Humour
I. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标和要求:
1.Topics 话题
Talk about humour and comedians
2.Function: 交际功能
表达打算和计划(Expressing intensions and plans)
I will... I'm going to... I intend to... I hope to...
I plan/want to... I wish to... I've decide (not) to... I hope not...
We have to make a choice...
3.Vocabulary 重点词汇和短语
humour; humourous; bitter; chalk; couple; minister; circus; intend; stage; nationality; certain; amuse; laughter; accent; actually; typical; tradition; rapid; appreciate; exist; phrase; suffer; operate; direction; brake; cyclist; fortunately; bicycle; silence; rude; confused
4.Grammar:语法
动词-ing形式做定语和宾语补足语（1）
1.能够用动词-ing形式描述人或物品的特性、状态或用途;
2.能够用动词-ing形式描述感官动词后动作或状态.
II. Difficult points
III. Main teaching aids教具：A tape-recorder; Multimedia, projector, role cards
Ⅳ. Main teaching methods 教法：
1. The interaction between the teacher and the students, and among the students themselves; Attention to the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing; and so on.
2. Listening-and–answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.
3. Use both individual work and group or pair work to make every student work and think in class
V. Teaching procedure：
Period 1第一节
（一）明确目标
1. Practice saying some tongue twisters. Warming up to arouse the students love in talking.
2. Do some listening to improve the students listening ability.
3. Making simple dialogues to train the students speaking ability.
(二) 整体感知
Step 1 Presentation
Everyone wants and needs to learn how to speak well if we can talk fluently and humorously, we feel we have friendly conversation. Today we will learn to say some tongue twisters and talk about the pictures on the book.
（三）教学过程
Step 2 Warming up
Go through the twisters on the book and ask students to follow.
Deal with the points and talk about the skills of speaking.
Practice the tongue twisters in pairs and then act them out.
Here is another nice tongue twister to practise with the students.
A tutor who tooted a flute
Tried to tutor two tutors to toot
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it harder to toot or
To tutor two tutors to toot?"
Step 3 Listening comprehension
Now let s have some listening training. Ask the students to listen and member, and then talk about the pictures on the book.
Do the exercises after the pictures and then practice them. Make up short dialogues according to the questions.
LISTENING TEXT:
In the dialogue, D = Granddaughter, G = Grandmother
D: Grandmother. How did you meet grandfather? G: Oh well, that's quite a funny story. In fact, we met
several times. You see, I met grandfather in England, where we lived before we came to Australia. We only lived about eight kilometres from each other. Your grandfather was a minister in the church, three villages away.
D: And when did he ask you to marry him?
G: Well, it was really funny. We were having dinner in a restaurant one evening, and we were talking about people getting married, and so on. As a minister in the church it was your grandfather's job to marry couples. We talked about all kinds of different people, sometimes families we both knew. We were having a very enjoyable conversation and laughed a lot. So I asked him, "And will you marry me?"
He went a little red in the face, and couldn't say anything for a few minutes. He looked rather surprised. Finally, he said, "Well, this is very sudden and unexpected!" I immediately realised that he had not understood 11lecorrectly. 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 the same way as before. We had a very nice evening together.
However, as he later told me, our talk put an interesting idea into his head. He considered what I had said and realised 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 my turn to feel honoured. But I immediately accepted!
Answers to Exercise 1:
Or in the order of appearance in the book:
Page 50: 6 5 4
Page 51: 3 1 2
Answers to Exercise 2:
1 He was a minister in the church.
2 A minister.
3 About eight kilometres from each other. 4 In a restaurant.
5 A few days later.
Answers to Exercise 3:
There once was a minister who lived three villages away from a young lady. One evening they had dinner together in a restaurant. They talked about people getting married, and the lady asked the minister whether he would marry her in church. The minister was very surprised and said that her question came very unexpected. The lady realised that he had not understood her correctly. What she meant was whether he would marry her and her husband. However, their conversation put an interesting idea into the minister's head. He realised that he wanted to marry her. So a few days later he visited her at home and asked her to marry him. The lady felt honoured and immediately accepted.
Step 4 Speaking practice
Sample interview:
J: For which age do you write your show?
c: I write my show for children but often the parents like my shows too. Some jokes are funny for the children but their deeper meaning is even funnier to the parents.
J: What do you do as a clown?
