Unit 2, Book 3,The Joker,Warming up activities,Encourage the students to tell some jokes and funny stories.,Warming up activities,Enjoy some English jokes and riddles: (tooth) Why should you never gossip in a stable? Because all the horses carry tails. (tail:尾巴；特务，暗探) 2. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It doesnt eat much. (lean:倾斜；瘦的) Three men fell in the water, but only two got their hair wet. How come? One man was bald. 4. What starts with a T , ends with a T and is full of T? Teapot. 5. A: What do you call a fish with no eye? B: Fsh.,TGIF vs SHIT,A man met a blond in the elevator. He greeted her: “T-G-I-F“, but got the reply: “S-H-I-T“. He was startled, but repeated “T-G-I-F“ again, the reply was “S-H-I-T“. He was frustrated and said: “T-G-I-F, I mean Thanks God Its Friday“. The blond looked at him saying: “S-H-I-T, I mean Sorry Honey Its Thursday“.,When things go wrong, When sadness fill your heart, When tears flow in your eyes, Just let me know, Cause I want to be there for you, I am selling tissues, buy one get one free.,Text Analysis,Comprehension questions When people attend a funeral, what do they usually feel about the deceased person? Why didnt anyone feel sad in Henrys funeral? Can you tell one or two jokes in relation to Henry? What did Henrys friends think of Henry before he died? What was in his will? What jokes did the first and second person tell? Are the jokes funny? Did people laugh?,Then, when Colin gave a dramatic sneeze, people _. Describe their laughter. How was Henrys fortune divided in the end? What kind of man do you think Henry Ground was? How do you comment on Henrys friends? How do you interpret the first sentence, “it was a very happy funeral, a great success”? “For the first time that day, there was a feeling of sadness in the air.” What does this sentence imply?,Discussion Which, do you think, is more important, money or laughter?,Text Analysis,Structure analysis Part I (paragraphs 1-3) Henry Ground died. People who attended his funeral did not feel sad. Instead of talking about his kindness, people began to talk about the jokes he had given them when he was alive. Part II (paragraphs 4-8) In Henrys testament, he left a large sum of money to one of his friends, and he also set them a competition of joke-telling. Part III (paragraphs 9-16) In order to inherit Henrys fortune solely, every one of the twelve guests held in his /her laughter when others were telling their jokes. At length, it was Colins dramatic sneeze that made them burst out laughing. By then they came to realize that they had been wrong in taking money so seriously. Part IV (paragraphs 17-21) When the guests learned that they were to share Henrys fortune, they began to feel sad about their dear friends death.,Text Analysis,Cultural Notes 1. Euphemism Even the sun shone that day for the late Henry Ground. late: dead, deceased 英语中表示“死亡”的委婉语有：go (e.g. Hes gone. ), depart, depart from the world for ever, decease, pass away, breathe ones last, go the way of all flesh, pay ones debt to nature, go to a better world, be in (go to) Heaven, be with God, etc.,Text Analysis,Cultural Notes 2. MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (美国) 米高梅电影制片公司。 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM for short, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. Its principal subsidiaries are MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios), United Artists Corporation, and Orion Pictures Corporation. It was acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment for $US2.9 billion in September 2004.,2. MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (美国) 米高梅电影制片公司。 好莱坞五大电影公司之一。 该公司拍摄了电影史上最出色的影片之一乱世佳人，创造出历久不衰的银幕经典007，塑造了不朽的卡通形象猫和老鼠，发起成立了美国电影艺术与科学学院，并推出了学院奖（即奥斯卡）这个公司的雄狮利奥标志一度被当成了美国的象征，它旗下巨星云集，曾创造每周推出一部电影的神话。 2010年11月3日，拥有86年历史的米高梅影业宣布破产。近年来，由于一直没有推出成功的影片，加上积欠了40亿美元的债务，米高梅的前景十分惨淡。,Text Analysis,Difficult sentences 1. Well, by the time the last joke had been told, every one of the twelve was sitting perfectly still, desperately holding in the laughter which was bursting to get out (L96). After the last joke was told, all the twelve friends of Henry sat completely quietly without moving. They were trying their best to control their laughter which was about to burst out at any moment. hold in: keep in, confine, retain; keep silence They had never imagined that such a small boy could have held the secret in for so long. On reading the email, the new widow could not hold herself in and fell into a dead faint. 译文：不过，到最后一个笑话讲完，全体十二个人都静静地坐着，拼命憋着随时可以迸发的笑声。,Text Analysis,Difficult sentences 2. No, they were laughing at themselves as it dawned on them that Henry Ground had led them into his last, and funniest, practical joke, setting their need to laugh against their greed for money (L114). No, they were laughing at themselves. At that moment, every one of them began to realize/understand that Henry Ground had played his last and funniest practical joke upon them. He made their greed for money fight agains