Unit 4 Humour Lesson 1 What's So Funny? 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语北师大版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Lesson1 WHAT'S SO FUNNY? 1 Do you like reading humorous or funny stories? Why? 2 A man from local agency is doing a survey on names. A punch line? 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 setting plot when character where who Punch lines Basic Elements cause process result Story A Characters(who) Setting (when,where) plot Reason process result Funny Punch line 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.” Read for understanding 故事A　 一个著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时看见一只脏猫在一家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。他惊讶地又看了一眼。收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董,很值钱,于是他漫不经心地走进店里,假装不知情的样子,提出要花20美元买那只猫。 店主回答说:“对不起,这只猫是非卖品。” 收藏家说:“拜托了,我正需要一只又饿、胃口又好的猫帮我抓屋里的老鼠呢,我可以出200美元买那只猫。”店主说了声“成交”,就把猫给了他。 收藏家接着说:“嘿,我想知道200 美元的话你能不能把那只旧碟子免费赠送给我呢。毕竟这猫已经习惯了用它,这样也省得我再去买猫食盆了。” 店主说:“对不起,朋友,那可是我的幸运碟。到现在为止,这周我已经卖出去68只猫了。” 1、A famous art collector was walking through the city when he noticed a dirty cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He did a double take. He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very valuable, so he walked casually into the store and innocently offered to buy the cat for 20 dollars. Story A lap vt.(动物)舔食，舔着喝 do a double take 惊讶地又看了一眼 collector 收藏家 collect v.收集，收藏，募捐 2、The store owner replied, “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.”3、 The collector said, “Please, I need a hungry cat with a good appetite around the house to catch mice.I’ll pay you 200 dollars for that cat.” 4、The owner said “sold” and handed over the cat. for sale 待售，供出售 on sale 出售，上市；减价出售 hand over 交出，移交 with a good appetite 有一个好胃口 pay for 支付 老鼠 ：mouse(单) mice(复) 5、 The collector continued, “Hey, for the 200 dollars I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer .The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from having to get a dish.” 6、And the owner said, “Sorry my friend, but that’s my lucky saucer. So far this week I’ve sold 68 cats.” throw in 额外赠送 本周至今 be used to (doing) sth.习惯于(做)某事 be used to do sth. 被来用做某事 used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 I wonder if you could “不知你是否能够” save sb. from doing sth. 省的某人做某事 故事B　　 夏洛克·福尔摩斯和华生医生去野营。他们吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐,喝了瓶酒,就准备去睡觉了。 几个小时后,福尔摩斯醒来,问他忠实的朋友:“华生,抬头看看天空,告诉我你看到了什么。” “福尔摩斯,我看到无数的星星。”华生回答。 “那你从中推断出什么?” 华生想了一会儿。“嗯,根据天文学研究推断,现在天空中有数百万的星系,可能还有数十亿颗行星。根据星星的位置判断,现在土星在狮子座。 根据科学计时测算,我推断时间大概是三点一刻。根据目前的大气条件,我预测明天天气会很好。福尔摩斯,你推断出了什么?” 福尔摩斯沉默了一会儿。“华生,”他说,“有人偷了我们的帐篷!” 1、Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retired for the night, and went to sleep.　　 2、Some hours later, Holmes woke up and asked his faithful friend, “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.” Story B retire for the night 去睡觉 retire vi.（熟词生义）睡觉，就寝 wake up 醒来 抬头看着 夏洛克 . 福尔摩斯和华生医生 3、“I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes,” replied Watson. 4、“And what do you deduce from that?” 5、Watson thought for a minute. 无数的 hundreds and thousands of 成百上千的，成千上万的 “Well, according to the studies on astronomy, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. According to the positions of the stars, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. According to the scientific measurement of time, I deduce that the time is probably a quarter past three. According to the current atmosphere, I forecast that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Holmes?”  评 that引导的宾语从句，作tell的宾语 that引导的宾语从句，作observe的宾语 that引导的宾语从句，作deduce的宾语 that引导的宾语从句，作forecast的宾语 7、 Holmes was silent for a moment. “Watson,” he said, “someone has stolen our tent!” steal v.偷 stole; stolen 故事C　 　 一个中年男子觉得非常沮丧。最近他诸事不顺。他在工作上遇到了问题,妻子又跟别的男人跑了。在沮丧了一个多月后,他决定去看医生。他在诊室里等着,像是等了几个世纪。他旁边流血的男人在紧张地看着手表;一个女人使劲咳嗽、打喷嚏;还有个婴儿在哭闹。最后,在他等了大约半个小时之后,他被叫进去就诊。他进去时医生正在办公桌上写便条。“抱歉,我刚忙完别的事,今天上午很忙。”之后她转向中年人问道,“你怎么了?” “是这样的,我最近遭遇了一点危机,嗯,是出现了很多问题,”那人回答道,“而且我工作一直很忙。” “嗯,你脸色很苍白。”医生开始给他检查。“不过一切正常,”她检查后说,“除了血压有点高,呼吸有些沉重,其他方面都正常。” “那我该怎么办?”那人问道,“我很快就要出差了,要在美国连续工作三个月。下星期的这个时候,我已经快要到达纽约了。” 医生想了一会儿。“我觉得你需要开怀大笑,笑出来对你很有好处。城里刚好有马戏团表演,你怎么不去看看呢?我听说马戏团里有个很棒的小丑,叫格罗克,他肯定能逗笑你。” “可我就是格罗克。”那人悲伤地回答。 