C: Well, I act funny. I make strange faces and run after animals in the circus. Sometimes I just smile and greet people to our show. I also tell jokes.
J: What are you doing at this moment?
C: Why, I'm talking to you! Hahaha. You mean in my show? I have an act with a donkey. It's very funny really. Many children told me afterwards they think. I'm even more stupid than my donkey. And that is of course just what I want them to feel!
J: What are your plans for your next show?
C: I plan to jump out of a big box that looks like a birthday present and throw candy to the children in the audience. I have decided my next show to be all about happiness. I intend to give my audience a show of about an hour which are all fun. I hope people will go home feeling happier than when they came to the circus.
J: How do you make children laugh?
C: I do funny things and wear clothes of bright colours. The make-up on my face makes my face look funny even though I don't do anything! I have a big red ping-pong ball as a nose, and when I act as if I'm crying, water shoots out of my eyes like rain. Of course the children can't see the little tubes hidden under my hair.
J: When will you stop working as a clown?
C: I will stop working as a clown when my audience no longer thinks I'm funny. But I hope that will never happen.
Sample of a short xiangsheng dialogue in English: (adapted from Guan Lin)
Things that leave you in the dark
A: My kid brother's a sharp little fellow for his age.
He says things that leave you in the dark.
B: That's what you say.
A: We can try it out if you don't believe me.
B: All right. You be him, and I'll ask the questions. A: Fine.
B: Tell me, boy.
A: Yup!
B: How old are you?
A: (in his brother s voice): One year older than last year. B: And how old were you then?
A: One year younger than now.
B: Well, I can see you know a few tricks. How many people are there in your family?
A: As many as there are toothbrushes.
B: And how many toothbrushes are there?
A: One each.
B: It's not easy, is it? Where do you go to school, young fellow?
A: On the north side of the road.
B: Which road?
A: The one outside the south gate of the school.
B: OK. I give up.
（四）总结扩展
Step 5 Necessary language points
Today we ve done some listening and speaking, and learn how to give advice and some everyday English used between doctors and patients.
Listening and speaking听说要点
1>In England, who can marry couples in church?
marry [用法]此处意为‘(牧师等)为...证婚’
couple [用法]n.[C]1. (一)对,(一)双(+of) 2.夫妇;未婚夫妻; 3. 【口】几个,三两个(+of)
[举例]The young couple decided to start their tour immediately.
那对年轻夫妇决定立即开始旅游。
They walked a couple of miles. 他们步行了几英里。
2>Still, I don't think everybody will find my kind of humour funny.
Still [用法]ad. 尽管如此,然而;(虽然...)还是
[举例]He is good-natured；still，I don't like him. 他脾气很好,可是我还是不喜欢他。
3>I intend to do...
intend [用法]想要;打算[+to-v][+v-ing][+(that)]
[举例]Let's ask her what she intends us to do. 让我们问她要我们做什么。
What do you intend to do today? 你今天打算做什么?
Step 6 Summary小结:
Step 7 Homework
Period 2第二节
（一）明确目标
1. Develop the students reading ability, especially their reading comprehension.
2. Read the reading passage and know about Laughing Matter.
3. Learn to interview a person.
（二）整体感知
Step 1 Presentation
Today we come to the Reading. It’s about some laughing matter. Today we are going to learn how to interview somebody. Give an example to the students by asking an excellent student to help.
（三）教学过程
Step 2 Pre-reading discussions
Get the students to read and practice the dialogue in the text.
Work in pairs. Ask one student play the part of a journalist the other a circus down. Make up a dialogue referring to the questions and pictures.
Practice the useful expressions in pairs first, and then act out at class using dialogues or making sentences.
Sample answers for Question 1
Photo 1: The comic duo of the 1930s "Laurel and Hardy." (The thin one is called Stan Laurel, while the stout one is called Oliver Hardy.) They are funny because they are each other's opposites: one fat and one thin; one is clever and one is silly etc.
Photo 2: Mr Bean. Although Mr Rowan Atkinson acts as different comic characters he is most famous around the world as Mr Bean. Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange.
Photo 3: Dustin Hoffman in the film Tootsie (1982). In this film Hoffman acts the role of a woman, and many . people agree that his performance was so good that you often can't tell the difference. But in the film of course there all kinds of funny moments.
Photo 4: Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His numerous crosstalk shows always make his audience roar with laughter. Ask the students to talk about Ma Ji themselves in pairs or groups.
