高中英语 Unit 3 A taste of English humour Period 4 Using Language课件 新人教版必修4.ppt

1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour,Using language,理解阅读部分的四则笑话，理解英式幽默。 强化听力训练，完成教材上的相关练习题。 学习如何评价笑话或幽默故事，写一则幽默故事。,本节课主要是快速阅读和听力训练课。首先用几则笑话激发学生的兴趣，导入本课的主题，然后是快速阅读和听力训练。学习表评价的常用句型之后，让学生写一则笑话，从而实现语言输入向语言输出的转换。 快速阅读部分，让学生改编成对话，进行角色扮演, 从而降低难度，达到快速阅读的目的。在听力训练上，设计了简答题和排序题，帮学生深层次的理解原文。,Patient: Doctor, Ive los

2、t my memory. Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen?,As we all know, Charlie Chaplin is a master of nonverbal humour. Please appreciate his film and you will feel the humour.,卓别林短片,Words preview,amuse pancake explanation detective mountainous whisper,vt. 使发笑；使愉快 n. 烙饼；薄饼 n. 解释；讲

3、解；说明 n. 侦探 adj. 多山的；山一般的 n. 耳语；低语 vt. & vi. 低语；小声说,Words preview,vast mess react porridge drunk,adj. 巨大的；辽阔的 n. 脏或乱的状态 vi. 做出反应；回应 n. 粥；麦片粥 adj. 醉的,English jokes,There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to amuse us. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes.,1. C: Whats that fly

4、 doing in my soup?W: Swimming. I think!,2. C: Whats that? W: Its bean soup. C: I dont want to know what its been. I want to know what it is now.,3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long? W: No, sir. Round.,Can you match the joke with the explanation below?,Explanation A. The first person is asking fo

5、r information about time. The second person treats it as a question about shape. B. The first person is angry about something and wants to say “Why is this here?”,The second person treats it as a request for information and gives an answer to the question. C. The answer to the question contains a wo

6、rd which, when spoken, can have two meanings.,1 B,2 C,3 A,Role -play,Read a short, funny story on Page 22 about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson. Then change the story into a short dialogue. Act it in groups of threeHolmes, Watson and a narrator.,Listening on P23,You

7、 are going to listen to a funny story about jam.,the main idea,Mary made some jam but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about the jam, came home and threw it into the kitchen yard.,Listen to Part 1 aga

8、in and answer the following questions:,What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan? 2. What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan? 3. What do you think Mary is going to say when she finds out what has happened? 4. How do you think John will react to her?,1. Wha

9、t was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan?,She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down.,2. What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan?,He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat.,3.&4. various answers are possibl

10、e.,Before you listen to Part 2, try to put these sentences below in order. Then listen again and check if you were right.,_ Mary got angry with John. _ Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely. _ John was sorry. _ The chickens enjoyed the jam. _ John said he thought the jam was porridge. _ Mary look

11、ed at the red mess on the ground. _ John said the chickens were drunk. _ Mary came home.,4,2,5,7,6,3,8,1,Fill in the blanks while listening to Part 2 a second time.,“ You _ my jam,” she shouted. “ Oh, _ what it was,” he said. “ Im _ but I thought it was_ which had gone bad in the hot weather. The ch

12、ickens have _ the jam, but its made them _.”,threw away,thats,sorry,porridge,enjoyed,drunk,Listening text,Part 1,Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums. They would make lovely jam. When she had finished the cooking, she filled all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan. Sh

13、e would put it in the fridge when it was cooler. But just then the telephone rang,her mother was in hospital after a car accident. Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house. Some days later, her husband, John, came home from a business trip. He had been travelling all day and felt like having

14、a drink and a piece of cake. As he came into the kitchen he saw a pan with a dark red mess inside it.,He lifted it up and smelled it. It smelled bad. Mary must have forgotten to clean this pan, he thought. So he poured all the jam into the chicken yard and cleaned the pan. Then feeling comfortable,

15、he began to eat a piece of cake.,Part 2,When Mary returned, she noticed the chickens behaving strangely. They were running around the yard as if they were sick. She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went closer. When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen. Her husband was reading a new

16、spaper at the table. Angrily Mary rushed up to him.,“You threw away my jam,” she shouted. “ Oh, thats what it was,” he said. “ Im sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather.” “ Good heavens!” said Mary. “That must be the jam I left in the pan, but why didnt you threw i

17、t in the dustbin?” John laughed.,“It was a mistake. However, the chickens have enjoyed the jam, expect that it has made them drunk. What are we going to do with these drunken chickens?”,Speaking and writing,Discuss with your partner whether you think the story you listened to is funny. Give your rea

18、sons. Use these words and expressions below to help you.,How wonderful! Im pleased we both like I felt happy because What fun! It surprises me that I (dont) laugh at that kind of thing because It is (not) very amusing/funny that I (dont) enjoy this very much because,Write down your own funny story and rea