1、Module4 Unit3 A taste of English humourTeaching aims:. TopicDifferent types of humour; a taste of English humour. Useful words and expressions:Nouns: slide, skin, content, particular, failure, difficulty, boil, snowstorm, bottom, mouthful, Switzerland, swing, pancake, whisper, senseVerbs: slide, con
2、tent, astonish, entertain, overcome, boil, chew, direct, star, swing,Adjectives: cruel, content, particular, homeless, worn-out, fortunate, bottom, direct, outstanding, mountainous, vastAdverb: throughout, fortunately, directExpressions: be content with, be badly off, be worn out, pick out, cut off,
3、 star in, knock into. Functional items:1. Expressing anxiety Whats wrong? Whats the matter with you? Is there anything wrong?2. Expressing surprise Really? Oh dear! Is that so? Good heaven!3. Expressing pleasure Im glad /pleased/ happy to Thats nice /wonderful /great. GrammarThe ing form as the pred
4、icative, attribute and object complement Their job is “panning for gold”. That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin. He sat down at the table with his plate and drinking cup. Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a h
5、ole in the road?Teaching proceduresPeriod 1-2 ReadingStep 1. Warming up and Discussing:1. How many kinds of humor can you think of in your daily life? Types of humor:English humor Chinese humor Nonverbal pantomime (哑剧)Mime and farce funny plays Verbal jokes cross talk (相声)Funny stories funny stories
6、 Funny poems doggerel (打油诗)2. Whats the difference between jokes and humors?3. Can you name out some of the humorous actors you like?Background knowledge:mime 笑剧 farce 滑稽剧 comedy 喜剧 tragedy 悲剧 opera 歌剧TV play 电视剧 humor 幽默 joke 笑话 circus 马戏团 clown 小丑sketch 小品 cross talk 相声Step 2. ReadingTask 2: Ss re
7、ad and answer the following questions:1. Whats the passage mainly about?A. The history of English humor.B. The films Chaplin made.C. The humor Chaplin made in his film.D. The Gold Rush in California.2. How many parts can the passage be divided into?A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 3. People enjoy seeing other pe
8、oples bad luck because _. A. they enjoy doing so B. it makes people more worried about their life C. it makes people more content with their life D. theres much fun in doing so 4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for _. A. the characters he played in his films B. the films he directed C. the joy he
9、 gave us in his films D. the contributions he made in filmsTask 2: Ss read and fill the following chart:Character“ the tramp”, a poor and homeless personCostumeLarge trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hatReason for successCharming, social failure with a determination to overcome difficul
10、ties and always kindStep 4. After- readingTask 3: Ss in groups and discuss:1. What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?2. Do you want to be a humorous person? And how can you be humorous?3. What should we do to get success?Period 3-4. Language learningStep 1. Revision Ss retell the text with their
11、own words.Step 2. Language points1. find /think/ feel it + adj./n + to do sth.We find it important to learn English well.I feel it a great honour to be invited to the party. 2. see sb. Doing See sb do See sb done We saw him stealing the book from the bookstore just now. He saw Tom go out of the clas
12、sroom yesterday afternoon. His neighbour saw him often beaten by his father. 3. Skin: The purse is made of crocodile skin. be all skins and bones 瘦的皮包骨头4. be cruel to Dont be cruel to animals.It is cruel of sb. to do sth. Its cruel of America to bomb Iraq. 5. feel /be content with sth, be content to
13、 do sth. People of the city feel content with their life. Mary is content to sit in front of the television all night.6. be worse off be bet ter off 7. astonish sb. with sth. to the astonishment of sb. be astonished at sth./ to do sth He said he could astonish us with a good result in the final exam
14、. To the astonishment of the teachers, he got the first in the competition. The teachers were astonished at his getting the first in the competition. The teachers were astonished to find that he got the first in the competition. 8. worn-out : adj. 穿破的 Worn out vt. vi 使耗尽; 穿破/旧， Cheap socks wear out
15、quickly. I am worn out by the hard work. 9. failure un.失败 cn. 失败的人或事 His plans ended in failure. As a writer, he was a failure. 10. be loved by sb. for sthDeng Xiaoping is loved by the Chinese for his great contribution to Chinas construction and social reform. 11. star in : 担任主角 This is an old film
16、 starred in by Charlie Chaplin. 12. knock into He walked in such a hurry that he knocked into an old lady in the street. Step 3 Learning about language1. Ss do part 1 of the discovering useful words and expressions.2. Ss finish part 2, 3 and 4Step 4. Practice1. Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1and 2 on page 63
17、.Period 5-6. ReadingStep 1. Pre-reading The purpose of this reading is to introduce students to English jokes. Two kinds of jokes are shown here. The first shows now different meanings can make something amusing. This is called a “play on words”. The second kind of joke is s short funny story. Both
