1、人教版必修4Unit 3 A taste of English humourPeriod 4 Using LanguageUsing language-English jokesriddleslplay on wordsjokestongue twisterspunfun:Policeman:You cant park here.Driver:Why not?Policeman:Read the sign.Driver:I did.It says,“Fine for parking!”So I parked.Tongue TwistersHow many cans can a canner c
2、an if a canner can can cans?A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasnt the thought I thought I thought.She sells seashells by the seashore.The shells she sells are surely seashells.So if she sells shells on the seashore,
3、Im sure she sells seashore shells.a funny poem-limerickThere was an old man of Beijing.Who would eat almost anything.He ate and ate From anyones plate.But he stayed just as thin as a string.I saw a face in a flame of fire,I saw a tree touch the moon and higher,I saw an ant swallow a hat I saw a chic
4、ken wear a hat I saw an apple twelve feet high I saw an elephant in the sky I saw a duck run in a race A funny poem1.C:Whats that fly doing in my soup?W:Swimming.I think!The first person is angry about something and wants to say,”Why is this here?“The second person treats it as a request for informa
5、tion and gives an answer to the question.2.C:Whats that?W:Its bean soup.C:I dont want to know what its been.I want to know what it is now.The answer to the question contains a word which,when spoken,can have two meanings.3.C:Waiter.Will the pancakes be long?W:No,sir.Round.The first person is asking
6、for information about time.The second person treats it as a question about shape.1.How did Watson answer Holmes question?2.What happened actually?1.How did Watson answer Holmes question?-I think of how short life is and how long the universe lasted.-I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is.
7、-I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds.2.What happened actually?Someone has stolen their tent.What is a logical order?LogicalorderFirst ThenNextFinally/At lastNow write down your story,and you have the idea so now make a plan.Write down your story in a logic or
8、der.For each part of your story try to find the most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what was happening.Then write out your story using these interesting words.Read through your story.Then show it to your partner.Let him/her suggest some new and exciting words.Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.Homework
