高一英语 Unit20《Humour 第一课时》精品教案 旧人教版第一册

Unit 20Humour.Teaching Goals:1.Talk about humour and comedians.2.Practise saying tongue twisters.3.Express intentions and plans.4.Use the-ing form(1)as the Attribute and Object Complement.5.Write a funny story or joke in English.Teaching Time:Four periods.Background Information:One word or phrase may have two or more meanings;words or phrases which have different meanings may have the same or similar sounds.Words or phrases like these may sometimes cause confusion or ambiguity,but they also make it possible to joke or play on words for a humorous effect.For some reason English has one of the largest collections of jokes based on plays on words.These jokes are often in the form of a dialogue in which one person uses a word in one sense,which the other person understands it or deliberately interpretes it in a different sense.Here are some examples of the humorous dialogues.1.Policeman:You cant park hero.Driver:Why not?Policeman:Read that sign.Driver:I did.It says,“Fine for parking”,so I parked.2.A:Where do you wash?B:In the spring.A:I didnt ask when,I asked you where.3.Diana:How long will the next bus be?Charles:Oh,almost 45 feet.4.Dick:My aunt has 88 keys.Tracy:She must have a lot of doors.Dick:She doesnt.She plays the piano.5.Customer:Is there any soup on the menu?Waiter:There was,but I wiped it off.6.Dick:Where are we eat tonight?Nick:Lets eat up the street.Dick:Lets not.I dont like concrete.7.Professor:Name two pronouns.Student:Who,me?8.Teacher:Jimmy,what are the three words that students use most often at school?Jimmy:I dont know.Teacher:Correct.Plays on words can also be in the form of a riddle.And some riddles are plays on compound words.A compound word consists of two or more pants,and the pants do not have the same meaning as they have when they are used separately,though they may keep their original sound.Here are some examples:(1)I work only when Im 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)Why does a river sleep a lot?(Because it is always in a bed.)(5)Why does a river have a lot of money?(Because it has two banks.)(6)If you throw a white stone into Red Sea,what will it become?(Wet.)(7)What can you see with your eyes shut?(A dream.)(8)Which runs faster,heat or cold?Why?(Heat.Because you can catch cold.)(9)I have cities but no houses;forests but no trees;rivers without water.What am I?(A map.)(10)What letter are people the most afraid of?(E.Because its the end of “life”.)(11)What kind of driver never needs a license?(A screwdriver.)(12)What kind of a nail should you not hit with a hammer?(Your fingernail.)Some jokes are based on words which have the same sound but different meanings and spellings.Jokes of this kind is better heard,not seen.When they are written or printed,the humor is largely lost.For example:Seven days without water makes one weak (week).We must all hang together or we shall all hang separately.The First PeriodTeaching Aims:1.Practise saying tongue twisters.2.Do some listening.3.Talk about intentions and plans.4.Learn and master the new words and expressions of this part.Teaching Important Points:1.Improve the students listening ability by listening.2.Improve the students speaking ability by making up dialogues.3.Let the students master how to impress their intentions and plans.Teaching Difficult Points:1.Make dialogues to express their ideas.2.Say tongue twisters fluently.Teaching Methods:1.Listening and speaking methods to improve the students listening and speaking ability.2.Pair work or group work to make every student active in class activities.Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a projector and some slides3.a computer for multimedia useTeaching Procedures:Step .Greetings and RevisionT:Good morning,everyone.Ss:Good morning,teacher.T:Sit down,please.In the last period,I told you to make sentences with the expressions of Unit 19 and say them in groups.In this period,Ill ask some students to say their sentences again before class.Please listen to them carefully.Wang Fei,read your sentences,please.(Students listen carefully and help to correct the mistakes.)Step .Preparation for Listening and SpeakingT:Today,were going to learn a new unit Unit 20,Humour.(Teacher writes the following on the blackboard:Unit 20,Humour,the First Period.)From the title,we can guess that this unit will be much more interesting,for every one of us likes fun,and every fun makes us happy and gay.I hope youll be interested in this unit.First,lets learn the new words and expressions of this period.Look at the screen.(Teacher shows the screen.)New words and expressionstwister n.骗子，说慌的人；难事，难题tongue twister绕口令bitter adj.苦的，痛苦的couple n.(一)对；(一)双；夫妇minister n.部长，大臣humour n.(=humor)幽默，诙谐humourous adj.富幽默感的，滑稽的mostly adv.主要地，大部分，通常laughter n.笑，笑声tear n.眼泪circus n.马戏团(场)；杂技团(场)clown n.小丑，粗鲁愚蠢的人intend vt.想要，打算，意指intention n.意图，目的Fred 佛瑞德(男名)T：Look at the first word:twister.Read after me:“twister”.