Unit20　Humour

详细内容

edians.
2.Practise saying tongue twisters.
3.Express intentions and plans.
4.Use the-ing form (1) as the Attribute and Object plement.
5.Write a funny story or joke in English.
Ⅱ.Teaching Time:
Four periods
The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Practise saying tongue twisters.
2.Do some listening.
3.Talk about intentions and plans.
4.Learn and master the new words and expressions of this part.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Improve the students' listening ability by listening.
2.Improve the students' speaking ability by making up dialogues.
3.Let the students master how to impress their intentions and plans.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.Make dialogues to express their ideas.
2.Say tongue twisters fluently.
Teaching Methods:
1.Listening and speaking methods to improve the students' listening and speaking ability.
2.Pair work or group work to make every student active in class activities.
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.a projector and some slides
3.a puter for multimedia use
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ.Greetings and Revision
T:Good morning, everyone.
Ss:Good morning, teacher.
T:Sit down,please.In the last period,I told you to make sentences with the expressions of Unit 19 and say them in groups.In this period,I'll ask some students to say their sentences again before class.Please listen to them carefully.Wang Fei,read your sentences,please.
Step Ⅱ.Preparation for Listening and Speaking
T:Today,we're going to learn a new unit Unit 20,Humour.(Teacher writes the following on the blackboard:Unit 20,Humour,the First Period.)From the title,we can guess that this unit will be much more interesting,for every one of us likes fun,and every fun makes us happy and gay.I hope you'll be interested in this unit.First,let's learn the new words and expressions of this period.Look at the screen.
T：Look at the first word:twister.Read after me:“twister”.(Read it twice),tongue twister….Do you know tongue twister?It means“a word or phrase difficult to speak quickly or correctly”.such as in Chinese“吃葡萄，吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄，不吐葡萄皮”.In English,there are many twisters,too.In a while,let's read them.…
(Teacher gives brief explanations to other words if necessary.)
Step Ⅲ.Warming up
T:Please open your books and turn to Page 39.Look at Warming up.Let's practise saying the following tongue twisters.First,read it slowly.Then read them faster and faster.You can read them to your partner.And let your partner see if there is any mistake in your reading.At last,I'll ask five students to read them before class to see who can speak faster without making mistakes,OK?let's begin.
Step Ⅳ.Listening
T:So much for warming up.Now we'll do listening.In the next period of time you will hear an interesting story.It is about a couple who got married.A child is asking her grandmother about her marriage.Number the pictures in the proper order.The first one has been done to help you.Please read the other two requirements to see what you will have to do after you finish listening.(After a few minutes.)Do you know about the things you'll do?(Ss:Yes.)During the period when you listen to the tape,I'll play it three times in all.When I play it for the first time,just listen.When I play it for the second time,do the exercises and you can check your answers to make sure they are right when I play the tape for the third time.Then check your answers with your classmates and tell your partner the story.Note that the beginning of the story has been given to you on Page 39.(At last,the teacher shows the pictures in the right order and the answers of Part 2 on the screen to get all the students to check and then asks a student to tell the story to the whole class.)
Step Ⅴ.Speaking
T:Now let's do speaking.First,please read a dialogue between a journalist(j)and a edian(c).
T:(After students read the dialogue)What's the most important thing in a edian's job?
SA:The important thing in a edian's job is not only to make people laugh,but also to get them to think about life.
T:How many ways to make people laugh are given?What are they?What other examples can you give?
SB:Two ways are given.They are:Jokes about speaking a foreign language and the way someone walks and talks.Other examples are:their make-up, the styles of their clothes,shoes and the way they hear something or see something etc.
T:Please make a dialogue yourself.Pair work.One acts as the part of a journalist(j)and your partner acts as a circus clown(c).The dialogue you make should include the questions on Page 40.And you can use the expressions on the screen to help you.(Show the screen.)Later,we'll ask one pair to give us a performance.Let's begin.
Useful expressions:
I will…　I'm going to…
I intend to …I hope to…
I plan/want to…I wish to…
I've decided(not)to…I hope not to…
Sample dialogue:
J:For which age do you write your show?
C:I mainly write my show for children.They're very interested in it.But a lot of adults like my show,too.
