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UNIT 4 HUMOUR
阅读美文邀活思维潜能
The Importance of Humour
Humour has been an essential part of human behaviour for thousands of years.There is comedy
in the texts of Ancient Greece,and medieval writings are filled with jokes.While these same jokes
might not be as funny to us now as they were then,their authors understood that humour could not
only entertain but also throw new light on sensitive or emotive issues.
Closer to modern times,someone e who is remembered for his ability to combine humour with
more serious messages is American writer,Mark Twain.Twain's particular style of writing is funny
and often mischievous.For example,in his classic novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,he famously
says,"Writing is easy.All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.But he is equally well known
for his witty remarks in his everyday interactions with people.For instance,while on a lecturing
tour of the United States,Twain went into a barber's shop to get a haircut and a shave.The barber,
not recognising him,asked if he had a ticket to the lecture.When Twain replied that he didn't,the
barber told him that if he wanted to go to the event he would have to stand,as there were no seats left
in the theatre.Twain's response was,"That's just my luck.I always have to stand when that fellow lectures!"
(选自外研版新教材选择性必修第一册Uit1)
【词块采撷】
虽然你可以在几周内养成一个新习惯,但是要
①essential
ad.极其重要的:必不可少的
养成一个健康的习惯却需要好儿个月的时间。
②mischievous
adj.调皮的,淘气的
②who引导的定语从句
③witty
adj.说话风趣的
(2024·1月浙江续写)And with each step she
④interaction
.交流
took,she left behind a legacy of inspiration
⑤shave
.刮脸,刮胡子
for those who followed in her footsteps,
u.剃(须):刮去(毛发)
【亮句应用】
knowing that even without a clear sense of
①while引导的让步状语从句
direction,there's always a way to find one's
(2o23·北京)While you are able to pick up a
way.每走一步,她都给那些追随她的人留下了
new habit in a few weeks,it takes many
灵感的遗产,她知道即使没有明确的方向感,
months to build a healthy habit.
也总有办法找到自己的路。
明确目标构建单元体系
语言技能:理解语篇中标题和插图的意义,并能预测语篇的主要内容;理解语篇中显性和隐性的逻辑关
系,抓住语篇中的关键概念和关键细节;学习使用进行时态和各种各样的副词来表达意思。
素养提升:了解中西方表达幽默的不同方式:发现并理解语篇中包含的不同文化元素,欣赏、热爱中华
传统文化。
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英语选择性必修第二册课堂学案(BS)
Period One Topic Talk Lesson 1-Comprehending
课文释疑助力高效课堂
[教材原文]
[词汇注解]
Story A
①lapt.(动物)舔食:舔着喝
A famous art collector was walking through the city when he
②saucer/ssa/n.[C]杯托
③doorway/dbwe/n.[C]门口,
noticed a dirty cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway
出入可
of a store.He did a double take.
④do a double take又看了一眼
[l]画线部分属于“Sb was doing sth when.”句型,表示“某人正
⑤antique/.en'tik/n.[C]古董
在做某事,这时(突然)…”,when为并列连词,连接两个并列分
ad.古时制造的
句,其中前一分句常用过去进行时,后一分句常用一般过去时。
⑥casually/kaesuoli/adu.漫不
“noticed a dirty cat lapping milk”属于“感官动词十宾语+宾补”
经心地:非正式地
casual adj.不经意的:漫不经心
结构,宾补由现在分词短语充当。
的:不在乎的
He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very
⑦innocently/inasontli/acdu.装作
valuable,so he walked casually into the store and innocently
若无其事地:无辜地
offered to buy the cat for 20 dollars.
innocent adj.无率的:无罪的:
The store owner replied,"I'm sorry,but the cat isn't for sales."
天真无邪的.[C]无辜者,单纯
The collector said,"Please,I need a hungry cat with a good
的人
appetite around the house to catch mice.I'll pay you 200 dollars
innocence/nasns/n.[U月清白:
无罪;天真:单纯
for that cat,”
⑧for sale待售;供出售(尤指从
The owner said“sold”and handed over the cat..
