Unit 20 Humour

Humor clown comedy comedian joke funny story sketch crosstalk What do you know humour means? In what performances do we often enjoy humour? sketch crosstalk

clown

comedian

Jokes Girl: If we marry, will you give me a ring? Boy: Of course, what’s your telephone number? Customer: Waiter, will the pancakes be long? Waiter: No, sir. Round.

sketch

crosstalk

Funny picture / story

comedy

Can you say tongue twister fluently? 四是四， 十是十， 十四是十四， 四十是四十 ， 十四不是四十， 四十不是十四。 Can you?

Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better. 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.

If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalk black on a white whiteboard then? She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

A big black bug bit the big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood. I thought a thought. But the thought I thought was't the thought I thought I thought.

Riddles smiles a minister Question: Which is the longest word in English? Answer: _______. smiles Question: who can marry many wives but can stay single all of the life? Answer: ___________. a minister

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Listening What was the man’s job? In England, who can marry couples in church? How close to each other did the man and the woman live? Where did the woman ask the minister to marry her? When did he ask her to marry him? He was a minister in the church. A minister. About eight kilometers from each other. In a restaurant. A few days later.

Listen to the interview (P51) and answer the following questions. 1) What’s the most important thing in a comedian’s job? 2) How to make people laugh? 3) How to make people think about life?

Biography (档案) : Bruce Lee King Of Comedy English name: Stephen Chow Date of birth: 22 June，1962 Icon (偶像) : Films: The God of cookery (1996) King of comedy (1999) Shaolin Soccer(2001) Latest film: Gongfu Bruce Lee King Of Comedy

Work in groups of four to hold a press conference (记者招待会). One plays the role of Stephen, one as a host (主持人), and the others act as journalists.

Useful expressions 1.What do you think is the most important thing in your job? 2. Are your shows for everybody? 3. How do you make your audience laugh? 4. How do you make people think about life? Hello! Everybody!

I have decided (not) to hope not … I will … I’m going to … I intend to … I hope to … I plan/want to … I wish to … I have decided (not) to hope not …

Homework 1. Pre-review Pre- reading. 2. Make up a dialogue using useful expressions on Page 52. 3. Recite the new words in unit 20.

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