(共16张PPT)
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
听说
1.I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
2.How many good cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook as many good cookies as a good cook could cook
A tongue twister competition
三月，行军
1. What day of the week is the best for
having fried foods
3. What is the smallest room in the world
2. What month do soldiers hate
3. What is the smallest room in the world
play on words
tongue twister
饶口令
jokes
Pun双关
Riddle
谜语
… …
Read the jokes that “play on words” ,and match the joke with the explanation.
C: What’s that fly doing in my soup
W: Swimming. I think!
(B)
The first person is angry about something and wants to say “Why is this here ”
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.
(C)
The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken, can have two meanings.
The first person is asking for
information about time. The second
person treats it as a question about shape.
The second person treats it as a request
for information, and gives an answer to
the question.
3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long
W: No, sir. Round.
(A)
1. Policeman: You can’t park here.
Driver: Why can’t I
Policeman: Read the sigh there.
Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so
I parked.
Try to explain the following jokes:
2. Girl: If we marry, will you give me a
ring
Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone
number
Try to explain the following jokes:
Read after the recorder, and take notes about the tone.
重读：`
小停顿： ^
大停顿：|
升调： ↗
降调： ↘
C: ` What’s ` that fly ^ ` doing in my ` soup ↘
W: ` Swimming. | I ` think! ↘
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. ↘
Listening:
Listen to a funny story and then try to fill in the blank.
Tips:
Sherlock Holmes ：the famous detective
Doctor Watson: Holmes’ good friend
last: 持久，恒久
vast: 巨大的
tent: 帐篷
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying in___1_______under the stars, looking up at them. Holmes asked Watson what he thought of when looking at ______2_____. Watson replied, "I think of _____3__ life is and ___4____ the universe has lasted. Holmes was not satisfied with Watson’s answer and asked him to think about it again. So Watson ___5___: “ I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is!” But he still couldn’t tell the right answer and was asked to try ____6____. Finally, Holmes had to tell the truth that someone has stolen ___7____!
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying in__________under the stars, looking up at them. Holmes asked Watson what he thought of when looking at ___________. Watson replied, "I think of _______ life is and _______ the universe has lasted. Holmes was not satisfied with Watson’s answer and asked him to think about it again. So Watson ______: “ I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is!” But he still couldn’t tell the right answer and was asked to try ________. Finally, Holmes had to tell the truth that someone has stolen _______!
the open air
the beautiful sky
how short
how long
tried again
a third time
their tent
Now change the story into a dialogue. Act in groups of two. Try to bring out the humor.
