教案a03基础英语lesson29funny or not

1、Lesson 29 Funny or not Objective: Master the usage of “whether” and “sb. + v. + it + adj. + to do sth” .By Dana I RevisionDictate the new words and phrases learned in lesson 21 lesson 28.1-5 without delay, philosopher, spiritual, tempt sb. to do sth. , Its a real bargain 6-10 grudge doing sth., coll

2、eague, unsympathetic, surgeon, passer-by11-15 pocket ones dignity, deliberately, as a consequence, to varying degrees, in favor of sb. 16-20 with ease, be envious of sb., exert an influence on sb., pride oneself on sth., anticipate doing sth.Warm upTell a Chinese joke. (再吃鸡我们都变成“鸡”了）Do you think the

3、 joke is funny?Tell an English joke.（”P” is running down my legs.) Do you think the joke is funny?Why do you think the first joke is funny but the second one is not?II New words & Expressionslargely adv. For the most part; mainly; On a large scale 大部分地；主要地; 大规模地；很大程度地eg. build largely 大兴土木 慨然捐助 give

4、 largely 他的失败主要是由于胆小。His failure is largely due to timidity. 他辞职不干主要是因为他想家。He left his job largely because he was homesick.II New words & Expressionsuniversal adj. 宇宙的; 万物的; 全世界的; 完全的; 绝对的; 全人类的; 万人的; 全体的; 一般的; 普遍的; 普通的; 多方面的; 多才多艺的eg. 普遍原则 the universal rules世界时the universal time (GMT)总代理人; 全权代理人th

5、e universal agent 他的讲话得到全场的热烈掌声。His speech met with universal applause. 他是一个多才多艺的天才。 He was a universal genius.TragicTragedyComiccomedyII New words & Expressionsdistasteful adj. tasteless, unpleasant; disagreeable; Objectionable; offensive; Expressing aversion or dislike 难吃的, 不合口味的； 使人不愉快的，令人反感的，讨厌的

6、; 讨厌的；冒犯的; 表示不喜欢的；表示厌恶的eg. 良药苦口利于病。 The medicine is distasteful but good for you.The very idea of cheating him is distasteful to me.单是欺骗他的那个想法就使我很不愉快。 我不喜欢抽烟。 Smoking is distasteful to me.He used distasteful language.他使用冒犯性的语言 我厌恶地瞪了他一眼。 I shot him a distasteful glance.II New words & Expressionspest

7、er vt. (用琐碎的事情)来烦恼, 烦扰, 折磨; 纠缠Phrases: pester sb with sth 以某事烦扰某人pester sb for sth 缠住某人讨取某物pester sb to do sth 麻烦某人做某事eg. Dont pester me with your trivial matters.别拿你那些鸡毛蒜皮的琐事烦我。We were pestered with flies.我们为苍蝇所扰。The beggar pestered the passersby for money.My son has been pestering me to take him t

8、o the zoo.assail vt. 困扰, 纠缠Phrase: sth. assail sb. be assailed with/by sth 为.所困扰/纠缠eg. Im assailed with doubts. 我为疑惑所困扰。Im assailed by a lot of work today. 我今天有很多事缠身。I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring. 我被一个想卖给我钻戒的人所缠住了。II New words & ExpressionsII New words & Expressionsaff

9、lict vt. 使苦恼, 痛苦, 折磨Phrase: sth. afflict sb. be afflicted with / by sth 受折磨/之苦Eg. He is afflicted with gout. 害痛风病Dont you feel afflicted with your conscience?难道你没感到受良心的指责吗？We are afflicted with cares and anxieties. 我们为烦恼和忧愁所困扰。dread v. 害怕, 恐惧; 担心(总表示由经验而感知的“怕”)Phrases: dread (doing) sthdread to do s

10、thdread that eg. I dread a visit to the dentist. 我害怕去看牙医。 A burnt child dreads fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。We all dread to think what will happen if the factory closes.我们都不敢去想如果工厂倒闭了会怎样？ I dread that I may never see you again. 我害怕再也见不到你了。II New

11、words & Expressionsrecover v. 恢复; 寻找回, 重新获得; 挽回, 弥补; (根据法律程序)取得(赔偿等); 痊愈, 复原; eg. recover ones reputation 恢复名誉recover the lost umbrella 找回丢失的雨伞弥补浪费的时间recover the time wasted 损失得到赔偿 recover the damages 恢复健康 recover from illnessI hope you will recover soon.希望你能早日康复. II New words & ExpressionsII New wo