主人手里)
The collector continued,"Hey,for the 200 dollars I wonder
on sale出售,上市;折价销售:
if you could throw in that old saucer.The cat's used to it and
减价出售
it'll save me from having to get a dish."
appetite/"aepitait/n.[U,C.
[2]“I wonder if you could.”是一个常用句型,用于表示说话者礼
usually sing..]食欲,胃口
a good appetite胃口好
貌、委婉的请求,可译为“不知你是否能够…”。
⑩hand over把…送交,交出
And the owner said,"Sorry my friend,but that's my lucky
①throw in额外赠送
saucer.So far this week I've sold 68 cats.
②so far this week本周至今
故事A
一位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。
店主回答道:“不好意思,这只猫不卖。”
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,200美元的话能不能把那个旧碟子也送给我。毕竞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。到这周为止,我已经卖出去68只猫了。”
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UNIT 4 HUMOUR
Story B
Bretire for the night去睡觉
Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson went on a camping
retire vi..睡觉:就寝
trip.After a good dinner and a bottle of wine,they
④faithful/fer0fal/adj.忠诚的
retired for the night,and went to sleep.
be faithful to…对…忠诚
Some hours later.Holmes woke up and asked his
⑤deduce…from…从…推断出…
deduce/drdju:s/l.推论,推断
faithful friend,"Watson,look up at the sky and tell
astronomy/astronami/.[U]天文学
me what you see.”
astronomer n.[C]天文学家
"I see millions and millions of stars,Holmes,"
⑦galaxy/geloksi/n.[C]星系
replied Watson.
the Galaxy银河:银河系
"And what do you deduce from that?"
⑧potentially/pa'tenfali/adu.可能地,潜
Watson thought for a minute.
在地
"Well,according to the studies on astronomy 5,it
potential adj..潜在的:可能的n.[U]可
tells me that there are millions of galaxies and
能性:潜力:潜质
potentially billions of planets.According to the
scientific measurement科学计算
positions of the stars,I observe that Saturn is in Leo.
scientific/saian'tifik/ad.科学(上)的
According to the scientific measurement of time,I
measurement/me3mont/i.[U]测量,计
量,衡量;[C,usually pl.]尺寸
deduce that the time is probably a quarter past three.
measure v.测量:度量
According to the current atmosphere,I forecast that
@atmosphere/etmasfi/n.[sing.]大气
we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.What does it tell
(层):气氛,氛围,环境
you,Holmes??”
④forecast/f:kast/t.预测,预报
Holmes was silent for a moment..“Watson,”he
said,“someone has stolen our tent!"
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,喝了瓶酒后,就准备休息,去
睡觉了。
几小时后,福尔摩斯醒了,问他忠实的朋友:“华生,拾头看看天空,告诉我你看到了什么。”
“福尔摩斯,我看到了无数的星星,”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,我发现现在土星在狮子座。根据科学计时测算,我推断现在大概是三点一刻。根据日前的大
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!”
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英语选择性必修第二册课堂学案(BS)
Story C
②middle-aged adj.中年的
A middle-aged man was feeling very down.
[合成构词]middle-aged是由“形容词十
名词十-(e)d”构成的合成形容词,类似的
Everything had been going wrong for him.He had had
词还有warm-hearted(热心肠的),good-
problems at work and his wife had left him for another
tempered(脾气好的)。
man.So,after he had been feeling depressed for over a
⑧down ad.情绪低落:沮丧;悲哀
month,he decided to go to the doctor.He had to wait
[思考]表示心绪不佳的词语还有哪些?
for what seemed like ages in the doctor's surgery
④ages n.[pl.]很长时间
四surgery/s3d33ri/n.[C]诊所:[U]外科
The bleeding man next to him was looking at his watch
手术
nervously:a woman was coughing and sneezing badly:
surgeon./s3:d3an/n.[C]外科医生
and a baby was screaming.Finally,after he had been
④bleed/blid/vi.流血,出血
waiting for about half an hour,he was called in for his
bleed to death失血而亡
consultation.The doctor was writing a note at her
[拓展]blood n.[U]血
give blood献血
desk when he came in."Sorry,I'm just finishing
⑦sneeze/sniz/i.打喷嚏.[C]喷嚏
something.I'm afraid we've been very busy this
②scream/skri:m/i.尖声大叫n.尖叫声
morning."She then turned to the man."So,what's the
④consultation/.konsl'terfn/n.[C]就诊;
problem?”she asked.
