Unit 20 SEFC B1

1
Humour
Unit 20 SEFC B1
2
Tongue twisters
Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
???????????????? The bleak breeze blights the
bright blue blossom ???????????
bleak ???,???? Betty beat a bit of butter to
make a better batter. ?????????????????????
3
Tongue twisters
I slit a sheet. A sheet I slit. Upon the slitted
sheet, I sit! ?????????????????????????
How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a
sheet slitter could slit sheets?
??????????,?????????????
4
Tongue twisters
Betty Botter Bought Some Butter Betty Botter
bought some butter, But, she said, the butter
is bitter. If I put it in my batter,It will make
my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter
That would make my batter better. So she bought
a bit of butter, Better than her bitter
butter. And she put it in her batter, And the
batter was not bitter. So it was better Betty
Botter Bought a bit of better butter!
5
Tongue twisters
All I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee All I want
is a proper cup of coffee,Made in a proper
copper coffee pot.You can believe it or not,But
I just want a cup of coffeeIn a proper coffee
pot.Tin coffee pots or iron coffee potsAre no
use to me.If I cant have A proper cup of
coffeeIn a proper copper coffee pot,Ill have a
cup of tea.
6
Tongue twisters
George Gabs Grabs Crabs George Gabs grabs
crabs.Crabs George Gabs grabs.When George Gabs
grabs crabs,How does George Gabs grab crabs?
7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10

11
?
Forms of humour
12
Laughing matter
Theatre play use different techniques
cross-dressing, stereotypes, word play
Alone or a pair do not use any words special
clothes, make-up and the way they walk.
Alone or a pair unlike clowns body language and
face play with words.
A pair play with words make jokes and funny
conversations sometimes dress up a little or act
out small sketches.
13
Laughing matter
funny have a long history make people
happy and laugh.
14
listening
15
Discussion
Cultural backgrounds kinds of jakes way and
style of performance.
popular make people happy and laugh funny
humorous have a long history.
16
Laughing Party
Lets bring laughter to our class. You are to use
the form of humor. And any performances are
acceptable.
?
?
17
Word puzzle
1. There once was a very large lady in our town.
She wore a dress size 16. I knew her when she was
young, but she had a much smaller size. Why do
you think she is now wearing a size 16? I guess
she just 8 8   2. I was arrested at the
airport. Just because I was greeting my cousin
Jack! All that I said was "Hi Jack", but very
loud.
18
Homework
1.Make a better preparation for the laughing
party after class. 2.Preview Speaking and Wb
Listening. 3.Rewrite Laughing matter in about
100 words.
19
Period 2 Acting, Speaking Wb listening
20
Questions
a. What is the most important thing in his job?
b. How does he make people laugh? c. How
does he make people think about life?
(To make people laugh and think about our life.)
21
Suppose a circus clown is here in our class.
Will you ask any questions?Please make up a
dialogue between you and your partner. One plays
the part of a journalist and the other a circus
clown.
The following questions are for reference For
which age do you write your show? What do you do
as a clown? What are you doing at this
moment? what are your plans for your next
show? How do you make children laugh? When will
you stop working as a clown?
22
Here is an interview sample. A Hello. Im a
journalist from Taizhou Daily. May I ask you some
questions? B Sure. A Is your performance
successful tonight? B Yes. A How long have you
been a Clown? B Since 8 years age. A Im so
glad you accepted my interview. And I hope your
show in Taizhou will be more popular. B Thanks
a lot.
23
(No Transcript)
24
1.Listen to the tape and tick what the
interviewer and Mr. Atkinson talk about.
( ) Plays ( )
Language ( ) Comedies ( )
Culture ( ) Comedian ( )
Success ( ) Shakespeare ( )
Chinese ( ) Audience ( )
Germans
?
?
?
?
?
?
25
2.Listen to the tape again and answer the
following questions.
1. What is the title of the comedy that almost
everybody likes?
Mr. Bean
2. What are the differences between the two
comedies they talk about?
26
2. What are the differences between the two
comedies they talk about?

• Set in present day England.
• You dont need to understand English.
• You dont need to know much about England.

• Set in England at the time of Shakespeare.
• You need to understand English very well.
• You need to know quite a lot about English
  history.

27
3. Listen to the tape again and make a
summary of the listening text by completing the
following sentences.

• Mr. Atkinson is most famous for his roles in two
  popular .
• One of them is set of
  Shakespeare, while the other is set in
  .
• To understand the first you need to have good
  and some idea of
  .
• While in the first show is very
  important, in the other
• are spoken.
• But that is not the only reason why it is
  .
• It is popular around the world because anyone can
  
• 
  in Mr. Bean.

comedies
in the time
present day England
English
English history
language
hardly any words
an international success
recognize something of himself
28
(No Transcript)
29
a tongue twister competition

• 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 wont wish
  the wish you wish to wish.
• If white chalk chalks white on a black
  blackboard, will black chalk chalk black on a
  white whiteboard then?

