Unit 20 Humour

Words and Expressions in Unit20

“ 特困生”

When there is only one man in the world.

She is good at Chinese Kongfu

You do know my love.

Humour Humour is a sense. It is quality of being amusing, it is an ability to appreciate the comic or amusing.

Humour is a kind of art. Easy to get along with friends. Free from embarrassing(尴尬) situations Provide one with more chances of jobs.

What do you know humour means? In what Performance do we often enjoy humour? comedian clown games humour Customer: What`s that fly doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think. crosstalk sketch joke

Practise saying the following tongue twisters. 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 chalks black on a white whiteboard?

A tongue twister competition A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose! 2. If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing. 3. There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through . 4. While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.

Wit quiz: 1. Why are the letter G and letter S in "gloves" close to each other? Because there is love between them! 2. Why do we say letter “T” is an island? Because “T” is in the middle of water. 3. Which runs faster, heat or cold? Why? Heat, because you can catch cold. 4. I work only when I’m fired. What am I? A rocket.

Listen ! Learn and enjoy ! again

Listen to the tape and number the pictures. 4 6 5 3 1 2

Listen again and answer the following questions: 1.What was the man’s job? 2.In England, who can marry couples in church? 3.How close to each other did the man and the woman live? 4.Where did the woman ask the minister to marry her? 5.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.

Jokes in English which have a “play on words”. <一> Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ? Boy: Of course, what’s your telephone number? <二> Policeman: You can’t park here. Driver: Why not? It says, “ ____ for parking”, so I parked. ring Fine

<三> Mary: John says I’m pretty. Andy says I’m ugly <三> Mary: John says I’m pretty. Andy says I’m ugly. What do you think of me, Peter? Peter: A bit of both. I think you’re _________ . <四> Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning, Mum ! Mum : How nice ! Did you kiss her ____ ,dear ? Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face. pretty ugly back

Speaking: A journalist(J) is interviewing a comedian(C) about his new show.

Work in pairs. One plays the part of a journalist and the other a circus clown. The journalist asks the clown about his work and his new show. Some questions may help you: 1.For which age do you write your show? 2.What do you do as a clown? 3.What are you doing at this moment? 4. What are your plans for your next show? 5. How do you make children laugh? 6. When will you stop working as a clown? Some useful expressions may help you: I will… I plan/want to… I’m going to… I wish to… I intend to… I’ve decided(not) to… I hope to… I hope not…

Summary tongue twister 绕口令 make mistakes/make a mistake 犯错误 marry sb. couple/ a couple of make sb. laugh reach a wide audience have…in mind act the role of…… plan to intend to stop doing/ stop to do 绕口令 犯错误 与某人结婚 夫妇/ 一对…… 使某人发笑 赢得广泛的观众 在想…/计划… 扮演…角色 计划做… 意图／打算做… 停止做…/停止去做…

Exercises 1. His good deeds were highly ____ A. thought of B. thought over C. thought about D. thought for 2. He was too short to _____ that apple. A. catch B. reach C. find D. spread 3. I find ____ necessary that I should help them finish the task. A. that B. this C. it D. one

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