J:What do you do as a clown?
C:To make people laugh:We often don't use any words.It is our clothes,make-up and way we act that make people laugh.People laugh and they fet their problems for at least a moment.
J:What are you doing at this moment?
C:I'm getting ready for a performance with my partner.It's the funnest I've ever shown.
J:What are your plans for your next show?
C:I've written several shows.I intend to do them in the next few weeks.I hope to act them during the christmas holiday.
J:How do you make children laugh?
C:I make them laugh by movements.I copy Charlie Chaplin's movements in my performance.Childern laugh with tears.
J:When will you stop working as a clown?
C:As long as people especially children like me,I want to go on working until I'm very old.I like my job very much.
J:Thank you very much.
Step Ⅶ.Summary and Homework
T:In this class,we've practised some tongue twisters and listened to a story.Then we've done some speaking practice.Above all,we should remember the useful expressions about how to express intentions and plans.What are they?They are…(The Design of the Writing on the Bb.Teacher and students say them aloud together.)Today's homework:1.Collect as many tongue twisters as possible;2.Make dialogues after class aording to the situations given on the screen.(Teacher shows the screen.)That's all for this class.Class is over.
Situation 1:This weekend you intend to see a film/watch a football match/visit a friend or some relatives.Or you plan to go shopping/go fishing/go sightseeing/go mountain-climbing etc.
Situation 2:Suppose you have some special plans for New Year or for the winter holidays.You'd like to talk about it with your friend.
The Second Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the new words and expressions of the text.
2.Learn something about edy,clown and edian,especially about crosstalk show.
3.Improve the students' reading ability by reading the text.
Teaching Important Points:
1.How to master the new words and expressions of the text.
2.How to improve the students' reading and writing ability.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to get the students to grasp the main idea of a passage as soon as possible.
Teaching Methods:
1.Fast reading to improve the students' reading ability.
2.Pair work or group work to get every student active in class.
3.Inductive method to make the students understand the text better.
Teaching Aids:
1.a recorder
2.a projector and some slides
3.a puter for multimedia use
Teaching Procedures:
step Ⅰ.Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual.Teacher checks the students' homework.
step Ⅱ.Preparation for reading
T:Now,please turn to Page 114.Let's learn the new words and expressions together.First read them by yourselves.
T:(After the students finish reading.)Who will read the new words and expressions for us?
SA:(Standing up)I'll try.(SA begins to read.)(After the student finishes reading teacher points out the students' mistakes in pronunciation and stress if there is any.Then teacher plays the tape-recorder to let the students listen and follow.)
T:So much for the new words and expressions.Please turn to Page 40 and read the instructions in Pre-reading.Have a discussion with your partner and make preparations for the questions.(Teacher shows the pictures on the screen.After five minutes.)
T:Are you ready?(Ss:Yes,we are ready.)Look at the photos.Do you know who the first edian is?
SB:He is Chaplin and he was born in Britain.He began to act when he was five.When he was seventeen,he went to the United States.During his lifetime,he wrote,acted and directed many films.I read this from a magazine sometime two weeks ago.
T:Do you know what makes him funny?
SB:His own manner of acting.Even his way of walking down the street,eating and turning a corner is different from other's.I saw several of his films.
T:What about the second picture?
SC:He is Zhao Benshan and is from Northeast.We often see him act on TV.He is a famous actor and every one of us likes him.
T:Do you know examples of other edians who are funny in the same way?
SD:Yes.In our country,Wang Jingyu is a edian,who is almost in the same way as Charlie Chaplin.I saw several of his programmes.There are many other edies like Zhao Benshan,such as Pan Changjiang and Chen Peisi.They often appear on the stage or TV.I think edians not only are actors but also artists.They make our life colourful,make people laugh as well as get all of us educated by their acting.
SE:3.Yes.I think edians play an important role in our life.Laughter and humour are important parts.Just think what our world would be without humourous TV programmes,films etc.That's terrible.
Step Ⅲ.Fast Reading
T:Quite right.I have the same opinion as you.Let's study hard now and help to make our life full of homour and happiness.Now,please read the text“Laughing matter”fast and then answer the questions on the screen.Write your answers on a piece of paper.I'll collect the first five pieces.
