2020-2021学年（北师大版2019）高二英语选择性必修第二册Unit4Humour(1)-Reading(1)What’ssofunny_课件

选择性必修二 Unit 4 Humour (1) 高二年级 英语 What’s so funny? Reading (1) Activate and share Do you like reading humorous or funny stories? Why? (humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word) Example I like reading humorous stories because I like the play on words. Read and explore 1. Read Story A and answer the following questions. (1) Which characters are in the story? (2) Where did the story happen? (3) What happened to the characters? (4) What was the result? Read and explore (1) Which characters are in the story? A famous art collector, a store owner and a cat. (2) Where did the story happen? In a store in the city. Read and explore (3) What happened to the characters? The cat was lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. The art collector wanted to buy the saucer but bought a cat. The store owner knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer the cat used, and he made money by selling the cat. Read and explore (4) What was the result? The store owner knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer the cat used, and he made money by selling the cat. Read and explore 2. Analyze the funny part of the story by completing the following questions in groups of four. (1) What kind of person is the collector? Why? (2) What kind of person is the store owner? Why? (3) Why is the story funny? (4) What expressions are used to make the story funny? Read and explore (1) What kind of person is the collector? Why? So-called “clever”. He wanted to buy the saucer, but he bought a cat that he didn’t want. Read and explore (2) What kind of person is the store owner? Why? Smart. He made money by selling the cat. He knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer. Read and explore (3) Why is the story funny? The store owner refused to give away the saucer with the cat because he has sold 68 cats because of the saucer. Read and explore (4) What expressions are used to make the story funny? ...noticed a cat lapping milk from a saucer; antique; valuable; pay 200 dollars; casually; innocently; throw in that old saucer; but…; so far this week I’ve sold 68 cats. Read and explore An art collector noticed a cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He realized that it was an antique and very valuable. He decided to buy the cat and offered to pay 200 dollars in the end. Then he asked the store owner to throw in the saucer, but the owner refused to give it away for he had sold 68 cats because of this lucky saucer. 3. Try to tell the story to your partner. Read and explore 4. Work in pairs with one reading Story B while the other reading Story C and complete the notes on the Worksheet. Share and check your notes with your partner reading the same story. Story B Character What did each person do? Real purpose The result Sherlock Holmes Dr. Watson He woke and asked Watson what he saw. He wanted to confirm that their tent was stolen. He spoke about astronomy and the stars he saw. He focused on the stars. He didn’t realise. He realised their tent was stolen. Story C Character What did each person do? Real purpose The result The middle- aged man The doctor He told the doctor that he was feeling down. He wanted to see how he could feel better. She asked the clown questions. She wanted to figure out what was wrong. …see the clown who cheered everyone up ...made…laugh couldn’t cheer himself up Read and explore 5. Complete the funny part of the last two stories. Share and check your notes with your partner reading the same story. Story The funny part B Sherlock and Dr. Watson saw millions of stars at night because… C An amazing clown couldn’t… Read and explore Story The funny part B Sherlock and Dr. Watson saw millions of stars at night because their tent was stolen. Read and explore Story The funny part C An amazing clown couldn’t cheer himself up. Recall and summarize Complete the summaries with the words or phrases you have learnt from the last two stories. Tell the stories you’ve read to your partner and the class. Recall and summarize Sherlock Holmes asked his 5 friend Dr. Watson what he saw from the sky. “6 of stars,” said Dr. Watson. Based on his knowledge on 7 , he believed there are millions of galaxies and 8 of planets. faithful Millions and millions astronomy billions ( Story B ) Recall and summarize He deduced that it was probably a quarter past three based on the 9 of time. From the 10 , he forecasted that it would be a beautiful day the next day. Watson didn’t realise that someone had stolen their tent! scientific measurement current atmosphere ( Story B ) Recall and summarize depressed everything was a good laugh a circus performance the amazing clown Think and share 1. Which of the three stories do you like most? Why? When an art collector noticed a cat lapping milk from a very valuable saucer in the doorway of a store, he decided to buy the cat. Here, the writer described the collector’s behavior by using the words “causally” and “innocently”. (Story A) Story A Then he asked the store owner to throw in the saucer, but the owner refused to give it away for he had sold 68 cats because of this lucky saucer. Naturally, a humorous effect can be achieved. Story B Sherlock Holmes did not directly speak out the problem he found, but guided Dr. Watson to observe and find. But the two people focused on different things. Naturally, a humorous effect can be achieved when revealing the problem in the end. Story C In order to highlight Grock’s long-term depressed state, in the text, continuous tense ( present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous ) is used. He went to see the doctor. When the doctor suggested that he see the clown, he replied he was the clown. An amazing clown couldn’t cheer himself up. Naturally, a humorous effect can be achieved. Think and share 2. Summarise how to make a story funny. (1) Create a result that is contrary to people’s expectation. (2) Create intentional ambiguity in the context of situation. Think and share 3. What have you learned from the stories ? We can understand how humor can bring happiness to ourselves and others. More importantly, they can cultivate our sense of humor and form our positive attitude towards life. Homework 1. Read the texts aloud. 2. Have a group / pair discussion. Work in groups of four. Rewrite one of the stories by giving a different ending.