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高中英语 (人教版)必修四
Unit 3
A Taste of English Humour
Period Three: Using Language
1.particular(adj.)→____________ (adv.)特殊地;特别地
2.occasion(n.)→___________ (adj.)偶尔的
3.actress(n.)→________ (v.)表演→ ________ (n.)男演员
4.amuse(v.)→____________ (n.)娱乐→________ (adj.)(令人觉得)好笑的;有趣的→ ________ (adj.)(自己觉得)愉快的;开心的
5.slide(v.)→________ (过去式和过去分词)→ ________ (现在分词)
6.explain(v.)→____________ (n.)解释;说明
7.detective(n.)→________ (v.)觉察,看穿
8.mountain(n.)→ ____________ (adj.)多山的
9.react(v.)→________ (n.)反应
10. drink(v.)→________ (adj.)醉的
particularly
occasional
act
actor
amusement
amusing
amused
slid
sliding
explanation
detect
mountainous
reaction
drunk
review
a
MASTER
of
nonverbal humour
mime
sketch
comedy
cross talk
duet
joke/comic
HUMOUR
…
English jokes
In the 1990s, Mr Bean became a star using mime to highlight difficult social situations much as Charlie Chaplin had done. His method of acting was to appear ,look around and then do exactly the wrong thing. Children particularly would burst into at his behaviour. He always managed to _________those things that people are afraid of doing because they do not want to appear a social . On one occasion in a restaurant he ordered a steak tartare. When the uncooked meat arrived he was _________ by shame because he could not eat it. He a piece of meat and pretended to _______a mouthful but instead put it into the plant pot beside him. He put other pieces into his pocket.__________ the meal he seemed to show great in his food. He was such an performer that when he finished eating his dinner,the waiter offered him the same dish again at no extra .
?
uncertain
laughter
pick out
failure
overcome
cut off
chew
Throughout
enjoyment
outstanding
charge
burst out laughing
burst into tears/crying
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Complete the passage with the words and phrases below in their forms.
enjoyment overcome laughter cut off outstanding uncertain pick out throughout failure charge chew
1. Girl: If we marry, will you give me a ring?
Boy: Of course. What’s your telephone
number?
2. Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning,
Mum! Mum: How nice! Did you kiss her back, dear? Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.
“pun”双关语
verbal jokes
① A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.
② A small boy went to the counter to pay for his lunch but he was a little short.
Read the two puns and enjoy playing on words.
How to explain the two puns?
①Two-tired, when spoken, can have two meanings:
a. with two tires; b. too tired.
②Short, when spoken, can have two meanings:
a. small in height; b. not having enough money.
There are thousands of jokes
which use “play on words” to
amuse us. Now read some of
these customer and waiter jokes.
1. C: What’s that fly doing in my soup?
W: Swimming. I think!
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.
3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long? W: No, sir. Round.
教材P22
答案
= be satisfied/pleased with
1.In the first dialogue the customer in fact means that .
A. he doesn’t know what it is now
B. he doesn’t hear clearly what the waiter says
C. he is not content with the soup
D. he mistakes “bean” for the word“been”
C
C: What’s that fly doing in my soup?
W: Swimming. I think!
Choose the best answers according to the passage.
mistake A for B 把A误当作B
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.
3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long? W: No, sir. Round.
2.What does “It's bean soup.” mean and what does “what it's been” mean?
“It's bean soup.” means that it is bean soup while “what it's been” means what it has been.
while“然而”,表对比
3.What did the customer really mean in the third joke?
The customer really wants to know the information about time.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying in the open air under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looked up at the stars and whispered, "Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of?" Watson replied, "I think of how short life is and how long the universe has lasted." "No, no, Watson!" Holmes said. "What do you really think of?." Watson tried again. "I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is." "Try again, Watson!" said Holmes. Watson tried a third time. "I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds." Holmes said, "Watson, you fool! You should be thinking that someone has stolen our tent!"
教材P22
1. What did Sherlock Holmes and Watson really want to do in the mountainous area?
A. Searching for something.
B. Looking at the stars.
C. Camping.
D. Searching for thieves.
2. The passage mainly tells us .
A. a joke made by a famous detective and his friend
B. a dialogue between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
C. a misunderstanding between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
D. a story told by two famous detectives
A
C
have a good understanding of 对……有很好的理解
D
[语境感悟]
(2) They often amuse the kids by playing magic tricks.
(3) We were amused at/by what he said.
(4) To our amusement,they had a quarrel about such a small thing.