(Teacher shows the screen.)
Answer the following questions:
1.How do Americans sound funny in a edy?
2.How can clowns help people?
3.What is sketch?
(Teacher goes among the students and collects the first five pieces of answers.)
T:(After all the students finish.)Who can give us the first answer?
Sf:They sound funny speaking with a foreign aent.
T:The second question?
Sg:They can help people relax and fet their problems for at least a short moment.
T:What is sketch?
SH:edian may act out a situation during their show and we call that a sketch.
Step Ⅳ.Reading
T:You have done very well.Now please read the text again and discuss the questions in Post reading.Pair work or group work.I'll ask some students to give us their answers in a minute.(Teacher goes among the students and joins in the students' discussion.When all the students finish,teacher says the following.)
T:Have you finished?(Ss:Yes.)Who will give us the answers?Volunteers?
Sa:1.The text tells us that dating back to the Qin Dynasty,the traditional cross talk shows,or Xiang Sheng shows,have made people all over China roar with laughter for centuries.That's to say,it exists in China for more than two thousand four hundred years.
Sb:2.When the writers of edies write in order to make people laugh,they often let cross-dressing men and women appear on the stage or have characters that are stereotypes ing different countries or people doing certain jobs.They also play on words to create fun.
Sc:American edians speak with a foreign aent.
Sd:3.Because the words used by the edies then have the different meaning now,so they can't be understood even by native Englishmen.
Se:4.Aclown often appears on the stage alone or with a partner.Usually they don't say anything.They make people laugh only by their clothes,make up and the movements of the body.Even they walk,eat and sleep in a different way from a normal person.
Sf:5.I think it is more like a edy than the show of a clown.Because the way they make people laugh is not like the show of a clown,but like the actors in a edy.They both use word play.
Sg:6.They both use the same techniques to make the audiences laugh,such as strange-dressing men or women,characters from different places the words that make people laugh,as well as their strange aents.Though both western and Chinese edians use the same techniques,the techniques they use are closer to their own people,such as the style of their clothes,the food they eat,the scene in a edy and so on.
T:You've done well.Now let's have some students act how people from different countries walk,talk and behave.
(Students act.)
T:Now look at the screen.I'll give you some further explanations for some new words and expressions.
Notes:
a.character:a person in a book,play etc.
b.make fun of:to laugh or cause others to laugh rather unkindly.
e.g.People make fun of her because she wears such a strange hat.
c.play on words:use amusingly a word or phrase that has two meanings,or words having the same sound but different meanings.
d.in mon:in shared possession
e.g.The four boys grew up together and have a lot in mon.
e.applaud:to praise(a play,actor…)
especially by striking one's hands together
f.appreciate:to understand and enjoy the good qualities of
T:Please read the text again and see if you have anything you don't understand.(Teacher goes among the students and answers any questions raised by the students.)
Step Ⅴ.Listening and Reading Aloud
T:Now let's listen to the tape.I'll play the tape recorder twice.The first time I play it,listen carefully.When I play it for the second time,please listen and follow it.Then you read it aloud.Are you clear?
Step Ⅵ.Summary and Homework
T:Look at the screen.The four topics are all discussed in the text.Read the text again and find the paragraph or paragraphs each topic includes.Then give some detailed information about them.Pair work or group work.In a few minutes,we'll check the answers.
plete the following:
TtThe Third Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn the“-ing”form used as the Attribute and Object plement.
2.Learn about word formation.
3.Improve the students' ability to make sentences and write.
Teaching Important Point:
How to get the students to master the“-ing”form.
Teaching Difficult Point:
The difference between the“-ing”form used as the Attribute and Object plement.
Teaching Methods:
1.Discussion to make every student have a clear understanding.
2.Explanation to make every student have a clear concept.
3.Pair work or group work to make every student active.
Teaching Aids:
1.a projector and some slides
2.a puter for multimedia use
Teaching Procedures:
step Ⅰ.Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual.
