1、必修四必修四 Unit 3ENGLISH JOKESThere is one kind of jokes which use a“play on words”.They are funny because one does not understand the other.Read the 3 jokes which use“play on words”to amuse us and match the joke with the explanation on P22.1.C:Whats that fly doing in my soup?W:Swimming.I think!(B)punch
2、 line2.C:Whats that?W:Its bean soup.C:I dont want to know what its been.I want to know what it is now.(C)3.C:Waiter.Will the pancakes be long?W:No,sir.Round.(A)been？shape？explanation A.The first person is asking for information about time.The second person treats it as a question about shape.B.The f
3、irst person is angry about something and wants to say“Why is this here?”The second person treats it as a request for information,and gives an answer to the question.C.The answer to the question contains a word which,when spoken,can have two meanings.1.How did Watson answer Holmes question?2.What hap
4、pened actually?1.How did Watson answer Holmes question?1.How did Watson answer Holmes question?-I think of how short life is and how long the -I think of how short life is and how long the universe lasted.universe lasted.-I think of how small I am and how vast the -I think of how small I am and how
5、vast the sky is.sky is.-I think of how cold the universe is and how -I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds.warm people can be in their beds.2.What happened actually?Someone has stolen their tent.After reading the funny story,what kinds of persons do you think t
6、hey are?Sherlock Holmes:Doctor Watson:Carelessness may cause many funny stories in our daily life.Now lets enjoy another story which was caused by carelessness.carefulcarelessWhat happened to the chickens because of Maryscarelessness?Listening on P23 Listen to Part 1 and write down the main idea?Mar
7、y made some jam but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother.Some days later,John,knowing nothing about the jam,came home and threw it into the chicken yard.Listen to Part 1 again and answer these questions.1.What was Mary going to do with the cook
8、ed plums in the pan?She was going to put them in the fridge later when they had cooled down.2.What did John think Mary should have done with the mess in the pan?He thought she should have thrown it out for the chickens to eat.Marys reactionJohns reaction to herMary will laugh1 John will apologize.2
9、He will tell her she should not have left the jam on the kitchen table.Possible answers for John and Marys reactionsMarys reactionJohns reaction to herMary will get angry and tell John he should have put the jam in the dustbin1 John will get angry too and say that she should have told him she was ma
10、king jam.2 He will laugh and say it is not important.3 He will apologize.Marys reaction Johns reaction to herMary will say that the problems with the chickens are Johns responsibility1 John will deny this saying that she should not have left the jam on the kitchen table.2 He will say that Mary did n
11、ot tell him what she had been doing in the kitchen.3 He did not know the chickens would get sick.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.John said
12、 the chicken were drunk.Mary came home.Part 2 Put these sentences in order1 3 6 5 2 7 4 8Fill 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 have _ the jam,but its made them _.”threw awaythatssorrypo
13、rridgeenjoyeddrunkTHE STORY OF THE DRUNKEN CHICKENS Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums.They would make lovely jam.When she had finished the cooking,she filed all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan.Part 1Listening text She would put it in the fridge when it was cool
14、er.But just then the telephone rang,her mother was in hospital after a car accident.Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house.Some days later,her husband,John,came home from a business trip.He had been travelling all day and felt like having a drink and a piece of cake.As he came into the kitc
15、hen he saw a pan with a dark red mess inside it.He lifted it up and smelled it.It smelled bad.Mary must have forgotten to clean this pan,he thought.So he poured all the jam into the chicken yard and cleaned the pan.Then feeling comfortable,he began to eat a piece of cake.When Mary returned,she notic
16、ed the chickens behaving strangely.They were running round the yard as if they were sick.She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went closer.When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen.Part 2Her husband was reading a newspaper at the table.Angrily Mary rushed up to him.“You threw away my
17、 jam,”she shouted.“Oh,thats what it was,”he said.“Im sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather.“Good heavens!”said Mary.“That must be the jam I left in the pan,but why didnt you throw it in the dustbin?”John laughed.“It was a mistake.However,the chickens have enjoyed the jam,except that it has made them drunk.What are we going to do with these drunken chickens?”Homework Please collect as many funny stories as you can.They will be useful in the next period.And try to find some interesting words in these stories.
