【英语周报】2015-2016学年高一英语人教版必修4课件：Unit 3 A taste of English humour Reading .pptVIP

Reason for success Costume large trousers, worn-out shoes, small round black hat and a walking stick Because he has optimism and determination to overcome difficulties and he is always kind * * Two Pieces of Cake Tom: Mom, can I have two pieces of cake, please? Mom: Certainly -- take this piece and cut it two! Birthday Professor: When is your birthday? Kid: May 30. Professor: Which year? Kid: Every year. Are the jokes funny? Where does the humour come in the jokes? These funny jokes are humourous in the last line which called the “punchline” in English humour. 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. funny poems cross talk 相声 Types of humor funny stories comedy mime 哑剧 sketch小品 jokes The chart shows some typical actors or writers of English humour. Mark Twain Edward Lear Marx Brothers verbal jokes, funny stories, funny poems comedy Charlie Chaplin Mr Bean nonverbal mime Typical actors / writers of English humour Types of humour Nonverbal humour does not use words but relies on facial expressions and gesture. Charlie Chaplin Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour. Verbal humour uses words as well. Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Tom Sawyer Edward Lear Poems by Edward Lear There was an Old Man with a Beard There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “It is just as I feared! — Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, have all built their nests in my beard. There was an old man on the BorderThere was an old man on the Border, Who lived in the utmost disorder; He danced with the cat, and made tea in his hat, which vexed (烦扰) all the folks on the Border. Example