人教版高中英语必修4第三单元教案

Unit 3 A taste of English humor

Part 1 Teaching Design

第一部分教学设计

Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading

(A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR) Introduction

In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to read aloud to the recording. Then they will read and underline and read to identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. The discourse study can also be done by students reading to decide on the type of writing and summary of the text and reading the text to turn out a diagram. The text can be used for retelling the story.

Objectives

To help students understand the text’s forms and contents and learn about English humor

To help students communicate on the topic in focus with the words, expressions and structures learned in this unit

Focus

Words brighten, content, astonish, entertain, overcome, chew, convince, direct, star, gesture, slide, amuse, whisper, react

Expressions up to now, badly off, pick out, cut off

Patterns 1. Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else.

2. This character was a social failure but he was loved by all who watched the

films for his determination in overcoming difficulties and being kind even

when people were unkind to him.

3. He makes it seem as if it were one of the best meals he has ever had！

Aids

Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures

1. Warming up

Warming up by learning something about “Humor”

What is “Humor”? Does any one of you know anything about humor? Look at the screen and read the definition of Humor from the Internet.

Humor (humour in British English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to invoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses any form of entertainment or human communication which invokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy.

English humor Example Chinese humor Example

nonverbal mime and farce（哑剧和轻喜剧）Charlie Chaplin, Mr. Bean pantomime（哑剧）王景愚funny plays（喜剧小品）陈佩撕

funny stories Mark Twain verbal jokes play on words, usually two lines

cross talk（相声）jokes 姜昆马季

Note:

Humor is particular to each culture. For example, the British laugh at things that are ridiculous and enjoy parody very much. Chinese humor includes puns, extended cross talk between two comedians etc. The British also enjoys play on words(like puns) but they are more like short jokes. Warming up by watching and listening

Hi, everyone! We are going to learn about A taste of English humour today. Now watch the slides/ pictures and listen to the English humour poems.

2. Pre-reading by telling the truth —What do you like to laugh at?

I like to laugh at cartoons, for they’re lovely and fun.

I like to laugh at fairy tales. They are amusing and interesting.