1、Unit 3 A taste of English humourListening and speaking,I. Pre-listening,1. Read the questions in Exercise 3 on page 23. Guess what has happened.,Who ?,Where ?,What ?,When ?,Relationship:,Mary & John,home, hotel, kitchen ,After work, during travelling,Perhaps the plums are cooked too much and burn th
2、e pan.,Pre-listening,2. Read the sentences in Exercise 4 and try to put them in order. _ Mary got angry with John. _ Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely. _ John was sorry. _ The chickens enjoyed the jam. _ John said he thought the jam was porridge. _ Mary looked at the red mess on the ground. _
3、 John said the chickens were drunk. _ Mary came home.,Pre-listening,3. What new information have you got?,Who:,Where:,What: ,When:,Relationship:,home, kitchen ,After work,Mary & John, chicken,The chickens enjoyed the jam and were drunk.,Pre-listening,4. Read the following sentences and work out thei
4、r meanings. Which meaning is used in the listening?,II. Listening,Listen to Part 1 and fill in the blanks.,Mary made some _ but left some on the _ for a few days as she had to go to _ her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing _ about the jam, came home and _ it into the _ yard.,Main idea,jam,k
5、itchen table,look after,nothing,threw,chicken,Listening,2. Listen to Part 1 again and answer the questions in Exercise 3 in groups.,Dont forget to take notes while listening.,Listening,1)What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums?2)What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the
6、pan?3)What do you think Mary is going to say when she finds out what has happened?4)How do you think John will react when he finds out what he did?,She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down.,He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat.,Listening,425
7、76381,Listening,3. Listen to Part 2 and check if you have put the sentences in Exercise 4 right.,Listening,4. Listen to Part 2 again and fill in the blanks. “You _ my jam,” she shouted. “Oh, _ what it was,” he said. “Im _ but I thought it was _ which had gone bad in the hot weather. The chickens hav
8、e _ the jam, but its made them _.,threw away,thats,sorry,porridge,enjoyed,drunk,III. Listening (Workbook),Read the exercises on page 55 and try to predict the listening. who: where: when: what:,Peter, his wife, a thief,midnight,A thief wanted to steal the potatoes from Peter and his wife, but he fai
9、led.,Listening (Workbook),2. Listen to the tape and tick the words you hear.,thief knife potatoes midnight shirt spread stole whispered shouted,Write down the main idea in one sentence.,The story is about a thief who tries to steal some potatoes and Peter who successfully prevents them from being st
10、olen.,Is your prediction right?,Listening (Workbook),3. Listen to the story again and answer the questions in Exercise 3 in your own words. 1) Where did Peter get the potatoes? 2) Why did he ask his wife to be quiet when she heard the thief? 3) Why couldnt the thief take away the potatoes? 4) Why wa
11、s the thief angry?,He thought the thief might have a knife and he did not want to make him angry.,Peter was given the potatoes by a friend.,Peter removed the shirt that the thief had planned to put the potatoes in.,He thought the husband had stolen his shirt so he could no longer steal the potatoes.
12、,Listening (Workbook),4. In pairs discuss what you think will happen next. Write down your ending.,Listening (Workbook),Sample 1. Peter will leap out of bed and grab the thief. Then hell take him to the police station and the thief will go to prison.2. Peters wife will become very angry with Peter b
13、ecause she was right. While she and Peter are arguing the thief will take the potatoes and leave the house.,IV. Talking,1. Work in groups and discuss about the stories you have just heard.,Did you think it was funny? Why?Who do you think is funny? Why?,Talking,2. Study the following expressions.,I e
14、njoyed the story because How enjoyable that was! It is very amusing/funny that I find it extremely funny that It surprises me that I cant help laughing when I burst into laughter when I laughed till my sides split when Ive never laughed so much as when ,I dont like the story at all. I dont think tha
15、ts funny at all.Whats so funny about that?I cant understand why you laughed at that.,Talking,S1: What do you find funny? I enjoy watching Mr Bean because he makes such wonderful faces as he does stupid things. S2: Im not surprised you like Mr Bean, because all my family are crazy about him and canno
16、t get enough of his programmes. S1: We enjoy this kind of humour because my father loves Charlie Chaplin films. When he sees his stick and hat and that funny walk, he always bursts into laughter. S2: What I like best is the problems Mr Bean has with everyday situations like changing his clothes on t
17、he beach. I laughed till my sides split when I was watching it. S1: Yes, I know that one. It reminded me when I stayed in England and I watched everybody try to change into their swimming costume, under a towel. Its good that we both enjoyed that!,V. Homework,Make your own collection of jokes, funny poems or short stories. You can write the reason why you recommend it under each entry.,
