Using LanguageⅡ教案和学案内容

Unit 3 Using language Step 1 Lead in Enjoy some verbal jokes: 1. Policeman: You can’t park here.

Driver: Why can’t I ?

Policeman: Read the sigh there.

Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so

I parked.

(Fine:1.罚款；2.好的）

2. Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring ?

Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone

（ring:1.电话；2.戒子）

number? Step2 Explanation 英语中有趣的双关语“pun”

所谓pun, 通常是指利用一个单词的两个含义, 或者利用两个特定的

单词, 达到“一语双关”的目的。如: A small boy went to the counter to pay for his lunch but he was a little short. Short, when spoken, can have two meanings: a. small in height; b. not

having enough money. Step3 Appreciation There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to amuse us. Now read some of

these customer and waiter jokes and match the joke with the explanation on P22. 1

C: What’s that fly doing in my soup?

W: Swimming. I think!

2

C: What’s that?

W: It’s bean soup.

C: I don’t want to know what it’s been.

I want to know what it is now.

3

C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long?

W: No, sir. Round. Explanation

A. The first person is asking for information about time. The second person treats it as a question about shape.

B. The first person is angry about something and wants to say “Why is this here?”

The second person treats it as a request for information and gives an answer to the question. C.

The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken, can have two meanings. Step4 Listening Listen to three jokes. Which one do you think is the funniest? Can you make a similar one? Step5 Role play Read the funny story on page 22.Make a dialogue between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.

Suggested dialogue Narrator: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying in the open air under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looks up at the stars. Sherlock Holmes (whispering): Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of?

Watson: I think how short life is and how long the universe has lasted. Sherlock Holmes: No, no, Watson. What do you really think of? Watson: I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is. Sherlock Holmes: Try again. Watson: I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in

their beds. Sherlock Holmes: Watson, you fool! You should be thinking that someone has

stolen our tent! (Remember:Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective.) Step 6 Homework Write a English joke and it to your partner.