【精品课件(1)】Unit 3 A Taste of English HumorP1

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Words preview
humour
comedy
n. 幽默；滑稽
n. 喜剧
Warming Up
What do you like to laugh at
Some funny things, such as funny looks, funny acts, funny words and so on.
Humour means the quality in something that makes it funny and makes people laugh or the ability to laugh at things and think that they are funny. Humour is not always kind, some humour can be cruel. It depends on who is joking and who is listening.
What does humour mean Is humour
always kind
Do you know what a punchline is Read the following jokes and find their punchlines.
POLICEMAN: What did you have to break into the same shop three times
THIEF: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice!
TEACHER: You say that john Jones has a cold and cannot come to school today. Who am I speaking to
VOICE: Oh, this is my father.
Pre-reading
The chart below shows you some typical actors or writers of English Humour. Do you enjoy these kinds of humour in China
Pre-reading
Types of humour Typical actors/writers of English humour Example of Chinese
humour
nonverbal
mime Charlie chaplin
Mr Bean
Pantomine
(哑剧)
(刘全和,
刘全利)
Types of humour Typical actors/writers of English humour Example of Chinese
humour
verbal jokes,funny stories,funny poems
comedy Mark twain
Edward Lear
Marx Brothers
cross talk (马季, 姜昆)
jokes
doggerel (打油诗)
Do you have other kinds
of humour in China
中国幽默特有的形式：
独角戏、相声、小品、
双簧等。
Which do you like better:
verbal or nonverbal humour
Give your reasons.
“幽默”的含义
“幽默”一般有两层含义：
一是指使某事物可笑或喜剧性的因素。
二是指看出、欣赏或表达有趣的喜剧性事物的能力。
Mr. Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange.
Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His crosstalk shows always make his audience shout with laughter.