Sample answers for Question 2:
Photo 1: Other comic duos are for example, Abbott and Costello, French and Saunders, Wallace.& Gromit or Beavis and Butthead.
Photo 2: Other comedians acting as clowns are for example, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton or Austin Powers.
Photo 3: Other famous comedians who dressed up as women are for example, Dame Edna (Australia), Milton Berle (USA) and Eddy Izzard (UK).
Photo 4: Other famous crosstalk artists are Jiang Kun, Hou Yuewen, Feng Gong, Ma Sanli, Tang Jiezhong, etc.
Sample answers for Question 3:
1 I have seen some films of Laurel and Hardy and I think that they are very funny.
2 I find Mr Bean always very funny.
or: I know some people think it is funny, but I think Mr Bean is very silly.
3 I don't think I ever saw this comedian. I am not sure if I would like it.
4 I once heard Hou Yuewen on the radio and I had to laugh so much that my stomach hurt and I had tears in my eyes.
Step 3 Reading
Read the text carefully again, and give the students some explanations. Do a little quiz by speaking.
1. ----John sends his best wishes. ----________.
A. That’s nice of him B. Oh, he is too police
C. It’s kind of him to say so D. You are really kind to me
2. ---- What do you think sally is like? ----She______
A. isn't in good health B. doesn’t’ like eating too much
C. likes to eat fish D. is very pretty
3. ---- Do you mind my taking this seat? ---- _______
A. Yes, sit down please B. No, of course not
C. Yes, take it please D. No, you can't take it
4. -----Leaving for Chicago? ------_______.
A. Soon B. Lately C. Late D. Sooner
5. -------Excuse me, have you got a light? ______. I don’t smoke.
A. Don’t mention B. Never mind C. I'm afraid not D. Thanks a lot
1. A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C
Ste Para. 1: - Ask students about famous Chinese and Western comedies.
Comedies:
- Ways of dressing or behaving.
- Stereotypes of people from different countries (including China)
- Funny accents (foreign, local or in certain jobs)
- Examples of word play.
Para. 2: Clowns: - Ask about different Chinese and Western clowns
- Ways of dressing, make-up
- Examples of jokes, fun
Para. 3: Comedians: - Ask about different Chinese and Western comedians.
- Mime, body language, facial expressions
- Retell famous sketches for comedy shows.
Para. 4: Crosstalk: - Ask about different crosstalk shows.
- In which way do crosstalk artists make people laugh?
- Ask students to give some famous ex amples of rhyme, rhythm and tongue twisters from
Chinese crosstalk shows (in Chinese).
p 4 Listening to the reading passage
Play the tape for the students to listen and follow. Play the tape for the students to listen and follow. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
Step 5 Post-reading
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 The tradition of crosstalk has existed in China for more than 2,000 years.
2 1 cross-dressing 2 stereotypes 3 word play
3 Some of Shakespeare's plays are not so funny for us because we don't understand the language and word play that Shakespeare used.
4 A clown is a funny person, usually dressed up in wide clothes of very bright colours, such as red and yellow. They often wear a big coloured wig. Their face is covered with white make-up, and their mouth and eyes are made to look very big using red and other coloured make-up. Clowns often have a big red nose. All of their clothes, including their shoes are usually over-sized.
5 The show of a comedian is more like a comedy than like a clown. A comedian doesn't wear any of the funny clothes and make-up of clowns. The humour of clowns is often very silly. Clowns often don't speak at all. Their jokes are almost all body language, mime, and silly things like falling down. The comedian, on the other hand uses all the richness of the language to create fun, just as in comedies. In fact, comedians often act out little sketches which make us think of acting on the stage in comedy.