[U门咨询
consult vf.&i,咨询:请教
[3]此处的feel是一个状态动词。状态动词如果用进行
consultant n.[C]会诊医师:顾问
时,可以强调某一具体时间的特殊状态,或某种暂时的心
①a bit of a…(谈及负面事情时用)有
理状态或活动。在本句中,was feeling表示一种暂时的
点儿
状态。
①crisis/kras1s/n.[C,U]危机:危难时刻
[4]画线部分为what引导的宾语从句,在句中作for的
financial crisis经济危机
in crisis处于危机之中
宾语。what在宾语从句中作主语.
"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.
故事C
一名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。于是,在沮丧了一个多月后,他决定去看医生。他在医生的诊室里等着,像是等了几个世纪
旁边的男人在流血,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。等了大约半小
时后,终于叫到他就诊了。他进去时医生正在办公桌上写便条。“抱歉,我刚忙完别的事,恐怕我们今
天上午很忙。”之后她转向中年男子问道,“那么,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。”
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UNIT 4 HUMOUR
"Mmm,you're looking very pale."The doctor started to
®pale/perl/adi.(人、面孔等)
examine him."Well,everything is working OK,"she
苍白的:白皙的
announced afterwards."You have slightly high blood pressure
③examine/1 gzaemin/vl.检查
and you're breathing quite heavily,but otherwise everything's
examination n.[C](仔细的)检
fine.”
查,检验;考试:[C,U]考查:
“So what can I do?”asked the man.“I'm going on a trip
调查
soon.I will be working in the United States for three months.
④announce/a'naons/xt.宜布:
This time next week.I'll be arriving in New York.
宣告
The doctor thought for a while."I think what you need is a good
afterwards/a:ftawadz/
laugh.That would do you a lot of good.A circus is performing in
adu.后来,随后
town.Why don't you go to see it?I hear there's an amazing
breathe heavily呼吸沉重
clown who'll really make you laugh.His name's Grock.
@circus/s3ks/n.[C]马戏团
“I am Grock,”replied the man sadly.
③clown/klaon/n.[C]小H丑
“嗯,你看起来很苍白。”医生开始给他检查。“嗯,一切正常,”她检查后说道。“你血压有点高,呼
吸很沉重,但其他方面都正常。”
“那我该怎么办?”那人问道。“我很快就要出差了,要在美国工作三个月。下星期的这个时候,我
就去纽约了,”
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
课文研读发展思维品质
答案精解P
Step One Fast reading
Step Two Detailed reading
I.Read the passage and then fill in the blanks.
Read the text (Ps),then choose the best answer.
1.What had the collector in Story A intended
A Jamous ].
collector olTered to
ouy a cat for 200 dollars with un old
to do?
Story A
·bul the owner relused.
for he had sold 68 cats beeause of the
A.To buy the cat at a low price.
saucer.
B.To get the saucer in a smart way.
Three
[lolmes asked Watson to look up nt
Story B
the sky and Walson saw millions and
C.To buy the cat for 200 dollars.
storic
millians ofstars.So he3._
that they would have a beauliful
D.To get the cat to drink more milk.
day the next day.But llolmes said
2.Where did Holmes and Dr.Watson stay for
someone 4.
their tent.
the night?
A middle-aged man.feeling very
_went to sce the doctor.
A.In a hotel.
The doctor advised him to go to a
cireus to see an 6._
clown,
B.In a restaurant.
llowever,the man was the clown
C.In a bar.
II.The main idea of the passage is
D.In the open.
英语选择性必修第二册课堂学案(BS)
3.What can we infer from Story B?
2.Read the passage carefully and find the sentence
A.Dr.Watson misunderstood Holmes at first.
that uses exaggeration,(细读短文并找出使用
B.Dr.Watson and Holmes enjoyed camping.
夸张的句子.)
C.Dr.Watson and Holmes enjoyed drinking.
