英语必修四---unit-3---using-language

Unit3ATasteofEnglishHumourUsingLanguagePage22-24ENGLISHJOKESThereisonekindofjokeswhichuse“playonwords”.Theyarefunnybecauseonedoesnotunderstandtheother.playonwordstonguetwistersjokespunriddles……TongueTwisters1.Canyoucanacanasacannercancanacan?你能够像罐头工人一样装罐头吗？2.Iwishtowishthewishyouwishtowish,butifyouwishthewishthewitchwishes,Iwon’twishthewishyouwishtowish.我希望梦想着你梦想中的梦想，但是如果你梦想着女巫的梦想，我就不想梦想着你梦想中的梦想。Pun1.Heisnotagravemanuntilheisagraveman.其中的grave有两个含义，一个是“严肃的”(形容词)，一个是“坟墓”(名词)，因此这句话的意思是：他不是一个严肃的人，除非他躺到坟墓里才能严肃起来。2.Theyprayforyoutodayandpreyonyoutomorrow.其中的pray(祈祷)和prey(捕食)，发音相同，外形相似，因此这句话的意思是：他们今天为你祈祷，明天就会加害于你。Riddles1.Whatkindofdogcanneverbiteandbark?2.Whatisblackwhenitiscleanandwhitewhenitisdirty?JokesReadthe3jokeswhichuse“playonwords”toamuseusandmatchthejokewiththeexplanationonP22.1.C:What’sthatflydoinginmysoup?W:Swimming.Ithink!punchline(B)2.C:What’sthat?W:It’sbeansoup.C:Idon’twanttoknowwhatit’sbeen.Iwanttoknowwhatitisnow.been？？3.C:Waiter.Willthepancakesbelong?W:No,sir.Round.shape？？(C)(A)Nowlet’senjoyafunnystorytogether.Onedayamancalledataxicompanyforataxitotakehimtotheairportfromhishouse.Hewaitedbutitdidnotarrive.Sohecalledagain.Thegirlsaid,“I’msorrythetaxihasn’tcome,butdon’tworryastheplaneisalwayslate.”“Well,itcertainlywillbethismorning,”themansaid,“becauseIhappentobeflyingit!”whenwherewho…situationdevelopmentWhathappened?punchline3elementsofafunnystorypunchlinedevelopmentsituationtime;place;thecharacters;backgroundinformationHowisthestorygoingon?SherlockHolmes&WatsonIsthereanythingwrongwiththeircamping?Whathappenedtothem?Someonehasstolentheirtent.1.Whenandwheredidthestoryhappen?Oneeveningwhentherewerestarsinthesky.Inamountainousarea,intheopenair.Carefulreading★SituationWhen,where,who…2.Howdidtheyfindthattheirtentwasstolen?AquestionbySherlockWatson:shortandlonglifeRepeatagainSmallhumanbeingandvastskyRepeatagainColduniverseandwarmpeopleSomeonehasstolenourtent!★development3.Whichsentencedoyouthinkisthefunniest?“YoushouldbethinkingSomeonehasstolenourtent!”★PunchlinealongdialogueSherlock:Watson,whenyoulookatthatbeautifulsky,whatdoyouthinkof?Watson:Ithinkofhowshortlifeandhowlongtheuniversehaslasted.…ImaginingyouareSherlockandWatson,actthedialogueoutwithyourpartnervividly.SpeakingListeningplumsripe成熟的李子jam果酱plumjamListeningListentothetapeandfinishthefollowingexercises.1.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestions.2.Listentothetapeagainandfillintheblanks.1.Whenshehadfinishedthecooking,sheallheremptyjamjarsandleftthejaminthepan.2.Ashecameintothekitchenhesawapanwithadarkredinsideit.Heandsmelledit.Itsmelledbad.3.Theywererunningroundtheyardtheyweresick.Shesawthedarkredmessonthegroundand.filledtherestofmesslifteditupasifwentcloser4.Whenshesawaplumstoneshewentintothe.5.“Oh,that’s,”hesaid.“I’msorrybutIthoughtitwaswhichhadgonebadinthehotweather.kitchenwhatitwasporridge•amusevt.娱乐；消遣；使发笑amusesb.withsth.用…逗乐某人e.g.Iamusedthechildrenwithstories.beamusedat对…感到好笑beamusedby被…逗笑e.g.IwasamusedatMr.Bean’sfunnyacting.==IwasamusedbyMr.Bean’sfunnyacting.amusingadj.有趣的amusedadj.被逗笑的amusementn.娱乐•pancaken.薄煎饼n.粉饼