Unit 20 Humour,Unit 20 Humour,Warming up & Listening & Speaking,- 镇海区中兴中学 英语组 胡银君,A Taste of Humour,“ 特困生”,When there is only one man in the world.,She is good at Chinese Kongfu,别以为穿上马甲我就认不出你了！,看，我比你们都要高。,这个造型很酷吧！,Guess,Girl: If we marry, will you give me a ring? Boy: Of course, whats your telephone number? Mary: John says Im pretty. Andy says Im ugly. What do you think of me, Peter? Peter: A bit of both. I think youre pretty ugly.,Play on words-Jokes,T,wisters,Practice makes perfect,1. Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.,2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I wont wish the wish you wish to wish.,3. If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalk black on a white whiteboard then?,v.,v.,n.,v.,v.,v.,n.,v.,v.,n.,v.,v.,v.,v.,n.,n.,Lets compete!,A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose! 2. Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh. 3. Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood. 4. While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washingtons windows with warm washing water.,a minister,Who can marry many wives but can stay single all of the life?,Listening Task 1Fill in the blanks In the dialogue, D=Granddaughter, G=Grandmother,D: Grandmother. How did you meet Grandfather? G: Oh well, thats quite a _ story. In fact, we met several times. You see, I met grandfather in _, where we lived before we came to _. We only lived about _ from each other. Your grandfather was a _ in the _, three villages away.,funny,Australia,church,8 kilometers,minister,England,D: And when did he ask you to marry him? G: Well, it was really funny.We were having dinner in a _ one evening, and we were talking about people getting married, and so on. As a minister in the church it was your grandfathers job to _ . We talked about all kinds of different people, sometimes families we both knew. We were having a very _ conversation and _ a lot. So I asked him, “And will you marry me?”,restaurant,marry couples,enjoyable,laughed,He went a little red in the face, and couldnt say anything for a few minutes. He looked rather_. Finally, he said, “Well, this is very sudden and _!” I immediately realised that he had not understood me _ .,So I laughed and said , “No! What I mean is, when I get married in church, will you be the minister who marries me and my husband? ” He laughed, and seemed to feel much better after I had said that. We continued our dinner in much _ as before. We had a very nice evening together.,surprised,unexpected,correctly,the same way,However, as he later told me, our talk put an interesting idea into his head. He considered what I had said and _ that he had always loved me. He did not understand me because I asked him the question that he had wanted to ask me for some time.,So, a few days later he came to visit me at home. It was then that he asked me to marry him. This time it was _ to feel honoured. But I immediately _ .,realised,my turn,accepted,Task 2Answer questions,1. What was the mans job? 2. In England, who can marry couples in church? 3. How close to each other did the man and the woman live? 4. Where did the woman ask the minister to marry her? 5. When did he ask her to marry him?,He was a minister in the church,A minister,About eight kilometres from each other.,In a restaurant.,A few days later.,1 The man met the woman in Australia. 2 They lived about eight kilometres from each other. 3 They didnt have a good time that evening. 4 When the woman asked the man to marry her in the restaurant, the man was very happy. 5 The man had always loved the woman . 6 The man asked the woman to marry him in a restaurant.,( F ),(T),( F ),( F ),( T ),( F ),T & F,Task 3,three villages away,have dinner and talk happily,Will you marry me?,marry the couple,a new idea,Please marry me!,Task 4There once was a minister who lived ,Wit quiz:,1. Why are the letter G and letter S in “gloves“ close to each other?,Because there is love between them!,Because “T” is in the middle of water.,Heat, because you can catch cold.,A rocket.,2. Why do we say letter “T” is an island?,3. Which runs faster, heat or cold? Why?,4. I work only when Im fired. What am I?,Humour is a sense. It is a quality of being amusing. It is an ability to appreciate the comic.,Humour,Capacity to appreciate humor. Ability to laugh at oneself.,Homework:,The end !,