Using LanguageⅡ特级教师教学实录

Book4 Unit 3 A taste of English Humour -- Using Language II

Step I. Check the homework.

As we all know, the topic of this unit is about English homour. And last class we learned some jokes, which is one of the forms of English humour.

“ Have you prepared your jokes ?”

Who would like to show it in the front? Step II. Listening.

Thank you for your presentation. Thank you for your jokes and funny stories. This class we will learn other funny stories by listening. Are you ready? Here we go!

I）

pre-listennig. Before you listen, look at the exercises below. Try and predict the story. P23. Ex.3. Who?

What? II)

listen to the part one, write down the main idea. (P23. Ex.2)

Mary made some jam but 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 kitchen yard.

III). Listen again and answer the question.

P23. Ex.3. 1.

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

2.

He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat.

3.

& 4.

Mary’s reaction

1. Mary will laugh. John’s reaction to her

1. John will apologize.

2. He will tell her she shouldn’t

have left the jam on the kitchen

table.

1. John will get angry too and

say she should have told him

she was making jam.

2. He will say it isn’t important.

3. He will apologize.

John will say she should have told him she was making jam.

2. Mary will get angry and tell John he should have put the jam in the dustbin. 3. Mary will say that the problem with the chickens are John’s responsibility.

IV). Look at EX.4 on P23, and guess the end of the story. V). listen to part 2, and check the answer.

42576381 VI). Listen to a second time, and finish the EX.5

Threw away;

that’s; sorry; porridge; enjoyed; Step IV. Speaking. drunk.

“Do you think it’s humorous? Why?”

The following sentences may be helpful for you: I find it funny because…

I feel happy because…

I’ve never laughed so much as when…

I (don’t) enjoy this very much because…

I couldn’t helping laughing when……

It is (not) very amusing that……

Step V. discussion.

Discuss: How to be humorous in your daily ?

The ways you could learn to be humorous…?

1.Staying

optimistic乐观的

2.Expand your knowledge

3.Learn from funny people

4.Watch some funny shows

5.Take yourself less seriously ,especially in embarrassing(令人尴尬的) moment “A day without laughter is a day wasted. “卓别林的名言是什么意思？

听力原文：

Part 1

Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums. They would make lovely jam. When she had finished the cooking, she filled all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan. She would put it in the fridge when it was cooler. But just then the telephone rang,

her mother was in hospital after a car

accident. Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house.

Some days later, her husband, John,

came home from a business trip. He had

been travelling all day and felt like having a drink and a piece of cake. As

he came into the kitchen he saw a pan

with a dark red mess inside it.

He lifted it up and smelled it. It

smelled bad. Mary must have forgotten to

clean this pan, he thought. So he poured all the jam into the chicken yard and

cleaned the pan. Then feeling comfortable, he began to eat a piece of cake.

Part 2

When Mary returned, she noticed the chickens behaving strangely. They were running around the yard as if they were sick. She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went closer. When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen. Her

husband was reading a newspaper at the table. Angrily Mary rushed up to him.

“You threw away my jam,” she

shouted. “Oh, that’s what it was,” he said. “ I’m sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather.” “ Good heavens!” said Mary.

“That must be

the jam I left in the pan, but why didn’t you threw it in the dustbin?” John laughed.

“It was a mistake. However, the chickens have enjoyed the jam, expect that it has made them drunk. What are we going to do with these drunken chickens?”

教学反思：

Listening部分也是一则幽默故事。教学中按照练习设计的层次逐步推进，主要训练学生的预测技巧，然后边听边娇正。随后的speaking部分则通过让学生讨论录音中的幽默故事，鼓励学生用所提示的句子结构表达不同的观点。最后引导学生整理自己所知道的幽默故事，互相讲述。通过听和说的环节，让学生了解笑话和幽默故事也是幽默艺术的常见形式，在轻松愉快的气氛中训练了学生的听说能力。