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Unit3 A taste of English humour单元教学目标Talk about different types of humor；a taste of English humorLearn how to express one’s emotionsLearn the –ing form as the Predicative, Attributive and Object ComplementLearn to write humorous stories目标语言话题Different types of humor; a taste of English humor词汇 1. 四会词汇：slide, skin, cruel, content, astonish, particular, entertain, entertaining, throughout, homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, boil, fortunate, snowstorm, chew, bottom, mouthful, direct, star, outstanding, Switzerland, fortune, swing, pancake, mountainous, whisper, vast, sense2. 词组：be content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into功能情感( Emotion )I enjoy this very much because… It surprises me that…I lau gh at that kind of thing because… I felt happy because…This is fun because… I’m pleased we were both amused at…How wonderful / surprising It’s amusing that…语法动词的-ing 形式作表语，定语和宾语补足语的用法Their job is ―panning for gold‖.That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin?T eaching procedure:Period 1 Warming up and pre-reading.Step 1: Lead-inShow some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not.Questions: 1) Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny?2) Do you know other comedians who are funny in the same way?3) Have you seen any of these comedians or programmers? What do you think of them?Step 2: Warming upTask 1. Brain-stormingAsk students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some pictures and summarize.Ask: How many kinds of humour do you know about?1. Practice saying the following tongue twisters**Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so he bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.**I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish thewish the witch(女巫) wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.**If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will blackchalk chalks black on a white whiteboard then?2. What kind of homour may these person remind you of ?Types of humor Example of English humor Chinese humorNonverbal Charlie Chaplin Pantomimes（哑剧）刘全和，刘全利Mime and farce Mr. Bean Funny plays 陈佩斯，赵本山V erbal jokes Play on words, usually Cross talk 马季，姜昆Funny stories Two lines JokesFunny poems Edward Lear Doggerel（打油诗）Task 2. TalkingAsk students to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know. Which do you like better, verbal humour or nonverbal humour? Give your reason. Explain to the students: Nonverbal humor does not use words but relies on facial expressions and gestures while verbal humor uses words as well.Task 3. Reading on P22The purpose of the reading is to introduce the kind of verbal jokes. They use a ―play on words‖to be funny. Let students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. Then check the answer. After that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen.Joke 1:Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory.Doctor: When did this happen?Patient: When did what happen?Joke 2:Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone.Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank God.Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.Joke 1: The joke is funny because the wife wanted to change the dress her husband had given her. If women pay for their dresses they can, of course, change them if they do not like them. However, the wife is treating the dress as if the husband has bought it for her when he has really stolen it. People do not usually change stolen goods if they do not like them. They may get caught as they have done. So that is why this joke is funny.Joke 2: parents often ring up school to explain why their child cannot come to school. The humour lies in the fact that the voice on the phone gives it away that it is the child speaking and not the parent. A child (however much they want to) cannot give themselves permission not to come to school. That is why it is funny.Step 3 Enjoy the comedy acted by Beans and Chaplin.Charlie ChaplinHe was a great silent movie star. Modern Times, The Little T ramp, The gold Rush, City Light are his masterpieces(代表作). He was very popular in his time.Enjoy the short video.Step 3 HomeworkAsk each student to give a joke and present it in class next period.教学反思：通过本课让学生知道了verbal humor 和nonverbal humor的差异，并通过视频真正体会了English humor的意义，并提前欣赏了Chaplin在Gold Rush中的表演，为阅读做了铺垫。