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选修2 Unit 4
lesson1
Warming-up
What humorous or funny stories have you read
humorous stories
Fan Jin Passed the Royal Exam
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Merchant of Venice
Getting the casket and returning the pearl
Copying the way they walk in Handan
本文话题为“幽默”；
本文分享了三个幽默小故事。故事一讲述了一个收藏家为了免费得到一个值钱的古董杯托，花大价钱买了只猫，结果却没拿到杯托；故事二讲述了福尔摩斯和华生在外露营，醒来看见漫天星光，其实是帐篷被偷；故事三讲述了一个中年人去看医生，医生建议他去马戏团看小丑表演以愉悦心情，结果他自己就是那个小丑，他的表演能让人愉悦，自己却很抑郁。
WHAT
语篇研读——What’s so funny
HOW
本文为幽默小故事。
幽默小故事通常有故事的基本要素，包括：场景、人物、情节等，且往往有出人意料的结局（高潮）。这些结局和高潮，常常传递了深刻的含义或辛辣的讽刺。
语篇研读——What’s so funny
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 bought a cat wanted to buy the saucer but instead bought a cat 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.
The store owner sold a cat wanted to sell more cats
Read & Explore
Read and complete the notes.
Character What did each person do Real purpose The result
Sherlock Holmes woke up and asked Watson what he saw wanted to confirm their tent had been stolen Sherlock realized the tent had been stolen, but Watson didn’t realize they could see the stars because their tent had been stolen.
Dr.Watson spoke about astronomy and the stars he saw spoke about astronomy, the position of stars, the scientific measurement of time and the atmosphere. Characters:
A middle-aged man, a doctor
Setting:
In the doctor’s surgery
Story C
Text builder—What’s so funny
Plot:
He had been feeling _________ for over a month;
He _________ what seemed like ages to see the doctor;
The doctor found everything was _____ with him except for some minor problems;
She thought he only needed ____________ and advised him to see an amazing ______ of a circus in town.
waited for
Climax:
The man said he was the clown, Grock.
fine
a good laugh
clown
depressed
Text builder—What’s so funny
Complete the summaries with the words or phrases you have learnt from the stories.
An art collector noticed a cat lapping milk from a 1 saucer in the 2 doorway of a store. He realized that it was an 3 antique 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 throw in the saucer, but the owner refused to give it away for he had sold 68 cats because of the lucky saucer.
While-reading
Sherlock Holmes asked his 5 faithful friend Dr. Watson what he saw from the sky. “6 Millions and millions of stars,” said Dr. Watson. Based on his knowledge on 7 astronomy, he believed there are millions of galaxies and 8 billions of planets. He deduced that it was probably a quarter past three based on the 9 scientific measurement of time. From the 10 current atmosphere, he forecasted that it would be a beautiful day the next day. Watson didn’t realise that someone had stolen their tent!
While-reading
Express Yourself
Read the jokes below and talk the funny part of each joke.
Express Yourself
The funny part is the play on the meaning of “mouse”—— a computer mouse and an animal mouse.
-Girl:Why was the cat sitting on the computer
-Boy:He was keeping an eye on the mouse.
Express Yourself
The funny part is the play on the meaning of “the house”. In politics it often refers to the political institute and is capitalized. The student understood it to be the household. The mother is often thought of the speaker as she tends to talk more at home and decides on household matters.
-Teacher of politics:Who is the speaker of the House
-Student:Mother.
● *Saturn / s t n/ n. 土星
● *Leo / li / n. 狮子座

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