1、Unit 3 A taste of English humourRead some of these customer and waiter jokes and match the joke.Can you match the joke with the explanation.1.C:Whats that fly doing in my soup?W:Swimming.I think!(B)The first person is angry about something and wants to say“Why is this here?”2.C:Whats that?W:Its bean
2、 soup.C:I dont want to know what its been.I want to know what it is now.(C)The answer to the question contains a word which,when spoken,can have two meanings.The first person is asking for information about time.The second person treats it as a question about shape.The second person treats it as a r
3、equest for information,and gives an answer to the question.3.C:Waiter.Will the pancakes be long?W:No,sir.Round.(A)More jokesPatient:Doctor.Ive lost my memory.Doctor:When did this happen?Patient:When did what happen?Anisha:Thank you doctor.My fever is gone.Doctor:Dont thank me.Thank god.Anisha:Then I
4、ll pay the fees to god.Little Johnny feels sorry for teacherA new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology(哲学)courses.She started up her class by saying Everyone who thinksyoure stupid,stand up!After a few seconds,Little Johnny stood up.The teacher said,Do you think youre stupid,Little Johnn
5、y?”No,maam,but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!Write down your story in a logical order:First Then Next Finally/At last Speaking on P23Sample writing:Stages in the story1.Mr.Hills buys a hedge cutter made in China.2.It breaks down and he tries to mend it himself.3.The instruction bo
6、oklet says it should not be touched“without permission”.4.He decides to get a new one so no one will ever know.A true story of Mr HillsMr Hills in London bought a hedge cutter made in China.It was very small and very cheap and it worked very well.At first he was very pleased with it.It made his hedg
7、es look smart and neat.Then one day it broke down.There was nothing he could do to makeit work.He took it apart and put it together again but still it would not work.Next he took out the booklet of instructions to see if they had any advice for him.Imagine his amazement when he saw these words writt
8、en in the booklet.“No one is to touch or try to repair this hedge cutter withoutpermission.”What was he to do?Should he have written to the manufacturers in Beijing before he had took his hedge cutter mended?Mr.Hills thought long and hard.Finally he went back to the shop and bought another hedge cutter.He put his old one in the dustbin.He thought no one would ever know what he had done.
