Using LanguageⅡ板书设计

Unit 3

A taste of English Humour

Using language

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:

①

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.

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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

English jokes 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.

Homework