Unit 17 lesson1 What’s so funny?

Do you find this picture funny? Read the headlines and predict what each story is about.

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? 2. why does the girl decide to change her response when her father asks her the second question? 3. What does the man mean when he says “Do you know who I am?”

Answers: 1. Because she doesn’t know how to spell Because she thought she could have been to Thailand with her mother. 3. 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.

Finish Ex. 5 1.She was very tired after 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 very angry because she had been waiting her boyfriend for half an hour. 5.His ear ached because she had been talking on the phone for hours. 6.He was messy because he had been repairing his car all afternoon.

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