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What’s So Funny
Unit 4 Lesson 1
高二精耕团队 范冬烨
Do you like reading humorous
stories? Why?
the play on words
the humorous plots
the funny acts
the clever conversations
accents
Punch lines
Punch lines
Boy: No, that's my sister.
I'm kidding.
Punch lines
Kate: No, you haven't.
I've just dropped it.
Man: What's your father's name?
Boy: Laugh.
Man: What's your mother's name?
Boy: Smile.
Man: Are you joking?
Boy: No, that's my sister. I'm kidding.
Kate: Mom, do you know what I'm going to give you for your birthday?
Mom: No, Honey, what?
Kate: A nice teapot.
Mom: But I've got a nice teapot.
Kate: No, you haven't. I've just dropped it.
Funny
Stories
Punch
lines
character
setting
plot
who
when
where
cause
process
result
Basic Elements
Story A
1
2
3
4
Read for understanding
Characters
Setting
plot
when
where
Reason
process
result
Punch line
5
6
3
An art collector; A store owner
Walking through the city
A store
To get the valuable antique saucer
Walked.. Buy...throw in...
Buy a cat in a high price without the saucer
“So far this week I’ve sold 68 cats.”
Story B
1
2
3
4
Group work
Characters
Setting
plot
when
where
Reason
process
result
Punch line
5
6
3
Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
On the camping trip
Outdoors
To tell their tent had been stolen
asked...deduce from the stars in the sky...
not realized their tent had been stolen
“Someone has stolen our tent!”
Story B
1
2
3
4
Group work
Characters
Setting
plot
when
where
Reason
process
result
Punch line
5
6
3
A middle aged man / clown; A doctor
Seeing a doctor
A hospital
Felt depressed for over a month
Wait for; examine him; give suggestions
The man was the clown.
“I am Grock!”
Complete the summaries
An art collector noticed a cat lapping milk from a
1.___________ in the 2.__________ of a store. He
realised that it was an 3.__________ 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 4.__________ the saucer, but the owner refused to give it away f