(共34张PPT)
Unit 3
A taste of English humour
Warming up
rain cats and dogs
It rains heavily.
Task 1
when pigs fly
Something that is impossible.
eat one's word
To take back one's word.
What is humour
The ability to make people think that things
are____________________.
funny/interesting/amusing…
adj.
1.Types of humour
2.Typical actors/writers of English humour
3.Example of Chinese humour
4.Group activity
Task Ⅱ Verbal & Non-verbal
What is verbal humour
What is non-verbal humour
What is non-verbal humour
Humour without words
mime (哑剧)
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.
What is verbal humour
Punchline
The part that makes you laugh.
包袱
Using words to make people laugh.
What is the most interesting part
1.Types of humour
2.Typical actors/writers of English humour
3.Example of Chinese humour
4.Group activity
nonverbal
Charlie Chaplin
What kind of humour
Charlie Chaplin’s Movie Posters
Modern Times
Why is he funny
He is funny/interesting/amusing because of
his __________________.
body language.
Other examples of English homour
Mr. Bean
Why is he funny
He is funny/interesting/amusing
because of his _________________.
facial expressions/body language
Mark Twain
(funny stories)
Mark : the most famous humorous novelist in America.
①The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Why is Mark Twain funny
He is funny/interesting/amusing
because of_____________ and _________________.
his wise words
attractive/interesting novels
②
Types of humour Typical actors/
writers of English humour Examples of Chinese
humour
nonverbal
◇mime
verbal ◇jokes,funy stories/poems
◇comedy
He is funny because of /because___________________.
Task Ⅲ
Charlie Chaplin
Mr Bean
Mark Twain
Edward Lear
Marx Brothers
郭德纲
cross talk(相声)
Examples of Chinese
humour:
周立波
talk show
小沈阳
cross dress
赵本山
Sketch
（小品）
1.Types of humour
2.Typical actors/writers of English humour
3.Example of Chinese humour
4.Group activity
One night, there was a thief who stole a dress from a shop.Suddenly, the thief was found by the policeman.
"Freeze, don’t move.” The policeman shouted.
The thief raised his hands and gave up fighting.
Task Ⅳ Find the joke’s punchline.
The policeman said, “why did you have to break into the same shop three times ”
The thief said: 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.
Punchline
One morning a mother was trying to wake up her son. "Wake up now! It's time to go to school.""I don't want to go to school," the
son replied.
His mother said, "Give me two reasons
why you don't want to go to school." "Okay. One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me."
"Not good enough," the mother replied.
"Fine," the son said. "Then you give me two good reasons why I SHOULD go to school."
"One, you're 50 years old. Two, you're the headmaster of the
school."
Punchline
Passage A
One night, there was a thief who stole a dress from a shop.Suddenly, the thief was found by the policeman. "Freeze, don’t move.” The policeman shouted. The thief raised his hands and gave up fighting.The policeman said, “why did you have to break into the same shop three times ” The thief said: "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."
Passage B
One morning a mother was trying to wake up her son.
"Wake up now! It's time to go to school.""I don't want to go to school," the son replied. His mother said, "Give me two reasons why you don't want to go to school."
"Okay. One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me.""Not good enough," the mother replied. "Fine," the son said. "Then you give me two good reasons why I SHOULD go to school." "One, you're 50 years old. Two, you're the headmaster of the school."
It takes 26 muscles to smile,
and 62 muscles to frown(皱眉).
So smile more and be happy everyday!
Homework
1. Work in groups to get the basic information about Charlie Chaplin.
2.Preview the reading part.