18、jokes are very popular in English-speaking countries.Step 2. ReadingTask 1: Ss read and give their own answer to the question.Answer key for Exercise 1:1. B 2.C 3. ATask 2: Ss read part 2 and give their own answers to the two questions.Step 3. Reading task (page 59) Task 3: Ss read the passage and a
19、nswer the following questions.1. What do children usually do on April Fools Day?2. Why did people believe the programme Panorama?3. Do you think the advice that the BBC gave people who asked how to grow noodle trees was serious? Give a reason.4. What would you do to find out whether a story like thi
20、s was true.Task 4: Ss read and analyse the way that the BBC played this trick. Suggested answer:1. The panorama TV programme is serious and people believe it.2. The progrmme itself was presented in a very serious way.3. There were many details given in the story to make it believable.Task 5: Ss read
21、 and think if these things are true:1. that pigeons follow roads and road signs when they find their way home.2. that the earliest football has been found in a grave dated to 1000 years ago.3. that earliest human paintings on cave walls are all modern fakes.4. that advanced computers can “talk” to e
22、ach other without the aid of humans.Period 7-8. Listening and speakingStep 1. Warm upAsk one of the Ss to tell the class a joke.Step 2. Pre-listening This is a story that English speaking people find funny. It is the kind of story that might happen to anybody who has a farm and chickens. At first le
23、t Ss read the questions to make sure that they know what they should do in this listening.Step 3 ListeningTask 1: Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 23.Step 4. SpeakingTask 2: Ss in pairs think of a funny story. It can be an English story or a Chinese story. Follow the followi
24、ng procedure: Prepare a joke and tell your partner in English. While telling your story, use the expression on your face and some acting to help make the story as funny as you can. After telling your story to your partner, let him/her give you some advice. Then let your partner tell his/her story. F
25、inally tell your story to the class. Step 5. Listening (on page 55) This is a funny story for the students to enjoy. Ss should listen carefully and first try to understand the meaning.Task 3: Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Wb Ex 1 and 2 on page 55.Task 4: TalkingHumour make people laugh, fee
26、l happy and relaxed. Sometimes one person may find something funny while another person doesnt find it amusing at all. So in pairs discuss with your partner what makes you laugh. Try to use the following expressions:I enjoy this very much because. It surprises me that I laugh at that kind of thing b
27、ecause This is fun because Im pleased we were both amused at It is very amusing that How wonderful /surprising!Period 9. Grammar:Step 1. Warm up Review what the Ss have learned about ing as the subject and ObjectStep 2. The ing form as predicative, attribute and object complement Predicative1. Seein
28、g is believing.2. The music is exciting.Attribute1. There is a swimming pool in our school.2. China is a developing country.3. The person translating the songs can speak seven languages.4. The boy standing there is a classmate of mine.Object complement1. We heard her singing in her room.2. You can s
29、ee them performing every night this week at the new theatre.3. We watch the children diving into the water from the diving board.Step 3. Practice1. Ss finish Ex 2 ,3and 4 on page 21.2. Ss do Wb Ex 1 and 2 on page 56.astonish depress play do ride amuse bark welcome3. Choose the suitable words from th
30、e box below and fill in the blanks in the correct form: 1). I cant imagine Bill_ a motorbike. 2). Did you hear the dog downstairs _ for most of the night? 3). Frank is very good at telling funny jokes. He can be very _. 4). You cant stop me _ what I want. 5). He gave me a _ hug when he met me at the
31、airport. 6). Jim has really learnt very fast. She has made _ progress. 7). Its been raining all day. This weather is _. 8). When I came out of the theatre, I noticed a group of children _ musical instruments across the street.Keys: 1). riding 2). barking 3). amusing 4). doing 5). welcoming 6). aston
32、ishing 7). depressing 8). playingPeriod 10. WritingStep 1. Pre-writing This exercise lets students to write a funny story.Task 1: Ss gather information that they need and plan what they want to write.Step 2. While-writingTask 2: Ss write an English funny story or a Chinese one.Writing tips:Ss make a
33、 plan Ss write down their story in a logical order: First Then . Next. Finally / At last For each part of the story try to find the most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what was happening. Then write out your story using these interesting words.Read through your story. Then show it to your partner. Let him/her suggest some new and exciting words. Help your partner with his/ her story. Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.版权所有：高考资源网()
