北师大版 高二 (6) Unit 17

Unit 17 Laughter Lesson 1 What’s so Funny Unit 17 Laughter Lesson 1 What’s so Funny

World Laughter Day

From the picture above, we can know the attention people around the world have paid to laughter. Then what do you think can make people laugh? Do you think laugh is important? Why?

take back, draw back withdraw board agent person who manages business for others get on or into a train, ship etc Match the words with the definitions.

make or be slow or late person being conveyed by bus or train etc passenger delay

Words from the passage B and definitions overlook ignore mature old enough to made decisions reply answer

hesitate pause in doubt clarify make something more clear

Read the first and last lines of the stories, look at the pictures and match the stories and the picture with the headlines. A / 3 / Check your spelling B / 1 / Family harmony C / 2 / Memory loss

Read the three stories and then answer the following questions: 1. Why does the woman write a cheque for $50? Because she doesn’t know how to spell forty.

2. Why does the girl decide to change her response when her father asks her the second question? Because she thinks the trip he is talking about in the second question happens after the trip in the first question.

3. What does the man mean when he says “Do you know who I am?” The man means that he is a very important person.

Which of the stories do you like most? Why? Retell your favorite story. Do you have your funny stories? If yes, share your own funny story with the whole class. Voice your opinion

have trouble/difficulty in doing sth. cash a cheque withdraw … from… open/ close a bank account forgetful Phrase picking up

board a flight boarding card push one’s way to the front check in/ check out

Read the following sentences from anecdote C: One unfortunate counter agent was dealing with all the passengers when an angry man, who had been queuing for some time, pushed his way to the front.

more examples: 1. I was in the town centre then, where I had been doing some shopping. 2. I had been thinking about this for some time when one day I saw the boys’ mother in the street.

a.long activities in the past that happened before other past events: She was rescued by a man who had been working in a nearby garage. What is Past Perfect Continuous?

b. the repeated actions that happened before a particular point in the past. We had only been driving for about fifteen minutes when Jill asked me to stop the car.

c. An action that was still in progress and had not been completed at a particular time in the past. I had been waiting for the train for over an hour when they announced that it had been cancelled.

Summary had been doing 意义： Before she was rescued from the ruins, the soldiers had been searching for two hours. I had been waiting for two hours when they announced that the tickets were sold out. 结构： 用于描述过去某一动作之前一直在 进行或反复的动作。例：

money She realised that she didn’t have any money left. She had been doing some shopping.

Do you know who I am? He pushed his way to the front. He had been waiting in line for some time.

She was scared. watch a thriller She was scared because she had been watching a thriller on TV..

He was laid off. always come to work late He was laid off because he had always been coming to work late.

过去完成进行时表示动作 _____________ __________ 开始， ______________ 这一 时间。过去完成进行时的构成为 “___________________ ” 。和过去完成时 一样，过去完成进行时也必须以 ___________________ 为前提。 past perfect continuous 在过去的某一 一直延续到 had been + 现在分词 某一特定的过去时间 时间之前

使用过去完成进行时时，应注意和其它 时态的区别： 1. 过去完成进行时与过去完成时 过去完成进行时强调动作在过去某一 特定时间之前开始，到这一时间 _____________ ；而过去完成时则强调 动作在过去某一动作或时间之前 __________ 。 仍在进行 已经完成

她叫我进去之前我已经在房间里等了半 个小时。（一直在等） 我们来之前他已经吃过早餐了。（动作 已经结束） I had been waiting in the room for half an hour before she called me in. He had already had the breakfast before we came.

2. 过去完成进行时与过去进行时 过去完成进行时强调动作在过去某一 时刻之前 ____________ ；而过去进行时 强调的是在过去某一时刻 ___________ 。 一直在持续 正在进行

昨天晚上铃响之前，我一直在读一本小 说。（一直在读） 昨天晚上铃响时，我正在读一本小说。 （当时正在读） Last night I had been reading a novel when the bell rang. Last night I was reading a novel when the bell rang.

Finish Ex She was very tired because she had been working for hours without a break. 2. Their clothes were muddy because they had been playing football. 3. She was fired because hadn’t been coming to work on time.

4. She was fired because she hadn’t been coming to work on time. 5. She was angry because she had been waiting for her boyfriend for half an hour. 6. His ear ached because he had been talking on the phone for hours. 7. He was messy because he had been repairing his car all afternoon.

8. She was very scared because she had been watching a thriller on TV.