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Unit 3

A taste of English humour Using Language Learning aims 1. To learn how to understand and enjoy English humours.

2. To understand the humour in the listening material.

3. To learn how to write funny stories using the target language and according to the writing steps. Leading-in 语法填空。

1.We are hoping to expand our business,___________ (particular) in Europe. 2.He was very particular _________his clothes. 3.We should have enough money left for the ____________(occasion) trip. 4.Claire looked as if she were about to burst _____ tears. Enjoy jokes ①Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory. Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen?

②Anisha: Thank you doctor. My fever is

gone.

Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank god. Anisha: Then I’ll pay the fees to god.

③A man with two red ears went to see his doctor. Doctor: What happened to your ears? Man: I was ironing a shirt and the phone rang but

instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally

picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear.

Doctor: Oh, dear! But what happened to your other ear? Man: The scoundrel（恶棍）called back! Language points 1. amuse

vt.

使发笑；使愉快

There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words”

to amuse us. 有成千上万个笑话是以玩文字游戏的方式来逗我们笑的。

It was too rainy to play outside, so she amused herself with a book. 雨太大了，不适合在外面玩，所以她看书消遣。

2. whisper

n.

耳语；低语；vt. & vi.

低语；小声说

Sherlock Holmes looked up at the stars and whispered, “Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of ? ”

夏洛克·福尔摩斯仰望着繁星，轻声问道：“华生，当你望着美丽的夜空时，你想到了什么

？

”

He whispered a word in my ear. 他对我附耳说了一句话。

3. mess

n.

脏或乱的状态

What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan?

约翰认为玛丽本应该如何处理盘子里那些乱七八糟的东西呢？

【知识拓展】

in a mess

杂乱；一团糟

make a mess of…

使……成一团糟

mess sth. up

把某物弄乱或弄脏

messy

凌乱的；杂乱的

①Her hair was in a terrible mess(乱极了). ②Would you please clean up the mess(这些脏东西)? ③She made a pretty bad mess of it.

她把事情搞得一团糟。

④I was used to my son messing up the kitchen.

我对儿子把厨房弄脏已经习惯了。

Listening on P23

1. Listen to Part 1 and write down the main idea.

Mary made some jam and left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about the jam, came home and threw it into the chicken yard. 2. Listen to Part 1 again and answer these questions. （1）What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan?

She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down.

（2）What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan? He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat. 3. Listen to Part 2 and

put these sentences in order. Mary got angry with John. Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely. John was sorry. The chickens enjoyed the jam. John said he thought the jam was porridge. Mary looked at the red mess on the ground. John said the chickens were drunk. Mary came home. 4. Fill in the blanks. “You ____________ my jam,”

she shouted. “Oh,

________ what it was,”

he said. “I’m _______ but

I thought it was _________ which had gone bad in the hot weather. The chickens

have _________

the jam, but it’s made them ________.”

Listening on P55 1. Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear. □thief

□knife

□potatoes □carrots

□mushrooms

□midnight

□shirt

□trousers

□spread

□stole

□whispered

□shouted

2. Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions. （1）

Where did Peter get the potatoes? Peter was given the potatoes by a friend. （2）Why did he ask his wife to be quiet when she heard the thief? 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? Peter removed the shirt that the thief had planned to put the potatoes on. （4）

Why was the thief angry？

He thought the husband had stolen his shirt so he could no longer steal the potatoes. Listening task 1. Look at the pictures below and predict what it is about. Write down your prediction in a sentence. 2. Choose the best answer to each question.

(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.

(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. Listen to the tape again and answer the question.

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. 4. Discussion

Discuss how you would solve these problems and help the teacher. Class exercises

Speaking on P23 Write down your story in a logical order: First …

Then…

Next …

Finally/At last …

Homework

Please collect as many funny stories as you can. They will be useful in the next period. And try to find some interesting words in these stories.