2020-2021学年（北师大版2019）高二英语选择性必修第二册Unit4Humour(1)-Reading(1)What’ssofunny_课件

选择性必修二Unit4Humour(1)高二年级英语What’ssofunny?Reading(1)ActivateandshareDoyoulikereadinghumorousorfunnystories?Why?(humoroususeofawordwithmorethanonemeaningorthatsoundslikeanotherword)ExampleIlikereadinghumorousstoriesbecauseIliketheplayonwords.Readandexplore1.ReadStoryAandanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)Whichcharactersareinthestory?(2)Wheredidthestoryhappen?(3)Whathappenedtothecharacters?(4)Whatwastheresult?Readandexplore(1)Whichcharactersareinthestory?Afamousartcollector,astoreownerandacat.(2)Wheredidthestoryhappen?Inastoreinthecity.Readandexplore(3)Whathappenedtothecharacters?Thecatwaslappingmilkfromasaucerinthedoorwayofastore.Theartcollectorwantedtobuythesaucerbutboughtacat.Thestoreownerkneweveryonewantedtobuythesaucerthecatused,andhemademoneybysellingthecat.Readandexplore(4)Whatwastheresult?Thestoreownerkneweveryonewantedtobuythesaucerthecatused,andhemademoneybysellingthecat.Readandexplore2.Analyzethefunnypartofthestorybycompletingthefollowingquestionsingroupsoffour.(1)Whatkindofpersonisthecollector?Why?(2)Whatkindofpersonisthestoreowner?Why?(3)Whyisthestoryfunny?(4)Whatexpressionsareusedtomakethestoryfunny?Readandexplore(1)Whatkindofpersonisthecollector?Why?So-called“clever”.Hewantedtobuythesaucer,butheboughtacatthathedidn’twant.Readandexplore(2)Whatkindofpersonisthestoreowner?Why?Smart.Hemademoneybysellingthecat.Hekneweveryonewantedtobuythesaucer.Readandexplore(3)Whyisthestoryfunny?Thestoreownerrefusedtogiveawaythesaucerwiththecatbecausehehassold68catsbecauseofthesaucer.Readandexplore(4)Whatexpressionsareusedtomakethestoryfunny?...noticedacatlappingmilkfromasaucer;antique;valuable;pay200dollars;casually;innocently;throwinthatoldsaucer;but…;sofarthisweekI’vesold68cats.ReadandexploreAnartcollectornoticedacatlappingmilkfromasaucerinthedoorwayofastore.Herealizedthatitwasanantiqueandveryvaluable.Hedecidedtobuythecatandofferedtopay200dollarsintheend.Thenheaskedthestoreownertothrowinthesaucer,buttheownerrefusedtogiveitawayforhehadsold68catsbecauseofthisluckysaucer.3.Trytotellthestorytoyourpartner.(possibleversion)Readandexplore4.WorkinpairswithonereadingStoryBwhiletheotherreadingStoryCandcompletethenotesontheWorksheet.Shareandcheckyournoteswithyourpartnerreadingthesamestory.StoryBHewokeandaskedWatsonwhathesaw.Hewantedtoconfirmthattheirtentwasstolen.Hespokeaboutastronomyandthestarshesaw.Hefocusedonthestars.Hedidn’trealise.Herealisedtheirtentwasstolen.StoryCHetoldthedoctorthathewasfeelingdown.Hewantedtoseehowhecouldfeelbetter.Sheaskedtheclownquestions.Shewantedtofigureoutwhatwaswrong.…seetheclownwhocheeredeveryoneup...made…laughcouldn’tcheerhimselfupReadandexplore5.Completethefunnypartofthelasttwostories.Shareandcheckyournoteswithyourpartnerreadingthesamestory.ReadandexploreReadandexploreRecallandsummarizeCompletethesummarieswiththewordsorphrasesyouhavelearntfromthelasttwostories.Tellthestoriesyou’vereadtoyourpartnerandtheclass.RecallandsummarizeSherlockHolmesaskedhis5friendDr.Watsonwhathesawfromthesky.“6ofstars,”saidDr.Watson.Basedonhisknowledgeon7,hebelievedtherearemillionsofgalaxiesand8ofplanets.faithfulMillionsandmillionsastronomybillions(StoryB)RecallandsummarizeHededucedthatitwasprobablyaquarterpastthreebasedonthe9oftime.Fromthe10,heforecastedthatitwouldbeabeautifuldaythenextday.Watsondidn’trealisethatsomeonehadstolentheirtent!scientificmeasurementcurrentatmosphere(StoryB)RecallandsummarizedepressedeverythingwasagoodlaughacircusperformancetheamazingclownThinkandshare1.Whichofthethreestoriesdoyoulikemost?Why?Whenanartcollectornoticedacatlappingmilkfromaveryvaluablesaucerinthedoorwayofastore,hedecidedtobuythecat.Here,thewriterdescribedthecollector’sbehaviorbyusingthewords“causally”and“innocently”.(StoryA)StoryAThenheaskedthestoreownertothrowinthesaucer,buttheownerrefusedtogiveitawayforhehadsold68catsbecauseofthisluckysaucer.Naturally,ahumorouseffectcanbeachieved.StoryBSherlockHolmesdidnotdirectlyspeakouttheproblemhefound,butguidedDr.Watsontoobserveandfind.Butthetwopeoplefocusedondifferentthings.Naturally,ahumorouseffectcanbeachievedwhenrevealingtheproblemintheend.StoryCInordertohighlightGrock’slong-termdepressedstate,inthetext,continuoustense(presentperfectcontinuous,pastperfectcontinuous)isused.Hewenttoseethedoctor.Whenthedoctorsuggestedthatheseetheclown,herepliedhewastheclown.Anamazingclowncouldn’tcheerhimselfup.Naturally,ahumorouseffectcanbeachieved.Thinkandshare2.Summarisehowtomakeastoryfunny.(1)Createaresultthatiscontrarytopeople’sexpectation.(2)Createintentionalambiguityinthecontextofsituation.Thinkandshare3.Whathaveyoulearnedfromthestories?Wecanunderstandhowhumorcanbringhappinesstoourselvesandothers.Moreimportantly,theycancultivateoursenseofhumorandformourpositiveattitudetowardslife.Homework1.Readthetextsaloud.2.Haveagroup/pairdiscussion.Workingroupsoffour.Rewriteoneofthestoriesbygivingadifferentending.Thankyou！