2. 广州市培英中学 王晓梅

3. Guessing game 1. I work only when I am fired. What am I? A rocket. 2. I have teeth, but no mouth. What am I? A comb. 3. I have a mouth, but no teeth. What am I? A river.

4. Because it is always in a bed. 4. Why does a river sleep a lot? 5. Why is a river rich? Because it has two banks. 6. What can you see with your eyes shut? A dream.

5. 7. Which runs faster, heat or cold? Why? Heat. Because you can catch cold. 8. I have cities but have no houses; forests, but no trees; rivers without water. What am I? A map.

6. Part 2 Read the dialogue and try to find out the explanation of each joke. Dialogue 1 What does the customer mean by asking the question ? The customer probably means why the fly is there, in his soup.But the waiter seems to be absent- minded and misunderstand that the customer is asking what that fly is doing in his soup.

7. Dialogue 2 Why do you think the customer asks this question? Probably the customer thinks that the soup has gone bad and the waiter should not give it to him. But the waiter misunderstand it. When the waiter says “It’s bean soup”, the customer thinks by mistake that he is saying “It’s been soup.” Been and bean has the same pronunciation.

8. Dialogue 3 Who can ask the customer’s questions in another way? “Will it be long before I get the pancakes?” When the waiter hears the question, he probably thinks that the customer is asking the shape of the pancake.

9. Discussion Please look at another 3 “waiter-and-customer jokes” See if you can find out what the humor is in each joke. Suggested explanation: 1. The customer is asking : I would like to eat some chicken legs, have you got any today? The waiter understand it as : You walk in a funny way. Are your legs like chicken’s legs?

10. 2. “Lay” has two meanings. One is “lay an egg” (What a hen does.) One is “lay a table” (What a waiter does.) The waiter wants to say: I don’t know what’s wrong with these eggs. Ask the hen that laid the eggs. I only laid the table. 3. The question has two meanings. The waiter is asking the customer at the end of his/her meal “What do you think of the fish? Was the fish good?” The customer understands it as: Where did you find the fish?

11. Language Points 1. a play on words a play upon words 意为： “ 双关语， 俏皮话。 ” ①此处 play 是名词：意为： “ 玩笑、花样、把戏 ” 他这样说只是开玩笑罢了。 He said it in play. 他刚才说的不过是文字游戏。 What he said just now was only a play of words.

12. ② play 还可作 “ 消遣、游戏、玩耍 ” 孩子们正在玩耍。 The children are at play. 他的生活只有工作，没有娱乐。 His life is all work and no play. 这事对他来说极为容易。 It is mere children’s play to him.

13. ③固定词组 play basketball football volleyball tennis play the violin guitar piano

14. 2. A collection of 一批，大量 他收集了一批精美的邮票。 3. He has a fine collection of stamps. A collection of old books filled the shelf. lay the table 摆餐桌，（准备吃饭） lay laid lain [ 及物动词 ] 一大堆古书堆满了书架。

15. ①摆放 他母亲进来摆桌子吃饭。 他把手放在我的肩上。 他们正在客厅铺新地毯。 Her mother came in and laid the table for supper. He laid his hand on my shoulder. They are laying a new carpet in the living room.

16. ②固定词组 lay eggs 下蛋 lay off 解雇 (lay him off ) lay off smoking 戒烟 lay blame on sb. 归（罪）于

17. ③ lie vi. 1. ( 物品等）在、位于、某方向 景色（展现） 2. 置于、呈 …… 的状态 lie lay lain My home lies to the south of our school. 那山谷展现在我们的眼前。 The valley lay before us. 我家位于学校的南部。 eg.

18. 那本书摊开在桌上。 他的钱闲置在保险柜里。 他卧病在床。 The book lay upon on the desk. His money lay idle in the safe. He lies ill in bed.

19. 固定词组 lie on the grass. lie down lie about 零零散散，游手好闲 lie on-one’s back (side, stomach) 仰卧，侧卧，俯卧 lie lied lied lying （撒谎） He is lying. He is telling a lie.

20. 4. by accident by chance 偶然 她无意中踩了我的脚。 She stepped on my foot by accident. 在火车站，我意外捡到了一个钱包。 At the station, I picked up a purse by chance. 哥伦布偶然发现了新大陆。 Columbus discovered America by accident.