Teacher checks the students' homework.
step Ⅱ.Word Study
T:Now let's do Word Study.Read these sentences and find words of the same root from this unit.Then translate the sentences into Chinese.Do you know what“the words of the same root”means?For example,we have learned the words:nation n.;national adj.;nationality n.And we can say that the three words have the same root,because each of them has the word root“nation”.Are you clear about this?(Ss:Yes.)OK,have a discussion with your partner.Later,I'll have some students give us the answers.
T:(After a few minutes.)Are you ready?
Ss:Yes.We are ready.
T:Now please give us your answers.One student,one sentence.
SA:Sentence 1.当喜剧演员讲笑话时，人们从他说话的声音中就能感觉到他的辛酸。“bitterness”and“bitter”has the same root.
SB:2.我本来打算来这儿住几天，但现在我已决定要走了。 “intention”and“intent”have the same root.
SC:3艾伦，现在是一位世界著名的喜剧演员，从来没有对他本人的表演满意过。“satisfied”and“satisfy”have the same root.
SD:4.现在你说不准这部电影是否将是一部成功的影片。“certainly”and“certain”have the same root.
SE:5.这种相声，是典型的双人相声，在中国很受欢迎。“typically”and“type”have the same root.
SF:6.南希，出身于一个纯艺术家庭，已经成了一位大画家。“artistic”and“art”have the same root.
SG:7.这本书的销售，因为作者的冒险经历已经迅速增长了。“rapidly”and“rapid”have the same root.
SH:8.学会说外语使人的阅历丰富。“richness”and“rich”have the same root.
T:You've done well.Now look at the screen again.We'll have another exercise.Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right.
Match the following:
1.edya.a fixed pattern representing a type of person or action.
2.audienceb.a man who dresses funnily and acts foolishly to make people laugh
3.stereotype c.a funny play,film or other work.
4.clown d.the people listening to or watching a performance,speech,television show,etc.
5.edian e.a short informal piece of literature or stage acting
6.sketch f.the regular beat of poetry or music
7.tradition g.an actor who acts in funny plays or films
8.rhythm h.(of words or poetry)to end with the same sound.
9.rhyme i.the passing down of opinions,beliefs,customs etc.
T:(A few minutes later.)Have you finished?If you have finished it,please check your answers with the screen.
Suggested answers:
1.c　2.d　3.a　4.b　5.g　6.e　7.i　8.h　9.f
Step Ⅲ.Grammar
T:Now please turn to Page 42.Look at Grammar:The -ing form(1).As we know,the -ing form is often used as the Attribute.Where should we put it?Student I,read the two sentences below Grammar.(SI reads the sentences.)Look at the phrases and the sentence on the screen.
(Teacher shows the screen.)
1.interesting crosstalk　amusing story
laughing audience　cross-dressing men
2.Woody Allen is famous for his role acting as a woman.
T:In the four phrases on the screen,each“-ing”form is used as the attributive.Because it is a single word,it is put before the word it modifies,while in the sentence on the screen,the“-ing”form is placed after the word it modifies,because it is a phrase.Are you clear about it?
Ss:Yes.
T:Now look at Exercise 1.Try to put the following phrases into English.Pair work.Please get prepared.(After two minutes.)
T:Who will give their Chinese meaning?One student,two phrases.Read it first,and then give your translation.Volunteer?
Sa:a flaming ray灼热的光线；
working people劳动人民
Sb:smilig faces微笑的面孔；
a flying kite翱翔的风筝
Sc:an interesting crosstalk有趣的相声；
an exciting event激动人心的事件
Sd:the rising sun升起的太阳；
the suffering peasants受苦受难的农民
Se:the ing week下周；
the dancing girl舞女
T：Quite right.Now let's do Exercise 2.Look at the screen.(Teacher shows the screen.)Make sentences from the table,using the “-ing”form as the attribute.Write as many sentences as you can.
Make sentences from the table,using the“-ing”form as the attribute
T:Now read your sentences to us.One student,one sentence.
Sf:The boy ing to dinner this evening is a classmate of mine.
Sg:The boy performing the show is a classmate of mine.
Sh:The boy singing now can play four musical instruments.
Si:The person getting married is a friend of my mother's.
Sj:The person ing to dinner this evening is in his 40 s.
Sk:The edian getting married can play four musical instruments.
Sl:The edian performing the show is in his 40s.