(Read it twice),tongue twister.Do you know tongue twister?It means“a word or phrase difficult to speak quickly or correctly”.such as in Chinese“吃葡萄，吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄，不吐葡萄皮”.In English,there are many twisters,too.In a while,lets read them.(Teacher gives brief explanations to other words if necessary.)Step .Warming upT:Please open your books and turn to Page 39.Look at Warming up.Lets practise saying the following tongue twisters.First,read it slowly.Then read them faster and faster.You can read them to your partner.And let your partner see if there is any mistake in your reading.At last,Ill ask five students to read them before class to see who can speak faster without making mistakes,OK?lets begin.Step .ListeningT:So much for warming up.Now well do listening.In the next period of time you will hear an interesting story.It is about a couple who got married.A child is asking her grandmother about her marriage.Number the pictures in the proper order.The first one has been done to help you.Please read the other two requirements to see what you will have to do after you finish listening.(After a few minutes.)Do you know about the things youll do?(Ss:Yes.)During the period when you listen to the tape,Ill play it three times in all.When I play it for the first time,just listen.When I play it for the second time,do the exercises and you can check your answers to make sure they are right when I play the tape for the third time.Then check your answers with your classmates and tell your partner the story.Note that the beginning of the story has been given to you on Page 39.(At last,the teacher shows the pictures in the right order and the answers of Part 2 on the screen to get all the students to check and then asks a student to tell the story to the whole class.)Step .SpeakingT:Now lets do speaking.First,please read a dialogue between a journalist(j)and a comedian(c).T:(After students read the dialogue)Whats the most important thing in a comedians job?SA:The important thing in a comedians job is not only to make people laugh,but also to get them to think about life.T:How many ways to make people laugh are given?What are they?What other examples can you give?SB:Two ways are given.They are:Jokes about speaking a foreign language and the way someone walks and talks.Other examples are:their make-up, the styles of their clothes,shoes and the way they hear something or see something etc.T:Please make a dialogue yourself.Pair work.One acts as the part of a journalist(j)and your partner acts as a circus clown(c).The dialogue you make should include the questions on Page 40.And you can use the expressions on the screen to help you.(Show the screen.)Later,well ask one pair to give us a performance.Lets begin.Useful expressions:I willIm going toI intend to I hope toI plan/want toI wish toIve decided(not)toI hope not toSample dialogue:J:For which age do you write your show?C:I mainly write my show for children.Theyre very interested in it.But a lot of adults like my show,too.J:What do you do as a clown?C:To make people laugh:We often dont use any words.It is our clothes,make-up and way we act that make people laugh.People laugh and they forget their problems for at least a moment.J:What are you doing at this moment?C:Im getting ready for a performance with my partner.Its the funnest Ive ever shown.J:What are your plans for your next show?C:Ive written several shows.I intend to do them in the next few weeks.I hope to act them during the christmas holiday.J:How do you make children laugh?C:I make them laugh by movements.I copy Charlie Chaplins movements in my performance.Childern laugh with tears.J:When will you stop working as a clown?C:As long as people especially children like me,I want to go on working until Im very old.I like my job very much.J:Thank you very much.Step .ConsolidationT:Now make another dialogue with your partner,using the expressions on the screen.Sample dialogue.(A:a journalist;B:a director)A:What are you doing at present?B:Were doing a comedy.Its really funny.A:Whats your plan for the future?B:Ive decided to do an opera.I would like to have a try in the opera.A:I hope it will be very successful.By the way,what do you enjoy doing most of all?B:Er,its a bit hard to say.I always intend to try something new.Step .Summary and HomeworkT:In this class,weve practised some tongue twisters and listened to a story.Then weve done some speaking practice.Above all,we should remember the useful expressions about how to express intentions and plans.What are they?They are(The Design of the Writing on the Bb.Teacher and students say them aloud together.)Todays homework:1.Collect as many tongue twisters as possible;2.Make dialogues after class according to the situations given on the screen.(Teacher shows the screen.)Thats all for this class.Class is over.Situation 1:This weekend you intend to see a film/watch a football match/visit a friend or some relatives.Or you plan to go shopping/go fishing/go sightseeing/go mountain-climbing etc.Situation 2:Suppose you have some special plans for New Year or for the winter holid