1. 人教修订版
高中一年级(下)
Unit 20

2. clown comedy Humour comedian joke Funny story … crosstalk
What do you know humour means?
In what performances do we often enjoy humour? …
crosstalk

3. Unit 20
Humour

4. She sells seashells by the seashore
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 wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

5. 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.

6. missed Jokes in English which have a “play on words”.
A new student who was absent from, class because of a long illness met his teacher in the street and went to greet him:
“I am so glad to see you here, I have your classes for so long.”
“That is exactly what all the graduates say to me,”the teacher said with pride.
missed

7. Girl : If we marry, will you give me a
Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ? Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone number?
ring
Before two cousins were going to get married, their friends told them the disadvantages of marriage between relatives.
“Oh, no.We are not at all,”the girl said.
“I was born in the south and he in the north . We are far apart.”
close
close

8. Try to find the humour in these jokes
Customer: Waiter.Will the pancakes be long?
Waiter: No,sir. Round.
Waiter: How did you find the fish,Madam?
Customer: Quite by accident. I moved a few
peas and there it was.
A: What is the smallest room in the world?
B: A mushroom.
A: What part of a clock is always old?
B. The second hand.

9. Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
William Thackeray
Happiness held is seed; happiness shared is the flower.
Ernest Hemingway

10. Unit 20
Humour

11. The comic duo of the 1930s “Laurel and Hardy”
The comic duo of the 1930s “Laurel and Hardy”. The thin one is called Stan Laurel, the stout one is Oliver Hardy. They are funny because they are each other’s opposites: one fat and one thin; one is clever and one is silly etc.

12. Although Mr. Rowan Atkinson acts different comic characters, he is most famous around the world as Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean is funny because he makes funny faces , he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid , and the things he does are strange.

13. Dustin Hoffman in the film Tootsie (1982)
Dustin Hoffman in the film Tootsie (1982). In this film Hoffman acts the role of a woman, and many people
agree that his performance is so good that you often can’t tell the difference. And in the film of course there are all kinds of funny moments.

14. Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China
Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His crosstalk shows always make his audience roar with laughter about themselves.

15. 1. please write down key words that each paragraph is about:
fast Reading
1. please write down key words that each paragraph is about:
Key words
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
(para1)
comedies
clowns
(para2)
(para3)
comedians
(para4--5)
crosstalk

16. Careful Reading In what way do they make people laugh? Laughing matter
Comedies
Clowns
Comedians
Crosstalk

17. Comedies make people laugh by
cross-dressing men or women appearing on the stage.
Para.1
funny plays with stereotypes of nationalities or people doing certain jobs.
Comedies make people laugh by
Comedians
making fun of somebody’s way of dressing.
telling an amusing story.
playing on words to create fun.

18. Clowns make people laugh by
acting alone or as a pair.
Para.2
not using any words at all.
Clowns make people laugh by
their clothes, make-up and the way they walk.
helping people forget their trouble for at least a moment.

19. Comedians make people laugh by
working alone or as a pair.
Para.3
body language and their face.
Comedians make people laugh by
acting out a situation called a sketch.
playing with words.
making people listen and think.

20. Crosstalk shows make people laugh by
playing with words.
Para.4-5
making many jokes and funny conversations.
Crosstalk shows make people laugh by
dressing up a little or act-ing out small sketches.
creating a rapid flow of fun.
using rhythm and rhyming.
using tongue twisters.

21. Laughing matter similarity funny; have a long history;
Comedies
Clowns
Comedians
Crosstalk shows
funny;
have a long history;
make people happy and laugh.

22. Post-Reading: Answer the following question.
1. How long has the tradition of crosstalk
existed in china?
More than 2,200 years.
2. Why are some of Shakespeare’s comedies
not so funny for us?
Because we don’t understand the language
and word play that Shakespeare used.

