Unit 3
A Taste of English Humour
Warming-up and reading
品味英语的幽默
POLICEMAN: Why did you have to
break into the same shop three times?
THIEF: Well, I stole a dress from that
shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I
had to go back and change it twice!
What is a punchline? Find the jokes’
punchlines.
Punchline
The words that form the climax of a joke.
Punchline
The words that form the climax of a joke
Customer: What’s that fly(苍蝇)
doing in my soup?
Waiter: Swimming, I think!
________________
Punchline
humorous
Chinese humorists
What styles of humour do you know?
sketch/
funny plays
mime
Mr Bean is funny because he
makes funny faces and acts silly
behaviour.
哑剧,哑剧表演
a two-man comic show
crosstalk
Two or more speakers
make many jokes and
funny conversation.
verbal
clown
nonverbal
funny poems
cross talk 相声
Types of humor
funny stories
comedy
mime 哑剧
sketch小品
jokes
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
(funny films)
The Gold
Rush
A MASTER OF
NONVERBAL HUMOUR
Fast reading:
Who is the main character of the text? What was he famous for?
The main character is Charlie Chaplin. He was famous for his nonverbal humour.
3. How many famous films or characters are mentioned in the text? What are the names?
There are two, the Little Tramp and the Gold Rush.
2.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. The history of English humour.
B. The films Chaplin made.
C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.
D. The Gold Rush in California.
Careful reading
Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4
Para 5
Match the main idea of each para.
.
Charlie’s childhood
An example of his work: the
Gold Rush
His achievements
His famous film character: the little tramp
Why people needed cheering up
Detailed reading
Complete the notes about Charlie Chaplin.
1889
actor
mime
little tramp, a poor and
homeless person
large trousers, worn-out
shoes, small round black
hat and a walking stick
1.Chaplin became famous for using a particular form of acting including playing on words.

2.In The Little Tramp Chaplin always wore large trousers worn-out shoes and carried a walking stick.

3.The Gold Rush is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century.

4Chaplin’s movies were produced, directed and written by other people.
F
T
T
F
True or false.
Comprehending
5. People love the character “the little tramp” ,mainly for he was poor and homeless.
6. Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by vividly action and explaining.
7. In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold.
F
F
T
1.Charlie Chaplin made people laugh when they felt depressed, so they feel _________.
less satisfied with their lives
more content with their lives
more worried about their lives.
they had a miserable life.
Choose the best answers.
2. The Little Tramp is well known because ____.
Chaplin played a poor and homeless person.
B. The character was social failure.
C. Chaplin wore large trousers, worn-out
shoes and a small round black hat and
carried a walking stick.
D. Chaplin play a role as a man who determined
to overcome difficulties and was kind even
when people were unkind to him.
D
3. In The Gold Rush, Chaplin and his
friend eat a pair of shoes because ___.
A. they are interested in it
B. the shoes are delicious
C. they want to make the people
laugh
D. they are very hungry
D
4. Which is NOT true?
A. Charlie was a master of non-verbal
humor.
B. Charlie showed humanity and
kindness in his movies.
C. Charlie was a social failure, so he
could play that character well.
D. Charlie must have experienced sad
situations when he was a child.
C
5. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for _______
A. the characters he played in his films.
B. the films he directed.
C. the joy he gave us in his films.
D. the contributions he made in films.
6. What’s the author’s attitude to Charlie Chaplin?
A. positive
B. negative
C. serious
D. appreciative
Not all the _______ is kind. Some
are bad, others can inspire people. Some
actors can________ us with the character they
are playing. Chaplin was such an actor. He
became famous for using a ________
form of acting in silent films. The little tramp
gives people courage to overcome_________
with his firm ____________and he is always
kind even when people are________ to him.
astonish
particular
humor
difficulties
unkind
determination
Task1:Retelling
Post-reading
Bye!
Thank you
Charlie Chaplin
Born:
Job:
In 1972, he was given
Type of acting is
Famous character:
Costume:
Died in
in
1889
an actor
mime
The Little Tramp
large trousers,
worn-out shoes
and small round
black hat and a walking stick.
a special Oscar for
his outstanding
work.
1977
Switzerland.
Exercise 1

a small round black hat
a moustache
a walking stick
large trousers
The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked stiffly carrying a walking stiff.
Give a description on Chaplin?
worn-out shoes

