Using LanguageⅡ优质课教学设计

Unit 3 A taste of English Humour Using language 2 Listening Aims: Try to learn to appreciate English jokes. Listen and understand a funny story. Lead in: 英语中有趣的双关语“pun”

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He is not a grave man until he is a grave man.

其中的grave有两个含义, 一个是“严肃的”(形容词), 一个是“坟墓”(名词)，

因此这句话的意思是：

他不是一个严肃的人, 除非他躺到坟墓里才能严肃起来。

②They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow.其中的pray (祈祷)和prey(捕食), 发音相同, 外形相似。

因此这句话的意思是：他们今天为你祈祷, 明天就会加害于你。

Read the two puns and enjoy playing on words.

A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.

A small boy went to the counter to pay for his lunch but he was a little short. How to explain the two puns?

1) Two-tired, when spoken, can have two meanings: a. with two tires; b. too tired.

2) Short, when spoken, can have two meanings: a. small in height; b. not

having enough money. Words preview: amuse

pancake

explanation

detective

mountainous whisper vast

mess

react

porridge

drunk

Role play Read the short, funny story on Page 22 about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson. Then change the story into a short dialogue. Act it in groups of three —Holmes, Watson and a narrator.

More English Jokes for you Joke 1 A teacher asked a student to write 55. Student asked: How? Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5! The student wrote 5 and stopped. Teacher: What are you waiting for? Student:

I don’t know which side to write the other 5!

Joke2 A man goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts.”

The doctor asks, “What do you mean?”The man says, “When I touch my

shoulder, it really hurts. If I touch my knee - OUCH! When I touch my forehead, it really, really hurts.”

The doctor says, “I know what’s wrong with you –

you’ve broken your finger!”

Joke3 Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory. Doctor: When did this happen?

Patient: When did what happen?

Joke4 Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever

is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank God.

Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.

Listening: You are going to listen to a funny story about jam. Listen to Part 1 and finish the main idea.

Mary made some _______ but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after _____________. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about the jam, came home and threw it into the______________. Listening:

Listen to Part 1 again and answer the following questions: 1. What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan? 2. What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan? 3. What do you think Mary is going to say when she finds out what has

happened? 4.

How do you think John will react to her? Try to put these sentences in order and check it after listening to Part 2. ___ 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. 5.Fill in the blanks while listening to Part 2 a second time. “ 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 _______.”

Homework: 1. Make a dialogue based on the story in EX2 on Page 22. 2. Review Unit 3 and get ready for writing and a test.