Sm:The woman eating her lunch writes her songs herself.
Sn:The woman looking at her map is a friend of my mother's.
So:The couple getting married are famous movie stars.
T:Turn back to Page 42.Please look at the sentence:“At one moment in a show,you can see the audience laughing loud.”In this sentence,is“laughing loud”used as attribute?
Sp:Yes.
Sq:I don't agree with him.Here the “-ing”form “laughing loud”is used as object plement.We often say“see or hear sb.doing sth.”In the structure,the“-ing”form is used as object plement.Am I right?
T:Yes,you are right.Verbs which are followed by the“-ing”form used as object plement are:see,hear,feel,watch,notice,keep,find,get,have,etc.Are you clear?
Ss:Yes.
T:Please look at Exercise 3.Choose the best verb and plete each sentence after the example.Write your answers on a piece of paper.We'll check them in a few minutes.
(After a few minutes,teacher shows the screen.)
Suggested answers:
1.I saw them forcing(force)the door open with a hammer.
2.We heard them laughing(laugh)after the edy show;they sounded very happy.
3.I heard him dropping(drop)something heavy into the river.
4.You can see them performing(perform)every night this week at the New Theatre.
5.I could hear the newly-married couple quarrelling(quarrel)every day over very small matters.
6.We watched the army marching(march)down the street towards the park.
7.I saw the people entering(enter)the theatre,and there were 286 of them.
8.We watched three old men sharing(share)their food with each other.
9.We watched the children diving(dive)into the water from the top diving board.
10.I noticed you helping(help)the edians with their performances.That was very kind of you.
Step Ⅴ.Summary and Homework
T:In this class.We've learned Grammar and done a lot of exercises to the text and Grammar.As we know now,the“-ing”form can be used as the Attribute and Object plement.When it is used as the Attribute,it is usually…(The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard)When it is used as the object plement,it is often used after the verbs:…(Write them on the Bb.)Today's homework:After class,make four sentences.Two of them use the“-ing”form as the Attribute.And the other two use it as the object plement.That's all.
The Fourth Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the following words and expressions:
cyclist,direction,brake,fortunately,drive off,silence,look on…as,rude
2.Review the other expressions in this unit.
3.Improve the students' reading ability.
4.Get the students to understand that people should tolerance towards each other.
Teaching Important Points:
1.The use of the words and expressions above.
2.Let the students understand the text better.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to let the students understand the text better.
Teaching Methods:
1.Fast-reading to train the students' ability to find out the general information.
2.Question-and-answer to make students understand the detailed information.
3.Pair work or group work to make every student work.
Teaching Aids:
1.a projector and some slides
2.a tape recorder
3.a puter for multimedia use
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ.Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual
(Teacher goes over the students' homework.)
Step Ⅱ.Preparation for Reading
T:Attention,please.Before we have the new lesson,I want to know something about a new job you want to get.Suppose you have finished your school and now you are looking for a new job.And you are told that you are going to have an interview.Tell me what you should do as preparations.Will you wear your best clothes?
Ss:Maybe.
T:What are the other things you should get ready for the interview?
SA:We'll be ready for some questions,such as our education,age,experience and so on.
T:Do you want the manager to have a good impression on you?
Ss:Yes.
T:Yeah.Generally speaking,if you want a job in a pany,you usually have to go to the pany for an interview first.The boss of the pany will ask you some questions about yourself.You also have the chance to ask questions about the kind of work which you'll do in the pany if you get the job,However,if you want to get the job you'd better get the boss to have a good impression on you when you are interviewed.Today we're going to read a story about an interview for a job.
(Teacher shows the screen.)
New words:
cyclist n.骑脚踏车的人
direction n.方向，指导；(常用复数)说明
brake n.闸、刹车 vi.刹车
fortunately adv.幸运地
drive off赶走，击退
silence n.&v.沉默
look on…as…把……看作
rude adj.粗鲁无礼的，残暴的
T:Now first let's learn the new words and expressions of this period.SB,read them,please.(Student B read the new words and expressions and teacher helps to correct the student's mistakes.Then ask the whole class to read after the tape.)
