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Unit3

A taste of English humour Teaching aims: Ⅰ.

Topic Different types of humour; a taste of English humour Ⅱ.

Useful words and expressions: Nouns: slide, skin, content, particular, failure, difficulty, boil, snowstorm, bottom, mouthful, Switzerland, swing, pancake, whisper, sense Verbs: slide, content, astonish, entertain, overcome, boil, chew, direct, star, swing,

Adjectives: cruel, content, particular, homeless, worn-out, fortunate, bottom, direct, outstanding, mountainous, vast Adverb: throughout, fortunately, direct Expressions: be content with, be badly off, be worn out, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into

Ⅲ. Functional items: 1. Expressing anxiety

What’s wrong?

What’s the matter with you?

Is there anything wrong? 2. Expressing surprise

Really?

Oh dear!

Is that so?

Good heaven! 3. Expressing pleasure

I’m glad /pleased/ happy to…

That’s nice /wonderful /great.

Ⅳ. Grammar The –ing form as the predicative, attribute and object complement

Their job is “panning for gold”.

That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.

He sat down at the table with his plate and drinking cup.

Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road? Teaching procedures

Period 1-2

Reading

Step 1. Warming up

and

Discussing:

1. How many kinds of humor can you think of in your daily life?

Types of humor: English humor

Chinese humor

Nonverbal

pantomime (哑剧) Mime and farce

funny plays

Verbal jokes

cross talk (相声) Funny stories

funny stories

Funny poems

doggerel (打油诗) 2.

What’s the difference between jokes and humors?

3.

Can you name out some of the humorous actors you like? Background knowledge: mime 笑剧

farce 滑稽剧

comedy 喜剧

tragedy 悲剧

opera 歌剧

TV play 电视剧

humor 幽默

joke 笑话

circus 马戏团

clown 小丑sketch 小品

cross talk 相声

Step 2. Reading Task 2: Ss read and answer the following questions: 1.

What’s the passage mainly about? A.

The history of English humor. B.

The films Chaplin made. C.

The humor Chaplin made in his film. D.

The Gold Rush in California. 2.

How many parts can the passage be divided into? A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D.

5

3. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _______.

A. they enjoy doing so

B. it makes people more worried about their life

C. it makes people more content with their life

D. there’s much fun in doing so

4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for __________.

A. the characters he played in his films

B. the films he directed

C. the joy he gave us in his films

D. the contributions he made in films Task 2:

Ss read and fill the following chart:

Born Died Job Type of acting Character Costume Reason success Notes on Charlie Chaplin’s career 1889 1977 Actor Mime and farce “ the tramp”, a poor and homeless person

Large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat for Charming, social failure with a determination to overcome difficulties and always kind

Step 4. After- reading Task 3: Ss in groups and discuss: 1.

What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin? 2.

Do you want to be a humorous person? And how can you be humorous? 3.

What should we do to get success?

Period 3-4.

Language learning

Step 1. Revision

Ss retell the text with their own words. Step 2. Language points 1.

find /think/ feel it + adj./n + to do sth. We find it important to learn English well. I feel it a great honour to be invited to the party.

2. see sb. Doing

See sb do

See sb done

We saw him stealing the book from the bookstore just now.

He saw Tom go out of the classroom yesterday afternoon.

His neighbour saw him often beaten by his father.

3. Skin:

The purse is made of crocodile skin.

be all skins and bones 瘦的皮包骨头

4. be cruel to

Don’t be cruel to animals.

It is cruel of sb. to do sth.

It’s cruel of America to bomb Iraq.

5. feel /be content with sth,

be content to do sth.

People of the city feel content with their life.

Mary is content to sit in front of the television all night. 6. be worse off

be bet ter off

7. astonish sb. with sth.

to the astonishment of sb.

be astonished at sth./ to do sth

He said he could astonish us with a good result in the final exam.

To the astonishment of the teachers, he got the first in the competition.

The teachers were astonished at his getting the first in the competition.

The teachers were astonished to find that he got the first in the competition.

8. worn-out : adj. 穿破的

Worn out vt. vi

使…耗尽; 穿破/旧，

Cheap socks wear out quickly.

I am worn out by the hard work.

9. failure un.失败

cn. 失败的人或事

His plans ended in failure.

As a writer, he was a failure.

10. be loved by sb. for sth Deng Xiaoping is loved by the Chinese for his great contribution to China’s construction and social reform.

11. star in : 担任主角

This is an old film starred in by Charlie Chaplin.

12. knock into

He walked in such a hurry that he knocked into an old lady in the street.

Step 3 Learning about language 1.

Ss do part 1 of the discovering useful words and expressions. 2.

