Because she could eat bread with butter and .
jam


First Listening : Part 1
1) What's the title of the passage?


2) What's the main idea of the story?



The story of the Chickens
drunken
Part 1 of the story
who a couple ( and )
when some later
where in the
what She made with plums, and left the rest in the . He it into the chicken yard.
how feel
why it smelled
First Listening: Part 1
2) What's the main idea of the story?



Part 1 of the story
who a couple ( Mary Smith & John ) ; chickens
when one day ; some days later
where at home ( in the kitchen )
what made jam with plums;left the rest in the pan;poured into the chicken yard;
how feeling comfortable
why It smelled bad
Prediction of the continuation of the story
Discussion: what would happen later?
Mary's reaction John's reaction


Mary's reaction John's reaction
laugh

apologize
get angry, blame John for his fault

get angry, blame ; laugh and tolerate
Prediction of the continuation of the story
First Listening: Part 2
Listen to part 2 and answer the questions.
Q. 1. What happened later and why ?




2. Which sentence is the punchline (the most amusing ) ?


The punchline : What are we going to do with the drunken chicken?
Mary was angry but John laughed because the chickens got drunk.
Second Listening: Part 1
Listen to the whole story again and fill in the blanks.
Part 1
Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums. They would make 1 jam. When she had finished the cooking, she 2 all her empty jam jars and 3 the rest of the jam in the pan. She would put it in the fridge when it was cooler. But just then the telephone rang, her mother was in hospital after a car accident. Mary 4 her bag and ran out of the house.
Some days later, her husband, a John, came home from a business trip. He had been 5 all day and 6 having a drink and a piece of cake. As he 7 the kitchen he saw a pan with a dark mess inside it. He 8 it up and smelled it. It smelled bad.
Mary must have forgotten to clean this pan, he thought. 9 he 10 all the jam into the chicken yard and 11 the pan. Then 12 , he began to eat a piece of cake.
Second Listening: Part 2
Listen to the whole story again and fill in the blanks.
Part 2
When Mary returned , she noticed the chickens behaving strangely. They were 13 the yard 14 they were sick. She saw the dark red mess on the ground and 15 . 16 she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen. Her husband was reading a newspaper at the table.
Angrily Mary rushed up to him. “You threw away my jam,” she 17 . “Oh, that’s what it was,” he said. “I’m sorry 18 I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather. “Good heavens!” said Mary. “That must be the jam I left in the pan, but why didn’t you throw it into the dustbin?” John laughed. “ It was a mistake. However, the chickens 19 the jam, 20 it has made them drunk. What are we going to do with these drunken chickens?”
Keys:

1-4 lovely filled left picked up

5-8 travelling felt like came into lifted

9-12 So poured cleaned feeling comfortable

13-16 running round as if went closer When

17-20 shouted but have enjoyed except that
After Listening
Put the keywords into different groups.
linking words
details( specific words) (verbs; adj. or adv. )

sentence structures
linking words and ; but ; after ; so ; when; which ; as ; as if ; however ; except that ...



details( specific words) look ; finish ; fill ; leave ; ring; pick up ; run out of ; come ; travel ; feel like ; see ; lift up ; smell ; clean ; pour into ; behave ; run around ; go closer ;rush up to ; shout ; throw ; strangely; angrily;laugh; enjoy...

(verbs; adj. or adv. )

sentence structures when... ; feeling...; as if... ;




After Listening
The story is told in
1) Style:
A. Narration B. Argumentation
C. Exposition

2) Person:
A. First Person B. Second Person
C. Third Person

3) Tense :
A. Past tense B. Present Tense
C. Future Tense



Writing and Acting (Group work)

Task: Write an English funny story and share with your classmates.
Writing Guidance
1. The Style: Narration ; Person: Third Person ; Tense: Past tense ;
2. Title:
3. Main idea: who ; when ; what ; how ; how ; why ;
4. Keywords
5. The punchline

Body Language
Writing Task
Choice 1

Title : a couple with a penguin

Main idea:A couple found a penguin but never take it to the zoo as suggested by the policeman.

Punchline: Today we are going to ..., and tomorrow we will go to...!

Key words: look around, ask one’s advice ;take to the zoo; surprised





Choice 2
Title: Who's taken my Shirt?

Main idea:a thief tried to steal potatoes but the husband successfully prevented them from being stolen.

Punchline:If there is no thief in the house who has taken my shirt?

Key words: thief;knife,potatoes;midnight,shirt, spread;stole;whispered;shouted




Writing Task
Choice 3

Title: Who Should Own the Dog?

Main idea: Boys decided that the teacher telling the biggest lie should own a homeless dog.

Punchline:I never told a lie when I was your age!
We think you should have the dog !

Keywords: walk ;sorry for ; decide ; angry ;to lecture ; silence ; agree;


Writing Task
How to write a funny story ?
Summary