Unit 4 Humour Lesson 1 What's So Funny? 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第二册

UNIT 4 LESSON 1 WHAT’S SO FUNNY? Do you konw what homophonic stem is? Warm-up 1.what do you call a deer with no eyes? No eye deer (No idea) 2.I only know 25 letters of the aalphabet. WHY? I do not know Y (why) What makes these lines funny? 1.This clever and amusing use of language is called pun or play on words. Activate & Share 2.The funny part in jokes or stories is called punchline，which is its last sentence or phrase, making it funny. Read & Explore Read and anwser the question. 1.Which characters are in th story? 2.where are they? 3.What happened to/between them? 4.Why is it funny? Read & Explore A famous art collector and the store owner. They are in a store in the city. The art collector bought a cat and the store owner sold a cat. 1.Which characters are in th story? 2.where are they? 3.What happened to/between them? 4.Why is it funny? The art collector bought a cat that he didn’t want. The store owner knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer the cat used, and he made money by selling the cat. Read & Explore Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. They are outdoors. Sherlock woke up and asked Watson what he saw. Watson spoke about astronomy and the stars he saw. 1.Which characters are in th story? 2.where are they? 3.What happened to/between them? 4.Why is it funny? Sherlock realized the tent had been stolen, but Watson didn’t realize they could see the stars because their tent had been stolen. Read & Explore A doctor and a clown. . They are in the doctor’s surgery. The middle-aged man told the doctor that he was feeling down.The doctors asked the man some questions. 1.Which characters are in th story? 2.where are they? 3.What happened to/between them? 4.Why is it funny? The clown who makes everyone laugh can’t cheer himself up. The doctor suggested the man should go to see the performance by the clown. Read & Explore Read and complete the notes. Character What did each person do? Real purpose The result The art collector bough