Humorous Stories about Famous People Unit 3 Humorous Stories about Famous People Deborah Soong

Humorous Stories about Famous People Unit 3 Humorous Stories about Famous People Teaching Activities Index

Teaching Activities 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 1. Warm-up 2. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Part 1 3. Reading - Part 1 2nd period 1. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Part 2 2. Reading - Part 2 3. Post-reading 3rd period 1. Word File 2. Sentence Patterns 3. Expansion 4. Writing Practice 4th period Part II Oral & Listening - Unit 3

Warm-up Vocabulary Idioms & Phrases Reading-Part 1

Warm-up                                                                   

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Now, answer the following questions.

What was Mark Twain famous as? Mark Twain was famous as a writer and a humorist.

Is the echo of a voice as strong as the original in the mountains of Vermont?   No, in the mountains of Vermont, the echo of a voice is five times as strong as the original.

Reading I. Which is the Most Unusual Echo?

Mark Twain was a famous American writer. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the best books that he ever wrote. famous: well-known one of + 形容詞最高級 + 複數名詞 後面常接 “that + S + have/has ever + V-en” 或 “that + S + ever + V-ed” 來強調。 You are the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen/ever saw.

Mark Twain was also a famous humorist. He liked to tell funny stories. Here is one of them: Here is one of them: →Here is one of the funny stories that Mark Twain ever told: →The following is one of the funny stories that Mark Twain ever told.

Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant. One friend came from Vermont. He said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was so clear that the echo of a voice was five times as strong as the original voice. so + Adj/Adv + that-clause 如此…以致於 The bag is so heavy that I can’t carry it. It was raining so hard that Jane went out with her raincoat on. Next

Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant. One friend came from Vermont. He said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was so clear that the echo of a voice was five times as strong as the original voice. 「A 為 B 的…倍」的句型有： A + be/V + 倍數 + as + Adj/Adv + as + B A + be/V + 倍數 + Adj-er + than + B A + be/V + 倍數 + the + N + of + B

The other friend said that was nothing. →The other friend didn’t think it was unusual. 當提到兩人或物，第一個用 one 表示，第二個 用 the other 表示。 I have two close friends. One is Wendy, and the other is Joseph. There are two balls on the desk. One is red, and the other is green.

In Colorado, the echo of a voice spoken in the morning would come back in the afternoon.   spoken 為關係子句 which was spoken 省略 關係代名詞和助動詞後，所留下的分詞結構。 Do you know the woman (who is) talking to your teacher? I like the novel (which was) written by Dr.Lin.

Mark Twain laughed and said: “The echoes you heard in Vermont and in Colorado are very unusual. But, in a small church in Hannibal, Missouri, there is an echo which is more unusual than either of them. you heard 乃關係子句省略關係代名詞 which 或 that 之後所形成的的形容詞子句。 關係代名詞 which 引導形容詞子句，修飾先行詞。 either of them = one or the other of the two

In that church, if you ask in a loud voice, “Good morning. How are you In that church, if you ask in a loud voice, “Good morning! How are you?” the echo will answer very clearly, “Very well, thank you. And how are you?”   in a loud voice = loudly 大聲地 Back