A Taste of English Humour

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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour
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Warming-up and reading
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Warming-up
1. What is a punchline? Find the jokes
punchlines.
Punchline
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Punchline
The words that form the climax of a joke
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jokes

• Customer Whats that fly(??)
• doing in my soup?
• Waiter Swimming, I think!

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What is humour?
Humour is a word means making others laugh. If
someone often makes others laugh, we say he is
humourous We call him a humourist.
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Kinds of humour
jokes
sketch??
mime ??
mime ??
comedy ??
funny stories
cross talk ??
tongue twister???
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Charlie Chaplin
A Master of Nonverbal Humour
Mime ??
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Introduction of Charlie Chaplin
He is one of the most famous humourists that can
make others laugh all the time. He was a great
silent movie star. Modern Times, The Little
Tramp, The Gold Rush, City Light are his
masterpieces.