6 Various answers are possible.
Answers to Exercise 2:
Sample TV show format:
One way to do this is by creating a show for CCTV-9 about a faJIrily from Australia living in Beijing. The family comes from a little town near a huge desert in western Australia. The father grew up in the "bush." The mother grew up in Sydney. But neither of their children has ever visited a city and now they are living in a very large one in China. So the humour is in how this family tries to adjust to both big city life and life in a foreign culture. The husband and wife are managers for a company that produces milk. They have two children: a son of 14 and a daughter of 9. Neither child likes to drink milk but they must pretend to enjoy it every time they'
go somewhere to promote their product. Also, neither child likes vegetables but many Chinese dishes include vegetables. Their mother tries to get them to like vegetables but, unfortunately, their father doesn't like them much either. To make matters worse, none of them speaks Chinese. The son's hobby is throwing a boomerang around, but this causes problems whenever he goes to a park where kites are flying. The daughter's hobby is riding a moped but she always does it in the bicycle lanes. The other family is Chinese. Both the father and mother are also managers at the same milk company. It is a Joint-Venture, or a JV company. The father comes from a farmer's family in Inner Mongolia. The mother comes from a professor's family in Shanghai. They often argue about whether life is better in the city or the countryside, just like the Australian parents. They also have a boy who only likes milk in ice cream drinks and refuses to drink it warm. His hobby is skateboarding.
The first episode, or part, of the show is about the day that the Australian family arrives in Beijing and is greeted at the airport by the Chinese family.
（四）总结扩展
Step 6 Summary 小结
Step 7 Homework
Period 3第三节
（一）明确目标
1. Learn about the useful words and expression in the reading text.
2. Learn how to use "had better", "should" and "ought to" while giving advice.
3. Discuss the answers to all the exercises in the Students’Book.
（二）整体感知
Step 1 Presentation
In this class we’ll first go through the text and learn to use some language points. And then we’ll discuss the exercises together with each other.
（三）教学过程
Step 2 Language points in the reading text
1>The actors makes us laugh by making fun of somebody's way of dressing or telling an amusing story.
make fun of [用法]取笑
[举例]They made fun of his funny voice. 他们拿他的怪嗓音取笑。
amusing [用法]a.1. 有趣的,好玩的 2. 引人发笑的
[举例]It was amusing to watch the trained elephants perform.
观看受过训练的大象表演很有趣。
He told amusing jokes after dinner. 他在饭后讲了几则令人捧腹的笑话。
2>It sounds funny to hear foreigners speak with an accent.
accent [用法]n.1. 重音;重音符号 2. 口音,腔调 3. 语调,声调 4. 强调,着重(+on)
[举例]Judging by her accent, she must be a Southerner. 从她的口音判断,她准是南方人。
The Government put the accent on light industry. 政府注重轻工业。
3>It is their clothes, make-up and the way they walk that makes people laugh.
make-up [比较]n.1. 构成;构造 2. 性格;气质;体质 3. 化妆;装扮;化妆品 4. [美][口]补考
[举例]the make-up of a committee 委员会的结构
He has a stolid make-up. 他性情执拗。
She seldom puts on make-up. 她很少化妆。
4>A few minutes later everybody is quiet, listening and thinking about the comedian's words.
listening and thinking [用法]动词的-ING形式做伴随状语,表示同步于句子谓语的动作.
[举例]Singing a pop song in a low voice, the girl came into the yard.
这姑娘低声哼着流行歌曲,走进院子.
5>Typical for China is the crosstalk show, where a pair of comedians entertain the audience with word play.
Typical for China is the crosstalk show,...
[用法]此为倒装句,表语提前了。主要是因为主语比较长,为了保持句子平衡才倒装的。
entertain [用法]vt.1. 使欢乐,使娱乐 2. 招待,款待(+with/at/to) vi.1. 款待,请客
[举例]We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。
They often entertained their friends at weekends. 他们常在周末招待朋友。
6>Dating back to the Qin Dynasty, the traditional crosstalk shows have made people roar with laughter for centuries.
date back to [用法]固定短语，解释为‘可追溯到...；是...时代开始有的'
[举例]The manuscript dates back to the 18th century. 这个手迹是十八世纪的.
7>Skilled artists make use of all the richness of the spoken language to creat a rapid flow of fun.
a rapid flow of [用法]某事物的连续或持续供应
[举例]cut off the flow of oil 切断石油输送
the constant flow of information 源源不断的信息
8>Their talk includes rhythm and rhyming word as well as tongue twisters, which often make the audience applaud.
applaud [用法]vt.1. 向...鼓掌;向...喝彩 2. 称赞;赞成 vi.1. 鼓掌欢迎;喝彩
[举例]The audience applauded the singer for three minutes. 观众向歌唱家鼓掌喝彩达三分钟。
We applauded him for his courage. 我们称赞他的勇敢。
Everyone stood up to applaud. 全体起立鼓掌。
9>If you are not fluent in Chinese, you will not catch all of it.
