unit 20 humour.ppt

unit 20 humour Pre-reading 3.Choose the main idea of each paragraph of Reading Text 1. A. Description of a clown. B. What’s a crosstalk show. C. The traditional crosstalk show. D. Description of comedians. E. The writers of comedies both at home and abroad. A. 1-e, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b, 5-c B. 1-e, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a, 5-b C. 1-a, 2-e, 3-d, 4-b, 5-c D. 1-e, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d, 5-c 4. Why have crosstalk shows been popular with people? Which of the following is not the reason? A. They make people not only laugh, but also think about life. B. They have two speakers. C. The richness of the spoken language is made full use of. D. Their talk includes rhythm and rhyming words. Reading Answer the following questions: 1. How long has the tradition of cross existed in China. 2. Give three examples of techniques that writers of comedies often use to make people laugh. 3. Why are some Shakespeare’s comedies not so funny for us? What comedians have in common with the plays in a comedy is their way of….. Have ….in common with 和…有共同之处 I haven’t a thing in common with him. Out of the common异乎寻常，不平常． He had noticed nothing out of the common. 他没有发现异乎寻常的事． A few minutes later…..,listening and thinking about the comedian’s words. listening and thinking…..ing 作伴随状语，表示同步于句子谓语的动作． Typical for china is the crosstalk show , where a pair of ……. They arrived at a house, in front of which sat a small boy. In a lecture hall of an university in England sits a professor. date back to可追溯到．．．是．．．时代开始有的． This town dates back to Roman times. 这个小镇的历史可追溯到罗马时期 This manuscript dates back to the 18th century. 这个手迹是十八世纪的 date back to =date from从...时就有, 回溯到, 远在...(年代) This custom dates from the seventeenth century. Jane likes collecting stamps very much. In fact, her interest in it ___her school days. A. dated back to B. dates back to C. dates back from D. dated back from 这一风俗习惯在十七世纪就存在了． A flow of Cut off the flow of oil 切断石油输送 The constant flow of information源源不断的信息 Ing used as Attribute the work