12、rds & Expressionsrecovery n. 恢复, 复得; 还原; 痊愈; 矫正; 回收, 收回, eg. the recovery of a lost umbrella找回丢失的雨伞 经济复苏economic recovery 迅速痊愈 make a quick recoveryII New words & Expressionsconsole vt. 安慰； 慰问; 减轻痛苦，减轻悲伤eg. We should console a friend in grief. 在朋友忧伤时我们应予以慰问。We tried to console her when her mother di

13、ed but it was very difficult.她母亲去世时我们设法安慰她,但很难奏效。II New words & Expressionscompensate v. 补偿；赔偿；酬报Phrase: compensate sb. for (doing) sth为向某人赔偿eg. Nothing can compensate the young mother for the loss of her favourite daughter.年轻的妈妈丧失了自己心爱的女儿是任何东西也弥补不了的The company compensates her for extra work.公司因她的额外

14、工作而给她报酬。Nothing can compensate for the loss of time.虚度光阴是无法补偿的（光阴一去不复还）。Management compensated us for the overtime we worked.资方补偿我们超工作时间的报酬。III Text StudyPlease close your text books. Listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the following question: What is the basis of “sick” humor

15、? (The basis of “sick” humor is tragic situations like violent deaths or serious accidents.)Read the text by yourselves and pay attention to the usage of “whether” and “sb v. it adj. to do sth”.III Text StudyExplain the text: Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been

16、brought up.(1) Structure: “whether” introduces a subjective clause, “where” introduces an objective clause. (2) phrase: depend on 依靠; 由.而定, 取决于; 从属于bring up 教育；养育Where were you brought up?III Text StudyExplain the text: Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brough

17、t up.(3) Sentence pattern: whether introduces a subjective clauseeg. Whether well have classes after the exam is still not known.Whether we should help her or not remains a question.I dont know whether he will come or not.III Text StudyExplain the text: The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up w

18、ith national characteristics.(1) phrase: be bound up with: be connected closely with与.有密切联系; 与.利益一致eg. The welfare of the individual is bound up with the welfare of the community.Your future is closely bound up with that of the company.一个国家的未来与其年轻人的教育息息相关。The future of a country is bound up with the

19、 education of the young people. III Text StudyExplain the text: A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.(1) Structure: “it” is the form object of “find”, infinitive phrase “to laugh at a Russian joke” is the real object, “hard is the objective complement. III Text St

20、udyExplain the text: A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.(2) Sentence pattern: “v. + it + adj. + to do sth”eg. He feels it inconvenient to lead a tramps life.我认为掩盖事实是不对的。 I think it wrong to conceal the facts.我发现要把这个合同翻译成英文很难。I find it difficult to translate the

21、contract into English.III Text StudyExplain the text: A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.(3) Phrase: for instance: for example例如laugh at sb/sth: 因.发笑, 嘲笑, 漠视, eg. We laughed at the funny joke.试着笑对困难。 Try to laugh at difficulties.We laughed at Mary when she said

22、that the capital of Guangdong Province was Shenzhen.我们对着小丑发笑。We laughed at the clown.III Text StudyExplain the text: No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplins early films.Structure: “no matter where” introduces an adverbial clause of concession, “it

23、” is the form object of “find”, infinitive phrase “not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplins early films” is the real object, “difficult” is the objective complement. “say” is a parenthesis.III Text StudyExplain the text: However, a new type of humour, which stems from the U.S., has recently come into

24、fashion.(1) Structure: “which” introduces an non-restrictive attributive clause to modify “a new type of humour”. III Text StudyExplain the text: (2) Phrase: stem from: arise from sth, originate from, root in, come from出自; 来源于; 发生于eg. Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country.