catch [用法]理解;听清楚
[举例]Robbie didn't catch what the teacher said. 罗比没有听清楚老师说的话。
10>How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China?
exist [用法]vi.1. 存在 2. 生存;生活[(+on)]
[举例]That word doesn't exist in English. 英语中没有这个字。
She existed only on milk. 她只靠牛奶生存。
Step 3 Practice: Vocabulary
1 Bitter 2 Intend 3 Western, Tradition
4 Certain 5 Type / Typical / Stereotype 6 Art / Artist 7 Rapid 8 Richness
1 这位喜剧演员讲笑话时 , 不难从他的声音中感受到一丝苦涩。
2 我来时是准备留下的 , 不过现在我已决定离开。
3 越来越多的西方人迷上了传统中药。
4 目前我们还不能肯定地说这是否会成为一部成功的电影。
5 相声一般由两个人表演 , 在中国很受欢迎
6 南希来自艺术氛围很浓厚的家庭 , 是一位很棒的画家。
7 这本书的作者在奥普拉的访谈节目中接受了采访, 之后他的书很快便售完了。
8 学说外语能丰富人生经历。
Step 4 Practice: Grammar
Answers to Exercise 1:
激烈的争论 激动人心的夜晚 拐杖 咆哮的暴风雨 冉冉升起的太阳 手术台 笑脸 受苦的农民 建筑材料 放飞的风筝 下周 更衣室 有趣的相声 跳舞的女孩 饮用水
Note:In English the words boy and gid are no mIally only used when spe 政 ing about children under the age of 18.People in the age above that do not talk about themselves as boys or girls.Therefore,all sentences d the type "the boy getting married,,are incorrect,because people usually get married at m age when they are no longer called boys and girls.
Answers to Exercise 2:
There are more than 100possible sentences combining the words and phrases into sentences.Below,only a few samples are given.
1 The boy coming to dinner this evening is a classmate of mine.
2 The boy singing now can play four musical instruments.
3 The person getting married is a friend of my mother's.
4 The person getting married is in his forties.
5 The comedian getting married can play four musical instruments.
6 The comedian performing the show is a friend of my mother’s.
7 The comedian singing now can play four musical instruments.
8 The woman performing the show writes her songs herself.
9 The woman singing now writes her songs herself.
10 That tourist coming to dinner this evening is in his forties.
11The couple getting married are famous film stars.
Answers to Exercise 3:
1 breaking 2 laughing 3 dropping 4 performing 5 shouting 6 cycling 7 burning 8 sharing
Notes:
1 Despite the fact that the identity of the car driveris
already revealed in Paragraph 2,that is not the cli- max.Paragraph 2raises the readers expectations to the highest possible summit:what will happen next? So,the function of Paragraph 2is still building up towards the climax.
Besides beingamny,the story also shows us 由 atdif- ficult or awkward situations cm sometimes be over- come through humour.
（四）总结扩展
Step 5 Summary
Have we ever tiled to make snacks or seen our mother make snacks. Let’s try to write the recipe for your favorite dish. Before writing, you should read Tips first.
Step 6 Homework
Period 4 第四节
（一） 明确目标
1. Review the language points learnt last period.
2. Get the students to know about comedies and humor.
3. Get the students to know more about the funny plays.
3. Do some writing to develop the students writing skill.
(二) 整体感知
Step 1 Presentation
Questions: Do you know some comedians?
Do you know some comedy plays?
Today we are going to read a text about language matter.
（三）教学过程
Step 1 Question the students on some language points
Step 2 Integrating skills
We have learnt how to give advice. Now let’s try to write letters giving advice. Here in our textbook there are letters asking for some advice. Read them quickly, then write down four pieces of advice for each of them using "had better (not) , "ought (not) to or should (not) .
Many students like having snacks. Is the habit good or bad? Let s read “Snacks".
Step 3 Listening to the Passage
Step 4 Reading comprehension
After fast reading, do the following True-or-False exercises.
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 The car driver was careless and caused an accidenl.
2 The writer next met the driver at ajob interview.
3 The writer means that she shouted at the car ddvef without giving Mm a chance to say anything. She means that she once told her manager exactly what she thought of him,but she doeskt admit thai it was before he became her boss.
