Using LanguageⅡ教学设计方案

Unit 3

A taste of English Humour

Using language

Step1 Words preview

Step2 Tongue twister: an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly 1.

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

2.

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

3. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream!

4. There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in. Now they’re fishing the fissure for Fisher 5. How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans. 6. I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. 7. She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells. 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。 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. Riddle: a difficult and often amusing question to which one must guess the answer 1. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it? 2. The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it? a funny poem --- limerick There was an old man with a beard Who said it is just as I feared. Four insects and then, Two birds and a hen Have all made their homes in my beard. 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 step3 Reading 1.Listen to three jokes. Which one do you think is the funniest? Can you make a similar one? 2.Listen to a short story, underline the dialogue and answer the questions. 1. How did Watson answer Holmes’ question?

--I think of how short life is and how long the universe lasted. --I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is. --I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds. 2. What happened actually?

Someone has stolen their tent. After reading the funny story, what kinds of persons do you think they are? Sherlock Holmes: Doctor Watson: Carelessness may cause many funny stories in our daily life. Can you give an example? Step4 An English Joke Mary was so disgusted at her husband's cigarette smoking that she complained to him one day. “I hope that all the cigarette factories will catch fire someday.”

“Don't worry, dear. All the cigarettes will be on fire sooner or later,” he said with a smile. Step5 Role play: Read the funny story on page 22. Tips

Sherlock Holmes is a character created by the English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes became the prototype (原型) for the modern mastermind detective. Doyle introduced Holmes in 1887 in the short story A Study in Scarlet. Doctor Watson is Sherlock’s best friend and partner.

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! Joke 2 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!”

Joke 3 Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory.Doctor: When did this happen?

Patient: When did what happen? Joke 4 Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank God.

Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God. Step6 Speaking Make a dialogue between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Step7 Listening Jam is a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on bread.

Step8 Speaking and writing Discuss with your partner whether you think the story you listened to is funny. Give your reasons. Use these words and expressions below to help you.