25、正确的决定来源于正确的判断。 Correct decisions stem from correct judgments.III Text StudyExplain the text: (2) Phrase: come into fashion: e fashionable, e popular 流行起来, 开始风行be in fashion: be fashionable, be popular 流行，风行eg. Mcdonalds has come into fashion among the young people in China.长裙子又开始流行了。 Long skirts hav

26、e come into fashion again.长头发现在仍然很流行。 Long hair is still in fashion now.III Text StudyExplain the text: From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.(1) Structure：There are two clauses here. The first is “(when) he arrived there” and

27、it is used as an attributive to modify “the moment”; the second one is “when he would be able to go home” and it is used as object of “tell”. 这句话里出现了两个从句，第一个是“(when) he arrived there”用来做“the moment”的定语从句；第二个是“when he would be able to go home”用来做“tell”的宾语从句。III Text StudyExplain the text: From the mo

28、ment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.（2）Phrase: keep (on) doing sth 继续做某事，一直做某事keep sb doing sth 使某人一直做某事eg. How can I trust you if you keep on lying to me？他一直在抽烟。He kept on smoking all the time.They keep the workers working for them day

29、 and night.对不起让你久等了。Sorry for keeping you waiting for such a long time.III Text StudyExplain the text: The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for new year celebrations were good.(1) Structure: “by telling him that ”

30、 is used as an adverbial of manner, “that” introduces an objective clause as the object of :telling”, “of being able to leave hospital in time for new year celebrations” is used as an attributive to modify “his chances”.III Text StudyExplain the text: (2) Phrases: chances: The likelihood of somethin

31、g happening; possibility or probability 或然率，机率, 可能性eg. Chances are good that you will win. Chances of your winning are good. Your chances of winning are good.You have a good chance of winning.Chances for you to win are good.极有可能你会赢。 Is there any chance of rain?有可能下雨吗?III Text StudyExplain the text:

32、The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.(1) Structure: “and” introduces a compound statement, “sure enough” is used as a parenthesis.(2) Phrase: sure enough 果真；确实eg. He said he would come, and sure enough he came. 他说要来，果然来了。My father told me not t

33、o worry about my tuition fee, and sure enough he managed to pay it for me on time.我父亲告诉我不用担心学费的问题，果然他按时替我交上了。III Text StudyExplain the text: The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.(2) Phrase: take heart 振作, 鼓起勇气, 打起精神lose heart 丧失勇气, 灰心, 泄气eg. Le

34、ts take heart and work harder so that we can go home earlier.Though he failed again, he would never lose heart.III Text StudyExplain the text: To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.(1) “to compensate for his unpleasant experiences

35、 in hospital”: used as an adverbial of purpose.(2) “the man drank a little more than (what/the amount that) was good for him”: 这个人稍微多喝了点adj./adv. er + than + predicateeg. Dont give him more money than (what/the amount that) is needed.Dont come earlier than (what/the time that) is necessary.A little

36、/ a bit Much /far III Text StudyStructure of the text: 1, What are the topic sentences for the first paragraph?“Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humo(u)r is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.”2, What is the second pa

37、ragraph about?“Most funny stories are based on comic situations. However, sick humo(u)rs are based on tragic situations.” 3, What is the third paragraph about?“An example of sick humo(u)r, a mans unfortunate experience with hospital.” III Text StudyStructure of the text: 4, What is the structure of

38、the text?The topic narrows down from P1 to P2 to P3 like an inverted pyramid.P1 wide (general) P2P3 narrow (specific)IV Drills & ExercisesRead the text after the tape. Pay attention to the stress and intonation and where to stop.Look for the answer in the text individually first, then try to answer

39、the comprehension questions without looking at the text. (P139 Comprehension)Extra Exercises补充练习 Try to put the following into English by using the phrases and sentence patterns you learned in this text. (1)老板是否会来还不知道。(2) 是否成功取决于你的努力程度。(3) 我发现半个小时之内写完一篇200字的英语作文很难。(4) 她一直在吃。(5) 极有可能会下雨。Key(1)老板是否会来还

40、不知道。Whether the boss will come or not is not known yet.(2)是否成功取决于你的努力程度。Whether you can succeed or not is closely bound up with how hard you work.Whether you can succeed or not depends on how hard you work.(3)我发现半个小时之内写完一篇200字的英语作文很难。 I find it difficult to write an English composition of 200 words

41、in half an hour. (4)她一直在吃。She kept on eating all the time.(5) 极有可能会下雨。Chances are good that it will rain.Key to Vocabularybrought up: raised, educatedmysteriously bound up with: strangely connected with/to make: cause/force (sb to do sth)universal appeal: common influence, international/general attractionstems: comes/originates/arise (from), roots (in)come onto fashion: e popular/fashionabledistasteful: unpleasant, tastelessKey Structures and Special DifficultiesKey:1, operate on, diffe