【精品课件(2)】Unit 3 A taste of English humour Period 4

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1. Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. Then write down the main idea in one sentence.
□thief □knife □potatoes
□carrots □mushrooms □midnight
□shirt □trousers □spread
□stole □whispered □shouted
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Listening on P55
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The story is about
a thief who tries to steal some potatoes and Peter Who successfully prevents them from being stolen.
Listen to the story again and answer
the questions. Then check your
answers with your partner.
1. Where did Peter get the potatoes
2. Why did he ask his wife to be quite
when she heard the thief
3. Why couldn’t the thief take away the
potatoes
4. Why was the thief angry
Where did Peter get the potatoes
2. Why did he ask his wife to be quite
when she heard the thief
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.
3. Why couldn’t the thief take away the potatoes
4. Why was the thief angry
Peter removed the shirt that the thief had planned to put the potatoes in.
He thought the husband had stolen his shirt so he could no longer steal the potatoes.
1. Why did the children decide to give
the dog to the teacher
A. Because none of them wanted to
keep the dog.
B. Because their teacher liked it.
C. Because they could not decide
which of them should own it.
D. Because they thought the teacher
had told the biggest lie.
Listen to the tape again and choose the best answer to each question.
2. What do you know about the children
A. They all like dogs.
B. They all respect their teachers.
C. They all work hard at their lessons.
D. They are honest and lovely.
3 What do you know about the teacher
A He does not like these boys.
B He wants to become the owner of the dog.
C He does not like the way the children choose an owner for the dog.
D He wants to stop the children telling lies to own the dog.
Listen to the tape again and answer the questions: How do you think the teacher felt when he was offered the dog
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.
Help the teacher Advice
to refuse to take the dog politely
to decide which boy should have the dog
Work in pairs. Discuss how you would solve these problems and help the teacher. Then be prepared to tell your ideas to the class.
Help the
teacher Advice
to refuse to take the dog politely
The teacher should suggest to the boys that he would love the dog but that it is impossible for him to take it for walks as he has so much work to do. Offer it back to them as he can now see how well they would care for it.
Help the
teacher Advice
to decide which boy should have the dog
The teacher should suggest that the boys explain how they would care for the dog. Note where they would keep it, what they would feed it on, how often they would take it for walks, whether their parents are happy to have a new dog. Then choose accordingly.
It looked very frightened and the teacher felt sorry for it. So he asked the boys what they were doing with the dog.
“Oh,” said one of the boys. “We were just deciding who should take the dog home and look after it. We all want it for a pet but only one of us can have it.”
The teacher asked how they were going to choose the owner of the dog. “Well,” said another boy, “We’ve decided that the one who told the biggest lie should have him.” At this the teacher became very angry. He began to talk to the boys about truth and honesty.
He continued for ten minutes while the boys listened carefully. Then he ended by saying, “And I never told a lie when I was your age.” There was a long silence as the boys looked at the teacher and then at each other. They seemed to agree with what he had said.
The teacher was glad that his words had impressed the boys. Then the first boy spoke again. “After what we heard, we think you should have the dog!”
Talking on Page 55
Humour makes people laugh, fell happy and relaxed. In groups, tell each other something you think is funny. These expressions below may be useful for you.
Useful expression
It’s interesting that we both find … funny.
I burst into laughter when …
I found it extremely funny that …
I enjoy watching …
How enjoyable that was!
I laughed till my sides split when…
What’s so funny about that
I don’t think that’s funny at all.
I couldn’t help laughing when…
I’ve never laughed so much as when…
Isn’t it amusing that…
I can’t understand why you laughed
at that.
Sample dialogue:
S1: What do you find funny I enjoy
Mr Bean because he makes such
wonderful faces as he does
stupid things.
S2: I’m not surprised you like Mr
Bean, because all my family are
crazy about him and cannot get
enough of his programmes.
S1: We enjoy this kind of humour
because my father loves Charlie
Chaplin films. When he sees his
stick and hat and that funny walk,
he always bursts into laughter.
S2: What I like best is the problems
Mr Bean has with everyday
situations (like changing his
clothes on the beach). I laughed
till my sides split when I was
watching it.
S1: Yes. I know that one. It
reminded me when I stayed in
England and I watched
everybody try to change into
their swimming costume, under
a towel. It’s good that we both
laughed at that!
1) Use a logical order: explain the situation, what happened and then give the punchline.
2) Read it through when you have finished checking for mistakes.
3) Read it to your partner and ask for advice.
4) Rewrite your story and put it into
a class collection of funny stories.
Write down the story on page 23.
Sample writing:
Stages in the story
1. Mr Hills buys a hedge cutter made in China.
2. It breaks and he tries to mend it himself.
3. The instruction booklet says it should not be touched “without permission”.
4. He decides to get a new one so no one will ever know.
A TRUE STORY OF MR HILLS
Mr Hills in London bought a hedge cutter made in China. It was very small and very cheap and it worked very well.
At first he was very pleased with it. It made his hedges look smart and neat. Then one day it broke down. There was nothing he could do to make it work.
He took it apart and put it together again but still it would not work. Next he took out the booklet of instructions to see if they had any advice for him. Imagine his amazement when he saw these words written in the booklet. “No one is to touch or try to repair this hedge cutter without permission.”
What was he to do Should he have written to the manufacturers in Beijing before he had his hedge cutter mended
Mr Hills thought long and hard. Finally he went back to the shop and bought another hedge cutter. He put his old one in the dustbin. He thought no one would ever know what he had done.
Homework
Make a summary about what we learned in this unit by filling up the SUMMING UP on Page 24 and CHECKING YOURSELF on Page 61.