30
Period 3 Listening, Integrating Skills and Wb
Talking
31
4
5
6
2
1
3
32
Listening
What was the mans 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?
33
Integrating skills
Weve already met, havent we?
34
Reading Comprehension
The first meeting
The second meeting
Information
on the way to the interview
later (on time for the interview)
Time
Place
an interview room
a street
interviewer / interviewee
strangers
Relationship
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
35
Discussion
Topic 1 What would you do if you were
the writer at your first meeting?
Topic 2 Is the result a usual one in a Chinese
company? If you were the manager, what would you
do and why?
Topic 3 Suppose you were the manager of the
company in the story, would you tell us what has
happened to you?
36
Talking
37
Period 4 Language Practicing
38
Language points
a humorous story
story full of humor
a famous humorous writer
?
a humorous actor
?
have a good sense of humor
have no much sense of humor
in good humor
39
work
This computer isnt working well, can anybody
help me work it?
It works quite well.
can work this machine better than me
40
makes me happy make oneself /sb. PP.
makes him think make sb. ???
be made to study
make yourself understood
make myself heard
41
by intension
without intention
intended it
intend to do
intend you to make up
intended reporting
intend that he (shall) set out
42
appreciate the sentences
is also highly appreciated
appreciate reading
appreciate helping
He would much appreciate it if you could do him
that favour.
43
It is (was)?????that(who).
It is his way of walking that makes me feel funny.
It is when I was still a pupil that I first saw
him.
It is because of his great acting that makes me
remember him forever.
It is him that we are talking now.
It is on the screen that we saw him.
44
an interesting cross talk
an amusing cross talk
45
laughing audience
46
a reading room
I can see some people reading
47
perform cycle jump drop laugh
break burn quarrel enter
share

• People saw the police________ the window with a
  hammer.
• Behind the doors we heard the audience________duri
  ng the show.
• Neighbours watched him_________something heavy
  into the river.
• You can see them__________every night this week
  at the New Theatre.

breaking
laughing
dropping
performing
48
perform cycle jump drop laugh
break burn quarrel enter
share
5. I could hear the newly-married
couple________every day over small matters. 6. We
watched the cyclists__________down the road
quickly. 7. Can you smell something___________. 8.
We watched three old men__________this food with
each other.
shouting
cycling
burning
sharing
49
Matching Exercise
getting married coming to dinner this
evening eating her lunch performing the
show singing now looking at her map
are famous film stars. is a classmate of
mine. writes her songs herself. is a friend of my
mothers. can play four musical instruments. is
in his forties.
The boy The person The comedian The woman That
tourist The couple
50
Climbing out of the window Jumping over the
fence Asking a passer-by where the post office is
Entering the post office and writing a message
Paying with a ring Leaving the post
office Coming to a bridge Leaving her bag on the
road and starting fishing Her fishhook catching
in the Emperors coat Taking out a knife to cut
the hook Emperor talking and walking with her
Film Sissi
51
Report
Give a report of the film Sissi. Try to use ing
forms. The report can begin like this. Now I
would like to recommend you the film Sissi
because I think it quite amusing
52
Story-making
Key words Intend, make fun of, date back,
appreciate, suffer, operate, exist, brake, drive
off, confuse
53
Period 5 (Wb)Integrating Skill and Writing
54
Two Old Friends
55
questions
Q1 What happened to the old friends? Q2 what
did they worry about ? Q3 In order to cook the
mouse, what did they need ? Q4 Why did they
want to chop the old wise man ? Q5 Can they
really get the things they needed from the old
wise man ? Q6 So what do you think of their
action?
56
questions
Q7 Dont you think they are funny? Q8 Why
can it make you feel funny?
? ?
57
sage
58
rhyme
honey money
dinner thinner
house mouse
found around
town down
muffin stuffin
59
I saw a face in a flame of fire , I saw a
tree touch the moon and higher, I saw an ant
swallow a hat I saw a chicken wear a hat
I saw an apple twelve feet high I saw an
elephant in the sky I saw a duck run in a
race
60
How can you make your story or poem funny in
English way?
1Does the poem do the added lines following the
rhyme scheme? 2 Do the words rhyme? 3Does the
writers show a creative imagination? 4 Is it
funny?
61
Thank you !
Wang Lihua ??? Yu Jingjing ??? Jiang Huihua
???
Huipu High School ???? 2004.2