《unit3 a taste of English humor》

1、Warming-up品味英語的幽默What is humour?Humour is some words that means making others laugh.If someone often makes others laugh,We say he is humorous;We call him a humorist. How many kinds of humor do you know?verbalnonverbal cross talk; jokes; sketchtongue twisters;funny poems; funny stories; mime ;pantomi

2、me clown Verbal means spoken, that is to say we use spoken words only.However, nonverbal humor mainly relies on ourfacial expressions or gestures, instead of using words. ClownsClowns Customer: Whats that fly doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think!Chinese tongue twisters:這是蠶，那是蟬。這是蠶，那是蟬。蠶常在葉里藏，

3、蠶常在葉里藏，蟬常在林里唱蟬常在林里唱。1.Policeman: You cant park here. Driver: Why cant I ? Policeman: Read the sign there. Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so I parked.Enjoy some verbal jokes:罰款note: fine has two meanings1) Good2) pay some money for doing something wrong.2. Girl : If we marry, will you give me a

4、 ring ? Boy: Of course, Whats your telephone number?3.Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning, Mum ! Mum : How nice ! Did you kiss her back ,dear ? Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.POLICEMAN: Why did you have to break into the same shop three times?THIEF: Well, I stole a dress from that sh

5、op but my wife didnt like it. So I had to go back and change it twice! What is a punchline? Find the jokes punchlines.PunchlineThe words that form the climax of a joke.Joke 1: The joke is funny because the wife wanted to change the dress her husband had given her. People do not usually change stolen

6、 goods if they do not like them. They may get caught as they have done. So that is why this joke is funnyTEACHER: You say that john Jones has a cold and cannot come to school today. Who am I speaking to?VOICE: Oh, this is my father.PunchlineJoke 2: parents often ring up school to explain why their c

7、hild cannot come to school. The humour lies in the fact that the voice on the phone is the childs speaking and not the parents. That is why it is funny. Charlie ChaplinHe can make others laugh all the time. He is a great silent movie star He is one of the most famous . Modern Times, The Little Tramp

8、, The Gold Rush, City Lighthis masterpieces. (mime)Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour. 笑劇，滑稽劇笑劇，滑稽劇Next we will learn about some more humorous people,Some are foreigners ,some are Chinese(funny stories)Mark TwainMark Twain was the popular and humorous American aut

9、hor. adj.幽默的幽默的馬克吐溫（Mark Twain），美國著名作家和演說家，真實姓名是薩繆爾蘭亨克萊門(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)。“馬克吐溫”是他的筆名.長篇小說湯姆索亞歷險記哈克貝利費恩歷險記百萬英鎊鍍金時代傻子旅行密西西比河上的生涯Edward Lear(funny poems)Edward Lear (1812-1888) was an artist. Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His cross talk shows always make his audien

10、ce shout with laughter. cross talk唐杰忠Pantomime(啞啞?。▌⑷?、劇）（劉全和、劉全利）劉全利）Marx Brothers美國早期的喜劇演員中，除了卓別林Charles Chaplin,Marx兄弟也非常受歡迎。他們也是最經典的喜劇之王， Types of humourTypical actors/writers of EnglishhumourExample of Chinese humour nonverbal mime(啞劇啞劇 )Charlie chaplinMr Bean verbal jokes Funny stories funny

11、poems（打油詩）（打油詩） Mark twainEdward LearMarx Brothers Pantomimes(啞劇啞劇)劉全和劉全和 劉全利劉全利cross talk (馬季馬季, 姜昆姜昆)jokesAct out(表演表演) a situation by using nonverbal humourC. in a hurryA. slide on a banana skinB. carry a heavy boxSituations:Which do you like better: verbal or nonverbal humour Give your reason.I

12、prefer verbal humor, because it is very funny. I like jokes, it is worthwhile to learn about more expressions.You can choose three or more sentences to express your idea.1. I prefer _ . 2. Because verbal/nonverbal humor is_.3. I like_ . (mime/sketch/jokes)4. It makes me _.5. It is worthwhile to do/doing6. When I enjoy them, I feel _ .Laughing is better than medicine.Laughing is better than medicine. Today we have learned something about humour. Humour is everywhere in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic(樂樂觀的觀的) no matter what difficulties you meet with.Life i