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第 1 页 共 15 页 Unit 3 A taste of English humor I. 单元教学目标 技能目标Skill Goals Talk about different types of humour; a taste of English humour Learn how to express one?s emotions Learn the -ing form as the Predicative, Attribute Mr. Bean is famous for his mime and farce; while Mark Twain was good at tell some funny stories. But I don t know Edward Lear. T: Right. Edward Lear is a famous British poet. His poems are funny. But they were all from daily life. Until now people also read them and enjoy them. Here is one of his short poems. Please look at the screen: There was an old Man with a bread There was an old man with a bread, Who said, “ It?s just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren, Have all built their nests in my bread!” T: In these two poems we can see that Edward Lear used a kind of magnification to make his poem funny. But because the sense of humour of English and Chinese is different, sometimes what they feel funny would not sound funny to us. But if you want to make fun of one of your friends, you can send them to him/her. They will be surprise to see these. Well, do you know these persons in the pictures? What are they good at? Nonverbal, mime and farce, funny stories or funny poems? (1)(2)(3)(4) S8: Picture 1 is Chen Peisi. I think he is famous for his mime and farce. 第 5 页 共 15 页 S9: Picture 2 is Zhao Benshan. He is famous for his Xiao pin. And he is also for his mime, I think. S10: The two persons in picture 4 are Liu Quanhe and Liu Quanlin. They are good at Ya ju (哑剧 ). T: Do you know the third person? No? He is the famous cross talk actorHou Baolin. When he was living, he was the most popular actor. Many of his works are the classic. OK, now can you finish the last column of the chart? The Suggested answers: English humour Nonverbal Mime and farce Verbal jokes Funny stories Funny poems Chinese humour Pantomime (哑剧 ) 刘全和、刘全林 Funny plays 陈佩斯、赵本山 Cross talk 侯宝林、马季 Jokes Doggerel (打油诗) Step Reading on P22 The purpose of this reading is to introduce the kind of humour we can laugh at -verbal jokes. They use a “ play on words” to be funny. Let the students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. T: Well, boys and girls, just now we learned something about English and Chinese jokes. Now let?s read some English jokes on Page 22. I?ll give three minutes for you to read them and then match the joke with the expl anation. If you like, you may have a discussion. And then we?ll check the answer. OK, read them. The students read and finish their task, and the teacher can show some other jokes on the screen. After they have finished the task, check the answer and ask them to enjoy the jokes on the screen. T: Have you finished the reading? Are the jokes funny? Ss: Yes, they are very funny. We ve never found that English jokes so funny. T: What?s the answer? S11: The answer is 1 to B, 2 to C and 3 to A. T: Good. Now, please look at the screen. Here are more jokes on it. Read them and enjoy them. If you have some troubles in understanding, discuss, or ask me. Give the students some time to read the jokes. Patient: Doctor, I?ve lost my memory. Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen? Anisha: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don?t thank me. Thank god. Anisha: Then I?ll pay the fees to god. A man with two red ears went to see his doctor. Doctor: What happened to your ears? Man: I was ironing a shirt and the phone rang but instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear. Doctor: Oh Dear! But . what happened to your other ear? 第 6 页 共 15 页 Man: The scoundrel (恶棍 ) called back! T: Funny? Ss: We re laughing to death! T: Don?t do that, another joke is waiting for you. Please read the neat joke on Page 22. And then finish the question followed. Give the students three minutes to do it. T: Now decide which of these two kinds of jokes you like better. Give your reason. S12: I find the first kind jokes are easier to understand. S13: Those jokes on the screen are the funnies ones, I think. S14: We must understand the background of the funny story at first, and then we can know what a humor Sherlock Holmes was. I think to understand this kind of jokes needs wisdom to understand. We must know that he was a detective, so he was always thinking of the things such as stealing. T: What you said is reasonable. Now let?s liste n to the tape, pay attention to the intonation, and try to bring out the humorous meaning. If time permits, the teacher can ask some students to act out the jokes. Step IV Speaking T: Now, we?ve learned some jokes and listened to some too. How about speaking out what you feel funny in class? I?ll give you five minutes to prepare this task, and then ask some of you to tell us your story. There are some steps for you to finish the task. If you think they are useful, follow them. Five minutes later. S15: My story is one
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