Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor
Period 1 warming up
1 Collect Chinese humor from students and share in the class.
Examples given to choose from:
(1)一人上班老是放响屁,同事忍不住说:你能不能不出声?然后便见他坐在那里抖个不停,问他干什么? 答: 我现在已经调成振动啦…
(2)有一个学生放学不走校门,他爬墙.被校长抓住,问他:有校门为什么要翻墙?
学生指了指身上的衣服说:邦威---不走寻常路.
校长说:墙那么高,你是怎么翻过去的?
学生指了指身上的裤子说:李宁----一切皆有可能
校长问:翻墙有什么感觉?
学生指了指脚上的鞋说: 特步----飞一般的感觉
校长说那我要记你大过,学生问:为什么?
校长说:动感地带---我的地盘听我的
2 Why do you laugh? It is quite humorous,funny,entertaining
3 After listening to the stories, how do you feel now? what can humor bring us?
It can bring us a lot of good: laughter, happiness, joy,relaxation,entertainment,amusement,pleasure,appreciation,comfort,good mood, at least forget problems for a while.
4 Besides funny stories, what others can make us laugh?
body language, make faces, make fun of others, play tricks on others,
stereotypes of different nationalities, foreigners speak with an accent,word play,
laughing matter: tongue twister, comedy, Nonverbal mime and farce, Verbal jokes, funny stories, funny poems, pantomime(哑剧),funny plays, cross talk. Sketch,limerick and so on
5 Their characteristics and famous humorists (Chinese and foreign)
Nonverbal Mime and farce:use body language to make people fun, Charlie chaplin
Verbal jokes:
Funny stories: Mark twain
Funny poems: Edward lear
Pantomime:刘全和，刘全利
Funny plays:陈佩斯
Cross talk: two speakers make many jokes and funny conversations姜昆
Mark Twain: a popular and humorous American author, He was the most famous humorous novelist in America. (funny stories)
Edward Lear (1812-1888):an artist. “A book of nonsense”
Mr. Bean: he is funny because he makes funny faces, acts silly, seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange.
(1)A funny story
Little Johnny feels sorry for teacher
A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology(哲学) courses. She started up her class by saying "Everyone who thinks you're stupid, stand up!"
After a few seconds, Little Johnny stood up.
The teacher said, "Do you think you're stupid, Little Johnny?"
"No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!!
(2)An English limerick(打油诗)(P60)
A clumsy（笨重的） young fellow named Tim,
Was never taught how to swim.
He fell off a dock,
And sunk like a rock,
And that was the end of him.
(3) clowns
make people laugh without talking. I’m dressed in a funny way, always wearing bright and big clothing, a special hat and shoes. We usually wear make-up and most have a red nose, walking in a funny way and doing something silly. I love my job because we make people laugh and forget their problems.
(4)tongue twister:
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 won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
3 If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalk black on a whiteboard then?
6 When do we use humor?
Break the silence, lessen the stress, cheer sb up, catch other’s eye, join in and share with others, happy occasions…
7 Are you humorous/ a humorist? Do you want to make friends with those with a sense of humor? Why?
Optimistic, easy to get along with, easygoing, life is full of laughter…
Life is challenging, meet it.
Life is various, make it.
Life is beautiful, discover it.
Life is humorous, enjoy it.
Laughing is better than medicine.
Laughter is the best medicine in the world.
8 Is humor always kind?
Mean ill on purpose, make fun of sb, play tricks on others, embarrass someone, laugh at someone, look down upon…
9 Share varieties of humor in our textbook(p22+p60)