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Unit 20 Humour Pre-reading Reading Post-reading Home Revision Pre-reading Skimming Skipping Listening Revision 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, Im sure she sells seashore shells. Pre-reading Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny? Skimming Why are some of Shakespeare’s comedies not so funny for us? How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China? Skipping Give three examples of techniques that writers of comedies often use to make people laugh. 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ Listening 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. A crosstalk show has two speakers making many jokes and funny conversations. Oral practice Can you describe a clown in your own words? What does a clown look like? Pair work Compare Western and Chinese comedy shows. What do they have in common? How are they different? Language points make funny be famous for make fun of It sounds funny to… not at all make-up act out have in common with date back to a flow of make use of Exercises 1. He hates to be _____. A. make fun of B. making fun of C made fun of D. made fun 2. The castle ____ the 16th century. A. is dated to B. dates from C. dated from D. is dating back to 3. It is ____ to have cold drinks on such a hot day. A. a fun B. funny C. fun D. funs 中央电教馆资源中心制作 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Mr. Bean Dustin Hoffman Ma Ji Do you know other comedians who are funny in the same way? Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy The comic duo of the 1930s “Laurel and Hardy.”