Ss finish part 2, 3 and 4 Step 4. Practice 1. Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1and 2 on page 63.

Period 5-6.

Reading

Step 1. Pre-reading

The purpose of this reading is to introduce students to English jokes. Two kinds of jokes are shown here. The first shows now different meanings can make something amusing. This is called a “play on words”. The second kind of joke is s short funny story. Both jokes are very popular in English-speaking countries. Step 2. Reading Task 1: Ss read and give their own answer to the question. Answer key for Exercise 1:1. B

2.C

3. A Task 2: Ss read part 2 and give their own answers to the two questions. Step 3. Reading task (page 59)

Task 3: Ss read the passage and answer the following questions. 1.

What do children usually do on April Fool’s Day?

2.

Why did people believe the programme Panorama? 3.

Do you think the advice that the BBC gave people who asked how to grow noodle trees was serious? Give a reason. 4.

What would you do to find out whether a story like this was true. Task 4: Ss read and analyse the way that the BBC played this trick.

Suggested answer: 1.

The panorama TV programme is serious and people believe it. 2.

The progrmme itself was presented in a very serious way. 3.

There were many details given in the story to make it believable. Task 5: Ss read and think if these things are true: 1.

that pigeons follow roads and road signs when they find their way home. 2.

that the earliest football has been found in a grave dated to 1000 years ago. 3.

that earliest human paintings on cave walls are all modern fakes. 4.

that advanced computers can “talk” to each other without the aid of humans.

Period 7-8.

Listening and speaking

Step 1. Warm up Ask one of the Ss to tell the class a joke. Step 2. Pre-listening

This is a story that English speaking people find funny. It is the kind of story that might happen to anybody who has a farm and chickens. At first let Ss read the questions to make sure that they know what they should do in this listening. Step 3 Listening Task 1: Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 23. Step 4. Speaking Task 2: Ss in pairs think of a funny story. It can be an English story or a Chinese story. Follow the following procedure:

Prepare a joke and tell your partner in English.

While telling your story, use the expression on your face and some acting to help make the story as funny as you can.

After telling your story to your partner, let him/her give you some advice.

Then let your partner tell his/her story.

Finally tell your story to the class.

Step 5. Listening (on page 55)

This is a funny story for the students to enjoy. Ss should listen carefully and first try to understand the meaning. Task 3: Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Wb Ex 1 and 2 on page 55. Task 4: Talking

Humour make people laugh, feel happy and relaxed. Sometimes one person may find something funny while another person doesn’t find it amusing at all. So in pairs discuss with your partner what makes you laugh. Try to use the following expressions: I enjoy this very much because….

It surprises me that …

I laugh at that kind of thing because…

This is fun because…

I’m pleased we were both amused at…

It is very amusing that…

How wonderful /surprising!

Period 9.

Grammar:

Step 1. Warm up

Review what the Ss have learned about –ing as the subject and Object Step 2. The –ing form as predicative, attribute and object complement

Predicative 1.

Seeing is believing. 2.

The music is exciting. Attribute 1.

There is a swimming pool in our school. 2.

China is a developing country.. 3.

The person translating the songs can speak seven languages. 4.

The boy standing there is a classmate of mine. Object complement 1.

We heard her singing in her room.

2.

You can see them performing every night this week at the new theatre. 3.

We watch the children diving into the water from the diving board. Step 3. Practice 1.

Ss finish Ex 2 ,3and 4 on page 21. 2.

Ss do Wb Ex 1 and 2 on page 56.

astonish

depress

play

do

ride

amuse

bark

welcome 3. Choose the suitable words from the box below and fill in the blanks in the correct form:

1). I can’t imagine Bill________ a motorbike.

2). Did you hear the dog downstairs _______ for most of the night?

3). Frank is very good at telling funny jokes. He can be very ________.

4). You can’t stop me _________ what I want.

5). He gave me a ________ hug when he met me at theairport.

6). Jim has really learnt very fast. She has made ________ progress.

7). It’s been raining all day. This weather is __________.

8). When I came out of the theatre, I noticed a group of children _________ musical instruments across the street. Keys:

1). riding

2). barking

3). amusing

4). doing

5). welcoming

6). astonishing

7). depressing

8). playing

Period 10. Writing

Step 1. Pre-writing

This exercise lets students to write a funny story. Task 1: Ss gather information that they need and plan what they want to write. Step 2. While-writing Task 2: Ss write an English funny story or a Chinese one. Writing tips:

Ss make a plan

Ss write down their story in a logical order:

First … Then …. Next…. Finally / At last…

For each part of the story try to find the most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what was happening.

Then write out your story using these interesting words. Read through your story.

Then show it to your partner. Let him/her suggest some new and exciting words.

Help your partner with his/ her story.

Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.