Using LanguageⅡPPT专用教学设计内容

Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor Using language Teaching aims

Enable students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor. Key points:

Help students learn how to understand and enjoy English humors. Difficult points:

Help students know the differences between English and Chinese in humor. Teaching aids:

pictures Teaching procedure: Step 1: Lead-in Show some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not. Questions: 1) Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny?

2) Do you know other comedians who are funny in the same way?

3) Have you seen any of these comedians or programmers? What do you think of them?

Step 2: Warming up Task 1. Brain-storming

Ask students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some pictures and summarize.

Types humor Nonverbal of Example of English Chinese humor humor Charlie Chaplin Pantomimes（哑剧）刘全和，刘全利

Mime farce Verbal jokes Play usually Funny stories Funny poems Task 2. Talking

Ask students to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know. Step3.

Listening

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This is a funny story. Mary made some plum jam and left some in the pan. Five days later, her husband came home and poured the jam into the chicken. Later Mary came home and found all of her chickens Two lines Edward Lear Jokes Doggerel（打油诗）

on words, Cross talk

马季，

姜昆

and Mr. Bean Funny plays 陈佩斯，赵本山

were behaving strangely. What had happened? Give students two chances to listen to the story. First, go through Exercise1 and 2 to know what are the things they will do while listening. After that teacher plays the tape for them to finish Exercise 1. The second listening is to check the answers. For Exercise 2, teacher should leave some time for students to discuss the question.

Questions: (1) Did you find this story funny? Give the reason.

(2 ) What do you think of John’s behavior?

Step 4.

Writing ( page 23 )

Give students some instructions on writing a funny story. 1)

Writing down your story in a logical order. 2)

For each of your story try to find the most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what was happing. 3)

Then write out your story using these interesting words. 4)

Read through your story. 5)

Then show it to your partner. Let him/ her suggest some new and exciting words. 6)

Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.

Give students enough time to finish the task and give them enough help in the writing. Tell them to give the outline first, then finish the story. Step 4.

Homework

Collect as many funny stories as possible, do some preparations for the

writing in the next period.