1、A middle-aged man was feeling very down. Everything had been going wrong for him. He had had problems at work and his wife had left him for another man. So, after he had been feeling depressed for over a month, he decided to go to the doctor. He had to wait for what seemed like ages in the doctor’s surgery. Story C down adj情绪低落，沮丧，悲哀 eg: I feel a bit down today. 我今天有点闷闷不乐。 思考：表示心绪不佳的词语还有哪些？ go wrong 1.出现问题；遇到困难；2.（机器）出故障；3.犯错误，弄错 看医生 see a doctor what 引导的宾语从句，作wait for 的宾语。what 在宾语从句中作主语。 ages / an age 很长时间 The bleeding man next to him was looking at his watch nervously; a woman was coughing and sneezing badly;and a baby was screaming. Finally, after he had been waiting for about half an hour, he was called in for his consultation. The doctor was writing a note at her desk when he came in. “Sorry, I’m just finishing something. I’m afraid we’ve been very busy this morning.” She then turned to the man. “So, what’s the problem?” she asked. badly 严重地；厉害地 2、“Well, I’ve been having a bit of a crisis, you know, lots of problems,” replied the man.“And I’ve been doing a lot of work.” 3、“Mmm, you’re looking very pale.” The doctor started to examine him. “Well, everything is working OK,” she announced afterwards. a bit of a ......(谈及负面情绪时用)有点儿 pale adj.(人、面孔等)苍白的 “You have slightly high blood pressure and you’re breathing quite heavily, but otherwise everything’s fine.” 4、“So what can I do?” asked the man.“I’m going on a trip soon. I will be working in the United States for three months.This time next week, I’ll be arriving in New York.” breath heavily 呼吸困难 5、The doctor thought for a while.“I think what you need is a good laugh. That would do you a lot of good. A circus is performing in town. Why don’t you go to see it? I hear there’s an amazing clown who’ll really make you laugh.His name’s Grock.” 6、“I am Grock,” replied the man sadly. 带给你很多好处 throw in 无意中说；随口说 e.g. Occasionally Tom threw in a question. 关于throw的常见短语 throw off 匆匆脱下；摆脱 throw over 抛弃 throw out (of) 撵走；轰走 throw up 呕吐；辞去职位 throw at 朝……扔；冲向；向……猛扑过去 throwaway…away 扔掉；丢弃；抛弃；错过 afterwards adv. after the time mentioned; later 随后，后来 e.g. Let’s go to the cinema first and eat afterwards. Shortly afterwards he met her again. -ward(s)表示“朝……方向”，常构成表方向的形容词或副词，其中-ward通常构成形容词，-wards多用来构成副词。如： upwards 向上地 downwards 向下地 inwards 向内地 outwards 向外地 eastward 向东的 backward 向后的 8. I really don’t think I deserve a zero. 我真的认为我不该得零分。 deserve v. to have earned something by good or bad actions or behavior 应得；应受到 deserve to do 应该做……；值得做…… deserve to be done=deserve doing……应该/值得被做 e.g. What has he done to deserve this punishment? 【注意】 deserve后接主动形式表被动含义，相当于动词不定式的被动形式，有类似用法的动词还有demand, need, want和require等。deserve不可用于进行时。 4 Complete the summaries with the words or phrases you have learnt from the stories. p10 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 for he had sold 68 cats because of this lucky saucer. throw in doorway antique saucer 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. 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! faithful Millions and millions astronomy billions scientific measurement current atmosphere A middle-aged man who was 11 __________ went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and found 12 ______________OK. The doctor thought that what the man needed was 13 ____________________ and suggested 14 ___________________. Actually he was __________________. depressed everything was a good laugh a circus performance the amazing clown 10 Complete the sentences using present perfect continous, past perfect continous or future continous where appropriate. p11 1. The eager fans _________________ (wait) for six hours before they finally got the tickets for the football match. 2. I _____________________ (look for) that for weeks — where did you find it? 3. Mrs Wang _____________________________ (stay with her friends) when she goes to Hainan. had been waiting had been looking for will be staying with her friends 4. As he ________________________ (repair his car) all afternoon, he was messy. 5. This book is taking me so long that I ___________________ (still read) it by this time next year! 6. She ________________________ (study English) since she left school. had been repairing his car will be still reading has been studying English Thank you! 28 $$