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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?
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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?
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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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.
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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
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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…
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Story The funny part
B Sherlock and Dr. Watson saw millions of stars at night
because their tent was stolen.
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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.
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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.
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