4 Instructions:Ask the students to read the story and explain in their own words what happened. Next ask them about the stmcture of the story-Which paragraphs keep the reader in suspense?(Paragraph 1).Which p 旺 a- graph contains the climax?(Paragraph 3).What is the function of Paragraph 4?(Extending the funny e 旺 ect and success of the previous paragraph).
Give the students some explanations when necessary.
Step 5 Writing
Now let s have some listening training.
（四）总结扩展
Step 6 Necessary language points
Today we ve done some listening and speaking, and learn how to give advice and some everyday English used between doctors and patients.
1>The story of how I got my new job and came to be on such good terms with my boss is a funny one.
came to be on such good terms [用法]1. come to 终于...,开始...[+to-v]
2. be on good terms (with sb) 和某人关系好
[举例]I came to realize that he was right. 我终于认识到他是对的。
2>A yellow car passed me and suddenly cut in right in front of me, as there was another car coming in the other direction.
cut in [用法]1. 插话 2. 超车
[举例]Don't try to cut in while others are talking. 别人谈话时不要插嘴。
in the other direction [注意]朝...方向,本短语的介词用in, 而不是to.
3>I was still so angry that I went up to tell him what I thought of him.
what I thought of him [用法]what和think of搭配,用来询问对某人或某事的看法
[举例]What did you think of the film we saw yesterday? 你对昨天看的电影怎么看?
4>I cycled in front of him, got off my bicycle and laid it down in front of his car so that he couldn't drive off.
cycle [用法]见高一上册unit 14
drive off [用法]开车走
[举例]Would you drive her off in your car? 你能否开车送她走?
5>I told him that he had knocked two people off their bicycles and had nearly caused a bad accident.
knock...off [用法]撞倒;打掉
[举例]The little girl knocked the glass off by accident. 小女孩不小心碰落了玻璃杯。
6>Then I pick up my bicycle and rode on.
pick up [用法](1) 拾起；抱起 (2) （无意中）学会 (3)见到；听出，收听到 (4) 搭载
[举例]The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore. 孩子们在海边捡到许多贝壳。
In that way I'll be able to pick up some theoretical knowledge too.
这样我也能学到一些理论知识。
7>Fortunately, I was on time for the interview.
on time for [用法]刚好赶上,类似in time for
8>We looked at each other for a moment in great surprise and total silence.
in surprise and silence [用法]in surprise: 诧异地 in silence: 默默地
[举例]"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise. “农夫？”法国人惊奇地说。
9>I decided to look on the whole matter as a great joke.
look on...as [用法]把...看作
[联想]类似意思的用法
11>I remember that the last time we met I did most of the talking, so...
the last time [用法]在这里做连词使用
12>Two days later I received a letter offering me the job.
offering me the job [用法]现在分词短语做定语。分词的内容将是高一最后几单元的重点也是难点，所以，课文中的的相关实例都要特别留意。
13>I was pleased that the manager had decided not to be angry with me for having been so rude.
having been so rude [用法]ing形式的完成式，表示动作先于谓语动词发生。
14>Now I make jokes about it and say to everyone that I dare tell my manager exactly what I think of him.
dare tell [用法]dare做情态动词用时，通常不用于肯定句，除了dare say。dare tell的用法并不多见。
[举例]I dare say it will rain today. 我认为今天要下雨。
I dare say you're thirsty after all that tennis. 打了这么半天网球，你也许渴了吧。
I dare say he will arrive tonight. 我想他今晚会到达。
Step 7 Homework
Period 5 第五节
（一）明确目标
1. Do some listening to improve the students listening ability.
2. Making simple dialogues to train the students speaking ability.
（二）整体感知
Step 1 Presentation
Today we come to the Workbook and do the listening comprehension and also do some talking practice.
（三）教学过程
Step 2 Listening comprehension
LISTENING TEXT:
In the dialogues, I = Interviewer A = Mr Atkinson
I: Mr Atkinson, you are most famous for two comedies. In one of them you playa smart official in old England, while in the other you playa very silly man called Mr Bean. The first programme is very popular in England and America, but not much in other countries. Why?
A: The programme Blackadder in which I play the official in old England, is very interesting. That is the time of Shakespeare. It helps if you have some idea of English history when you watch it. And you need a good understanding of English because it's full of jokes and funny ways of saying things in English. Language is very important. If you are not English, I think it is sometimes quite difficult to follow. The Spanish don't like it so much.
I: But they love Mr Bean. Why is that?