D.Dr.Watson and Holmes were astronomers.
4.Why did Grock go to see the doctor?
Activity2文本讨论
A.He had broken up with his wife.
1.Which of the three stories do you like most?Why?
B.He ran into a lot of trouble in life.
C.He had high blood pressure.
D.He was deep in a heavy debt.
5.Which is the punchline(妙语)of Story C?
2.Do you like a man with a sense of humour?
A.He had had problems at work and his wife
Why?Or why not?
had left him for another man.
B.He had to wait for what seemed like ages in
the doctor's surgery.
Step Four
Sentence learning
C.I am Grock.
1.A famous art collector was walking through
D.I think what you need is a good laugh.
the city when he noticed a dirty cat lapping
Step Three Post reading
个when引导时间状语从句
Activity I美句欣赏
milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store.
1.Read the passage carefully and find the parallel
译文:
sentences.(细读短文并找出排比句.)
2.He noticed that the saucer was an antique and
↑一that引导宾语从句
very valuable,so he walked casually into the
store and innocently offered to buy the cat for
20 dollars.
译文:
友情提示完成P课时作业(一)课堂学案答案
UNIT4
HUMOUR
组二 师生共研
1.(4)insignificant
(5)is of great significance to
Period One Topic Talk & Lesson 1-
(6) attach great significance to their children's education
2.(5)confused
(6)with/and
Comprehending
(7)confusing
(8)Confused with the present situation
课文研读 发展思维品质
3.(6) The measures/ steps/action taken by the local governmen
Step One Fast reading
will come into effect next month
I. 1. art 2. saucer 3. forecast(ed)
4. had stolen
5. down
(7)measuring about twelve feet by fifteen feet
6. amazing
4. (4)eonsultation
II. three funny stories
(5)She consulted with her parents about/on
Step Two Detailed reading
5.(4)punishing/to be punished/ punishment
1-5BDABC
(5)to pass
Step Three Post reading
6. (5)was studving in his room when
Activity 1
(6) was about to study/was on the point of studying when
1. Well, according to the studies on astronomy, it tells me that
(7)had just gone to bed when
there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of
随堂演练 核心素养落实
planets. According to the positions of the stars, I observe that
I.单词拼写
Saturn is in Leo. According to the scientifie measurement of
1. surgery 2. sneezes 3. accent 4. swings
5. consumed
time, I deduce that the time is probably a quarter past three.
6. dizzy 7. crisis 8. forecast(ed) 9. enhance
1o.plot
According to the current atmosphere, I forecast that we will
11. afterwards 12. collapsed
have a beautiful day tomorrow
lI.单句语法填空
2. He had to wait for what seemed like ages in the doctor's
1. faithful 2. facial 3. anxiety 4. bleeding
5. embarrassed
surgery.
6. consultation 7. innocently 8. unbalanced 9. terrified
Activity 2
10. casually 11. humourous 12. was announced
2
Part II
Step Four
Sentence learning
Grammar-Continuous Tenses
1.一位著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时看见一只脏猫在一
知识总览 领悟语法精髓
家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。
语法感知
2.他(收藏家)注意到浅碟是件古董,很值钱,于是他漫不经心地
2. have been having
I. had been feeling
3. had been waiting
走进店里,假装不知情的样子,提出要花20美元买那只猫。
4. will be working; will be arriving
Period Two Topic Talk &: Lesson 1
随堂演练 核心素养落实
I.单句语法填空
Part I
Language Points
1. be doing 2. had gone 3. had been writing 4. will find
语基输入 助力语言输出
5. will experience 6. have been enjoying 7. has been reached
组一 自主研读
8. have been looking 9. will be teaching 10. had been struggling
1.(2)to be studying
(3)to have solved
II.单句写作
(4)pretended to be asleep
(5)the rest of the place didn't exist
1. Yesterday he had been working on his new design the
2.(2)for (3)to stay (4)Anxiously;With
whole day.
3.(2)for(3)a
2. He will be working on his term paper during May.
4.(2)in (3)faithful
(4)faithfully
3. The number of visitors has been rising steadily since the
5.(2)to(3)It
(4)announcement
tourist spot reopened.
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