23. 3. Can you describe a clown in your own word
3. Can you describe a clown in your own word? What does a clown look like?
a funny person
Clothes and shoes:
bright colour/over-sized
Face: white
Mouth and eyes:
look very big using other colour
Nose: big and red

24. 4. Is the show of a comedian more like that of a clown or a comedy
4. Is the show of a comedian more like that of a clown or a comedy? Explain your answer.
It is more like a comedy than the show of a clown. Because the way they make people laugh is not like the show of a clown, but like the actors in a comedy. They both use word play.

25. 5. Discussion Difference In common Chinese comedy shows
Difference
In common
Chinese comedy shows
Western comedy shows
Cultural backgrounds; kinds of japes; way and style of performance.
popular; make people happy and laugh; funny; humorous; have a long history.

26.    Language points 1.marry couples 2.in church
3.close to each other
4.reach a wide audience
5.have … in mind
6.act as
7.make fun of
8.an amusing story
9.act out a situation
10.date back to
为夫妇主持婚礼
在教堂
互相很近
影响广大的观众
思考，记在心里 扮演 捉弄
一个好笑的故事
表演出一种剧情场面
追溯到… 年代  

27. I really appreciate ______ to relax with you on this nice island.
11.roar with laughter
12.appreciate the jokes
13.in the right order
14.intend to
15.a rapid flow of fun
爆发出笑声
欣赏笑话
按照正确的顺序
打算做…
脱口而出的娱乐形式
I really appreciate ______ to relax with you on this nice island.
to have had time b. having time
c. to have time d. to having time B

28. Sentence patterns:
Still, I do not think everybody will ______ my kind of humour _______.
Jokes about speaking a foreign, German for example, always ______.
Americans sound funny ______ ______ a foreign accent.
It is their clothes, make-up and the way they walk _____ make people laugh.
What comedians have ___ _______ _____ the players in a comedy is their way of playing ______
words.
find
funny
work
speaking
with
that in
common
with
with

29. 词义辨析
1.most/mostly
2.middle/centre
3.certain/some
4.loud/loudly/aloud

30. 改错：
What a great fun to play football on such a day!
This strange custom dates back from the 16th century.
England, Australia and America are all English-spoken countries.
Every minute should be made good use of studying English.

31. ‘2002
It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood _____ to her mother.
A.close B.closely C.close D.closing A
The policeman_____ to the bed clothes and tried to find out whom they____.
A.got close; belonged to
B.got closely; was belonged to
C.got closely; belonged to
D.got close; belonged to D

32. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _____ in the kitchen.
A.smoke B.smoking C.to smoke D.smoked B

33. B
These old buildings possibly_____ the Ming Period.
A.are dated back to B.date from
C.are dated from D.date back

34. Their demand is the good use we _____our spare time for our study of science and technology.
A.make from B.make of
C.make out D.make into B

35. Grammar

36. V-ing作定语时，放在修饰名词之后；单个分词作定语时，放在修饰名词之前。
e.g. The man who is standing by the window is our teacher.
=The man standing by the window is our teacher.
The exciting moment has come.
（主要表示动作和用途。）
a waiting car working people
working method reading room

37. written returned to lose to do to attend to build
That is the book _______ （write）by Lu Xun.
They are the soldiers _________ (return) from the front.
We have no time _________ (lose).
I have lots of things _________ (do).
Are you going to have a meeting __________ (attend)?
That’s the plan _________ (build) the factory.
returned
to lose
to do
to attend
to build

38. V-ing 作宾补
在keep, find, notice, have, feel, hear, see, leave…等动词后常用V-ing 形式作宾补。
e.g. The boss kept the workers working the whole night.
We found the old lady lying in bed.
He left the light burning the whole morning.

39. 在感官动词see, hear, look, notice, observe, feel, find…等及使役动词have, make, leave, keep, get…等后既可以用不定式（不还to）表示过程或动作已完成，V-ing形式强调进行或当时情景。
e.g. I saw the lady crossing the street.
we heard her sing two songs.

40. 3. 在下列动词后一般用带to的不定式作宾语补足语
ask, want, tell, teach, force, get, invite, allow, wish, like, hate, order…
Father never force me to do anything.

