2. Humorous Stories about Famous People
Unit 3
Humorous Stories about
Famous People
Deborah Soong

5. Humorous Stories about Famous People
Unit 3
Humorous Stories about
Famous People
Teaching Activities
Index

6. Teaching Activities 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period
1. Warm-up
2. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Part 1
3. Reading - Part 1
2nd period
1. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Part 2
2. Reading - Part 2
3. Post-reading
3rd period
1. Word File
2. Sentence Patterns
3. Expansion
4. Writing Practice
4th period
Part II Oral & Listening - Unit 3

7. Warm-up
Vocabulary
Idioms & Phrases
Reading-Part 1

8. Warm-up
                                                                  

10. I don’t know.
I don’t know, either.
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11. Listen to part 1.
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12. Now,
answer
the following
questions.

13. What was Mark Twain
famous as?
Mark Twain was famous
as a writer and a humorist.

14. Is the echo of a voice as strong as the original in the mountains of Vermont?  
No, in the mountains of Vermont, the echo of a voice is five times as strong as the original.

16. Reading
I. Which is
the Most Unusual Echo?

17. Mark Twain was a famous American writer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the best books that he ever wrote.
famous: well-known
one of + 形容詞最高級 + 複數名詞
後面常接 “that + S + have/has ever + V-en”
或 “that + S + ever + V-ed” 來強調。
You are the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen/ever saw.

18. Mark Twain was also a famous humorist.
He liked to tell funny stories. Here is one of them:
Here is one of them:
→Here is one of the funny stories that Mark Twain ever told:
→The following is one of the funny stories that Mark Twain ever told.

19. Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant.
One friend came from Vermont.
He said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was so clear that the echo of a voice was five times as strong as the original voice.
so + Adj/Adv + that-clause 如此…以致於
The bag is so heavy that I can’t carry it.
It was raining so hard that Jane went out with her raincoat on.
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20. Once Mark Twain and two friends were sitting in a restaurant.
One friend came from Vermont.
He said that the air in the mountains of Vermont was so clear that the echo of a voice was five times as strong as the original voice.
「A 為 B 的…倍」的句型有：
A + be/V + 倍數 + as + Adj/Adv + as + B
A + be/V + 倍數 + Adj-er + than + B
A + be/V + 倍數 + the + N + of + B

21. The other friend said that was nothing.
→The other friend didn’t think it was unusual.
當提到兩人或物，第一個用 one 表示，第二個
用 the other 表示。
I have two close friends. One is Wendy, and the other is Joseph.
There are two balls on the desk. One is red, and the other is green.

22. In Colorado, the echo of a voice spoken in the morning would come back in the afternoon.  
spoken 為關係子句 which was spoken 省略
關係代名詞和助動詞後，所留下的分詞結構。
Do you know the woman (who is) talking to your teacher?
I like the novel (which was) written by Dr.Lin.

23. Mark Twain laughed and said:
“The echoes you heard in Vermont and in Colorado are very unusual.
But, in a small church in Hannibal, Missouri, there is an echo which is more unusual than either of them.
you heard 乃關係子句省略關係代名詞 which 或 that 之後所形成的的形容詞子句。
關係代名詞 which 引導形容詞子句，修飾先行詞。
either of them = one or the other of the two

24. In that church, if you ask in a loud voice, “Good morning. How are you
In that church, if you ask in a loud voice, “Good morning! How are you?” the echo will answer very clearly, “Very well, thank you. And how are you?”  
in a loud voice = loudly 大聲地
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