Warming-up and reading 品味英语的幽默

Warming-up 1. What is a punchline? Find the jokes’ punchlines. Punchline

The words that form the climax of a joke

Look at the following pictures. Which picture can make you laugh?

Do you feel my love?

I want to lose weight.

I’m driving at a high speed.

Do you feel they are funny? How many kinds of humour do you know about?

funny poems cross talk 相声 Types of humor funny stories comedy mime 哑剧 sketch 小品 jokes

What kind of humour do these pictures show us ?

mime Charlie Chaplin

(mime)mime Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour. 笑剧，滑稽剧

(funny stories) Mark Twain was the popular and humorous American author. adj. 幽默的

Chinese humorists Do they have something in common ?

sketch

Two or more speakers make many jokes and funny conversation.

 Customer: What’s that fly( 苍蝇 ) doing in my soup?  Waiter: Swimming, I think!

 A cheerful old bear at the zoo  Could always find something to do  When it bored him you know  To walk to and fro  He returned round and walked fro and to. Funny poems

Reading: 1. Fast reading: There are two, The Little Tramp and The Gold Rush. 1.Who is the main character of the text? What was he famous for? 2. How many famous films or characters are mentioned in the text? What are the names? A Master of Nonverbal Humour The main character is Charlie Chaplin. He was famous for his nonverbal humour.

Charlie Chaplin Born: Job: In 1972, he was given Type of acting is Famous character: Costume: Died in in 1889 an actor mime The Little Tramp large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat and a walking stick. a special Oscar for his outstanding work Switzerland. Exercise 1

a small round black hat a moustache a walking stick large trousers The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked stiffly carrying a walking stiff. Give a description on Chaplin? worn-out shoes

The Gold Rush Description: Charlie first picks up the laces And eats them as if they were spaghetti Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoes as if it were the finest steak.

Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Exercise 2. Match the main idea of each para.. Charlie’s childhood An example of his work: the Gold Rush His achievements His famous film character: the little tramp Why people needed cheering up

Unit3 A taste of English humour Reading Nonverbal humor

Types of humour nonverbal Charlie Chaplin mime and farce Mr. Bean verbal jokes funny jokes funny poems How many types of humour do you know? Revision video :Mr. bean

Lead in: Can you name any humourous actors?

1. be content with… 对 … 感到满意 2. badly off 穷的 3. astonish vt 使惊讶 4. particular adj 特别的 5. entertaining 愉快的 6. tramp n 流浪汉 New words

7. homeless adj 无家可归的 8. overcome vt 克服 9. fortunate adj 幸运的 10. worn out 穿破的 穿旧的 11. star in 担任主角 12. outstanding adj 杰出的

While-reading Divide the whole passage into three parts.

Task2: Read in detail Write notes about Charlie Chaplin’s career. Notes on Charlie Chaplin’s career BornBorn in ________in_______ DiedHe died in ______and he was buried in__________ Job Type of acting actor mime and farce poverty Switzerland

Notes on Charlie Chaplin’s career Character Costume _____trousers, __________shoes and ___________________hat Reason for success The Little_______ largeworn-out small round black charming, social failure with a __________to ________difficulties and he is always kind. determination overcome appearance task3 Tramp

a small round black hat a moustache a stick very large trousers worn-out shoes appearance

He is … Summary The qualities of Charlie Chaplin : determined brave optimistic devotedhard-working kind

Discussion 1.Who is your favorite humorous actor? 2. Do you want to be a humorous person? And how can you be humorous?

Homework 2. Read aloud the whole passage.

三月，行军 1. What day of the week is the best for having fried foods? 3. What is the smallest room in the world? 2. What month do soldiers hate?

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. Enjoy some verbal jokes: 罚款

Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring ? Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone number? 3.Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning, Mum ! Mum : How nice ! Did you kiss her back,dear ? Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.

1.A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose! 2. Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh. 3. While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water. A tongue twister competition

play on words tongue twister 饶口令 jokes Pun 双关 Riddle 谜语 … …… … limerick

I saw a face in a flame of fire, I saw a tree touch the moon and higher, I saw an ant swallow a hat I saw a chicken wear a hat I saw an apple twelve feet high I saw an elephant in the sky I saw a duck run in a race A funny poem

a funny poem--limerick There was an old man of Beijing. Who would eat almost anything. He ate and ate From anyone’s plate. But he stayed just as thin as a string.

1.How did Watson answer Holmes’ question? 2. What happened actually?

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. Now let’s enjoy another story which was caused by carelessness. careful careless

What happened to the chickens because of Mary’s carelessness?

The general idea of the listening text Mary made some plum jam and left some in the pan.Five days later, her husband came home and poured the jam into the chicken. Later Mary came home and found all her chickens were behaving strangely. She found that all the chickens were drunk.

Fill in the blanks 1. There were ____ ___ _____ to eat but they would make lovely____. 2. As he came into the _______ he saw a pan with _____ _____ ____ dark red porridge in it. What was it? 3. Later when Mary came home she noticed the chickens were ________ very strangely. They were ______ _________ their yard. far too many jam kitchen what looked like behaving running around 4. When they went into the yard, they ______ that the ____ _______ had turned the jam into _____and the chickens were drunk. realized hot weather wine

What is a logical order? Logical order First … Then… Next… Finally/At last… Can you tell a funny story in a logical order?

Writing Write a funny story in a logical order.

Write down your story in a logic order. For each part of your 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. Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.