(5) He had a terrific sense of humour and could be very amusing.
amuse vt. 使发笑;使愉快
Language point 1
(1) (教材P22) There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to amuse us. 有成千上万的笑话是以玩文字游戏的方式来逗我们发笑的。
[归纳拓展]
(1) vt. 使发笑;使愉快 用/以……娱乐某人
(2) n. 愉悦;娱乐 使某人感到好笑的是
(3) adj. 好玩的;有趣的
(4) adj. 被逗乐的;觉得好笑的
① 对……觉得好笑
② 使某人快乐
amuse
amusement
amusing
amused
amuse sb.with/by…
to one’s amusement
be amused by/at…
keep sb. amused
答案
1. 用amuse的正确形式填空
His chief is reading novels. He usually himself with reading. And he is often by the stories.
2. 单句改错
The children were amused themselves by playing hide-and?seek games.
3. Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues ________ with her stories. (上海高考)
A.amused B.amusing
C.to amuse D.to be amused
[活学活用]
amusement
amuses
amused
amusing
amuse sb with/by sth= sb be amused with/by sth
A
keep sb done“使某人被怎么样”, 如:keep sb informed
[语境感悟]
particularly adv. 特殊地;特别地
Language point 2
(1) (教材P20) Children particularly would burst into laughter at his behaviour.
尤其是孩子们看到他的表演会大笑不止。
(2) (2018·北京高考) Anger is a particularly strong feeling and maybe people think that they have reasons to feel angry.
(3) We must pay particular attention to this point.
(5) She’s very particular about what she wears.
(4) He loves science fiction in particular.
[归纳拓展]
(1) particularly adv.特别地;尤其
(2) particular adj.特殊的;特别的;n.细节,细目
(3) in particular(=particularly) 特别地;尤其
(4) be particular about/over...对……挑剔
答案
1. 完成句子
①那个男孩尤其喜欢与自然界有关的一切。
The boy likes anything to do with nature .
②玛丽正在节食,所以她对食物相当挑剔。
Mary is going on a diet,so she food.
2. 翻译
① 他并不特别聪明,但很勤奋。
.
语言是人类特有的。
.
[活学活用]
is very particular about/over
in particular/particularly
He isn’t particularly clever but hardworking
Language is particular to mankind
[语境感悟]
whisper vt.&vi. 低语,密谈,小声说 n. 耳语,低语
Language point 3
(1) (教材P22) Sherlock Holmes looked up at the stars and whispered,“Watson,when you look at that beautiful sky,what do you think of?”
(2) (2019·全国Ⅰ高考)His teacher, Thomas Whaley, is next to him, whispering support.
(3) They sat at the back of the room,talking in whispers.
(4) It was whispered that he would soon die and he did.
他的老师托马斯·威利在他旁边,低声说着支持。
有人私下说他将不久于人世,他果然死了。
【点津】
whisper后面不能接双宾语, 即没有whisper sb. sth. 的用法, 正确的表达应该是whisper to sb. sth. 或whisper sth. to sb. 。
答案
1.单句改错
①Jane and Mary are chatting in whisper.
②He is whispering his neighbour,“Let’s go hunting.”
2. 完成句子
(据传闻) he is heavily in debt.
[活学活用]
It is whispered that
3. 翻译:玛丽在他耳旁小声地说了些什么。
________________________________________.
Mary whispered something in his ear
负债
whispers; 或加“a”,in a whisper
to
(教材P22) Sherlock Watson tried a third time.
华生又试着回答了一次。
a third在此相当于another。
Language point 4
a third time
[语境感悟]
不定冠词a,an +序数词如second,third等+名词,表示“再……又”,强调在原来的数量上再加一个的概念。
定冠词the+序数词如second,third等+名词,表示“第几,”强调排好的顺序。
(1) Please try it a second time.
(2) She was quite sad when she failed the exam a third time.
(3) He won the second prize at the Olympic Competition.
[语境感悟]
1. 单句改错
The cakes are delicious. He’d like to have the third one because the second one is rather small.
a
[活学活用]
2. 翻译:为了找到一份好工作,他决定再学一门外语。
In order to find a better job, he decided to study a second foreign language
3. Autumn is ____ third season of the year.
4. You needn’t worry. Your son will have _____ second try even if he fails _____ first time.?
A. the…the B. a…a C./…the D. a…the?
the
D
.
any mouse I like
lose my weight
A 20-year-old man after laughing twice
2. What month do soldiers hate?
3.Which is faster, hot or cold?
1. Why is the library the tallest building?
4. Why is the river very rich?
Hot---You can catch a cold.
Because it has the most stories.
Because it has two banks.
March.
Enjoy yourself
1. Share a joke with your friend in English
2.Review language points
3.Preview grammar
HOMEWORK
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