1、 Joke 1:Good wishes One day a boy came to his teacher and said:teacher,my father wants to know if you like roast pig.I certainly do,said the teacher,and you tell your father he is very kind to think of me.Days passed,and nothing more was said about the roast pig.Finally the teacher said to the boy:I
2、 thought your father was going to send me over some roast pig.Yes,said the boy,he did intend to,but the pig got well.Joke 2:Two birds Teacher:Here are two birds,one is a swallow（燕子）,the other is sparrow（麻雀）.Now who can tell us which is which?Student:I cannot point out but I know the answer.Teacher:P
3、lease tell us.Student:The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.Funny or not?Listen to the text !Question What is the basis of sick humour?It is usually based on tragic situation,such as violent death or serious accidents.Words and Phrasesv sense of humour Eg:Our teache
4、r has a wonderful sense of humour.ability to be amused.vbe bound up with Eg:His character is very much bound up with his childhood experience.The welfare of individual is bound up with the welfare of the community.be closely connected to vbe based on Eg:His novel is based on his experience.This book
5、 is based on historical facts.Use something as grounds,evidence,etc for something else.vuniversal:commonplace Eg:Food is a topic of almost universal interest.vappeal:attraction Eg:His songs usually have wide appeal.vstem from Eg:Their argument stemmed from a misunderstanding.vcome in to fashion Eg:W
6、hen did mini-skirts into fashion?vdistasteful:unpleasant,disagreeable Eg:He found the subject of their conversation very distasteful.vpester Eg:There were beggars pestering the tourists for money.My son always pesters me to buy him sweets.annoy or disturb sb pester sb for sth/pester sb to do sthvdre
7、ad Eg:Im dreading telling him the truth.I dread that I may never see you again.fear,but greater degree and usually stress something which is about to happen.dread doing sth dread+that subordinate clausevconsole Eg:I tried to console her with a box of chocolates.I was consoling her on breaking up wit
8、h her boyfriends.Console yourselfit could be worse.give comfort or sympathy to sb who is unhappy or disappointed.vchance:possibility Eg:Her chances of survival are good.It was the chance he had been waiting for.Theres a good（some/little/no）chance thatvtake heart become encouraged or more confident h
9、eart here means hope or courage.take heart lose heart Eg:Take heart!Tomorrow is another day.Dont lose heart!vhobble to walk with difficulty,esp because of an injury Eg:The wounded soldier was hobbling around with a stick.vCompensate for Eg:His intelligence compensated for his lack of experience.Noth
10、ing can compensate for the loss of ones health.give(sb)sth good to balance or lessen the bad effect of damage,loss.injury,etc.vmumble murmur mumble:to say sth unclearly,so that it is difficult to understand.murmur:to say sth in a quiet,slow voice.Eg:Stop mumbling and speak up!He was delirious,murmur
11、ing his childhood.vslip:lose ones balance,and fall or nearly fall in this way.Eg:She slipped and fell down the stairs.Comprehensionv1.Why might a Frenchman find it hart to laugh at a Russian joke?v2.Why do people all over the world find Charlie Chaplins early films amusing?Because the sense of humou
12、r is largely bound up with National characteristics.Because most funny stories are based on comic situations.In spite of national differenced,certainfunny situations Have a universal appeal.v3.Where did sick humour originate?v4.The man spent Christmas Day feeling miserable because_.A.the doctor had
13、fail to attend to him B.he was not able to be with his friends C.Being unable to walk,he did not enjoy the celebrations at the hospital D.He thought he might also miss the New Years Eve celebration.It stems largely from the U.S.v5.The point of the joke taken to illustrate sick humour is that _.A.No sooner was the man out of hospital than he had to go back in again B.The man should not have said how much he hated hospital C,The man would be unable to walk for the rest of his life D.The man had not got a leg to stand on