A: Mr Bean is very popular worldwide. I don't know why that is. In Mr Bean hardly any words are spoken. But only leaving out the words does not make it . an international success. You cannot say "Ob he's not saying anything, therefore the French will love it." But, for some reason the French, the Spanish, and the Canadians or whatever do like Mr Bean. They recognise something of themselves in him. Mr Bean is as popular around the world as he is in Britain" I never thought I could make Germans laugh, but Mr Bean has done it. Even the Japanese find him funny."
I: Well, thank you for Mr Bean and thank you for talking with us.
A: My pleasure. Thank you very much for your time.
Thank you.
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 comedies, audience, language, culture, success, Germans
Answers to Exercise 2:
1 The title of the comedy that almost everybody likes is Mr Bean.
2
Blackadder
1 Set in England at the time of Shakespeare.
2 You need to understand English very well.
3 You need to know quite a lot about English history.
Mr Bean
1 Set in present day England.
2 You don't need to understand English.
3 You don't need to know much about England.
2 Spanish people don't like Blackadder very much because it is difficult for them to follow.
Or: Because they don't know enough about English history.
Or: Because their English is not good enough.
3 Even the Germans and Japanese like to watch Mr Bean because they recognise something of themselves in him.
Answers to Exercise 3:
1 Mr Atkinson is most famous for his roles in two popular comedies.
2 One of them is set in the time of Shakespeare, while the other is set in present day England.
3 To understand the first you need to have good En glish and some idea of English history.
4 While in the first show language is very important, in the other hardly any words are spoken.
5 But that is not the only reason why it is an international success.
6 It is popular around the world because anyone can recognise something of himself in Mr Bean.
Step 3 Talking practice
Sample reactions:
I A woman falls over a banana peel. I think that isn't very funny, because she could hurt herself.
2 Two boys are hiding 'behind some low trees. They have put a wallet on the street, which is tied to a string. When somebody walks by and sees the .wallet, he or she will be very happy to find money. They will bend to pick up the wallet. Then, the boys will pull the string a little, so the man just cannot reach the wallet. He must take another step and bend again to pick up the wallet. Of course, he can never get it because the boys will each time pull the string. I think although this is quite funny for young boys to play, it is im--P,olite to others.
3 Three young boys have tied some empty cans and tins to the tail of a dog. When the dog starts running, the cans make a lot of noise, so the dog will be afraid and start running even harder. It also makes a lot of noise. I don't think this is very funny. It is teasing the dog.
Step 4 Sample talking
Step 5 Summary 小结
Step 7 Homework
Period 6 第六节
（一）明确目标
1. Discuss all the answers to the exercises in the Workbook.
2. Learn to use the grammar knowledge
3. Further develop the students’ writing skills.
（二）整体感知
Step 1 Presentation
In the class
（三）教学过程
Step 2 Vocabulary
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 couple 2 laughter 3 confuse 4 circus 5 stage 6 humour 7 accent 8 brake
Answers to Exercise 2:
I How could the man drive off after hitting the school
girl that walked across the street?
2 You would feel better about failures if you look on
every one of them as a lesson in your life to teach you how to get better.
3 Don't make fun of me when I'm not feeling well.
4 In tonight's all-star concert, we'll see a couple of singers from Hong Kong or Taiwan.
5 He intended to go to Hainan for the holiday, but then he changed Ms mind and went to Qingdao instead.
Answers to Exercise 3:
1Funny 2mostly 3amuse 4typical 5existed 6entertainment 7laughter 8humour 9attractive 10Actually 11nationa1ities12appreciate
Step 3 Grammar
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 正在台上表演的两位喜剧演员来自辽宁。
2 那个正在河边走的女孩是谁 ?
3 拉小提琴的这些孩子下星期将举行一次表演。
4 站在小车旁边那个戴太阳镜的人是一位相声表演 艺术家。
5 正在和孩子们谈话的那位老太太是一位著名的音 乐家。
6 我看见一队警察从一部绿色的吉普车中出来 , 跑向那栋房子。
7 我看见一只嘴里衔着一块肉的狗进了你的花园。
8 我昨晚在晚会上听到她唱了一首动听的歌。
9 在公园看到有人在玩蛇时 , 我吓坏了。
10 有几个男孩子在我的窗户底下又喊又叫 , 弄得我 睡不成觉。
Answers to Exercise 2:
Part A:
a washing machine a swimming pool a writing desk a waiting room a dancing hall reading materials writing paper an opening speech a dressing mirror building materials a bathing cap drinking water a dressing/changing room a training class a sleeping car an operating table smiling face a hiding place
Part B:
1 It is bad manners to make fun of/laugh at somebody's appearance and his or her way of dressing.
2 Dating back to the Oin Dynasty, the traditional xiangsheng show is still one of the main Chinese art forms to entertain people.
