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Unit 4 Humour
Lesson 1
What’s so funny
1. To read and talk about humorous or funny stories
2. To read for general understanding
3. To read for specific information and understand words in context
4. To express the funny part of each joke
5. To learn to use humour to handle awkward situations and get a positive attitude to life
What’s so funny
Share your humorous or funny stories that you read with your partner. Then discuss what makes these stories funny.
I like reading humorous stories because I like the play on words.
Do you like reading humorous or funny stories Why
(add joy / relax / a sense of well-being / natural feel-good chemicals)
Read Story A and answer the following questions.
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
1. Which characters are in the story
2. Where are they
3. What happened to / between them
4. Why is it funny
A famous art collector, a store owner and a cat.
They are in a store in the city.
The art collector wanted to buy the saucer but instead bought a cat.
The store owner knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer the cat used, and he made money by selling the cat.
Result
Where
Who
What
An art collector, a store owner
buy a cat in high price to get the saucer for free; sell cats with the saucer
buy a cat
not get the saucer
A store
Complete the notes.
Character Which did each person do Real purpose The result
The art collector
The store owner He made money by selling the cat.
He bought a cat.
He wanted to buy the saucer.
He bought a cat that he didn’t want.
He knew everyone wanted to buy the saucer.
He made money.
1. What kind of person is the art collector Why
2. What kind of person is the store owner Why
3. Why is the story funny
4. What expressions are used to make the story funny
Discuss the following questions.
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
【语境应用】用throw的相关短语填空。
1) The smell made me want to ___________.
2) That old chair should be ____________.
3) She entered the room and ___________ her wet coat.
4) you’ll be ___________ if you don’t pay the rent.
throw up
thrown away
threw off
thrown out
4. According to the current atmosphere, I forecast that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
根据目前的大气条件，我预测我们明天将有一个好天气。
forecast v. to make a statement saying what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information you have now 预测；预报 (forecast, forecast或forecasted, forecasted)
forecast sth to do 预测某事会发生
forecast that… 预测；预报……
e.g. They tried to forecast the result of the football match.
The report forecasts that the price will rise by 3% next week.
forecast n. a calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend
预测；预报
weather forecast= weather report 天气预报
e.g. The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow.
fore- (prefix) 前缀，表示“先于；预先”或者“在……的前部”。
e.g. foresee v. 预见；预料
foretell v. 预言；预知
forewarn v. 预先警告；事先告诫
forehead n. 前额
foreman n. 领班；工头
foresight n. 深谋远虑；先见之明
【语境应用】连线。
1) foresee
2) forecast
3) forearm
4) forehead
5) foreland
6) foresight
7) foreword
8) forerunner
a. 前臂
b. 前额
c. 预测；预报
d. 预见；预知
e. 前言；序言
f. 先驱；先行者
g. 前陆；前沿地
h. 深谋远虑；先见之明
5. The bleeding man next to him was looking at his watch nervously; a woman was coughing and sneezing badly; and a baby was screaming.
他旁边在流血的男人紧张地看着手表；一个女人使劲咳嗽、打喷嚏；还有个婴儿在哭闹。
scream v. a loud high sound you make when very frightened, excited or angry 尖声大叫
scream out 亟须；亟待
e.g. The facts scream out an urgent need for this initiative to be carried out.
scream n. loud shrill piercing cry or noise 尖叫声
e.g. I heard a loud scream, and then a long silence.
shout, scream
词条 用法 例句
shout 指有意识地高声喊叫，常用于发出警告、发布命令或唤起注意等。 I can hear you clearly; there’s no need to shout.
scream 指因恐惧、快乐或痛苦而发出的尖叫声。 He heard the adviser scream in pain.
【语境应用】选词填空：scream和shout
1) The kids were ___________ with excitement.
2) She ___________ at him to shut the gate.
screaming
shouted
6. The doctor started to examine him.
医生开始给他检查。
examine vt. if a doctor examines you, they look at your body to check that you are healthy 检查(身体)
to look at something carefully and thoroughly because you want to find out more about it
(仔细地)检查，审查
to ask someone questions to test their knowledge of a subject考核，测验 (某人)
e.g. The doctor examined her patient carefully.
He examined her passport and stamped it.
You will be examined on American history.
inspect, examine与check
词条 用法 例句
inspect 强调上级对下级的视察、检查 The mayor will inspect our school tomorrow.
examine 指观察、察看以了解情况；还可指检查身体 Examine the account carefully before you pay it.
check 强调核实对错 Check your homework before handing it in.
examine
examinee n. 参加考试者
examiner n. 考官
examination n. 考试
【语境应用】选词填空：check, examine与inspect
1) The boss walked around, __________ his employees’ work.
2) The doctor _________ her patient carefully just now.
3) He must _________ his homework more carefully. It’s full of mistakes.
inspecting
examined
check
7. “Well, everything is working OK,” she announced afterwards.
“嗯，一切正常，”她之后说道。
announce v. to officially tell people about sth 宣布；宣告
announce sth to sb 向某人宣布某事
It is announced that… 据宣布……
announcement n. 宣布；宣告
e.g. The government announced a cut in taxes.
It is announced that new speed restrictions would be introduced.
The announcement came as no great surprise.
词条 用法 例句
announce 泛指宣布决定、计划等或通报……的到来 The rise of prices of grains was announced in the papers.
declare 一般指在正式场合宣布官方的立场或态度等 The war was declared over.
announce & declare
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成句子。
1) 双方政府都未作正式通告。
There has been no formal _______________by either government.
2) 政府宣布了创造一万个就业机会的方案。
The government has _____________ plans to create 10,000 new jobs.
3. 政府宣布南部地区为得胜者。
The government _____________ the southern areas to be the winner.
declared
announcement
announced
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
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) You shouldn’t have interrupted the meeting to tell me that; you could have come to tell me ____________.
你本不应该打断会议来告诉我那件事；你本可以随后再告诉我。
2) ___________, she and her father secured their first business meeting with a supermarket owner, who finally agreed to sell Moore’s product― Cancandy.
后来，她和她的父亲与一位超市老板进行了第一次商务会谈，老板最终同意出售穆尔的新产品―Cancandy。
afterwards
afterwards
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。
【语境应用】改为同义句/单句语法填空。
1) He deserved to be locked up forever for what he had done.
→ He deserved __________ forever for what he had done.
2) I work hard and I think I deserve paying well.
→ I work hard and I think I deserve ___________ well.
3) This piece of advice is of some value, I think. It deserves _______________________________________ (consider).
locking up
to be paid
to be considered/ considering/ consideration

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