Step Ⅲ.Fast Reading
T:Now open your books at Page 43.You are given five minutes to read the text fast.Then answer the three questions on the screen.Write your answers on a piece of paper.I'll collect the first five pieces.
(Teacher shows the screen.)
1.How did the writer go to the interview?
2.How many people were going to interview the writer and who were they?
3.What was the end of the story?
T:Who will give us the answer?First answer Question 1.SC,you try,please.
SC:The writer rode her bicycle to the interview.
T:Right.Who knows the answer to Question 2?
SD:(One student stands up and says.)Three people were going to interview the writer:the boss of the office in which she wanted to work,who was a woman,a man with whom she would have to work together and finally the manager of the pany―the driver of the yellow car.
T:And the answer to the last question?
SE:The woman got the job at last and was pleased that the manager had decided not to be angry with her for having been so rude.
Step Ⅳ.Reading
T:Very good.Read the text again,then discuss the questions after the text in groups of four.I'll ask some group to answer the questions in a few minutes.Now please begin
(A few minutes later.)
T:Have you finished?
Ss:Yes.
T:Who will answer the first question?
SF:Because he made her fall off her bicycle when she was on her way to the interview.
T:Please go on!
SG:2When she went into the room where she would be interviewed,she met the driver.
SH:3.The last time we met,I admitted than I talked more than I did.
SI:4.When my manager does something wrong,I tell him so.
SJ：5.I have a lot of jokes.For example,…
T:All right.Your prehension is right.Maybe you find some sentences difficult to understand.Look at them on the screen.I'll explain them to you.
a.I was cycling…interview.=I was going to the interview by bicycle.
b.as there was another car ing in the other direction=because another car was ing in the opposite direction.
c.and was a danger to other people:Note the preposition to.=He behaved in a way that might be dangerous to other people.
d.His face was very red.=He was so embarrassed that his face became bright red.
e.look on…as:regard…as
e.g.He looks on her as a child.
f.had decided not to be angry with me for having been so rude=Although I had been so rude to him,he decided not to be angry with me.…for having been so rude→It expresses reason.
e.g.I was sorry for having wasted so much time.=I was sorry that I had wasted so much time.
T:Have you anything else difficult to understand?Please read the text and find them.
(Teacher goes among the students and answers any questions raised by the students.)
Step Ⅴ.Listening and Reading Aloud
T:Now I'll play the tape recorder.When I play it for the first time,listen carefully.When I play it for the second time,please listen and follow it.Then please read the text aloud.Are you clear?OK.Let's begin.
(After playing the tape,teacher goes among the students,and correct the mistakes in their prounciation and intonation.)
Step Ⅵ.Consolidation
T:Now look at the screen.Fill in the blanks with a proper word aording to the text to plete the passage.Later we'll check the answers.
(Show the screen.)
Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
One day I was cycling 1 a street on my way to the 2 .Suddenly a yellow car 3 me and stopped.I had to 4 hard and 5 off.I got so angry 6 I 7 at the driver.However.I was 8 time for the interview.By aident,one of the interviewers,the 9 of the pany,was the driver of the yellow car.Fortunately,the manager was not angry 10
me for having been so 11 .Two days later he 12 me the job.I was very pleased and said to everyone jokingly that I told my manager exactly what I thought 13 him.
Suggested answers:
1.along　2.interview　3.passed　4.brake　5.fell　6.that　7.shouted　8.in　9.manager　10.with　11.rude　12.offered　13.of
Step Ⅶ.Summary and Homework
T:In this class,we've learned a passage about an interview.There are many useful expressions in it.Can you find them?OK.Let's find them together.They are:in the correct direction,as adj./adv. as possible/someone can.Today's homework:1.Make sentences with the expressions of this unit;2.Read the Tips and Checkpoint of this unit and have a discussion;3.Write a short funny story or a joke in English.
Sample writing:
A Joke
I was on my way home when I heard a friend sighing unhappily.Then I asked her what's the matter.
She said wearing a long face(哭丧着脸).“Just now I met with Mrs Zhong,my old neighbour.I asked her how her husband was recently.She said that he was out.I didn't understand what she really meant by saying that.I had thought he was out travelling somewhere.(But in fact her husband died last week).So I said…”