3 It is very interesting to watch these o1d men playing cards.
4 I heard the couple next door quarelling all the night.
5 I saw a boy picking flowers in your garden.
Sample answer for Exercise 3:
I noticed a young lady climbing out of the window. I saw her jumping over the fence. Then I saw her asking a passer-by where the post office was. I followed her and saw her entering the post office and writing a message. I saw her paying with a ring and then leaving the post office. I kept following her. I saw her coming to a bridge, leaving her bag on the road and start fishing. Then I saw the Emperor coming that way in a carriage. I saw her swinging her fishing rod and her fishhook catching in the Emperor's coat. To my horror, I saw her taking out a knife and trying to cut the hook. But to my even greater surprising, I saw the Emperor talking and walking with the girl five minutes later, as if they had been old friends.
Step 4 Integrating skills
We have learnt how to give advice. Now let’s try to write letters giving advice. Here in our textbook there are letters asking for some advice. Read them quickly, then write down four pieces of advice for each of them using "had better (not) , "ought (not) to or should (not) .
Many students like having snacks. Is the habit good or bad? Let s read “Snacks".
Step 5 Listening to the Passage
Step 6 Reading comprehension
After fast reading, do the following True-or-False exercises.
Answers to the Exercises:
1 The pairs of rhyming words are as follows. For each pair two more rhyming words are suggested.
1 house & mouse bows, cows
2 mouse & house blouse, greenhouse
3 honey & money funny, sunny
4 dinner & thinner inner, winner
5 muffin & stuffin' roughin' , bluffin'
6 well & tell smell, bell
7 town & down brown, clown
8 found & around sound, pound
9 west & rest . test, best
10 sage & page age, stage
11 sits & bits spirits, visits
12 small & all ball, fall
13 time & climb rhyme, crime
14 look & book took, hook
15 in & stuffin' coughin', bluffin'
16 shook & book cook, shook
17 down & town brown, clown
18 stuffin' & muffin roughin', bluffin'
19 door & more floor, before
2 The writer plays a joke on the word sage. In the beginning of the poem, the word sage means spice, a plant used when cooking, to make food tastier. But later in the poem, the word sage means an old wise man. The funny thing in the poem is that the two old friends want to get some sage, to cut it or him into pieces and serve that for dinner.
Step 7 Sample writng
Many humourous poems, and many of the poems Edward Lear is famous for are nonsense verses. The things that happen in the poems are very funny, but none of it is true or could happen in reality. With the right choice of words, choosing original combinations of nouns and verbs, nonsense can be very funny. The funny poem in the writing is a simple type of funny nonsense poem. The poem is based on a very famous English nursery rhyme.
I saw a fishpond all on fire;
I saw a house bow to a squire;
I saw a parson twelve feet high;
I saw a cottage near the sky;
I saw a balloon, made of lead;
I saw a coffin drop down dead;
I saw a sparrow run a race;
I saw two horses making lace;
I saw a girl just like a cat;
I saw a kitten wear a hat;
I saw a man who saw them too,
And says, though strange, they all are true.
（四）总结扩展
Step 5 Summary
Have we ever tiled to make snacks or seen our mother make snacks. Let’s try to write the recipe for your favorite dish. Before writing, you should read Tips first.
4. Workbook
1>One of the films is set in the time of Shakespeare.
set [用法]为(小说、舞台等)设置背景
[举例]The play is set in 15th-century Italy. 这出戏以十五世纪的意大利为背景。
2>Apart from rhyme, the writer plays a joke with a word that has two different meanings.
Apart from [用法]除开;除...之外
[举例]There are ten people in the queue, apart from me. 除了我，还有十个人在排队。
This is a good composition, apart from a few grammar mistakes.
除了几处语法错误，这篇作文很好。
Step 7 Homework
Period 7 第七节
1． 检查本单元单词、短语及相关句型。
2． 讲评统一布置的课外基础练习。