《unit3atasteofEnglishhumor》.ppt

How many kinds of humor do you know? Customer: What’s that fly doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think! * Warming-up 品味英语的幽默 What is humour? Humour is some words that means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh, We say he is humorous; We call him a humorist. verbal nonverbal cross talk; jokes; sketch tongue twisters; funny poems; funny stories; mime ;pantomime clown Verbal?means?spoken,?that?is?to?say?we?use?spoken?words only.? However,?nonverbal?humor?mainly?relies?on?our? facial?expressions?or?gestures, ?instead?of?using?words.? ? Clowns Chinese tongue twisters: 这是蚕，那是蝉。 蚕常在叶里藏， 蝉常在林里唱。 1.Policeman: You can’t park here. Driver: Why can’t I ? Policeman: Read the sign there. Driver: It says, “Fine for Parking,” so I parked. Enjoy some verbal jokes: 罚款 note: fine has two meanings 1) Good 2) pay some money for doing something wrong. 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. 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. Joke 1: The joke is funny because the wife wanted to change the dress her husband had given her. People do not usually change stolen goods if they do not like them. They may get caught as they have done. So that is why this joke is funny 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 Joke 2: parents often ring up school to explain why their child cannot come to school. The humour lies in the fact that the voice on the phon