The Gold Rush
Description:
Charlie first picks up the laces
And eats them as if they were spaghetti
Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoes as if it were the finest steak.
Unit3 A taste of English humour
Reading Nonverbal humor
Types of humour
nonverbal Charlie Chaplin
mime and farce Mr. Bean
verbal jokes
funny jokes
funny poems
How many types of humour do you know?
Revision
video
:Mr. bean
Lead in:
Can you name any humourous actors?
1. be content with… 对…感到满意
2. badly off　穷的
3. astonish vt　使惊讶 　　　　
4. particular adj 特别的
5. entertaining 　愉快的 　　　　　　
6. tramp n 　流浪汉
New words
7. homeless adj 　无家可归的 　　　　　
8. overcome vt　　克服
9. fortunate adj 　幸运的　 　　　　　　　　
10. worn out 　穿破的　穿旧的
11. star in　　担任主角 　　　　　　　　　　　
12. outstanding　adj　杰出的
While-reading
Divide the whole passage into three parts.
Task2: Read in detail
Write notes about Charlie Chaplin’s career.
actor
mime and farce
poverty
1889
1977
Switzerland
The Little_______
large
worn-out
small round black
charming, social failure with a __________to ________difficulties and he is always kind.
determination
overcome
appearance
task3
Tramp
a small round
black hat
a moustache
a stick
very large trousers
worn-out shoes
appearance
He is …
Summary
The qualities of Charlie Chaplin:
determined
brave
optimistic
devoted
hard-working
kind
Discussion
1.Who is your favorite humorous actor?
2. Do you want to be a humorous person?
And how can you be humorous?
Homework
2. Read aloud the whole passage.
Unit 3
A taste of English humour
Task
三月，行军
1. What day of the week is the best for having fried foods?
3. What is the smallest room in the world?
Friday
March
2. What month do soldiers hate?
1.Policeman: You can’t park here.
Driver: Why can’t I ?
Policeman: Read the sigh there.
Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so
I parked.
Enjoy some verbal jokes:
罚款
Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring ?
Boy: Of course, What’s 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.
A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
2. Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh.
3. While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.
A tongue twister competition
play on words
tongue twister
饶口令
jokes
Pun双关
Riddle
谜语
… …
limerick
I saw a face in a flame of fire ,
I saw a tree touch the moon and higher,
I saw an ant swallow a hat
I saw a chicken wear a hat
I saw an apple twelve feet high
I saw an elephant in the sky
I saw a duck run in a race
A funny poem
a funny poem--limerick
There was an old man of Beijing.
Who would eat almost anything.
He ate and ate
From anyone’s plate.
But he stayed just as thin as a string.
How did Watson answer Holmes’ question?
What happened actually?
Reading
1.How did Watson answer Holmes’ question?
--I think of how short life is and how long the universe lasted.
--I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is.
--I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds.
2.What happened actually?
Someone has stolen their tent.
After reading the funny story, what kinds of persons do you think they are?

Sherlock Holmes:
Doctor Watson:

Carelessness may cause many funny stories in our daily life.

Now let’s enjoy another story which was caused by carelessness.
careful
careless
What happened to
the chickens
because of Mary’s
carelessness?
?
The general idea of the listening text
Mary made some plum jam and left some
in the pan.Five days later, her husband
came home and poured the jam into the
chicken. Later Mary came home and found
all her chickens were behaving strangely.
She found that all the chickens were drunk.
Fill in the blanks
1. There were ____ ___ _____ to eat but they would make lovely____.
2. As he came into the _______ he saw a pan with _____ _____ ____ dark red porridge in it. What was it?
3. Later when Mary came home she noticed the chickens were ________ very strangely. They were ______ _________ their yard.
far too many
jam
kitchen
what looked like
behaving
running around
4. When they went into the yard, they ______ that the ____ _______ had turned the jam into _____and the chickens were drunk.
realized
hot weather
wine
What is a logical order?
Logical
order
First …
Then…
Next…
Finally/At last…
Can you tell a funny story in a logical order?
Writing
Write a funny story
in a logical order.
Homework
Write down your story in a logic order.

For each part