1. Unit 20 Humor
Listening and speaking
Wang Jun
No. 2 High School

2. 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.
3. If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalk black on a white whiteboard then?

3. a minister Pre-listening questions:
In church, who can marry many couples ?
a minister

4. Guess:
What does she mean?
Will you
marry me?
? ? ?

5. True or False T
1. This is a dialogue between grandmother and granddaughter.
2. They only lived about 5 km from each other. F T
3. They had a very enjoyable conversation and
laughed a lot. F
4. When the woman asked the minister if he would
marry her, he knew what she meant.

6. Answer the following questions.
1) What’s the man’s job?
2) Where did the woman ask the minister to
marry her?
3) When did he ask her to marry him?
A minster in a church.
In a restaurant.
A few days later.

7. A B C
Will you marry me? 6 5 4
Will you marry me? D E F 2 3 1

8. How do you understand the
sentence “Will you marry me”?
Will you be my husband/wife?
When I get married, will you be the minister
who marries me and my husband/wife?

9.  Answer the following questions
1. When the woman said, “will you marry me?”,
what did she mean?
A. She wanted to be the man’s wife
B. She was playing a joke.
C. She wanted the man to be her minister
when she got married to her husband. 

10. 2) When the man heard the girl say, “Will you
marry me?”, what was his understanding?
A. She wanted to be his wife.
B. She was playing a joke.
C. She wanted him to be her minister
when she got married to her husband.

12. Interview 1.What do you think is the most important thing in your job?
Hello! Everybody!
Interview
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?

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

14. Performances:
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
— William Thackeray
You are warmly welcome to present your humor to bring some happiness to all of us.

15. Homework
Preview the part of Reading.