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Language Points
1. make people laugh make sb./sth (to) do sth 使某人做某事
如：make , let ,have ,feel, listen to , hear, look at , see, notice, watch, observe 等，后面常常接省略了to的不定 式做其宾语补足语。
Policeman: You can’t park here. Driver: Why not? Policeman: Read that sign. Driver: I did. It says, “ Fine for parking, ”
so I parked.
Humorous Story
An animal sports meeting was going on. A duck and a crab (螃 蟹）arrived at the finishing line at the same time. The judge asked them to play Rock-PaperScissors to decide who is the winner. But the duck says “no”.
A map
Listening
Guess the order of the pictures on P50
according to the dialogue.
Will you marry me?
He realized that he had already loved her.
6
5
Oh, I see.
What letter are people the most afraid of?
E, because it’s the end of “life”
I have cities but no houses; forests but no trees; rivers without water. What am I ?
3. Of course, I would like to reach a wide audience, thought I mostly have adults in mind.
A. Most : 最…… mostly : 大部分；主要地
B. in mind: 内心，在脑海当中 You are always in my mind. 你一直在我心中.
n. a kind of
tool
Practise saying the tongue twisters
1. Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.
How close to each other did the man and the woman
live? About eight kilometers from each other.
Where did the woman ask the minister to marry her? In a restaurant.
A. Did the soap work on dirty clothes? 肥皂对脏衣服有用吗？
Language Points
7. My next show will have a part in which I act the role of a science, the way that a science walks and talks.
I have a mouth, but no teeth.
What am I ? A river
What can you see with your eyes shut?
A dream
Which runs faster, heat or cold? Why ?
Heat, because you can catch cold
Please tell us the reason why the duck refused to do that?
Why does a river sleep a lot?
It’s always in a bed
Why does a river have a lot of money?
It has two banks
A big black bug bit the big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.
Top chopstick shops stock top chopsticks
Can you can a can as canner can a can ?
2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if . you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
3. If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalk black on a white whiteboard then?
If you throw a white stone into Red Sea.
What will it become? wet
I work only when I’m fired.
What am I ? A rocket
I have teeth, but no mouth.
What am I ? A comb
☺ Laughing Party
Come on!
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Jokes
Customer: Waiter.Will the pancakes be long?
Waiter: No,sir. Round.
Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone number?
How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.
I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
Language Points
5. Still, I don’t think everybody will find my kind of humor funny.
still 尽管那样;然而
A. Although she didn’t feel well, she still went to work. 她虽然觉得不舒服,但仍然去上班了。 6. Jokes about speaking a foreign language, German for example, always work. work 表示“产生预期的结果或作用”的意思。
Let me try. 让我试试。 The doctor made the patient stay in bed.
医生硬要病人躺在床上。 The patient was made to stay in bed by the doctor.
Language Points
2. think about : 考虑
Listen and answer the following questions.
What was the man’s job? He was a minister in the church.
In England, who can marry couples in church? A minister.
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happy & shy
? ??
3
want to marry the woman in the church
They lived 3 villages from each other.
1
talk about, wedding
2
surprised & laughed
meet
have dinner together
Unit 20
When you see the word “humour”, what will you think of?
clown
comedian
funny story
humour
crosstalk
sketch
Customer: Is there any soup on the menu? Waiter: There was, but I wiped it off.
joke
cover your eyes stealthily
“ 特困生”
Can you say ??
吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮 不吃葡萄 倒吐葡萄皮
Tongue Twisters
I saw a saw saw a saw.
v. see—saw --seen
v. the action a saw make
act the role = take the role
8. It’s a bitter sweet song. 那是一支又苦涩又甜蜜的歌。 9. plan to do sth. 计划做某事