Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour单元教学目标Talk about different types of humor；a taste of English humorLearn how to express ones emotionsLearn the ing form as the Predicative, Attributive and Object ComplementLearn to write humorous stories 目标语言话题 Different types of humor; a taste of English humor词汇1. 四会词汇： slide, skin, cruel, content, astonish, particular, entertain, entertaining, throughout,homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, boil, fortunate, snowstorm, chew, bottom, mouthful, direct, star, outstanding, Switzerland, fortune, swing, pancake, mountainous, whisper, vast, sense2. 词组：be content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into功能情感 ( Emotion )I enjoy this very much because It surprises me thatI laugh at that kind of thing because I felt happy becauseThis is fun because Im pleased we were both amused atHow wonderful / surprising! Its amusing that语法动词的-ing 形式作表语，定语和宾语补足语的用法Their job is “panning for gold”. That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin?课时分配1st Period Reading2nd Period Speaking3rd Period Grammar4th Period Listening5th Period Writing6th Period Summary分课时教案The First PeriodTeaching aims: Enable students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor.Key points: Help students learn how to understand and enjoy English humors.Difficult points: Help students know the differences between English and Chinese in humor.Teaching aids: picturesTeaching procedure:Step 1: Lead-inShow some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not.Questions: 1) Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny? 2) Do you know other comedians who are funny in the same way? 3) Have you seen any of these comedians or programmers? What do you think of them? Step 2: Warming upTask 1. Brain-storming Ask students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some pictures and summarize. Types of humorExample of English humorChinese humorNonverbalCharlie ChaplinPantomimes（哑剧）刘全和，刘全利Mime and farceMr. BeanFunny plays 陈佩斯，赵本山Verbal jokesPlay on words, usuallyCross talk 马季， 姜昆Funny storiesTwo linesJokesFunny poemsEdward LearDoggerel（打油诗）Task 2. Talking Ask students to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know.Task 3. Reading on P22 The purpose of the reading is to introduce the kind of verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny. Let students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. Then check the answer. After that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen.Joke 1:Patient: Doctor, Ive lost my memory.Doctor: When did this happen?Patient: When did what happen?Joke 2:Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone.Doctor: Dont thank me. Thank God.Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.Step 3 Homework Ask each student to give a joke and present it in class next period. The Second Period ReadingTeaching aims: Enable students to learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor.Key points: Help students divide the text into several parts according to the meaning.Difficult points: Divide the paragraphs and give the main ideas.Teaching aids: A recorder and a projectorTeaching procedure: Step 1. Revision Check homework: ask students to present their jokes in class. Step 2. Pre-reading Questions: (1) What do you like to laugh at? (2 ) What does humor mean? Is humor always kind? Give students some time to discuss. The purpose is to help students know that different people have different taste about humor. It is difficult to say which one is better or which one is worse. Step 3. Reading The purpose of this reading is to introduce nonverbal humor. This reading material takes Charlie Chaplin for example. It tells us what nonverbal humor means; what is Charlie Chaplins style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on. Task 1. Divide the text into several parts according to the meaning.Part One: the first and the second paragraphPart Two: the third and the fourth paragraphPart Three: the last paragraph Task 2. Give the main idea of each part The main idea of part one: It tells us that there are two kinds of humor. One is bad, while the other can inspire people. The main idea of part two: It tells us something about Charlie Chaplins acting style and how Charlie Chaplin made a sad situation entertaining. The main idea of part three: it gives us a short biography about Charlie Chaplin. Task 3. Discussion Let students have a discussion about the