下学期unit20 reading1
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• Read the following sentences as quickly as possible. • 1. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk. • 2. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick. • 3. She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Some of Shakespeare’s plays are not so funny for us because we don’t understand the language and word play that Shakespeare used.
• How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China?
Pre-reading
• Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny?
Stan Laurel Dustin Hoffman Mr. Bean and • Oliver Do Hardy you know other comedians who
Unit 20 Humour
Pre-reading Reading Post-reading
Home
Revision Pre-reading Skimming Skipping Listening Oral practice Pair work Language points Exercises
Revision
Ma Ji Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His numerous crosstalk shows always make his audience roar with laughter.
Skimming
• Why are some of Shakespeare’s comedies not so funny for us?
The tradition of crosstalk has existed in China for more than 2,000 years.
Skipping
• Give three examples of techniques that writers of comedies often use to make people laugh. • 1. _____________ cross-dressing • 2. _____________ stereotypes • 3. _____________ word play
Mr Bean Although Mr Rowan Atkinson acts as different comic characters he is most famous around the world as Mr Bean. Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange.
Dustin Hoffman Duቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱtin Hoffman in the film Tootsie (1982). In this film Hoffman acts the role of a woman, and many people agree that his performance was so good that you often can’t tell the difference. But in the film of course there all kinds of funny moments.
Keys: F, T, F, T, T
Oral practice
are
Ma Ji
funny in the same way?
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy The comic duo of the 1930s “Laurel and Hardy.” the thin one is called Stan Laurel, while the stout one is called Oliver Hardy. They are funny because they are each other’s opposites: one fat and one thin; one is clever and one is silly etc.
Listening
• 1. 2. 3. 4. True (T) or False (F) Camedies are music plays that make people laugh. Word play is a way to create fun in comedies. Clowns use some words to make people laugh. Both body language and face are important in comedians’ shows. 5. A crosstalk show has two speakers making many jokes and funny conversations.
Some of Shakespeare’s plays are not so funny for us because we don’t understand the language and word play that Shakespeare used.
• How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China?
Pre-reading
• Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny?
Stan Laurel Dustin Hoffman Mr. Bean and • Oliver Do Hardy you know other comedians who
Unit 20 Humour
Pre-reading Reading Post-reading
Home
Revision Pre-reading Skimming Skipping Listening Oral practice Pair work Language points Exercises
Revision
Ma Ji Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His numerous crosstalk shows always make his audience roar with laughter.
Skimming
• Why are some of Shakespeare’s comedies not so funny for us?
The tradition of crosstalk has existed in China for more than 2,000 years.
Skipping
• Give three examples of techniques that writers of comedies often use to make people laugh. • 1. _____________ cross-dressing • 2. _____________ stereotypes • 3. _____________ word play
Mr Bean Although Mr Rowan Atkinson acts as different comic characters he is most famous around the world as Mr Bean. Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange.
Dustin Hoffman Duቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱtin Hoffman in the film Tootsie (1982). In this film Hoffman acts the role of a woman, and many people agree that his performance was so good that you often can’t tell the difference. But in the film of course there all kinds of funny moments.
Keys: F, T, F, T, T
Oral practice
are
Ma Ji
funny in the same way?
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy The comic duo of the 1930s “Laurel and Hardy.” the thin one is called Stan Laurel, while the stout one is called Oliver Hardy. They are funny because they are each other’s opposites: one fat and one thin; one is clever and one is silly etc.
Listening
• 1. 2. 3. 4. True (T) or False (F) Camedies are music plays that make people laugh. Word play is a way to create fun in comedies. Clowns use some words to make people laugh. Both body language and face are important in comedians’ shows. 5. A crosstalk show has two speakers making many jokes and funny conversations.