U3P1humorWarmingup.ppt

Customer: What’s that fly (苍蝇) doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think. Customer: It’s been soup. Waiter: I don’t want to know what it’s been. I want to know what it is now. Customer: Waiter, will the pancakes be long? Waiter: No, sir. Round. sketch * Unit 3 A taste of English humour Look at the following pictures. Which picture can make you laugh? Do you feel my love? I’m driving at a high speed. I want to lose my weight. I want to jump higher. Which one is Dolly? Do you know what a punchline is? Read the following jokes and find their punchlines. 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! 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. Fun time B Fun time C Fun time A How many kinds of humour do you know? Humour comedy jokes funny stories cross talk (相声) mime (哑剧) tongue twisters (绕口令) funny poems sketch (幽默短剧或小品) Shuanghuang (双簧) The following pictures show you some typical actors or writers of humour. Do you know them and which kind of humour they belong to? mime Charlie Chaplin Mr. Bean funny stories Mark Twain Zhou Xingchi Ge You comedy cross talk Jiang Kun Tang Jiezhong Chen Peisi Zhao Benshan I’m Charlie Chaplin. What do you know about me? Charlie Chaplin He is one of the most famous humourists that can make others laugh all the time. What do you know about my films? Do you think they are interesting? Do you like them? The Gold Rush 《淘金记》 Please tell us some of his famous films. Modern Times 《摩登时代》 City Lights 《城市之光》 * * *