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Unit 3

A Taste of English Humour

step 1 Enjoy the two English jokes on page 17 and the following English jokes and find their punchlines.

1Wife talking to her husband (who reads newspaper all day): I wish I were a newspaper so I'll be in your hands all day.

Husband: I wish that too, so I could change you daily

2 Mary: John says I'm pretty. Andy says I'm ugly. What do you think, Peter? Peter: I think you're pretty ugly.

3 A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up. "Wow!," said her father, "That was short. You usually talk for two hours. What happened?"

"Wrong number," replied the girl.

4 At midnight father saw that his married son leaving home... He asks him: what are you doing?

The son replied: Dad ,I am fed up with my life! My newly marriage is not going well, my wife and my mom keep fighting with each other! I have to pay bills for my in-laws, and I hate this life!!! I want to go far from here, I want to taste every joy of life, and I want to have every fun of life!!!

Father said: Wait!!!!!!!! I am coming with you

5 When my printer's type began to go faint, I called a repair shop where a friendly man told me that the printer probably needed only to be cleaned. Because the shop charged 50 pounds for such cleanings, he told me, it would be better for me to read the printer's directions and try the job myself. Pleasantly surprised by his words, I asked, "Does your boss know that you discourage business?"

"Actually it's my boss's idea," the employee replied. "We usually make more money on repairs if we let people try to repair things themselves first.”

Conclusion: we call this kind of English humour

_______ joke,And a punchline refers to a word

that forms the climax of a joke.

Step 2 learn about the types of humour and some typical actors or writers

Types of humour

Typical actors/

writers of English humour

Example of Chinese

humour

nonverbal

mime

Charlie chaplin

Mr Bean

Pantomine (哑剧)

verbal

jokes，

funny stories,

funny poems

Comedy

Mark Twain

Edward Lear

Marx Brothers

_____________(相声)

_____________（小品）

_____________（笑话）

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From the table we can see that Charlie Chaplin is good at nonverbal humour; Mr. Bean is famous for his mime and farce; while Mark Twain was good at telling some funny stories. Edward Lear is a famous British poet. His poems are funny. But they were all from daily life. Until now people also read them and enjoy them. Here is one of his short poems. Please look at the screen:

There was an old man with a bread, Who said, “It’s just as I feared!

Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren, Have all built their nests in my bread!”

Step Ⅲ

Reading on P22 The purpose of this reading is to introduce the kind of humour we can laugh at -verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny. Let the students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. T: Have you finished the reading? Are the jokes funny?

T: What’s the answer?

T: Good. Now, here are more jokes on our learning plan. Read them and enjoy them. If you have some troubles in understanding, discuss, or ask me. (Give the students some time to read the jokes.) Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory.

Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen?

Anisha: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank god.

Anisha: Then I’ll pay the fees to god.

A man with two red ears went to see his doctor. Doctor: What happened to your ears? Man: I was ironing a shirt and the phone rang but instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear. Doctor: Oh Dear! But ... what happened to your other ear?

Man: The scoundrel (恶棍) called back!

T: Funny? Ss: We’re laughing to death!

T: Don’t do that, another joke is waiting for you. Please read the neat joke on Page 22. And then finish the question followed. (Give the students three minutes to do it. ) T: Now decide which of these two kinds of jokes you like better. Give your reason.

Step IV Speaking T: Now, we’ve learned some jokes and listened to some too. How about speaking out what you feel funny in class? I’ll give you five minutes to prepare this task, and then ask some of you to tell us your story. There are some steps for you to finish the task. If you think they are useful, follow them. Five minutes later.

Step V Homework T: Today’s homework is to preview the Reading material and finish the Comprehending ahead. And I have a wish that at the beginning of each class, one of our classmates can give us a joke, to bring smile into the classroom. Do you agree? Ss: That’s a good idea.

T: Let’s begin from Group one. One of you will tell a joke to us at the beginning of next class. Don’t forget it. Ok, class is over. See you next time.

Ss: See you