41. 4. 在下列动词后一般用不定式to be的形式作宾补
think, consider, believe, suppose, know, find, get, have, feel, notice…
We all consider him to be a good students.

42. Can you tell something about the accident _____ yesterday?
That books ____ there were bought by my father last week in Shanghai.
I found the door ____ when I got home.
that happened B. Happening
C. happened D. to happen
A. lay B. lying C. lie D. lain
A. opened B. Closed
C. to open D. to close

43. Are all Chinese textbooks _____ in your _____ house?
We can drink _____ water but not ____ water.
publishing; publishing
published; published
publishing; published
boiled; boiling B. boiled; boiling
C. boiling; boiling D. boiling; boiled

44. 过去分词做定语时，
及物动词的过去分词表示被动，
不及物动词的过去分词表示完成的动作。
用不定式作定语时，其所修饰的名词代词有：
meeting, reason, time, ability, way, need, right, chance, decision, wish, promise, anxiety, something, anything, nothing, anybody, somebody, thing…

45. Watch the short
film and try to
find out what
happened.

46. T/F Questions: The writer rode her bicycle to the interview.( )
2.The yellow car wounded the writer.( ) F
Four people were going to interview the writer.( ) F
The writer knew the manager before the interview. ( ) F
The manager had decided not to be angry with the writer for having been so rude .( ) T
The writer got the job at last.( ) T

47. Reading Comprehension
The first meeting
The second meeting
Information
on the way to the interview
later (on time for the interview)
Time
Place
a street
an interview room
interviewer / interviewee
Relationship
strangers
pass, cut in, brake, hit, fall, fortunately, cycle, go up to, knock off, accident, pick up, ride on.
walk into, in surprise and total silence, look on … as…, for a moment, go well, work experience, as well as.
Details

48. Post-reading Why did the writer shout at the driver of the yellow car?
When did the writer next meet the driver?
What does she mean by the sentence “... the last time we met I did most of the talking”?
What does she mean by the sentence “I say to everyone that I dare tell my manager exactly what I think of him.”?

49. The story of how I got my new jobs, and came to be on such good terms with my boss is a funny one.
A yellow car passed me and suddenly cut in right in front of me, as there was another car coming in the other direction.
I was still so angry that I went up to tell him what I thought of him.
I cycled in front of him, got off my bicycle and laid it down on the road in front of his car so that he couldn’t drive off.

50. I went on shouting at him while everyone was looking at him.
We looked at each other for a moment in great surprise and total silence.
I decided to look on the whole matter as a great joke.
The interview went very well.
Two days later I received a letter offering me the job.
I was pleased that the manager had decided not to be angry with me for having been so rude.

51. You nearly caused a crash by cutting in like that.
cut in
超车抢道，或打断、打扰别人
You nearly caused a crash by cutting in like that.
in every direction / in all direction
in the direction of
in one direction
under the direction of sb.
四面八方
朝……方面
朝一方面
在某人的指导（领导）下

52. Writing
Try to write a short funny story or a joke in English.

53. Tips
Teachers in foreign countries, and also teachers coming to China, often tell jokes and have fun in the classroom. Some Asian students get confused and think that the teacher is perhaps not a very good teacher. However, foreign teachers often do such things to keep the classroom lively. They believe that students learn better and more in a classroom environment that is lively and cheerful.

54. 1-5 ABCBD 6-10 DBBAB 11-15 AABCA 16-20 CADAB 21-25 BCDBD 26-30 CBADA
31-35 CBDBC BAACC
41-45 DBCCA CDDDA
51. many改为much
52. that去掉 make 改为making
54. For去掉 对　56.work前加my
57. interested改为interests
58. along改为long　59. think 后加about
60 home后加to

55. shout at 对某人大喊大叫，常表示一种敌意，at 具有攻击的意味
shout to　对某人大声喊，目的是让对方听到，无敌意，无意味。
e.g. The boss often shouts at his employees.
He shouted to us to help him.