Mar 26, 2015
Unit 3
A taste of English Humour
Warming up
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Look at the following pictures.Which picture can make you laugh?
I want to lose my weight.
I’m driving at a high speed.
any mouse I like
facial expressionbody language
mime/farce
cross-dressingsketch
jokes
Do you feel funny? How many kinds of humour do you know about?
HUMOUR
MIME AND FARCE
NONVERBAL
Comedy
pantomime
funny stories / poems
Verbal jokes
Cross talk
Short sketch
Chinese humors
Pantomime
Funny plays
Cross talk
Jokes
Doggerel
English humors
Nonverbal
Mime and farce
Verbal jokes
Funny stories
Funny poems
mimeCharlie Chaplin
What kind of humour do these pictures show us?
mime
Mr Bean is funny because he
makes funny faces and acts silly
behaviour.
哑剧 , 滑稽剧
(funny stories)
Mark Twain was the popular and humorous American author.
adj. 幽默的
sketch
Two or more speakers make many jokes and funny conversation.
Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His crosstalk shows always make his audience shout with laughter.
pantomime刘全和 刘全利
三月 ; 行军
1. What day of the week is the best for having fried foods?
2. What month do soldiers hate?
Riddle 谜语
1. Policeman: You can’t park here.
Driver: Why can’t I ?
Policeman: Read the sigh there.
Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so
I parked.
Enjoy some verbal jokes:
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2. Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring ?
Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone
number?
3. Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning,
Mum!
Mum: How nice! Did you kiss her back, dear?
Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.
Customer: What’s that fly( 苍蝇 )
doing in my soup?
Waiter: Swimming, I think!
1. A big black bug bit a big black dog on
his big black nose!
2. Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish
fresh, Fish fried fresh.
3. While we were walking, we were watching
window washers wash Washington's windows
with warm washing water.
A tongue twister competition
POLICEMAN: Why did you have to break into the same shop three times?THIEF: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice!
What is a punchline? Find the jokes’ punchlines.
Punchline
The words that form the climax of a joke.
TEACHER: You say that john Jones
has a cold and cannot come to school
today. Who am I speaking to?
VOICE: Oh, this is my father.Punchline
Types of humour
Typical actors/writers of English humour
Example of Chinesehumour
nonverbal
mimeCharlie chaplin
Mr Bean
verbal jokes, funy stories, funny poemsComedy
Mark twainEdward LearMarx Brothers
Pantomine ( 哑剧 )
cross talk ( 马季 , 姜昆 )jokesdoggerel ( 打油诗 )
Which do you like better:
verbal or nonverbal humour
Give your reason.
I prefer verbal humor, because it is very funny. I like jokes, it is worthwhile to learn about more expressions.
You can choose three or more sentences to express your idea.
1. I prefer ________ .
2. Because verbal/nonverbal humor is_____.
3. I like_______ . (mime/sketch/jokes…)
4. It makes me ________.
5. It is worthwhile to do/doing…
6. When I enjoy them, I feel ______ .
7. I like all of them, because they
_____________________ with each other.have a lot in common
humo(u)r n. [u] 幽默 , 风趣 humourist n. [c] 幽默 ( 作 ) 家,谈吐幽默的人humorous adj. 幽默的 , 诙谐的
I like a person who ___________________.
Mark Twain was a ___________ author and he was a __________.
有幽默感
humoroushumorist
has a sense of humor
Language Points
1. Find more information
about English humour and
Charlie Chaplin.
2. Remember the language points.
Homework