4. Words and Expressions in Unit20

5. A minister Who can marry many wives but can stay single all of the life? question:

6. Period2 Reading Laughing Matter

7. Pre –reading Let’s go! Discuss the following questions with your partner. 1.Look at the photos. Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny? Laurel and Hardy Mr Bean Rowen Atkinsen Dustin Hoffman Ma Ji

8. Mr. Bean is funny because he makes ______ faces, he acts ____, he seems to be quite ______, and the things he does are ________. funny silly stupid strange A. silly B. differently A. funny B. terrible A. clever B. stupid A. common B. strange

9. C harlie Chaplin was born in London in 1889 and died in 1977. He was a great silent movie stars. Modern Times, The Little Tramp, The gold Rush, City Light are his masterpieces. He was very popular in his time.

10. Task 1 Listen and understand What forms of humor are introduced in the text? 1.Today all students of English can understand Shakespeare’s jokes. ( ) 2.In the writer’s opinion, clowns are only funny for children and nothing more. ( ) 3.Clowns play with words to make people laugh. ( ) 4.Comedians of all times and many countries may dress up a little or act out small sketches. ( ) 5.Listeners don’t need to know well what the comedians are talking about when they want to enjoy the jokes of crosstalk artists. ( ) F F F F T

11. Laughing matter similarity Comedies Clowns Comedians Crosstalk shows funny; have a long history; make people happy and laugh.

12. Read quietly and slowly, and then complete the following. Task2 Intensive reading

13. Laugh- ing Matter Four forms of humor comedy clown comedian Chinese cross -talk show What is comedy? techniques cross-dressing telling an amusing story acting out stereotypes word play act alone or as a pair techniques using body language, their clothes, their make-up and the way they walk work alone or as a pair techniques body language and face acting out a sketch playing with words make people laugh, think about life work in pairs and a long history techniques word play; making jokes and funny conversation; acting out small sketches; saying tongue twisters

14. ring Jokes in English which have a “play on words”. <一><一> Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ? Boy: Of course, what’s your telephone number? Policeman: You can’t park here. Driver: Why not? It says, “ ____ for parking”, so I parked. Fine

15. Mary: John says I’m pretty. Andy says I’m ugly. What do you think of me, Peter? Peter: A bit of both. I think you’re _________. Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning, Mum ! Mum : How nice ! Did you kiss her ____,dear ? Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face. back pretty ugly

16. Language Points

17. 1.Funny plays often have characters that are stereotypes of nationalities or people doing certain jobs (Para1, 3rd line) certain adj. 某个、某些、某种 some adj. 某个 Character n. 特点、性格、特性 （小说、戏剧）中的人物 文字、符号、记号 a certain + 可数名词单数 some + 可数名词单数 Chinese characters 汉字

18. 1. 别嘲笑别人的错误。 Don’t make fun of other people’s mistakes. for fun I said it only for fun. great fun Our math teacher is great fun. have fun Have fun at the party tonight. 取笑地，非认真地 很有趣的人或事 玩得开心

19. 3. It often makes people roar with laughter roar with laughter ＝ laugh very loudly 放声大笑 （例） 他看上去那么滑稽，我们都哈哈大笑 eg. He looked so funny that we all roared with laugher

20. 4.It sounds funny to hear foreigners speak with an accent (Para1,7th line) 听外国人用一种口音说话很有趣。 speak with an accent 5.What comedians have in common with the players in a comedy is their way of playing with words (Para3,5th line) have…in common with… I have nothing in common with my parents. out of the common 异乎寻常，不平常 He noticed nothing out of the common

21. Listening and thinking 是动词 ing 形式作伴随状 语，表示同步于句子谓语的动作。 6. A few minutes later everybody is quiet, listening and thinking about the comedians’ words. (Para3, last line) 1. 这女孩低声地唱着流行歌曲，走进了教室 Sing a pop song in a low voice, the girl came into the classroom. 2. 那个老教师坐在窗边，读着报纸。 The old teacher sat by the window,reading a newspaper.

22. 7.Dating back to the Qin Dynasty, the traditional crosstalk shows have made people laugh… (Para5, 1st line) date back to = date from 追溯到，从 … 时起 1.This castle dates back to/ dates from the 14 th century. 2.My interest in stamp collecting dates from my schooldays.

23. a flow of 某事物的持续或连续供应 8.Skilled artists make use of all the richness of the spoken language to create a rapid flow of fun. (Para5, 3rd line) cut off the flow of oil the constant flow of information 技艺高超的艺术家利用丰富多彩的口语， 创造出连绵不绝的乐趣。 源源不断的信息 切断石油的供应

24. appreciate + n./ doing/ that-clause 1.I appreciate your help. 9.To appreciate the jokes of crossstalk artists, listeners have to know very well what the comedians are talking about. （ Para5, 4th line ） enjoy 感谢 欣赏 2.A sensitive mouth is necessary to appreciate good wine. 3.Houses in this area have all appreciated. 增值，涨价

25. suffer The army suffered heavy losses in the battle. 经受（痛苦） He drank a lot and his work suffered. 受影响 He is suffering from a bad cold. suffer vt. + n. 苦于 …, 患 … 病 vi. suffer from

26. Post-reading(answer the following questions) 1.How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China? 2.Give three examples of techniques that writers of comedies often use to make people laugh. 1. 2. 3.______________ 3.Why are some of Shakespeare’s comedies not so funny for us? More than 2200 years. cross-dressingstereotypesword play Because the meaning of words in English has changed.